Neglect

Oh, this poor blog.

I choose to regard my neglect of this blog as a good sign - it must mean that I am soooooooo busy making cool things & selling cool beads that I have no time to update!

Maybe I can come up with se content soon!

So much to do, so little time

Ahh, has a whole other month come and gone?   Things are ramping up for the holiday season here!  We have an action packed month.  Each weekend through October 15th, Polygolems will have product in the Tradewinds area of the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, in the Parisole Foundation Ra Elements Boutique!  We are looking forward to a great year at Ren - this is my first year participating, and I hope that we will participate for many years going forward!

Also, we will be at Art Westport the weekend of September 7th, 8th & 9th.  I will be in booth 105 as an "Emerging Artist" - I'm quite excited for the opportunity, and cannot wait!

The weekend of October 14th and 15th will find us in Mound City, KS at the Sugar Mound Art and Craft Festival.  We have never been to this show, but it comes highly recommended by a fellow jewelry artist.  Looking forward to it - especially as it is an INDOOR event!! 


We will keep you updated as we add shows to our calendar - if you get the chance, come out and see us.  We have some awesome new products!

Krakenbangles

We've been busy, busy here at Polygolems.  What have we been busy with?  Let me show you:

From top to bottom:

Sugar stones necklaces - experimenting with Pardo clay and salt. 

Krakenbangles.  Fun tentacles to wrap around your wrists!!

I've been adding new items to the Etsy shop, my goal for the rest of July is to get my shop fully stocked.  Come check it out:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/polygolems

Drive By Posting...

I am SUPPOSED to be in the shower, getting ready to go to dinner.  However, I spent some time this afternoon (our next show is not until the 29th - at Waterfest in Excelsior Springs, so I promised myself that I'd spend some time during my 'down' two weeks working on photography) working on getting some photography done so I can beef up my Etsy store. 

Photography, traditionally, has been very difficult for me.  I don't know my camera well enough, and I have a hard time getting lighting right.  Today, I made a home made bounce out of a priority mail box (flat) covered in aluminum foil, and set it up on a table adjacent to a window.  I was pretty pleased with some of the pics I got and wanted to share them here.  I'm working hard in my studio to replenish my stock - two pretty successful shows, back to back (one of which really was kind of a disaster - I broke my cell phone AND wrecked my car on the same day) really depleted my stock.

Here's what I've been making lately:

We had a great time last night at Liberty Arts Squared - come see us today from 9 - 4.

In other news, I received word yesterday that we have been waitlisted for the Lincoln Arts Festival in November.  Cross your fingers for us!

Just  a quick note.  Today, I received my invitation to participate in Art Westport 2012.  I'm quite excited.  Of the three juried shows I've applied to so far, this one has the most competition.  And they picked ME!

It's September 7, 8 and 9, 2012.  I'm going to have to get busy making more stuff!

Yay!

Another Confirmed Show!

I have just received notice that I have been invited to display at the Clara Brierly Festival of the Arts in Peculiar, MO,  June 8th, 9th and 10th.  Very excited.  We wanted an inside space, but were unable to get one (I kind of slipped in under the wire - they were kind enough to jury me even though I was a day past the deadline), so we're going to be outside.  Here's to hoping for nice weather.  

I'm also pretty sure that I'm going to do KC Riverfest on the 4th of July - that should be fun.

My calendar is starting to fill up - I'll be at the grand opening of the Parisole Arts Foundation's new building - OK, well, I personally won't be there, I'll be at Liberty Arts Squared that evening, but I'll either send  J to Parisole as my proxy, or I'll just have merchandise there - haven't really decided how we are going to handle it yet.  I just got my booth assignment at Liberty today, looking forward to going and doing that show.  It will be our first outdoor show - it  will be interesting!  I need to get the tent set up so I can hose down the sides :)

This is all very cool, I'm excited to start putting some events on my calendar.

Oh, I find out on May 15th, whether I have been accepted at Art Westport - they are jurying right now, and every time I think about it, my stomach ties up in knots!

Busy summer.  I need to go make earrings now. :)