Artisan Guild Tour Preparation Begins in Earnest

So I have a little over a month until the Artisan's Guild Tour, and I need things to sell and display, and new business cards, and this other little thing. So I've got plenty to do. I got myself into the spirit of things last night by making some quick earrings. The price point for these is incredibly low, around $17, so they're just simple little things, twists of beads and wire, but I got sixteen pairs made. I'm hoping that people who can't afford or don't want to spend the money for my art jewelry will decide to buy these at the tour.

Speaking of the tour, I should probably explain. Every year, on the weekend after Thanksgiving (that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), the entire Eastern Shore of Virginia is part of the Open Studio & Vineyard Tour. From the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to the Maryland state line, there are twelve studios (or workshops, or galleries) with artists and two vineyards (with, of course, wine) open and ready to tell you all about themselves and their art. At those twelve studios, there are over 30 artists, all members of the Artisans Guild. I am one of them, and I'm sharing a studio space with my mother, a quilter, and a friend of hers, Deb Finnegan, a basket maker. The Artisans Guild has printed up a number of things, brochures, rack cards, and postcards, all advertising the tour. Below is the ad for our stop on the tour, at the old Onancock High School.



I'll have all sorts of things on display and for sale, so if you're in the area, you should definitely stop by.

In other news, I've also finished a brand new rendering. This is the bracelet I mentioned in the last post, and I remembered to scan in every step. This is the end result!

Now, if you'd like to see the step by step process, click the link below.  (I've put it behind the link so that it won't take forever to load the full blog.) My incredibly wonderful boyfriend, who has awesome computer skills, put together this little thing for me. In fact, it was his idea, and pretty much insisted that I go along with it and scan every step of my rendering, even if it meant trudging up the stairs to scanner and then fiddling around with the cropping of the scans in Photoshop. But behold! It was all worth it in the end. So click the link, or you'll be missing out on the products of all our hard work!