Some much needed R&R

The Fair is now History...
and
as exhausting as it was...
it was truly a great experience.

We had so much 'input' from thousands
of people who came through in the course of eleven days...
and almost all of the 'input' was very positive.

Oh sure...you had a small handful that just
do not understand art...
and said as much...
but...I was very pleased at the reaction of the majority...
and the sales were nice too!

So now...I am taking a couple of days for some
much needed R&R...
at least I'm going to try.

We've got another show
October 10th and 11th...
and our inventory is majorly depleted.

We left the show with 7 or 8 pendants...
I sold almost all of my Fairy Tale Art Dolls...
and we sold a lot of postcards and prints...
as well as a few paintings
and some art boxes.

With the upcoming shows...I will include more of the
Seasonal Art Dolls....
we'll need a lot more of the pendants...
and maybe not as many paintings...
(only because those are hard to transport and our display area is quite limited.)

All in all
we had a very good show...
and still have four more to go!

A few art pendants at the Fair.

Like everything else
we have a 'few' pieces of
our 'wearable art'
at the Fair.

Art boxes...

When I contacted
the local Craft Show promoter

about signing up for the upcoming fall craft shows...
there was only a few weeks before
State Fair.

Most rationally thinking persons would probably
have 'passed' on such a long show...with less
than a month to prepare for...

but...I haven't been 'rational' in a long time.

So...I had plans to do this and get that done...
long store short...
it didn't happen.

I did get "some" of everything I had planned...
and this art box is a perfect example.

I intended to paint 10 or 12...
I got 2 done.

But...maybe for the next show...hopefully!
(It's only a two day show...and I have more than a month to prepare!)

A few more ornaments.

Here are a few more of the
'art doll' ornaments
I did up...
with my daughter, Wendy's, help.
(She cut my patterns, sewed and stuffed...so all I had
to do was
paint and varnish.)
My little 'cheerleader' still needs to be varnished...
luckily I included her in this
''photo-shoot"
so I won't forget.

Craft Shows this Season.

All Spring and Summer
I have 'debated' with myself
whether or not to
'get back "into" crafts'.

I decided 'yes'.

To be honest...
even as busy as I've managed
to keep myself...
I was beginning to get bored.

So....I signed up for 6 art and craft shows
for the Fall Season...
beginning this week-end
with...
the Nebraska State Fair.
11 days...
(I've never done a show that ran that long before...
hopefully I didn't 'bite off more than I can chew'.)

Art for Cancer - Digital Art

Here is another video
by the
"Art for Cancer"
group.

This offering is of
digital art.

One of my pieces is featured in this video.

Art for Cancer Video

As I have mentioned before...
I am a member of the
"Art for Cancer"
group on Imagekind.

I wanted to share a lovely video
of art from the members
of this group.