Monday, November 10, 2014

Countdown to Chimneyville – 24 days – Eat Dessert First




Today’s Featured Items are my 4 inch mini-mosaics.  Some have inspirational sayings, some religious and some just plain cute.  Today I’m featuring the mini-mosaic I call “Eat Dessert First”.  This one was inspired by a sweet little lady from Florence, Alabama that I met back in June.  She told me that I needed to make a mini that said “Life is uncertain…eat dessert first”.  I loved it, found a stamp that said exactly that and here you have it! 

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Countdown to Chimneyville - 25 days



It’s been a busy summer but it’s time now to get ready for Chimneyville Craft Fair.  Chimneyville is the annual “big show” for the Craftsman’s Guild of Mississippi and this will be my first year to participate.  After years of developing my skill set and with encouragement from friends and family, I submitted an application for membership for the spring review.  Membership in this organization is not something easily attained and I’ve talked to a number of people at other craft shows who have applied but did not get that magic acceptance letter.  So I feel truly blessed.

But then the hard work starts.  I’ve done craft shows before but not this big so I’m reworking displays, rethinking what I’ll take, beefing up inventory and generally working through the details.  
My primary focus will be on my polymer clay mosaics but I also love making Christmas ornaments and have been working on a few new styles to go with the ones I’ve made in the past.  

Over the next couple of weeks – until the Chimneyville Craft Fair on December 5, 6 and 7, I’m going to be sharing some of the items that I’m making with you.

Today I’m featuring Coiled Filigree Christmas Ornaments.  These are made by extruding long strings of clay, coiling them then applying them to a standard glass ornament.  More of the strings of clay are fitted into the areas around the coils.  I use a variety of colors, either all in one family or complimentary, on each of the ornaments.  Each one is unique and definitely one of a kind.