“Overnight Success takes fifteen years”

Here is a great article my sweet hubby emailed me today. I found it very interesting and it has this funny cartoon that says: "We need to talk and after that, you need to shut up!"
So funny. That's all the energy I have for tonight. The kids are beating the crap out of me every night at bed time... oh, and since I'm now nature girl (or something) I found a luna moth in our yard yesterday and met my first two black widows today. They were so pretty.. yet so dangerous...
good night!

http://lateralaction.com/articles/hugh-macleod/

Inman Park Festival

I spend a beautiful day at Inman Park Festival yesterday.
We have a new routine. We, that is Devanie Schilpp and Jeanette Zeis, my studio gals.
We have been going to Pilates on Saturday morning. I have finally started to exercise
again. It feels so good to wake up that tired body. It is so essential to my well being..
We found this fantastic place called Dance 101 and I just want to live there. Ok, maybe
just go there three times a week would be heaven. It is a dream come true to me.
Dancing is the best!
I have been at it for 4 weeks now and the past week I have also been making more
conscious decisions about what I eat. Just trying to eat more fruits and vegetable and
to drink more water will hopefully improve my waistline. After all it's time to jump
into the pool in 1 month with the kids.

So, going back to what the post is about the festival. The weather was absolutely perfect,
even getting hot actually! Blue skies and no worries whatsoever.
Here are my favorite sellers:

Karis jewelry had a fabulous booth & display. I love the necklaces and glass rings.
Unfortunately I am too clumsy to wear something so fragile.

There was a potter that I have not seen before and I love her work. Very beautiful.
Unfortunately I cannot really find her on the net. Too bad, but her name is Darra Jannuzzo.

This Photography was awesome. I love all Eastern imagery and this one with the flags was
my favorite! www.zenography.net



Jinnie Lynn Dykes own Wingo. Awesome necklaces. I saw at least three that I wanted to own.
Great work and she sells on etsy! I actually met her at another festival before and we traded
some pieces. It was fun running into her again and am glad to know that I influenced her
Chicken Marsala recipe by introducing her to Panko a couple of years ago! Ha!



And then there is Brandy. She didn't have a booth at the festival but was showcasing her
daughter beautifully in her designs. Really cute kid's clothing!



Dryads Dancing have fabulous furniture. I totally loved the tables and small cabinets!



This Atlanta painter has been around for a few years and I love the fun and quirky imagery.
I should own one... i'm thinking. www.rlandart.com

American Craft Council Favorites - Part 2

Just wanted to continue with my previous blog about my favorite sellers:

James Borden makes these wonderful timepieces. They are unbelievable and breath-taking.


Linda Chamberlain does beautiful paintings:



a fabulous sculpture and painter, who had the most fabulous booth set-up to top it all off
David Bryce:


Another potter with fabulous painting skills. The more I looked at it, the more I discovered, and the more I loved it: Elisabeth Maurland


Amy Gillespie, a textile artist! Nice compositions and interesting, different work.


And last, but not least, a couple of wood artist, specializing in functional pieces. Everybody needs wooden spoons in the kitchen!

Woodspoon.com & Moonspoon.com:

American Craft Council

I am a little bit late blogging about this, but nevertheless I wanted to share my favorite sellers at the American Craft Council show we had in Atlanta several weeks ago. It was the best show I've seen so far. There were so many high quality artists there and I found them to be very inspiring.
Here are some of my favorites in no particular order!
Eshelmanpottery I loved for its clean lines and modern feel. Would love to own a set of pieces.
It was so perfectly made and well thought through.

Akira Satake, a Japanese potter, had awesome pieces. It made me yearn to go to Japan and learn their way. So perfect...


Kelly O'Briant has such charming work. The painting she does is so sweet and made me want to paint. She was nice to share what inspired her. I hope I can open myself up and let all my suppressed imagery shine through one day.


Sandra Byers has amazing porcelain pieces. A true veteran she has been working with the medium for decades and truly know to be patient to make the porcelain so translucent looking.


Mitch Yung has amazing wall hangings. Love the scale and texture. Really nice work!