A Few New Notes

I wanted to share a few things from the past month....

First off, I found this site TOMS Shoes

For every pair of shoes you buy, they give a pair of shoes to children in need worldwide.  Cool

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Featured Again

I was featured on this blog today...which is also where I found out about TOMS shoes

click on here to see the interview:

Green Earth Journey

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My Second Craft Show

I had SO MUCH more stuff at this one....I did well....and now I have so much more to list on my new site...see below...

- Special Note-

My 5 year old was bound and determined to make things to sell, like mom.  She made the forest fairy wands that you see up in the top left of this photo, as well as rock magnets.  The first item I sold that day was one of her forest fairy wands, she was so proud.  She made a whopping $5 that day.  She is super happy!

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Launch of my New Site:

The Standing Tree

www.thestandingtree.etsy.com

You can check out my etsy mini over to the right at the top right!

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My Girlies Enjoying Fall...and just a cute shot of them

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Meet the Elves

I was asked to create some "renegade" elf costumes for some local... hooligans...

Check them out:

happily portraid here by my loving hubby

Myrad- Emerald Leaf

Saelas- Wildwood

Kyhar- Ruby Wisdom

Korvan- Black Forest

Arsan- Gold Wine

Corean- Legendary Rider

gnomeclothes is featured on a blog today

Debbie Gooter of DG Designs has chosen me to be a featured artist on her "Best of Etsy" blog today!! Check it out HERE 

Her Daily Themes include:

Monday- Metal and Jewelry

Tuesday- Eco-Friendly

Wednesday- My Choice

Thursday- New Sellers

Friday- Fiber Artists

Saturday- Supply Sellers

Sunday- MissEvilKitty

Strange Folk Festival 2008

This years Strange Folk Festival was AMAZING! I have to bow to the coordinator Autumn Wiggins, aka the "Strange Girl in Charge", for doing a outstanding job of organizing this event. The music was GREAT and the vendors were all SUPER!
This was my first time being a vendor at any festival and I had a FANTASTIC time! The music was an awesome backdrop to the many talented artists and fantastic patrons.  My wonderful family joined me on this trip and had a great time experiencing the recycled craft areas (making shrinky dinks and plastic flowers), visiting alpacas and the sandbox, convieniently located right behind my table, and watching the weaving, spinning and pottery demonstrations.  My husband Steve, self-proclaimed stellar produce bag seller, was on hand to give me a much needed break. My daughter, Kylie, was enthralled by all of the handmade items and vows to make her own art to sell sometime soon (maybe for my next show in November).  Kaitlyn, well....she mostly took naps and played in the sand, but she made an adorable backdrop to my table and my customers oohed and ahhhed over her....cute kids always find a way of drawing attention.  They were both convieniently dressed in dresses that I made for them, so the extra publicity was a bonus.

Here I am with all my wares:

Here is Kylie, my "Helper Gnome":

A close up of my wares:

And, finally, the girls from whence the inspiration comes (my Strange Gnomies):

Vacation Sale

~~~~~ VACATION SALE ~~~~~

I need to clear out my stock. I am going on vacation in July and want everything to be GONE!!!

EVERYTHING in my store is now
........10% - 15% OFF.................................
through the end of June!!! Hurry

I will also still honor my "FREE CLOTH NAPKINS with a purchase of $30 or more" offer!!

Wow! What a STEAL!!

Find EVERYTHING you need for a "green" lunch.
Reusable Cloth Napkins
Reusable Cloth Sandwich Wraps
Reusable Cloth Baggies
Reusable Cloth Snack Bags
Cloth Lunch Bags
New! Mesh Produce Bags
New! Reusable Organic Cloth Sandwich Wraps
New! Reusable Organic Cloth Baggies

and of course, Unique Twirly Play Dresses


gnomeclothes

Come check me out at http://www.gnomeclothes.com/
or
http://www.gnomeclothes.etsy.com/

Check out this Rocker

http://www.beardart.com/

pretty much.....he rocks!

My first SALE

I sold my first dress today.....I am so excited. I just made this pattern up one day...I was inspired by the luxurious drape of the top material. It is really light, and airy, and spins just beautifully.

Fabric Art

For the first time in a looooooong time, being a mom and all, I was able to go to the bookstore ALONE thanks to my mother-in-law. I was not in search of anything in particular, I was just going to browse and really just enjoy spending time alone. Being a "fabric artist" I enjoy looking at the art/craft/weaving/sewing section...lo and behold I found this book that I was immediatly drawn to. Check out the picture. It's called The Art of Manipulating Fabric by Colette Wolff. After paging through it, I quickly bought it and my "alone" time was up so it was stashed away in my Christmas luggage for about a month. I stumbled upon it the other day and am just inspired by it. So inspired, in fact, that I am going to make a pledge to try and learn (or at least try) every stitching technique in there. Hence, I have started this blog to keep me organize, on track and accountable. And also to vent my impending rage at the difficulties I am sure to have.

The book is seperated into six parts: (with a few different techniques included under each part)

• Controlled Crushing
• Supplementary Fullness
• Systematic Folding
• Filled Reliefs
• Structured Surfaces
• Mixed Manipulations

I know they really don't sound all that interesting, but I promise that if you saw some of the pictures in this book you would be awed. The last sentence of the "Getting the Most from this Book" section says...APPROACH WITH A SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE.... so here goes...

Coming up....controlled crushing (gathering and shirring)...