A Good Night in the Greenhouse...

Instagram pic of the display

My point of view...big long greenhouse!!

LOTS of greenery to make us all look better!!

Vintage Garden Art

Red Leaf in Resin

 Whew!!! My first show in Colorado is finished. Given that the temps were in the low 20's and falling, and that the show was literally in the greenhouse of Phelan Gardens, it was a very good turnout! I met some lovely, creative vendors, from making jewelry w/ pressed leaves and flowers (Wildflower Jewelry), to Vintage Garden Art, which is hand stamped flatware for your garden or plants (we made a trade!), to beautiful glass and grass jewelry from the Maasai women of Kenya! I had wonderful feedback and some excellent suggestions of 'where to go next', w/ the photographs. So much of selling art on-line, or @ shows like this one, is all about networking, and it was a good start!!! A hearty thank you to Jen Pelto for finding me on Etsy and including me in such a lovely event!

"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house...'
Mt. 5:15

Arts & Crafts for a Chuppah

My dear friend, Claire, asked me to help her with something 'artsy'. Without hesitation, I jumped in with a hearty, 'yes, of course!' Her cousins daughter is getting married in May. In the Jewish tradition, the happy couple is married under a chuppah. The chuppah is a canopy which consists of four poles, which symbolizes the home Bekah and Michael will build together. Their chuppah is something which they will treasure forever and it will remind them of their commitment to each other along with the love and support of their community. They asked each family member to participate in the 'building ' of their chuppah, by decorating a leaf, with words, drawings, embroidery, collage, tie dye, puppetry, mathematical equations, energetic manifestations or other creative expressions! The individual leaves will become part of the tree of life design on the chuppah.

What a wonderful idea, and a fun project for me. As a jewelry maker, we all have lots of baubles which we just know we will put to good use one day (Ladies...am I right??). So, with some tiny faux pearls, some vintage rhinestones and a gold glitter pen, I had a lot of fun designing this leaf for my dear friend Claire's cousin's daughter (whew)! Wishing them many years of blessings and good health as they say 'I do' under this most unique chuppah!