It rained all weekend. Which is not good because there is still plenty of yard to tidy up here at # 9. But rain has a way of slowing you down whether you like it or not. And in my case, that meant I had time to tend to many of my indoor tasks, which in this case, since the Art Fair is next weekend, was all fun.
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This will be the second annual Art Fair (YART: Yard plus Art) in our side yard. Anyone who wants to create, show, or sell art of any kind is welcome, and this year we'll have 14 or so home grown artists, including JB and me. We'll start on Saturday morning, wind the day down with a back yard autumn cook-out, and go all the way to breakfast the next morning. Several of our good friends from out-of-state are coming, and that is always a treat, and one isn't and I'm missing her company already.
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Meanwhile, we are helping our house look presentable and doing our 'arts and craft s' projects:
.We added more faces to our wall of family and friends.
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Then we watched in amazement as this plant friends gave me for my birthday suddenly sprouted this upside down flower--at least I think it's a flower.
Then I changed locations of this wonderful painting of yours truly. I moved it to the porch and it looks just awesome there. In the rare event you don't recognize this gifted artist, let me tell you two things about her: she's my dearest friend, and she serves and stirs up her own form of creativity on a little blog called Ces and her Dishes
This is the location of next weekend's YART. With the permission of a steady rain outside, I made some cards and labels for JB. I chose a template from Microsoft Publisher that looks like her collages, and this is how I desribed her work:
This year JB is collaging garden pots. Every one is one-of-a-kind different: different sizes, patterns, & colors.
And I have taken my favorite photographs and made cards from them. I will sell them individually and in packs of six. Last night I spent several hours on the couch attaching photos to cards, and I'm just about finished. This means at the end of the week I can concentrate on preparing to feed fifty or so people. The menu is still up in the air, but I know I'll make little meatballs complete with my parents' spaghetti sauce.
And in between all this, I completed and sent my manuscript to Bill, who will format the pages, the fonts, and the layout. And then he will help with the cover. Oh the cover!! But that is a story for next week.
All very exciting stuff!
ReplyDeleteI love your cards, you have a wonderful photographic eye and your pictures are amazing.
Did you print directly onto the card or onto photographic paper and then attach that to card? I would love to know. I might try making my own sometime :-D
I am genuinely really excited for you about the book.
Oh great! A new YARD! What a pity it is a bit too far away to come over and join you people. But at least I can wish you all the best for this meeting ánd of course dry sunny weather. The upsidedown flower is a Datura. This is a plant you can put in a pot outside, but they have to be frostfree in winter. There is something poisonous about it, but I don't know what part. Think of Stella! And small children!
ReplyDeletemiladysa, i order prints and attached them to blank card paper. there are little glue dots (or squares) that you can get at any art shop. i put a dot on each corner and one in the middle. i titled and signed the back of each card; some people sign the front instead. it is all very easy and looks pretty great. if you do it, will you send me a card? i would love that... :)
ReplyDeletewieneke, what a pity indeed. i would have apple cobbler waiting for you, wieneke! the name of my plant is not datura (can't remember) but i trust you anyway. thanks for the warning. this morning it has turned very pink. it's kind of spooky.
wow you certainly are busy, and you even visited my blog too..thanks and hugs..
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ReplyDeleteKaren, look, I've found one Datura on internet. Spooky and dangerous :-) Sorry, I see I wrote Yard and it has to be Yart (old age ;-)) Greetings!!
wieneke, yup, that's it. it looks less spooky in a group. the most amazing thing was how fast the pod developed, grew, opened, and then turned pink.
ReplyDeletethanks for the info!
KJ -- I hope it is a fabulous event, like last year! I wish we could be there ... and I love both JB's pots and your new cards. I just caught up with your last post and when I see that sunroom it makes me smile and think of all the good sleeps I've had on the futon after days filled with writing, laughing, good food and company. Counting the days until January at BY. The cover ... do tell!
ReplyDelete*Our* Bill?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Sunday--seeing your cards makes me jealous...and makes me want to rush to compile some of my own. But I think that needs to wait for next year. Goal for Saturday will be relaxing, enjoying the atmosphere, good friends and maybe a little shopping.
melissa, the sunroom awaits you...
ReplyDeletekris, yes! our bill!
Aww. I wish I could come. I feel a bit left out because you all know each other and spend time at your writers' thingys. I love the idea of a Yart Sale because I'm so hapless and 'unartistic'. You do well on rainy days. I get the lazy's and read or cover myself in a doona and watch DVD's. Aren't Datura's the ones that give you hallucinations if you eat them (although why you'd want to escapes me!)
ReplyDeleteNow that explains everything. So fess up - how many flowers have you eaten KJ?
ReplyDeleteDatura contains atropine and scopolamine. We use atropine for cardiac arrests but don't go eating the flowers now.
ReplyDeleteoh, I wisht I lived closer to you! I am visiting from CES' blog, as I was concerned that you had expired. I see that you must be about as busy as a person could get for this upcoming weekend. FYI all of the Datura is poisonous. Outside, here in N.Calif. they become a large bush covered with those fabulous flowers. It is amazing that yours made one blossom! It is different than the datura found in the desert, this one comes from the rainforest. Beautiful and toxic, it does need to be somewhere out of reach of children. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteomigosh. now I see you and your readers have covered the datura thing! have a fabulous yart sale, Iwannacometoo!
ReplyDeleteAnd what did I see just this afternoon? No kidding, my neighbour has a giant Datura in his garden. Blooming its (poisonous) head off :-)))
ReplyDeletesoulbrush, thanks for stopping by. i see your comments on a few of my favorite blogs, so it's nice to see one here.
ReplyDeletebaino, we don't ALL know eachother, and you are welcome to join the crowd anytime! as for the plant, since it's apparently poisonous, i'm sniffing it on your additional advice. so far: nothing
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ces, i only wish i were addicted to eating flowers instead of chocolate and pasta and doughy bread and pizza and zzzzz (the list is so long, i fell asleep)
swallowtail, nice to hear from you. "ooooooh" rolls out with excitement, not expiration! yes, it's only one blossom, just hanging there like a bat. thanks for all this info.
ReplyDeletewieneke, you started quite an educational seminar!
I'm pretty sure the plant is also called Belladonna...Hellooooooo! Do I hear the 70's calling? They're all over the place here. Beautiful when they become huge bushes full of blossomes. I kind of like the lone blossom on your plant. It's like an announcement that it's arrived!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, if you email me your address I'll send you a couple of cards of my header :) My address is linked thru my website/blog.
I have one of those plants and I love it. Yes, it's deadly poison (datura) and I think that you can use it on your arrow tips to shot animals dead. (helpful tip in the suburbs right?) My husband hates that plant, makes him think of pod-people or "invasion of the body snatchers"
ReplyDeleteI guess your yard sale was last weekend - oh well, there's always next year
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