Evening with an Artist

Come visit Angie Star this Sunday to see me and this lovely little store all sparkly and decorated for the holidays!

Open Studios Holiday Market

A huge thanks to Kristin Fitzgerrel, Jane Saltzman and the Open Studios organization for putting on such an amazing show these past two weekends. The art was amazing, the store was constantly packed with shoppers, the venue was beautiful and getting to meet other local artists and see my great loyal customers was a blast. Can't wait for next year!

Holiday show announcement

I am only doing one show this holiday season because I'm just too busy to commit to any more (this is a good thing) but this one promises to be a lovely show all around. It's put on by Boulder Open Studios and 29th St.Mall. It has been organized in part by superwoman Kristin Fitzgerrell, whom I want to be more like when I grow up. It's a juried show and will include 40 really amazing local artists. Clothing, photography, jewelry, paintings, mixed media and more.

When: First 2 weekends in December (4-5-6 and 11-12-13)
Time :Fridays and Saturdays 10am to 9pm and Sundays 11am to 6pm
Where: 29th St. Shopping District, in the NAU store front (just east of Peet's coffee)

hope to see yo there!

Another Necklace contest- whoo hoo!

We're doing it again! Comment on the blog and be entered to win a Sweetheart Necklace. Just leave a comment telling me your favorite thing about Thanksgiving- food, family, traveling, pumpkins, whatever! Don't forget to leave your email address so we can contact you if you win~ Good Luck!

New Collections sneak peek

Okay so I usually release new collections in the spring but because of the general studio craziness that we've had this year (thanks to the Sweetheart Necklace) the new pieces never got released. I have a ton of new stuff though and I hired a new photographer, Stacy Ziegler who's work I LOVE LOVE LOVE. So here is a sneak peek at the new photography style and a few of the pieces that will be online for purchase very soon. I promise...

"Sewn Jewel Earrings"


Silver and Golden Butterflies

Fairy Rings

Delicious...

I collect art, as I'm sure many artists do and my favorite pieces almost always involve fruit, juicy color and/or the female form. Mina Lucia has managed to incorporate all three of my favorites in this absolutely mouth watering photograph entitled "Susan's Apples"

Meet the studio chapter 2

Metal Texture Stamps
We all know that I rarely make a piece that doesn't have a word (or 5) on it but I am also a huge fan of texture. Last time I introduced you to the mill and the texture in relief that it creates. Today lets talk about inverted texture. All hail the stamp!

This is only a small portion of my wonderful stamp collection. I collect different letter fonts, sizes, numbers, designs, textures- whatever! It doesn't matter, if it's a cool stamp, I want it.

This dot texture (above) is one of my favorites, because it just adds a little unexpected interest to any piece.

The above shot has good examples of words and textures that I add to almost every piece.

A close up of a few of the design stamps. I use these less often... I think you have to be careful with some of the design stamps since they will push a piece into predictability if you're not careful.