Whew!

I can finally take a breather, but just a quick one! The Brookside Art Annual was this past weekend, we lucked out and had wonderful weather all three days. The crowd wasn't as large as years' past but it was fun to do none the less, and boy did it wear me out.We had great neighbors on either side of us and met lots of nice people. We hope to be fortunate enough to get juried in to next years show as well.

For all of you who came out and stopped to chat with us we really appreciate it and I will get my online shop loaded up with goodies throughout the week. I wrote down several new ideas while we were out there and can't wait to get started on these designs!

Bryan and I both took Monday off from work to re-coop a bit but are both still extremely tired today as well. We actually did a little work for the next big show while we were home yesterday. We stopped by the UPS store to get some ideas on packing up our booth that we will be shipping to New York in August. Also, started doing some hotel research.

I am glad to be blogging again after such a break and look forward to catching up with all my fellow bloggers!

Art Shows coming up

It's a mad rush to get things finished for our upcoming shows! I got quite a bit done yesterday and have taken today off from work so I could stay home and work in the studio. I have REALLY enjoyed the recent days off to work in studio. Sometimes I wonder could I really work down there for 8 hours a day but after this month I can definitely say yes I could.

Worked on some new earrings yesterday, love them! Next saturday we will be at Art on the Hill in Kearney, Missouri. It is a one day show from 9-4pm. I highly recommend coming out to see this one if you are in the area. My friend Tammy from Homemade Circus will be there. You can click on the link to her shop to view the invitation to the show and get a peek at her FABULOUS art!

We sete up the tent last weekend to test how we will string the lights for the Brookside show and to figure out which type of light bulb we liked best. Think it will be a cute set-up. I hope we have warm and sunny weather both weekends!

MIKEY

Introducing the newest member of our family! We just picked him up this evening, he is just so cute and unbelievably soft. He's been doing a little exploring tonight and is hanging out with us in the living room sitting in between bryan and me letting us both take turns petting him.

Egg Decorating

We are having an egg decorating contest among the employees at work. Here are the eggs that were turned in, we'll be announcing the winners on Friday. It has been great to see people get excited about this and I have to say we have some seriously creative people here at Halls!

We're going to New York!!

Found out yesterday that we have been accepted to show at the New York International Gift Fair. There is a waiting list but hopefully we'll be able to get into the August show. Keep your fingers crossed!