Honorable Mention

I was awarded Honorable Mention at the sixth annual Downtown Festival of the Arts in Champaign, Illinois on August 16th. The "award is reserved for those artists that have shown originality in conception and execution, high quality of workmanship, and excellence in design" (as the letter I received states). Not too bad for my fifth art show!

Downtown Festival of the Arts

Saturday I'll be in Champaign showing my art at the Downtown Festival of the Arts. Above are some new pieces I will be showing. Hope to see you there!

Spring Bloom Sneak Peek

As promised, here are two sneak peeks of two new pieces that will be for sale at the arts festival at the Bloomington Sale Barn this weekend.

Finally......

A new post!!! So I think I am officially bad at this whole blogging thing. Been thinking about posting for weeks now, but just haven't gotten around to it. It's time to showcase a couple new projects I completed for the show in Champaign back in mid-August.

More for Sugar Creek

In Progress....

Only 14 more days until Sugar Creek! Still working really hard and hoping I'm going to have enough items ready. Here's what I'm working on today. Looks like i'll be spending a lot of time at the sewing machine this afternoon.

I think I'm going to have a hard time letting this one go. Loving it already!!


I obviously have had Vero Beach on my mind lately.


Working on some new flower pins for the upcoming shows, as well.

Sneak Peek

Just thought I'd give you a sneak peek of something I have been working on for Sugar Creek. It is currently untitled. The picture isn't the greatest—please ignore the glare on the glass. I've got several other great pieces in the works that I'm really excited about.

Two for Two

Can you believe it!!! I got my acceptance letter for the Sugar Creek Arts Festival. So mark your calendars for July 12 and 13 and visit www.mcac.org for more info.

So excited!!

Spring Bloom Success!

So my very first show was a success!! Thanks to all who stopped by and especially to those who made a purchase.

Spring Bloom Sneak Peek

Next weekend is the Spring Bloom Arts Festival at the Bloomington Sale Barn. The above images are a sneak peek of one of my pieces for sale entitled Beautifully Unexpected. It's a piece of cotton that has been wrapped and over-dyed numerous times in different colors to achieve the final result. I loved the resulting piece of fabric and couldn't bear to cut it up and incorporate it into something else, so I chose to embellish it instead with embroidery and beads. It's been stretched over a 12 x 16 inch frame like a piece of canvas.

I've been working really hard on new pieces and am really excited about the finished results.

Spring Bloom Arts Festival

I can't remember the last time I was so interested to see what a piece of mail said. Yesterday I got an envelope from the McLean County Arts Center, and I was selected for my first juried art show!!! I'm so excited, but now a little overwhelmed. I have a lot of work to do before March 22. Yep, March 22 at the sale barn, come on out and stop by my booth!