This week is the Christmas Loft craft show, kicked off by the Holiday Spirit martini shopping party Thursday night.
I’ve been making rings and earrings, pendants and hair clips like crazy. I wish I’d had time for the fancier pieces but it just ran out all too soon. I do have the faery necklace created for the CBCCD Myth in the Mist exhibition, however.
In any case, this is the most exclusive, high-end shopping experience on the island and is perfect for finding one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts. Hope to see you there!
A studio I can work in without clutter, and the space to lay out and work on 100 pairs of earrings all at once? With room for my computer, DVDs, and even more working space?
Surely, I’ve died and this is heaven.
My fall collection is a little late, but I think these colours work well all year round anyway:
I’ve got some winter-y colours in production as well:
Lots to see at the upcoming craft fair – the Christmas Loft at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, the last weekend in November. It’s a fundraiser too, and the CBCCD is one of the best organizations on the island and worth giving some funds to – that’s why I do their show only!
Here’s a sneak peek at the jewellery/craft studio we’ve been building in the house we bought in June. It took a little while to get started but it’s been going pretty quickly once we did. I thought you might like to see the future space where the magical jewellery fairies come by to make all the pretty shiny things you lovely folks like to buy. I’ll do a full post after it’s completed – which will be soon!
I actually wrapped nearly every piece of rare beach glass I have ever found or been given! I WISH I’d found that orange piece, it’s spectacular, but my friend Angie found it and was kind enough to hand it over. The pink was super fun to find, and my parents actually have been doing a lot of beachcombing lately and picked up the grey, yellow, and the marble just last week! The teal, turquoise, pink, aqua and lavender I’ve been hanging onto fearfully for years.
These are on their way to Arts North.
I was feeling uninspired so I rummaged through my supplies and found these little hair clips.. I wasn’t sure where I was going with them but these little wire nest pairs make me pretty happy! This is a new product I’m rolling out this week.
I’ve been playing with a new style and I really like it! There are some handmade lampworked beads in there, firepolished glass, crackle glass, and lots of tiny silver beads. Loving it!
Aren’t these fabulous? My friend Angie has been telling me about the virtues of alcohol ink for at least a year, but last weekI finally got my fingers dirty. And oh man! Fun! I will of course be making jewellery out of these. Look at the sets made from regular dominoes and tiny dominoes:
OH yeah, they’re DOMINOES:
I didn’t have the most lucrative night, but it was kind of fun, I saw lots of people I knew, and I did make a good donation to a great cause (Transition House).
Here are some pics of my booth, from one end to the other!
