Happy Leap Day!

Portraiture by Lucie Wicker Photography

Back to the Five and Dime

by Sharon Fischer of Stray Notions

A few snapshots from a trip to the the West Concord Five and Ten Cent. I bought electrical tape and vintage sequins but a few hard to find things I could have bought included:

colorful bandanas

contact paper

embroidery thread

notions (um yeah!)

socks for making monkeys and elephants (why didn't I?)

wide choice of bobbie pins, foam curlers and hairnets

Monday Mosaic: A Tribute to the Movies

Curated by Lynne of Cozy Cottage Creations

1. Rose Bud Diner Davis Square 5x7 fine art photo , by Kerry Hawkins Photography
2. Lightning Bolt on Kelly Green T shirt , by An Li Studio
3. Encaustic collage altered book , by Reclaimed to You
4. Ramona Raw Silk 400 yards , by Lady Dye Fiber Arts & Design
5. Tree Pendant , by nancyrosetta
6. Pink Cocktail Hat with pink and gold ostrich feathers , by Elephunk's Trunk
7. Beach Chairs 5x7 Photo Print , by Lucie Wicker Photography
8. piglet noteset , by cricicis design
9. OXIDIZED Sterling Cleopatra's Needle Earrings by Cristina Hurley

Custom Art Framing First Fridays

By Kerry of Kerry Hawkins Photo

FIRST FRIDAYS

at Custom Art Framing

45 Central Street, Norwood, MA

March 2nd 6-8 pm

I will be featuring my framed store window themed photos. I will also have matted prints, greeting cards, wall hangings.
If you have never been to a First Fridays at Custom Art Framing it's time you stopped by. They are always fun. A chance to meet the artists and fellow art lovers. Why not have a bit of conversation, wine and cheese on a Friday night.

I am looking forward to meeting the artists behind the photographs.

Dyeing Yarn

By Diane of Lady Dye Fiber Arts & Design

I have been spending the last couple of weeks focusing on dyeing yarn that I have dyed before and for the most part I have been successful. However, there is one color combination that I absolutely adore that did not work well. I blended orange, purple, and green which in the past becomes this bright starburst candy color.

Instead of those colors, I ended up getting very neutral lighter shades if green, browns, cream, and reds after it was all blended together. I was disappointed at first as I had a new knitwear design pattern that I'm creating and wanted to use the original blended colors I had in mind but I later discovered as I was knitting with the yarn that it actually blended well and looked wonderful knitted up.

Long story short, I truly believe in the quote from the movie Forest Gump: "Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what your gonna get."

New Work on Supermarket

by Lucie of Lucie Wicker Photography

Have you heard of Supermarket? If not, Supermarket is on online storefront geared towards designers (their motto is "Great Design, Straight from Designers"). I like this concept and opened an online shop there a few years ago. Recently I decided it needed some revamping so I went in and added a few items. I like the clean look of the site and it is pretty easy to use, very straight forward.

Are you on Supermarket? Let me know, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it!

I Heart Stationery by Charlotte Rivers

by Leah of cricicis design

A wonderful new book by London design author Charlotte Rivers has been published, and I am honored to be one of the many lovely stationery artists featured. The book is called I Heart Stationery, and it's full of beautiful handmade stationery and the artists who create it. Rivers presents many different techniques for making handmade paper goods- from letterpress, screenprinting, and digital illustration- and gives insight into the processes.

The book is beautifully designed and so fun to slip through. There is even a resource section in the back of the books where she gathered information on art suppliers, blogs & online communities, and trade shows from the featured artists.

Next time you're in your local bookstore, take a look for Charlotte Rivers' I Heart Stationery, especially if you value a hand-written note on a beautiful note card, or if you'd like to experiment with creating your own stationery.

You can also find the book here on Amazon, and you can browse Charlotte's wonderfully inspiring blog Lottie Loves.

Always have your camera, South End, Boston

By Kerry of Kerry Hawkins Photo

I try to go on mini adventures quite a bit. I met some friends in the South End for dinner, Sunday night. We had a fun dinner at the Franklin Café. I have recently been to the South End, Boston during the day. It was fun to take some of the same spots at night. Most people not bring their cameras at night but I never know what I will find. So my camera goes everywhere with me.