Showing posts with label Artful Gatherings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Artful Gatherings. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Pictures from Flea in the Field


What a hidden gem right here in Anna! 
The Flea in the Field event was held at a quaint country place just a couple of miles down a picturesque winding road outside the city.

There were big open fields where vendors set up their tents to sell all sorts of things: organic beauty products, quilts, antiques, jewelry, stained glass, vintage accessories, art, and handmade products of all kinds. 

Our friends John and Robyn Beazley (Beazley Auctioneers) held an exciting auction. 
Here are the two re-purposed vintage doors that Jeremy and I turned into hall tables to sell.


I also had a booth at the event and sold a few crafty things. 
Lisa, the owner of this lovely property, has a huge old wooden greenhouse that she turned into an event area. The curved open roof structure of the old greenhouse was covered with chicken wire and she strung white lights over the whole thing. It was reserved for vendors who are also Etsy sellers. I was able to set up in this area (which was a blessing because it greatly helped in blocking some of the strong winds we had that day). 

There is so much potential for this venue! With the old white farmhouse, the red barn, the big open greenhouse, the gorgeous fields, trees, flowers, the hen house, and other old out buildings...wow! It is a perfect place for events like this and others. I am so excited to work with Lisa in the near future on designing promotional materials for her and discussing creative ideas. Can't wait!

A few pics from my booth.

Art for Missions:  I used some of the small shells that the kids helped me gather on the beach at Rabbit Island in Cambodia to make some special necklaces to sell to raise money to support missions. 
I will have these necklaces for sale in my Etsy shop very soon. (posting new items this week)



Much love and prayers for Mandi, Meredith, Shaela, and Dan!






This is a poster I designed to promote Artful Gatherings
I really love doing these painting parties with people and I hope that this will be a part of my business that grows this year.


* This was a card that I handed out for Artful Gatherings. I put one of my paintings on the front and all of the party information on the back with a discount offer. 
I put magnets on them so people could hang them on their refrigerator. 

If you are local and you want a card so you can get the discount on a future party just message me. :)




And I made these two postcards to promote my photography 
......they also include a discount for future photo session if anyone is interested. :)




Sunday, August 4, 2013

Sunflowers - A Bridal Shower Painting Party



I love doing Artful Gatherings and this one was no exception. In fact, it was a really special gathering because it was a bridal shower party. The bride-to-be loves sunflowers and since she would be using them in her summer wedding the hostess of the shower asked if I could lead them in painting sunflowers with the idea that the canvases could be hung as part of the decor in the wedding reception area! What a brilliant idea! I was thrilled to get to lead this party with such a fun group. They did an amazing job!
 
So, here we go.

 
I started with a blank canvas just like they did, with only an outline of our image sketched on in pencil. We began with the background color and then worked our way through the stems, petals and centers of the flowers before finally putting in final details and extra shading.




 Here are their gorgeous finished paintings!
 
 
 
 


Friday, May 11, 2012

The Happy Puppy





A great big "Thank You" to the greatest group of kiddos and parents who painted Happy Puppy Dogs with me! And especially to the sweet birthday girl who let me be a part of her special celebration.

I absolutely LOVE the personalities that showed through in each child's version of this puppy dog painting. I hope each of them had as much fun as I did in this most recent "Artful Gathering" event.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Introducing Artful Gatherings

I feel so blessed to have been able to host my first Artful Gatherings painting event this weekend.

Thank you to my sweet friend Ashley who invited me to be a part of a fun children's ministry event.
The kids were completely adorable and they created such beautiful works of art to take home.
I look forward to doing many more Artful Gatherings!

I've created a page on my blog with all of the information about Artful Gatherings. Please take a moment and give it a look, maybe I can host an event for you.

Here are the talented kiddos from my innaugural event! Yay!


What a great looking group of young artists!