Summer Craft Shows Come and Gone

It's July 27! Yes, summer is flying! I've been traveling all over, showing and selling my jewelry,  including a show I participated in in Chicago. Over the week leading in to the 4th, I drove all by myself out to Glencoe, IL, to exhibit and sell at the Chicago Botanic Gardens Art Festival. It was a great experience! Not only did I prove to myself I could do it, but my work was received so positively, I was somewhat overwhelmed. I also had the honor of receiving an outstanding achievement award for my botanical inspired work!

The weather was spectacular and the gardens breathtaking. Lots of new botanic inspired designs are racing through my mind and hopefully coming out on the bench soon! Lots more to come!

Jewelry Craft Show Travel

It's April 23...where has the time gone?! I know I say that every time I sit down to write, but really!! For the last 10 days, I've been on the road traveling for shows. I finished up my first show in Gaithersburg, MD and am staying with my sister in Massachusetts before I'm off to Hartford, CT for this weekend. I'm geared up and ready with lots of new jewelry.

I worked on a new booth set up for MD with added panels to match my tablecloths and lighten up the booth:

I love the way the panels brighten the booth and give it a whole new continuity of color. In CT I have a corner booth, so I've had to adjust the layout and I think it's going to be great. Here's what it looks like before the jewelry placement:

Looking forward to show opening Friday night. If you're near Hartford, CT, come on by the XL Center for the American Fine Craft Festival benefiting the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Summer is Flying!

I can't believe how quickly the time is flying. I've been busy with shows and am off to the Samoset Resort in Rockport, Maine this weekend for the first annual invitational craft show. I hope to see you there.

May -- Where Has It Gone?!

I can't believe that the month of May is winding down--already! Where did it go? I've been crazily working on inventory and commissions and getting work out to my retail shops to start the 2014 summer season here in Maine.

This year you can find my jewelry in a few new places including Bangor and Damariscotta, Maine. In Bangor, stop by Blue Heron to see some of my classic flower and reticulated silver designs.

Next up, my delivery to CRAFT in Rocklacd. Barbara is open for the season, so be sure to stop in and say hi! We've stocked the shop up with a nice mix of necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and rings.

New this year is a consignment to Off to the Cottage/Seawicks in Damariscotta. This shop features all beach cottage furniture and accessories, including their wonderful hand made candles. I focused on some beach inspired jewelry for them--fish, pearls, and coral.

Casual Interiors in Boothbay Harbor is once again featuring my jewelry. We feature a mix of pearls, silver and gold work for Carol.

I'll be changing things in and out of the shops on a regular schedule through the season. Hope you visit!

A New Year

A new year -- a new beginning.  So it goes, out with the old and in with the new or rather out with the sad and bad and in with the happy and healthy!  I find myself reflecting on the past--personally and professionally, (only to assess what worked and what didn't), and eagerly looking forward to the possibilities that lie ahead.  Positivity and happiness, love and fun...along with a lot of hard work.  I hear my studio calling me to create and I'm just about ready to jump in with both feet.  Just a little more paperwork to get out of the way and away I go!  New designs, new inspirations, new writings.  And even a new website is in the works!  I hope you will join me as I delve deeper into my craft, while (hopefully) maintaining a balanced life. 

Here's to a wonderful 2014!

Studio Sale Thank You

A giant thank you to everyone who came out yesterday to the 3rd annual holiday open studio and sale.  We had a nice turnout despite the gray, rainy weather.  I'm thankful for a finish to my 2013 show schedule and looking forward to a little break and getting creative again in the studio. 

A special thank you to my mom, Andrea Peters, and my friend, Diana Kerr, who worked so hard pulling the day together--

THANK YOU!!!

Shows in November and December

I just participated in The Maine Crafts Guild show at the Maine State Museum.  It was a small show, but full of amazing artists.  Thank you to all who came, admired, and purchased!

Next up, The Gifted Hand show in Ellsworth:

And then after that, ArtFull Gifts show in Northport:

And perhaps most important, SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, December 1, for the third annual open studio trunk show, held at Mom's house in East Boothbay--10 am-4 pm. 
Hope to see you!