Have display will travel

What does a picnic basket have to do with a display I hear you ask - Let me show you :)

This is not an original idea. I remember seeing somewhere, and I pray the internet gods forgive me for not bookmarking it to share the love, but I can't for the life of me remember where it was. What I originally saw was the use of a steamer trunk for a display - I have made it smaller and more portable this way.

Here is what I used :



Wicker picnic basket ($5.00 at the Good Will) - minus dinner ware and curious cat.




Pipe cleaners and side nippers.




Glue dots and colored paper

Cut the paper to fit to the inside of the basket, this give your pieces a solid and fun background that will allow the pieces to be seen and not get lost with the wicker weaving, and then secure it to the inside with the glue dots.



Cut the pipe cleaners into thirds with the side nippers and make the pipe cleaner into a 'U' shape. Push one end thru the wicker weave slide on the end of the necklace and push the other end off the pipe cleaner thru the wicker weave.

Twist the ends together to keep the item secure.

And there you have it kids - an interesting and fun display that will pack and travel like a dream!

On the road again

My designs are out on the road again!

Holly Springs, NC Arts Council is hosting my pieces for the month of April! They will hang till the first weekend of May.

Which brings me to this.

Another way to 'get your name out there' - Approach your local arts councils/galleries about having your pieces on display. You will more than likely have to have them framed so they will secure to the wall.

Michaels has shadow boxes on sale 40% off several times a year. Next time you see them, pick one up and play with a design. Use that as your showcase when you approach the art galleries/council with your pitch. Let them see how awesome it looks when it is framed. Explain to them that your work is art as well as a fashion accessory. Explain it to them with what inspired you to make the piece. They want to know what makes you tick. What makes you so intresting and how that carries over into your work.

Good luck kids!!! let me know how it goes!

Runnin behind......*pant* *pant*

Am working feverishly on a couple more pieces for the display that will be hung at the Holly Springs Arts Council on Friday. I am stoopid with excitement about this. We just brought down the Farmville exhibit and now it is going up again. This was a last minute deal and I don't have all the information. Will have more tomorrow.

My one wish right now - that I could stop time for a couple of days so I could get ready. If it ain't sumthin, it's sumthin.......


This is one of the pieces I finished last nite -

Tantrum