finally!

check out some of our wares on etsy!  sorry that took so long, i don't know where the months have gone...

end of january update..

wow how did it get to be late january?  the post pacific arts fest/christmas period just kind of slid into january and now kh.s and i are wondering how to proceed...  2011 is shaping up to be busy and crazy and different than we were anticipating (new job for kh.s! yay! and i have lost my work space to my daughter - her own bedroom) so we are thinking and drawing and figuring and planning and thinking some more..

the end is nigh

i can't believe that the pacific arts holiday market is almost over.  it has been an amazing few weeks and we have had so many great responses to our work.  

pictures to follow soon!  thanks for all your support!

the second weekend

we have had such a tremendous response to our stuff!  hurray and thank you!  we can't seem to keep the medieval bellingham dish towels in stock..  dishtowels seem to be a hot item.    

off to the craft fair again..  hope to see lots of people there!

two days under our belt

so far so good!  we have had such a great response from everyone who has come to see our stuff - thanks for all the support!  here are some pics of our booth.  we are going to be busy in the next week restocking as we got low on some items - hurrah!

 

getting down to the wire

well...  after many days of debate and confusion we will be able to accept credit cards at the fair.  who would have thought it would be such a big deal?

and we are - can it be? - almost ready..  moving some stuff to the space this evening in fact!

we need to take some pictures, sew some more stuff, print some more stuff... but i think we are at a place where we can actually start, even without EVERYTHING being complete.  hurrah!

pictures soon to follow, and come down and visit our booth!  the pacific arts holiday market starts this friday, december 3rd, and is located at 119 W chesnut street, bellingham, wa!  see you there..

snowed in on thanksgiving

Keeping warm and setting my fantasy Thanksgiving table.

Take a sneak peak at some of our wares. 

You will be able to take home with you 

starting next Friday, December 3, 

at the Pacific Arts Holiday Market.

119 W. Chestnut Street 

from 10 am to 9 pm 

on December Art Walk.

The pottery in my fantasy dessert table setting (at end) 

are by my incredibly talented and inspiring mama, 

Linda R. Hughes. 

Her wares are available at the 

Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly Street.

Also available at the 

Allied Arts Holiday Festival of the Arts, 3548 Meridian Street.

Happy Thanksgiving.

more of the same.

an effort to take nicer photos - as a precursor to putting some stuff on etsy...  though these photos still need some work i think... *sigh*  (soon there will be finished printed works!  hurrah!)

this ink is drying

did you see the crowns made by kh.j?

Yes dearies... those fabulous crowns will be enclosed in our personally crafted Christmas Crackers, along with a little surprise.

testing, 1. 2.

Printing began today. The preliminary prints are in the dryer after testing the staying power of my heat setting of the ink. I didn't loose any ink. Phew!


More designs have emerged... you will be able to find (and buy!) those at the Pacific Arts Holiday Market which starts.... next Friday. Yes... next Friday. Come by and see us from 10 am until 9 pm during December Artwalk. 119 W. Chestnut Street.

day with cold...

i have hit a wall.  a cough/cold induced wall.  hopefully will be back on top of things tomorrow.  but yesterday was fruitful:

placemats

tote

christmas crowns

weird how the colour in this is so off

more crowns

and kh.s has started the printing process!  surely that means there are photos coming...

too.. many... ideas..

there is so little time and here we are about to leap into printing.  trying to organize all our goods and figure out what to print on what items..  and what to make screens of!  so many things to do and try, and not NEARLY enough time...

computers

it isn't as satisfying at the end of the day to have been working on the computer..  granted i am working on a design that will (hopefully) end up being one of our prints, but it is nice to have fabrics and threads going through your fingers and a pile of products after a few hours of work, rather than a file...  


anyway here is an image of the work in progress...  not feeling too sure about it tonight, but maybe putting the head on the pillow for a few hours (if the baby lets me) will help.  

ps - this is a map of bellingham, in case it isn't immediately obvious..  :)

is it wednesday already?

drawing drawing drawing all day working on a map.  can't believe how long it is taking.  thank goodness for my child minder!  but sad she is busy the next few days as i won't be able to get back to it for a bit and i felt like i was on a roll..  ahhh well... 

and more.

i have set a task for myself - to sew 1 set of 4 napkins every day.  so far so good (2 days in a row).

plus today i made another tote and some snack bags.  

i think that perhaps i like making the totes and snack bags more right now because i end up with a finished product, whereas the napkins et al still need another step (printing) before they can be done..

alas.. alack..

more bags today..

.. and some napkins sewn.  but not printed yet, so no images.  napkins are a pain, too much ironing!  though they will look good when they are done (i hope).

here are the sandwich bags and a tote i squeezed in.