pARTy

Soooo, my art party was on Saturday night. It was really fun! I met lots of new people, sold some things, took some great pictures (my boyfriend set up a photo booth!), and my friends who joined me made some money too.  It's really nice in the aftermath because my house and studio are SO clean and organized. I'm going to have to have a lot of these just to keep myself on track!

Firefly Handmade

Have you heard about the Firefly Handmade Markets? It was started last year by three Boulder artsy ladies: Kristin FitzGerrell, Allison Bozeman and Holland Seydel. To sum it up, Firefly Handmade is a way for local artisans to display and sell their goods in the community.
Last weekend I had the pleasure of working the Clementine Studio art booth at the Firefly Gypsy Farm Market and I was SO impressed with EVERYTHING. The booths were so creative, the work that the artisans were selling was inspiring and beautifully made, and everyone was happy! Really, everyone was just so happy and friendly.
My photo is of the outside "yard" where there were trucks, airstream trailers and tents. Hay bales with quilts draped over them were in the food area where mobile restaurants rolled in just when I started feeling hungry.
I was so very impressed and inspired that I decided to give it a whirl for the Firefly Winter Market! I've submitted an application on behalf of ReLove Projects.  I'm trying not to set my heart on being accepted... But I'm crossing my fingers. It's time for me to invest a bit more of myself and to take a few leaps and risks, so here I go!

PS- Almost everything is ready for my Art Party tomorrow night! I hope to see you there- 6pm-9pm, my house.

No Know Knitting

I'm a crafty gal. Pretty much anything that is artsy or crafty, I can figure out, and then it becomes my next obsession. But there is one thing that I've never gotten into- knitting. I've tried it, I really have. I put sincere effort into it! I learned to cast on and I made a scarf.... I just couldn't get into it, so I left it in pursuit of all the other things I do. But yarnbombing has inspired me to give it another try!

 THIS makes me want to know how to knit! Over at Knitta Please they cover everything with yarn- busses, trees, air ducts, pipes, parking meters, public statues. I could so get into yarnbombing!

Cute Turtle Card

I hate to toot my own horn, but I love my turtle cards. I used to have a box turtle as a pet when I was in middle school, maybe this is where my fondness comes from... This turtle guy is now for sale in my etsy shop!

You're invited!

Who: Mud Whimsy

Dead Wilder

ReLove Projects

Sugar Dreamery

Torchlight Photography

and possibly others...

What: An art party! Let's call it a pARTy

When: Saturday, September 24th, 2011 

6-9 p.m.

Where: My house

 (if you're in the Boulder area and not already 

on my mailing list email me at mudwhimsy@gmail.com 

and I'll send you an official invite with the address)

Why: To celebrate the completion of the Mud Whimsy Studio!

 And to see/ buy art! Yay art! 

P.S.- I will be making pesto (that's the color I painted the studio) with fresh homegrown basil!

P.P.S. Feel free to bring kids, friends, significant others. All are welcome! Except cats, because I'm allergic. 

Reloved Fortune

He he he!

ReLoved Coat

Motivating myself to get back on track with ReLove Projects began with cleaning my studio. It was (and still is) a horrible mess. I have it closed off with a curtain which makes everyone want to peek around it. So it has become a horrible, embarrassing mess! I'm trying to spend some time every day organizing, getting rid of stuff, recycling, tossing. Every day it gets a little better. I keep discovering things forgotten- a box of antique buttons, magazine tear sheets, my old notes from art school... I have also found many many projects that are unfinished.

This coat has been in progress since February or so... Unfortunately I don't have the 'before' photos, so I'll describe it for you. It was pretty plain, just a blue button up coat. The biggest problem was that it could have fit someone about twice my size! I started altering it with great gusto,  worked away, and then lost half of the zipper. I could not figure out where the heck it went! So the coat stayed in a pile on the floor of the studio adding to the mess and the list of unfinished things sitting around in my creative conscience. Cleaning my studio led me to the discovery of the lost half of the zipper (mixed in with a pile of papers).  I tore the buttons off the coat, stitched lace on, and sewed the zipper on asymmetrically. The coat was way too big for me and one of my favorite tricks to adjust the fit is overlapping the front flaps. Another one of my favorite things to do with coats is to add inside pockets. In my creative fantasy world I would add pockets to everything!

I might add more lace- maybe to the other side to hide the zipper, or around the cuffs, maybe on the front pockets... What do you think? Either way I'm happy to have it done enough to hang in the coat closet!