Still Here

   It's been such a long time since I posted.  Almost a year.   

  Wanted to share a bit of what I've been up to.

 

        I am diving into a few calls for fiber art & my local Holiday Show.

 

 

I have lots of smaller vessels of all sorts, on display for sale at

Crooked Tree Art Center.

I will be at the kick off party tomorrow, Friday Nov. 10th. Hope you can stop by. 

There will be wine!

Sneak peek of my offerings.

Other things I've been up to in the studio & beyond:  

A little book binding repair. My 1975 copy of The Joy of Cooking.

 

 She was in rough shape.
Broke out the book binding skills.

Made a new cover.

 

Created a stencil of the original title font. 

Used book cloth & marbled paper from my stash.

 

 Did some foraging of ramps on North Fox Island this spring. Pickled ramps & ramp pesto from the leaves. YUM!!! 

 

 I can't go camp on North Fox without a hand stitching project. 

 

There is a blueberry U pick farm just up the road. We make sure we have 20-30 lbs. in the freezer to get us through the year. Plus we discovered a mulberry tree in the park we walk in almost daily. Beautiful.

 

We have been to some wonderful places over the past year. My go to place to post what I've been up to is Instagram. Follow me there & you can see more day to day goings on.

Holiday Market Time

 

It's been quite awhile since you've seen me here.

I'm back!  You can come see me &my fabric storage solutions the next 2 days at 

                             Crooked Tree Art Center right here in Traverse City. 

 

 I've been creating a lot of new pieces since my last post. 

Which happens to be over a year ago!  

So much has happened since then. But today we will focus on the art 

you will see from me today & tomorrow. A few process hosts so you get the idea.

 

 

 

 

 

Once I get in the groove I can't stop. Especially if there is an event in the near future.

 

 All packed up & ready to set up today.  I hope Kristi (Crooked Tree VP) made cookies!

My plan is to get back to blogging. Somehow I just couldn't muster the energy.

Feels like the drought is over.  A lot to share. Hubby & I have been on some amazing adventures.

We went to Africa a couple months ago & it was AMAZING!

 

 

We traveled with a group of 12. Stay tuned.

In the meantime I hope to see you soon at the Marketplace.

Zena Hitz Authored a Book

 

 Ran across this book recommendation through The Hedgehog Review

One of the many sites I follow that seem a bit quirky. Which is what I like. Not the usual fluff.

In their words:

 

 The Hedgehog Review advances ideas rather than ideologies.

 

 

Z is always a struggle so when something crosses my bow I investigate.

Along came Zena Hitz. Two Zs! 

 

I looked for a review & found this from Open Letters Review.

 

I've asked for a copy from my state eLibrary site so I can leaf through.

Phew! Made it through another A to Z Challenge & didn't miss a day. 

 

 

Would love your feedback on what you like or don't like about my blog. 

I thoroughly enjoy it & the challenge gets me in a groove I find hard to sustain

on a regular basis. Guess I do better under pressure. 

Happy hunting out there!