Happy New Year!!! What will 2012 bring to the studio?
I am excited to begin the new year... I have added a few new shows to my calender this year..... my 1st show will be in March, Beadfest-spring in April, May will being the Hillard festival and then Beadfest in August.
As most of you know my main business is making and selling glass beads..... but my spinning "hobby" has been expanding and I have begun to sell more yarn...they have always sold well at shows but it is time to add them here. I will add them almost everyday so stop back often. I have had a lot of interest in my yarn for doll hair.. all you Mama-mades from DFH... thank you!. I am going to try selling highlight colors by the yard and main hair colors and other art-yarns by the skein.... if it goes well I will continue it this way... if not I will change it to per skein prices....
I am busy in the glass studio as well but will lag behind in listing new beads... I find it best to have sunny days to photograph beads and those are lacking here this time of year, but I will be listing a few every few days...it is also hard to maintain the website with 2 of the kids doing school and using both computers.....but I will try... :)
The Regional Director position has been great so far... it has been a challenge to learn all of the new things but it feel good to see a change happening...
2011 was an exciting year for me... I had 2 different beads take a trip into space... YES, SPACE!... one was on STS-132 and the other was STS-134.... I am one of 3 artists in the world to have this honor... check out Beads of Courage (.org) for more details. One of my beads was juried into a ISGB "Surface" show and I just found out that The Flow magazine "Women in Glass" issue selected me as one of the featured artists for a second year in a row...
