More Gourds!

This is Patience, the newest listing in the shop.  Her listing description tells what all she's made of--I still have one more scrap of that woven trim she's wearing.  Guess I'll be warping the loom again if I want any more of that wild, multi-colored pattern.

I finally finished all the gourd dolls I'd started...at some point I decided to aim for a lower price point by doing less sculpting on the paper clay, (which takes a long time because I get carried away).  This one is my favorite of the "simple" ones.  The rest are fun, varying from silly, to sweet, to downright ridiculous, because you can never have too many three eyed parrots.  (More pictures tomorrow.)

But for now, have Patience.  (teehee.)

Gearing Up...

Only two weekends between now and our art fair here in San Antonio! 

I will probably lose five lbs just fretting and fussing over inconsequential things like tablecloths and 'where in the hell did I put those price tags???'

I am better at the people part of the job: speaking to strangers is not something that comes naturally to the hubs.

But he's WAY better at the logistics side, so we make a good team.  He's gotten another leather scrapbook commission to work on, so he'll be busy evenings and weekends on that, and on the last few belt buckles, day planners, and zodiac notebook covers.

The King Williams Fair is a fun, colorful, wildly busy time, and I am looking forward to it...there's a huge parade, tons of kid stuff, bands playing, and somewhere around three hundred artists showing ONLY handmade work.  Silly hats and costumes are part of the fun...so I'm wondering if I should make a costume.  I'm spinning around about there only being two weekends left...so, I'll stick with the one I already have from a Ren Faire in Florida...  There are dolls to make and tablecloths to wash!

Finally! New listing in the Etsy shop.

I think I posted about Sydney a while back...but I've finally gotten around to adding listings.  The last few months have seen me making dolls, but not putting them in the shop.  The hubs rather dryly mentioned that it's hard to buy something that's not in the store...(he is a smart ass, but I knew this when I married him.)

The new pictures I got of Sydney helped...I've created a backdrop and am considering using white as a backdrop for more listings.  The vintage table/shutters thing for now, but later I'm going to try a trick I learned on Etsy about how to make a "white box" for photographing smaller things.  Guess we'll see.

For now, Sydney is up for adoption.  (She's a very good listener...)