FINALLY FRIDAY

Today is firstfridayartwalk on ETSY. Every first Friday of each month members of the AWEteam and non members have specials in their ETSY shops. Check it out and use the search for tag words firstfridayartwalk, ffaw and/or aweteam at http://www.etsy.com/

It just seems like it has been a really long week for me. Maybe it is all the rain and cloudiness. Temperatures are nice though 51 this morning. I am going to start writing shop reviews each Friday. If you are interested in being interviewed for Friday Features please let me know. Tell your friends. Not sure what I am going to write about this morning. Nothing has come to mind yet. I will share this with you though I just found out about these and I like them Button Fairy Dolls http://craftymule.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-make-button-fairy-doll-great.html

This is a Russian Doll (above) I love these!

I made this ACEO "Sleeping Peacefully" with one tiny piece of silk fabric, real pressed flower petals and a bit of ink. It SOLD quickly in my shop at http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/

                                So it seems that the theme today is dolls. I hope you like it!

TIP OF THE DAY

Garden Insecticide

Ingrediants:
1 Tbsp.- Liquid Dishwashing Soap
1 Cup -Vegetable Oil
1 Cup -Water

Mix the the ingrediants together and store in an airtight jar. When ready to use, just add 1 to 2 1/2 tsp. of the mix solution to 1 cup of water in a spray bottle. Mist spray the mix solution on your plants, covering all leaf and stem surfaces. Safer for the environment! Enjoy your gardens!

WOW ITS WEDNESDAY

The first leaves are already turning I have noticed. We are due up here in NH for some cold temperatures the next couple of nights and that will really get things going. Today I received a huge lot of fabric. I am truly amazed at what I have to work with now. I have already made some fabric bookmarks and they will be listed in my shop soon. Today it is cool and going to rain definately. The sky's are dark now. So I will have to wait photograph them until things clear up. I sorted the fabric and gathered all the Fall colors togteher. I will put Spring and Summer away. Then I have silks in another bag. There is a bag of an assortment of gauzy bright fabrics. There is more larger various allotments of fabrics in a stack about two feet high. Meanwhile The Fall Collection 2009 is set to go now at Glenna's Garden check it out and enjoy your visit www.gnormyle.etsy.com

Sweet Saturday

Today was beautiful here in Manchester, NH. My shop was buzzing with buyers and I made another sale today. I sold one of my pieces of art called an ACEO Artist Cards Editions and Originals. I designed it using silk fabric over paper and layered. This is a picture of the ACEO layered in silk before I trimmed it. and the other picture is of the ACEO "SILK" completed. It is beautiful and I know that my customer will enjoy it forever. I am so happy to have found this art form ACEO's must be exactly 2 1/2 " by 3 1/2" and there are no more restrictions. They can be made with clay and wood too or like some of mine which are dimensional , the people I make with pressed flowers for clothing. Most of my ACEO's are for sale at Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ . My ACEO's are originals and collectible. They come with a protective plastic sleeve much like you use to protect the sports cards you are collecting. I prefer the hard clear plastic sleeve. Each card I make is signed and dated by me, Glenna Normyle, the artist. I collect ACEO's myself and have some really neat ones. For eample one of my favorites is "cow girls rule" that I picked up awhile ago. That's the country in me. I have been busy making more bookmarks, beaded items , more stuff for my shop and tending to the gardens here at Glenna's Garden. I bought cherries today $2.22 a pound now I know it's summertime. YUMMY! I finally figured out Twitter you can follow me at www.twitter.com/gnormyle next I will conquer Facebook. What a sweet Saturday.