Weekly Challenge- "The Power of Words"

I am beside myself with giddiness because I have actually managed to get two, count 'em TWO challenges done in a row for the weekly prompt at Inspiration Avenue! The theme this week was, "The Power of Words" and I just also happened to need to make a name tag for when I start working at the gallery. Beth and Lori (the owners of the gallery) asked that the name tag be indicative of our work so of course, I decided to a collage in the style I often use for my altered books.
BUT, I started wondering how well this fits the theme- after all, a name is a word, but how much power does it have? Then, of course Shakespeare cam to mind with his famous "What's in a Name Poem" and I decided to go with it. When I went to look up the poem, I also found this really interesting (to me at least;)) article from Psycology Today that expands on the idea.

""What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
The above well-known musings of Shakespear's Juliet suggest that the names we ascribe to objects entail an element of arbitrariness. They imply that the name given to an object is a mere matter of convention. A name - Juliet explains - does not change any of an object's qualities, nor - she might philosophize - does a name possess any real connection to an object's inherent properties.
A rose is a rose because we agree to call it so, and if we agreed to call it by any other name, all that makes a rose will continue; albeit under a different name."
For anyone who wants to read the rest of the article, you can find it HERE.
So here's my name tag- hope you like it!

And don't forget to check out the other submissions at Inspiration Avenue for this week's challenge!

Spring Home and Studio Show!

Whew, it's finally over!  I swear each time we do a show, my Mom and I get to the point of *almost* not caring how it goes as long as it goes......well not really- we DO care 'cause how awful would it be to do all that work and have NO ONE come?  I will say that after setting up spaces for 8 other artists plus a vignette and distributing more than 600 promos individually onto mailboxes we WERE tired.......

But we got it all done and it was a great show!  Even though it rained all day Saturday, we still had a ton of people come through; so in the end, we were quite thrilled with the overall success of the show.  We had a really varied collection of paintings, fine art photography, jewelry (from which I happily bought myself a birthday necklace!), stoneware birdhouses, hand painted silk scarves, antiques and lots more!
Here are some pictures of the set up- I wish I had a photo of the jewelry but I took these before she was done setting up HERE's the link to her Etsy shop though.

This was the front of my display......

just a hint of the vignette we put together.......

and the other side of my display

So that's about from me for now.  I'm not planning on doing much painting this week.  I need to do a major cleaning of my house and the garden is in dire need of attention too!
Cheers,
Stephanie

Join us for the Second Annual Decatur Home & Studio Show! November 13th & 14th 4:00-9:00

It's almost time for our second annual Home Show!  My Mom and I have been working hard to find new artists to add to our already wonderful group.  We had two top priorities; one that their work be of top quality and two, that each artist adds a different category to our collection.  So we now have: handmade soaps, puppets, children's painted furniture, retro-style art prints and beautiful hand made totes and diaper bags in addition to the beautiful selection we offered last year of; topiaries, gorgeous jewelry, antiques, lamps, altered books and paintings.  Scroll down for a sampling of some of the artisans we are offering!

Kat Wiranowski also known as Sudstress

has been making soap for about five years and her passion for it just keeps growing.  She works with an incredible array of essential oils, herbs and more.  Add this to her gorgeous sense of design and packaging, and you have a winner of a product!  You can visit Sudstress and her soaps at her Etsy Shop.

         Nicole Wimber designs totes and diaperbags

                                        all made with incredible attention to detail and style.

Each bag has a reinforced handle and is lined and trimmed

with an accent color complimentary to the fabric.

To see more

examples of her work,

visit her Etsy shop HERE.

Lindsay Mahaffey is a professionally trained artist

focusing in the

area of jewelry design. 

Her colors and unusual designs are magnificent!

Heidi Staven Carpenter dreams up the most
whimsical puppets you've ever seen!

She will also have some of her fabulous children's chairs available. 

Her company is called "In Jest Puppets" ,

check it out for for more examples of her work!

Angela Traunig designs retro-style animal prints

perfect for a child's room.

She specializes in customizing

each of her designs to
fit the needs of her customers. 

For more examples of Angela's work, click HERE.

                                 Meredith Smiles  is a consultant for Tastefully Simple;

and will have
their delicious products
for sale at the show.

 You can check out her website HERE.

Stephanie Mealor Corder is a professionally trained

artist who creates acrylic paintings

primarily of flowers
and enjoys experimenting with

altered books. 

For more examples of her work, click  HERE.

Join us for the Home Show

November 13th & 14th 4:00-9:00

249 Forkner Drive

Decatur, GA 30030