Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Published and a bunny

Guest blogger Chris here...

Well, I guess it is now official, judging from the traffic here on the blog.  I am a published artist.  Wow!  I never imagined.  Marbles have been good to me this year.  First the fantastic show at Moon Marble in March, to having young kids so excited buy marbles from me with their own money at the farmers market.  It makes me wish there were more hours in the day to have my full time job, my part time job, and the lampworking that I love, not to mention the wife and darling daughter.  Thanks everyone!

At the Sandhills Ranch Expo, I received an order from someone for a special bunny bead.  Here are some shots of what I came up with...



Now Steph needs to work her magic and finish the bunny into a pendant for the gal who wanted it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, June 14, 2013

Events of this week...

Guest blogger Chris here!

Well, we returned home late last night from Bassett, Nebraska and the Sandhills Ranch Expo.  The darling daughter drove most of the way home as she spent most of the day on Thursday sleeping in her nest under our display table while Steph talked with our customers and I worked at the torch.  It was a successful show for us and the weather in northern Nebraska was much nicer than what waited for us in the southern part of the state.  I would like to say "Thank you" to all of our customers.  We appreciate your business.

Steph took the three and a half hour drive to Bassett on Tuesday as time to sit still for a bit and create some new pieces with some of my work.   During the show Wednesday and Thursday, I had my torch set up and was doing marble making demonstrations off and on as time and customers permitted.  I took several orders for a new custom style marble that I started making especially for this show (pictures to follow in a later blog post because they are still in the creation phase).  So without further ado, here are some pictures.
 
 The Vineyard...
A couple of ladybugs...
Marbles created at the show...
Another shot of the marbles...


Now here are some marbles I had for the show...
And to keep in the theme of ladybugs...


All in all, the Sandhills Ranch Expo was a great show for us for the second year.  Thank you again to everyone who stopped by.  And a big thank you to Shareen for arranging things so I had propane and oxygen for my torch.

Future events for us...
  Highland Park Farmers Market, Saturdays from now until the end of September, 8am until noon

  The Flatwater Music Festival and Prairie Loft in Hastings, June 28th and 29th
    ----MORE INFO TO COME ON THIS SHOW





Monday, June 10, 2013

Sandhill Ranch Expo


We will be vendors at the 2013 Sandhills Ranch Expo, located in Bassett, NE.  The show is Wednesday and Thursday this week!  I would like to say I am ready with lots of new jewelry, but sadly the full time job has consumed most of my time lately.  However, there are new designs (just not as many as I had hoped) and Chris will be doing demos this year!  Come out and watch Chris work his magic with the torch creating glass beads and marbles!  Need more info?  Here is the link for the show info:
Sandhills Ranch Expo

Friday, June 7, 2013

Weekend Shows!

Hastings First Friday's photo.


We will participate tonight in our first Hastings First Friday in Downtown Hastings!  Lots of fun, food, music, vendors, and family activities!  We will be located near 2nd & Burlington from 5-8 pm!  Hope you can stop by and check out the fun!
 
 
Tomorrow starts the Farmers Market Saturdays at the Highland Park Farmers Market!  The market is located behind the Hastings Museum and runs from 8am - 12pm.  Chris and Mina will be manning our booth tomorrow, so stop by and see them!
 


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