Latest Photo Cuffs

You can find all these pieces, along with all my jewelry at my shop arosebyname.etsy.com and you can find my shop on Facebook ARoseByName. 

Bello Nebula Cuff OOAK

Crab Nebula Cuff OOAK

Purple Agate Cuff OOAK

Next Two Shows

I have two more shows coming up:

532 West Market St., Akron, OH 44303

Sunday- April 28, 2013

11:00 am-5:00 pm​

Mother's Day is right around the corner, find the perfect gift! This large show will feature artists and crafters selling their original handmade items at this beautiful venue! The show will also feature a la carte lunch items from Tangier's and a full bar! Admission is $3 to the public, children under 12 are free. A portion of proceeds will benefit Akron non-profit Stewart's Caring Place. The show is still currently accepting vendors. 

AND...

May 11th at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center 

Hudson, OH from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

2013 West Side Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show

Hi everyone, I know it's been quite a while, but I have been very, very busy creating for my upcoming shows this spring. I may also be doing another show in July as well as (hopefully) Kent's Art in the Park again in September. So, needless to say, my fingers have been flying! 

If you will be in the Rocky River, OH area this weekend (Saturday, March 23rd and Sunday, March 24th), I will be a vendor at the 2013 West Side Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show:

Rocky River Memorial Hall (next to the Rec Center)
21016 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116
from 10 am to 5 pm each day.

Aside from being able to shop for wonderful and unique handmade gifts, this show will have concessions provided by the Arc of Summit and Portage Counties with all those proceeds going to Arc. No to mention, a portion of the proceeds from the admissions fees will go to benefit the local non-profit Project Night Night. ​

Please come to see all the wonderful vendors. You could find that perfect item you've been searching for!

New Year: Not So New Anymore

Wow, February 1st...where did January go? Like many, we spent much of January sick with the flu, hopefully the rest of the year will be much, much better. 

I did get to set up my studio and it's coming along, although I am in desperate need of an area rug and some wall decor. My oldest did get me a lovely calendar that I will probably use the photos from to decorate. It's a Hubble Space Telescope calendar with gorgeous deep space photos. 

I've also gotten some beading done. The Bello Nebula piece is finished, but I have yet to take photos and the purple agate piece needs better photos, but you get the idea. I'm currently working on lovely little bracelets in sterling silver, white or cream for the upcoming bridal season. I'll be selling them at the Avant-Garde Art and Craft show in Rocky River, March 23-24. If you're in the area, come in to see my pieces!

Bello Nebula

purple agate

Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show

If you find yourself in the Akron, OH area today (Sunday, December 2nd), please come to The Tangier, 532 W Market St, Akron, for the 1st Summit County Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show. There will be over 130 vendors (including me!) who will have a myriad of items for you to enjoy and purchase!

Latest Creations and Other Stuff

I cannot wait to get my "studio" set up so I can have my light box all set for photos. These were taken outside, but I just didn't have the control to capture the colors! The triple wrap bracelets really look nice worn as necklaces! Thanks   to Bonnie for showing me how pretty they could be!

Golden Lace triple wrap bracelet or necklace

Sweet Golden Rose bracelet with vintage shell button

Midnight Moonlight triple wrap bracelet or necklace

Red Creek Jasper on light topaz diamonds cuff

Rhyolite triple wrap bracelet or necklace

Cosmos with Silver Stars triple wrap bracelet or necklace

Verdite on golden sea diamonds with vintage button

And some other photos...

Superstorm Sandy raised our creek to almost overflowing

Our ol' Sadie! Sweetest dog ever!

Beautiful Fall Leaf for inspiration

Please Stay Safe

If you are in the danger zone for Hurricane Sandy/Frankenstorm/Monster Storm (whatever you want to call it), please, please, please stay safe! This storm is nothing to mess with and if you are anywhere in the path, stay home and hunker down! 

Special Order

Here is my latest piece...I just finished it. It is a special order piece for a customer on Etsy! Now that it's complete, it's time to dig into making some more gemstone bracelets for the December 2nd art show!

Listings

I've finally gotten around to listing many of the pieces I created for the Art in the Park show. I still have about 10 more to list, but the majority are up in the shop now! http://arosebyname.etsy.com

I've had great response from my latest pieces and have had some lovely email conversations with people I met at the show. I now have a lot of new ideas and I'm excited to get moving on them! If only there were more hours in a day!

It's likely I will be a part of a show on December 2nd and possibly a future show at the art museum. We'll just have to see how things pan out. I really feel like I have grown a lot in my art over the past year or so and I'm actually finding it easier to refer to myself as an artist. Believe me, this has been difficult! I have amazing support from my family and that makes it even better!

This weekend Baby Girl is moving out, so that will rearrange the upstairs and I may just have my "studio" finally! I'm very excited about that, but I'm not heartless, she is just as excited to have her own place, too!

Best get back to work on my latest order...

1st Art Show was a Success!

On the 8th and 9th of September, I participated in Kent's Art in the Park and it was an amazing first art show for me! I was extremely nervous about it beforehand and didn't sleep much at all the night before, but it turned out to be a wonderful experience, even with the rain and chilly temperatures! I had a lot of interest in my pieces and sold quite a few. I made enough to cover all my costs (including the tent!) and still made some money...you can't ask for more than that!

I would like to thank my family for all their support. To my sweet husband; thank you for all your patience and putting up with my beads and jewelry covering every surface in the house, for setting up and taking down my booth and for supporting me each and every day as I create, and especially for telling me, "Don't worry, if it doesn't work out at this show, there's always another one." To my beautiful girls; thank you for your love and support and giving me new and fresh ideas all the time. Amy, thank you so much for being there and helping me both days...all day, I couldn't have done the show without you! To my brother-in-law, Todd (of http://toddalanstudios.com/); thank you so much for the display ideas and prodding me to charge more for my art.

I would also like to thank a very special couple, Pete and Lois; I know it was my art that got me in the show, but they wouldn't have looked if you hadn't shown them! I cannot thank you enough for that! And I hope to be a part of Art in the Park every year from now on.

I'll post pictures of my booth set up as soon as I get them from my dearest!