fall {holiday studio tour}

so for all of my preparedness for the holidays in september:

• updated etsy store- new items, revamped descriptions
• purchased super cute black n white polka dot tissue paper to wrap purchases
• new business cards
• black n white baker's twine to tie up wrapped items
• contemplating new ideas
• purchased frame sets for finished work

over the weekend (and i do know that it is november...) i just really realized that it is november. what the heck?! i could feel the seasonal panic begin to set in while i was contemplating all the work i need to get accomplished this week to prepare for holiday shopping; which includes this coming saturday.

what in the world is happening on saturday you ask? the holiday shopping season  kicks off with our local studio tour. i will be down at our local art gallery demonstrating/ working and being available to meet and greet shoppers and answer any questions.

and although, i feel like i have a good pile of new work,....that means i need to get it ready. and that part stinks....cutting, framing, wiring, varnishing..... the super boring stuff (but a necessity all the same).

hoping for a productive week to get all my stuff done......happy monday!

sneak peek....

 yesterday morning i awoke with idea in my head (love it when this happens!!)....clearly my imagination had been working the overnight (thank goodness!) as i have a deadline looming on monday- and had not really even had an idea of what i wanted to make for OLW. we will be posting on november 15 for this month, so stop back to see what we all made.

but, i had gone shopping at hobby-lobby on friday and picked up a few new supplies which included those cute small canvas circles. and, i had a package of Roben-Marie's Art Pops cards (do you have your set yet?- you can get them here!) and some scraps of used cotton fabric- so i gathered my supplies......

above is just a sneak peek at what my mind had come up with for me.....

yesterday also kicked off the local holiday shopping with our community hosting a "holiday studio tour." i had paintings down at the gallery but did not open my studio space because it is really too small; although, there was another artist's space that was pretty small and she seemed to do just fine- so, maybe i will need to reconsider for next year.....anyway, i mostly did christmas shopping, however, there was a ring that was calling my name....especially after i had tried it on and it fit- then, it was more like screaming at me- so, i had to get it....check this out-

now who could pass that up? yesterday- i just could not.

Check out my other projects using Roben-Marie's Art Pops here, and here.