I'm preparing for New Freedom Fest coming up on September 19. (gosh - thats just a month away!) I am so thankful to have this great little crafts market/celebration of small town America right in my own home town! Its a full day of art, crafts, food, kids games and music. The day ends with an outdoor movie on the town green beginning around 8:30 pm.


Last year I ran the kids craft tent and wow - do kids like to make beaded bracelets! This year I'll participate as a vendor. (I'll have lots of new jewelry, beads, buttons and maybe some other surprises for sale.)

We're located an hour south of Harrisburg, PA and an hour north of Baltimore, MD. Right off of Rt. 83. Easy to find! Check the link to get the event schedule and a map if you're interested in attending.

All photos in this post courtesy of New Freedom Heritage.

To Market to Market

I am busy preparing for my first craft market of the year -
Crafty By Nature ------------------------------------------------>
being held at Shupp's Grove in Reinholds, PA. Its about half way between Lancaster and Reading, PA just off of route 222. The antique market opens at 6am and the craft market at 9am.

I'll have some new designs that will be available for the first time at the show. Wooden rings, mini (read: very affordable) pendants that could also serve as charms, rolodex style stretch bracelets, new necklace designs, new earrings...suffice to say lots of "new".




In addition, I've been taking some imagery (such as the stones and grass/flax designs) one step further by changing color, shape and findings. I really like the grass design. I like it better now that I am using it less literally. Its very experimental because I lay the blades of polymer grass over the background color, inbed them slightly and then cut circles. Yes, I realize, probably not the most efficient way of working with a material (I am TRYING to get myself into caning, really I am) but I so enjoy the asymmetrical results that this technique provides.