Ready for another day of fun at ART IN THE BARN.
It’s Day Two and it looks like another beautiful day in Barrington!
I’ve re-stocked and put everything back in its place. Not only do I have a spacious double booth… but I also have a great “backyard” space to overflow into as well. The perfect place to display some larger ClayQuilts… and the requisite Fall mum.

Any day at an art fair can be long. Long hours on your feet.
Long hours selling work. Long hours answering questions.
It can get exhausting.

But oddly, I actually ENJOY doing art fairs. Getting out there to actually meet your customers. To meet your Facebook Fans. To watch them pick up your work… admiring, touching, caressing. And when you look up and see a face like THIS… what’s not to like?!!!

Now don’t get me wrong…
Receiving a prestigious ribbon award at an art fair is pretty great.
Always unexpected. Always a highlight.

But THIS is the ribbon I most want to get year after year.
This is the one that counts!!!  $$$

This red ribbon is for being one of the Top 10 Seller last year at ART IN THE BARN. Which not only means I sold a LOT of pottery… but it also gets me a free double booth this year as my “prize.” Double the booth, double the pots!!!

With an early start to ART IN THE BARN today, I didn’t have a chance for the morning bike ride. Instead I got a pretty incredible sunrise in my rearview mirror as I was driving out to Barrington. Mother Nature never fails to impress me.

If you couldn’t make it to “Art In The Garden” and therefore you missed the tiled collaboration pieces I did with Cory McCrory. This weekend is your second chance!

Missed the “Garden” so come out to the “Barn.”
I’ll have the remaining collaboration tiled mirrors with me at ART IN THE BARN.
Great colors, great whimsy, great textures. It’s always fun to collaborate with Cory…
and these mirrors are going fast!!!

A quick reminder about ART IN THE BARN this weekend.
It’s a great art fair on the grounds of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital…. also the original grounds of Quaker Oats. And yes, I am indeed in the Barn!!! Moo. Lower Barn in my double booth E4 & E6. Saturday & Sunday from 10:00-5:00pm.

Double the booth. Double the selection. Double the fun.
Hope to see you there… and bring a friend or three!!

Fresh from the kiln… the latest addition to “The Ghouls Collection”
will be making her grand appearance at ART IN THE BARN tomorrow & Sunday
from 10:00am-5:00pm in Barrington.

She’s going to look great with the other festive Ghouls in the collection…
Pumpkin, Skull, Frankenstein, Mummy, Vampire, Black Cat and now The Witch!!!
It’s a Limited Edition collectible… don’t miss out or she may just put a curse on you!!!

Also got some pretty sweet new mugs out of the kiln. I’ve been playing in the studio a little with porcelain… and LOVING the results coming out of the soda kiln. Looks like there will be more of these coming soon… as these are all going to ART IN THE BARN this weekend!!!

Don’t forget that this weekend is ART IN THE BARN in Barrington, Illinois. It’s been a couple of crazy weeks getting ready, and now the weekend is almost here… and I still have a kiln cooling right up to the last minute. Good thing as I have a double-booth in the Lower Barn E4-E6.

Twice the booth. Twice the shelves. TWICE THE POTS!!!

Swing by Saturday or Sunday from 10:00am-5:00pm each day
for my largest “outdoor” art fair of the season!

On the grounds of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
About two miles west of the intersection of Route 59 & Route 22.

Look what showed up on my shelving at ART IN THE GARDEN today?!
No one has claimed responsibility for the placard… but it’s OBVIOUSLY someone who knows me very well.

I narrowed it down… I know it showed up sometime on Saturday.
I thought it might be our host & metalsmith Amy Taylor’s doing as she has seen me at MANY an art fair always barefoot. She claimed no knowledge. Next up?… Cory McCrory. She too claimed no responsibility, but did fess up that she saw who did it. So I’m not positive… but I do think I’ve narrowed it down to one of my good “groupies”. Let me just say her name starts with a J… and rhymes with Trudy. I’m just sayin’…

And I’m saying THANK YOU!!!
It was a rough weekend personally and this little slice of whimsy brought a smile to my face. It reminded me that even though we’re currently dealing with some family health issues, there are so many good people out there to bring a smile & share a hug. This little warm fuzzy came at just the right time.