New life to old chairs

I have been on a journey lately to reuse, recycle, repurpose, buy local, eat clean & grow what we can. My husband & I are both self employed, Ted is a carpenter/alternative energy consultant and I work with fiber and mixed media. We both have lots of scrap in our studio/workshops and I am always looking to do something with all that is leftover. As I posted earlier, a friend showed me her weaving method for repurposing ties, my intent was to use my scrap jersey for weaving seats & backs and was so thrilled with the outcome. I am now in the process of finishing a couple of these old rush rockers and six of these old cane chairs. I am certain I will not have room for them all, so I may be selling a few of these at some local shows here in Maine.

Strawberry Festival

Saturday, June 26 is the 2nd annual Cape Farm Alliance Strawberry Festival. This free festival is a great place to spend the day with your family while supporting local Farms, Farmers, Restaurants, Artists & Craftsmen. You can pick your own strawberries, listen to great music and your children can create something fabulous at the Kids tent. The day will finish with a pot luck dinner and silent auction to support the Cape Elizabeth Farm Alliance. This is the second year of this event and last year was a great little Festival. Bring the family and support your local business folks while enjoying some down home fun!
Below is a coloring page of the poster above. If your kids are coloring fools as mine were when they were younger, they will enjoy making their own poster!
Feel free to down load and color away!
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Just finished sewing these 2 cuties. A tooth pillow w/little pouch in the back for tooth awaiting the Tooth Fairy. Bee pillow is just a little Bee love. Both cute just sitting on a shelf.

I cannot believe all the babies are graduating

This year so many of my friends "babies" are graduating. I cannot believe how time has flown by. Claire, Henry & Jack are all heading to collages in New England. It seems like not so long ago we were passing Jack around at parties because he was the chubbiest baby EVER and your arms would ache if you held him too long! Henry was the funniest non crawler...he kinda did a little bottom hitching thing that I never saw before. And Claire was the most kind toddler to my then newborn, so sweet and loving. I am so proud of all 3 of these kiddos. All have done great things in their High School years, I cannot wait to see what they do in the years to come. Congratulations and Much Love & Happiness!

A Fabulous School Poster

I had the extreme pleasure of doing an artist in residence at a wonderful little school in Cape Elizabeth a while back. At this school (Pre, K & 1) I take drawings that the children do on a selected theme and use those drawings as inspiration, I make them into blocks for the children.





Can you stand how wonderful these are?




I love the simplicity and detail


I spend a morning with them printing on paper & fabric. It is such fun...the kiddos are such a joy to be with. The theme this year was "birds" . As you can see from the originals & block prints, they were fabulous. Just recently made a poster for them...so delightful!




I look forward to what fantastic work they will do next year!

Finished ABC'S

Just finished the ABC's on to the next project.

Basic Silk Screen at So Po Art Studio

Last night was the first in a series of 3 classes at So Po Art Studio in South Portland, ME. Here are a few images from last night.