I have been very poor again at keeping up with posting here…. The past weeks have been filled with preparing for and vending at a quilt show, preparing a lecture for another guild, gathering items to deliver for a sale, and more. I am also preparing to head back to Fillmore, NY the end of this week to spend a few weeks with my grandmother. My parents Really need a vacation, so I will be staying with her while they are gone. And to add even more excitement…. Our son Zack who has been deployed in Iraq popped in unexpectedly last night on a 2 week leave!!
Zack
I did do a little blog post announcing my newest patterns available at my newest Artfire Studio. We now have studio Blogs available there to use, and I will probably use them to promote new additions, and other artists.
I have also been trying to add little bits here and there to my Facebook Fan Page. Follow the link to become one of my fans!
I will probably be MIA from the web a lot while at my gram’s…. there is only very slow dial-up service there unless I go to my brother’s house. I will be taking all my items listed for sale in my shops along with my shipping supplies so that I can fill any orders that come in while there…. It’s really hard to teach Ken how to do that, and my storage units are portable…. Printing mailing labels online makes shipping packages so easy from anywhere….
Here are a couple photos from my gardens a few days ago…. The trees still have leaves, and a lot are still green….
October 16 Snow 5
My garden out the front door…. Looked more like January than Mid October…. Thankfully after a day or so it all melted.
October 16 Snow 3
Not exactly lawn mowing weather…. The mowers are parked outside my studio window…. Might be time to put them away…. This has definitely been a strange weather year… The snow tires get installed this week.
I am a former textile artist and new pattern designer with a degree in horticulture, wishing to share my love of nature, flowers and gardens with everyone through my photos, sunprinted fabrics, and now pattern designs. Chronic Lyme Disease has caused major changes to the direction my life. I have to limit the amount of time spent digging in my gardens, and quilting has become more difficult. I discovered pattern design as a way to get art back into my life. I now use my gardens and photos to inspire designs that can be used on fabrics and print on demand items.
