I have some amazing friends & followers! Another sweet visit from Diane & Jim who brought me these amazing cookies & brownie from their Farmers Market! Each one a literal work of art. Textured, painted & gold-dusted. Amazing!!! And that brownie?… might be one of the best ever!!! …. burp!

Thank you thank you, thank you…

My “room with a view” today! A beautiful day at ART IN THE GARDEN… enjoying the garden, enjoying the view & enjoying the day. Plus, the weather looks good for tomorrow… so come on by! We’re back in the GARDEN from 10:00am-5:00pm tomorrow!

Another surprise art fair treat this morning!!! Our amazing mosaic artist Kristin just “somehow knew” that I might be all over these!!! A wonderful surprise… a sweet treat from a real Sweetie! Thanks Kristin!!!

Cory also brought our collaboration pieces with her to ART IN THE GARDEN… fresh from her kiln! So much fun seeing the finished product. After all of the “teaser” photos… nothing like seeing the real thing!!! Congrats Cory… you knocked it out of the park once again!!!

My art fair morning started early… with a surprise bucket of zinnias, marigolds & purple hyacinth bean vine from my pal Cory McCrory’s garden! A great accent in my booth for the wall pocket vases, ikebanas & vases! So pretty… so thoughtful. Thanks Cory!

Early morning in the “pumpkin patch” choosing which ones are coming to ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend!!! Fall is here… already time for PUMPKINS!!!

Just one last reminder before I go to bed… in case you missed any of the “hints” I’ve so subtly dropped about this show?! This weekend is ART IN THE GARDEN… a wonderful “boutique” grassroots art fair that has been growing every year. It’s a ground of talented friends that have all banded together in metalsmith Amy Taylor’s backyard for this wonderful show!!! With fourteen artists showing their wares, it is a smaller, more intimate setting where you actually get time to chart with all of the artists. We also do a lot of one-of-a-kind collaboration pieces… so much fun “playing” with the other artists & working together to create pieces we wouldn’t normally have a reason to make. They are very special.. and in very limited quantities. So plan ahead & bring a friend… or five!!!

For more specifics, check out the Comment section below…
or the website at www.grassrootsartfair.com

I decided it might be fun to have a “new” mug shape! Nothing too dramatic… just a fun variation. So these cuties are coming with me to ART IN THE GARDEN for their big reveal this weekend!

A beautiful afternoon setting up in the garden… yes, the same garden as this weekend’s ART IN THE GARDEN. I got my tent & shelves set-up… I will bring all of my pots later. But while I was there, it stuck me how beautiful the garden location is… Mother Nature’s artwork even before the weekend’s art arrives!!! Such a great setting for an art fair… thank you Tom & Amy for hosting in your yard full of your own curated art collection!

With featured garden art by Kristin Conneely @kdconneely & Retta Hentschel @windowsido.

Fresh from the soda kiln… some new birdhouses in time for my next two art fairs. Just have to decide which ones are coming to ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend… and which ones will come ART IN THE BARN in two weeks??