new studio and high speed! woohoo

Woohoo! We finally moved almost everything in. It seems those little odds and ends turn into a lot of car trips. My new studio is located in our new apartment. It's twice the size of the last second bedroom I was using and it has TONS of light, which is so very important to me. I can't believe we didn't take before pictures. This place was SO much work! The floors all were repainted with a shiny white porch paint. I can't tell you how much white floors really brightens a place up. It may not turn out to be that great during this great mud season here in Johnson, VT.

I can't tell you how much I missed being able to do simple things like walk to the post office, coffee shop, use high speed internet and such. My boyfriend and I used to go on dates to the laundromat 30 minutes from where we lived to use their wifi and do laundry. Ridiculous, I know.

There are downfalls of not living in the middle of nowhere, though. For example, our walls are pretty thin, we don't have a yard to let the doggies run free in and the bathroom....I mean.. the toilet chamber.. see for yourself

Another thing I thought I wouldn't get sick of was our wood stove. While it feels so, so nice and I love the idea of using a renewable resource, it dried me out like crazy, from my hands to my throat. It was also all we used for heat, so on those -20 degree nights, our room was pretty cold!

I have a lot of unpacking, sorting and organizing to do. Then comes the fun part: decorating!

While I am super pumped to get all of this done, it's also just before craft fair season starts and I am about to gear up to have lots of merchandise. I'm coming up with fun new designs for spring + summer.

Here are some of the shows I'll have a booth at in the coming months. Come see me!

Craft Show @ Parker Pie/161 County Road West Glover, VT from 11am-3pm contact milkbottlestories@gmail.com for more info

May 6 & 7 Twist Craft Show in Northampton, MA

May 14 & 15 Art Star Craft Bazaar in Philadelphia, PA

May 19 Trunk Show @ Fancy Tiger in Denver,CO

May 28 & 29 River Arts Open Studios in Morrisville, VT

June 4 @ Queen City Craft in Burlington, VT

Strut! Art hop time!

It's art hop time. This is my first year participating in the South End Burlington Arthop. I'll gladly be selling wares/jewelry at Battery St. Jeans on Pine St. tomorrow evening at 5pm and will be showing at the fashion show 'Strut' on Saturday behind the Maltex building. Models will be walking at 7pm and 9pm. See you there!

Art Star Craft Biz

It's finally here!!! I hope to see you if you're in the area..
It's May 30th and 31st from 11am to 6pm - rain or shine..although I hear it's supposed to be nice out... i'm going to do sun dances.. at Penn's Landing Great Plaza (Walnut St. and Columbus Blvd.)... for directions click here
The first 250 people on both Saturday and Sunday will get a goody bag filled with lots of awesome things... live music will be happening.. including one of my personal favorites - toy soldiers! Lauren Fleming included my top in the city paper aritcal - check it out here! I'm going to have lots of new shirts, button earrings, wristlets, headbands and a few pieces of stoneware jewelry. Have a great weekend. P.S. Mention this blog entry and receive 10% off!

Back from Vermont...Winter SALE!

Before I get into anything, I just want to say that I'm having an end of season sale.. $15 off any top with sleeves!

I'm back from our little tour in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. I have to say the whole time was a blast but I especially loved Keene, being that I had never been to New Hampshire. I couldn't have asked for a better, more attentive and fun audience... the people who run the Starving Artist are wonderful! The art there was really amazing and colorful. It was all of the colors that I tend to decorate with.. I wanted to bring it all home with me!



On another note, I just updated my etsy store with a top and just got supplies to make more button earrings! I also found out that I'll be sharing a table at Art Star Craft Bazaar with Kate from Flederhaus. I was really excited to receive her e-mail and find out that she was the gal with the awesome peace flags last year. Art Star Craft Bazaar will be held on May 30th and 31st from 11-6 at Penns Landing's Great Plaza. I went last year, despite losing my wallet, after accidently eating coconut ice cream (i'm allergic... to everything), it was AWESOME!

I have been taking a pottery class with my awesome mom, freaky lyn, who is a great potter despite her modest view that half of the things she makes aren't good enough to sell (which decorates where ever I live well). I'm hoping to start selling some of the jewelry soon... Also, I have been working on a 'hipster'. I hope no one has taken that name! I made myself one as a waitress. It's basically a big pouch with a loop on the back to attach it to your belt. I'll hopefully be adding those this weekend to the etsy shop....


Also, look soon for a giveaway/contest!