Week Ten in Review: Frozen Mardi Gras, New Inventory, Shadows on the Teche Festival Review and DeviantArt Updates
March 2nd through 8th, 2014
During week ten, I made some chains and cords for my newest pendants and took photos of my newest inventory. I'd ordered some new photo prints of Louisiana scenes and other locations from clarkcolor.com, but they hadn't arrived by the time I went to festival at the Shadows, so I won't be selling that batch until the next event.
On Mardi Gras Day, I stayed home instead of braving the wind, drizzle and cold to stand outside for hours waiting for the parades. The weekend before, I got my taste of Mardi Gras at the Saturday night parade during much better weather, so at least I had that this year. But while the weather on Mardi Gras Day was too miserable for the parades, it did lead to the latest freeze of the year. I tolerated the outdoors for half an hour and came back with photos of tree branches dressed in ice, our blueberry bush disguised as a mini winter forest, and camellias in full bloom coated in ice like a layer of protective resin. I posted a few of the frozen camellia photos on DeviantArt. For up-close views of frozen petals and pollen, check out Floral Freeze - 1, Floral Freeze - 4 and Floral Freeze - 5. Floral Freeze - 2, Floral Freeze - 3, Floral Freeze - 6 and Floral Freeze - 7 offer views of entire flowers.
I got a good response on DeviantArt to the frozen photos, so I posted a few additional shots of flowers taken on warmer days. I call this series "Petals" for lack of a better title. See a passion flower in Petals - 1, azaleas in Petals - 2 and Petals - 3 and lilies in Petals - 4.
Finally, on Saturday, I attended the Spring Arts and Crafts Festival at the Shadows on the Teche in New Iberia, LA. It was nice to be back at the Shadows. Several dozen vendors were set up on all sides of the old plantation house, and a handful set up tables on the sidewalk along the street. Our booth was on the front lawn, so we had a full view of a steady stream of visitors arriving through the front gate up until ten minutes before the festival ended. Art vendors from many mediums were present--jewelry makers, photographers, painters, printmakers, doll clothing makers, doll makers, baby and toddler clothing makers, ribbon bow makers, toymakers, yard decoration makers, mailbox makers, metalworkers, soap makers and others. I've never seen so many vendors in one place that were targeted at kids and parents of young kids. We had good weather, and the grounds were a lovely setting.
During week ten, I made some chains and cords for my newest pendants and took photos of my newest inventory. I'd ordered some new photo prints of Louisiana scenes and other locations from clarkcolor.com, but they hadn't arrived by the time I went to festival at the Shadows, so I won't be selling that batch until the next event.
On Mardi Gras Day, I stayed home instead of braving the wind, drizzle and cold to stand outside for hours waiting for the parades. The weekend before, I got my taste of Mardi Gras at the Saturday night parade during much better weather, so at least I had that this year. But while the weather on Mardi Gras Day was too miserable for the parades, it did lead to the latest freeze of the year. I tolerated the outdoors for half an hour and came back with photos of tree branches dressed in ice, our blueberry bush disguised as a mini winter forest, and camellias in full bloom coated in ice like a layer of protective resin. I posted a few of the frozen camellia photos on DeviantArt. For up-close views of frozen petals and pollen, check out Floral Freeze - 1, Floral Freeze - 4 and Floral Freeze - 5. Floral Freeze - 2, Floral Freeze - 3, Floral Freeze - 6 and Floral Freeze - 7 offer views of entire flowers.
I got a good response on DeviantArt to the frozen photos, so I posted a few additional shots of flowers taken on warmer days. I call this series "Petals" for lack of a better title. See a passion flower in Petals - 1, azaleas in Petals - 2 and Petals - 3 and lilies in Petals - 4.
Finally, on Saturday, I attended the Spring Arts and Crafts Festival at the Shadows on the Teche in New Iberia, LA. It was nice to be back at the Shadows. Several dozen vendors were set up on all sides of the old plantation house, and a handful set up tables on the sidewalk along the street. Our booth was on the front lawn, so we had a full view of a steady stream of visitors arriving through the front gate up until ten minutes before the festival ended. Art vendors from many mediums were present--jewelry makers, photographers, painters, printmakers, doll clothing makers, doll makers, baby and toddler clothing makers, ribbon bow makers, toymakers, yard decoration makers, mailbox makers, metalworkers, soap makers and others. I've never seen so many vendors in one place that were targeted at kids and parents of young kids. We had good weather, and the grounds were a lovely setting.
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