Etsy featured item!

I made it to the front page of Etsy this weekend. That's never happened to me before, so I really wasn't sure what it meant to be featured. Basically it means that the "views" on that scarf went from 35 to 201 in about 1/2 an hour. Not too shabby as far as exposure goes! Here's a screen shot:

I think the curator of this Treasury did a great job on all the items, but of course am partial to my own item... ;)

Enjoy your St. Pat's week everyone! I have 66 more scarves to iron today for Wednesday's booth on Riverstreet, so I better get back to work!

Random Ramblings...

So I don't really have a goal for today's blog - other than to ramble on about what's going on here.

It's a quiet rainy day - and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I love the quiet.

I'm waiting on an order of silk scarves and realize I am in the calm before the storm. Dyeing 150 green scarves for St. Patrick's Day on Riverstreet is not daunting in the least. IRONING 150 green silk scarves, however, is a bit disturbing. I'm choosing to block that unavoidable mess for now.

I had a great day on Riverstreet this past Saturday. In Savannah we have an arts and crafts festival on the 1st Saturday of every month. I haven't taken my scarves to one in a few years, and was not sure what to expect. Thank goodness the economy is picking up and sales were great! The event coordinators came by and asked me to participate in the St. Pat's Day festival. And for some reason I agreed... We all know why, of course. Cash! Plus it will be fun. And the weather is promising to be nice - so who wouldn't want to sit by the river and enjoy the festivities - and call it work?

I'm painting an alligator. I've painted it once before, but wanted to tackle it again. It's been 4 years, and I hope to improve on the first one. Here's the photo I'm painting from:
I took the photo one night after a long day of wakeboarding on the Savannah River (in the wild life refuge, specifically). I love the image and it's so much fun to paint. It's going pretty quickly - for me, anyway. I'm quite the slow, meticulous painter... but I think it will be done in a couple of days - I'm definitely going to be taking a break for a week to finish/sell green scarves though...

If you're in Savannah for St. Patrick's Day come on down to my tent. I'll be right along the river somewhere amongst the drunks. Should be a pretty entertaining day of observations from the safety of my tent.

Off to read while I wait for the UPS man and the FedEx man. Lot's of packages coming today. And lunch with a friend. Such a great Thursday! Enjoy, everyone.

Scarves debuting in Red Clover...

A selection of my scarves can now be found at Red Clover - a fabulous boutique in down town Savannah that specializes in reasonably priced fashion. Check them out when you're in the area! Nothing like touching the silk in person. And grab an outfit to go with your new scarf while you're at it!

Don't worry if you're not in Savannah - you can still find a wide range of scarves in my shop! New designs weekly. And you can always contact me for custom dyed items as well. You belly dancers are keeping me up to my ears in silk veils! And I LOVE it!

The gloves are off...

One of the pesky side effects of dyeing silk is that, when I'm too lazy to dig out the long dish gloves, the water/dye mixture seeps over the top of the latex gloves. Sooo when I spend a day and a half dyeing purple and green veils and scarves, apparently I end up with purple and green fingers. So tonight it looks like I'm off to the gallery opening with green fingernails. Maybe I need to dig out the dark colored nail polish...

Updates!

So very busy lately! It's fantastic. I love being swamped with art work. So here are the basics:

Tomorrow night -

Friday, February 26 5:30pm - 7pm

Armstrong Atlantic State University (4th item down)

Invitational Alumni Show

I have 6 of my larger paintings in the show. Very cool!

March 6 9am-6pm

First Saturday on the River

I'll have my booth set up, just down from Olympia Cafe (guess where I'm having lunch!)

So come on down and check it out, if you're in the area.

I'll even have a special basket of St. Patrick's Day scarves for $20 - What a bargain!

Needless to say, I'm swimming in silk at the moment! I love it. This weekend I'll be taking a break to go to a bachelorette party in Atlanta. A girls gotta have a little fun now and then... ;)