Note to Self

Note to self... It is easier, when getting ready for a show, to assemble as you go.

I enjoy all parts of making jewelry, selecting glass, cutting, firing and even assembling the pendants on cards. I love to see the completed project. However, I don't love it when any one job piles up.

While I was happily going along in my studio, creating some fun new pendants like Skally, my skull girl wearing a lime green bow, and a collection of Hip Chic pendants, I didn't realize that my box of pendants to assemble on cards was filling up. All of a sudden, there I was, a worker bee assembling 200 pendants on cards. UGH! Not fun if you sit there and do it all at once. But now that it's over... Ahhh look at all the beautiful pendants. It's the Ahhh feeling why I love to assemble cards.

Sheri and I have a big weekend in store... the first double header! Sheri will work both Saturday & Sunday, and I will just be out for Sunday... so really, it's Sheri's first double header!! She's the best.

Have a groovy one,
Nicky

Meet Nicky and Sheri Pocket

Well... After all our excitement with our very first Art Fair we were ready to go for the Fall Festival at Blackberry Farms, on September 14th, in Aurora. Much to our dismay, it was a total rain out... not just a drizzle, but a RAIN OUT!

We do Have a new date ... October 11 & 12th and we hope to see you out there.

Sheri and I had a little extra time on our hands, with our unexpected rain delay, and this is what we came up with... Meet Nicky Pocket & Sheri Pocket of the Polly Pocket People. We are cute plastic girlz driving around in a super hip plastic sportscar, on our way to our next market. ...Darling Husband says we have too much time on our hands!

But really, both Sheri and I have been busy in our studios creating some great new pieces, and on a not-so-serious note, I came up with these kooky skulls, after all, Halloween is just around the corner!

Then, I started in on a new series of patterns spliced together to make one way cool pendant. There are a select few available for purchase in my store www.uncommonglass.etsy.com . New items are added weekly, so check back often... you never know what you'll find??

After a long day, I, Nicky Pocket, am signing off...
Have an artful good night!!

We are Art Fair Vendors!

Well, we survived our first day as Art Fair Vendors at the Yorkville Jr. Women's Arts and Crafts Fair... and it was so fun!! I think we may have to quit our day jobs and run the circuit. OK, maybe we're not quite ready for that, but we both really enjoyed meeting new people and talking "art" with them.

It was a lot of work getting our act together, setting up the booth just so, organizing our goods and, when it was over, packing everything up, but it was well worth it. Our booth had a steady stream of traffic admiring our hand made baubles. That in itself was fantastic, but the real excitement was that we had great sales!! Holy cow, we may actually be able to make a living at this?

With our newly found determination, Sheri is working hard on locating a more shows to exhibit at. A few dates bring us into the holiday months... hmmm, maybe a great Christmas present for someone special? We'll keep you "posted" on our Show schedule...




Be creative,

Nicky