Christmas Craftsaganza already?!

IT's here again, Christmas. WHAT? seriously, i don't know where the time has gone - it's speeding up, or i am blacking out or perhaps some universal mystery is playing tricks on me.  I love to make things and have lots and lots of ideas....i think i can pull off each and every one of them in extremely unrealistic time frames.
I go for it....and whatever gets made is what makes it to fair.
lots of exciting things are happening in my life - so busy , as you've all gathered, that i don't even post anymore! i've been off the farm more than ever - not here, at my desk, in the kitchen, wandering the countryside. i miss that but times a flyin' so i've got to strike while the iron is hot! Art shows in other towns, products created at other's studios...oh, and then those kids! ;) sports, sports, sports, homework, field trips, volunteering, meetings...yikes!
anyhoo, I miss communicating with you gals, across the ethers, my fine feathered kindred spirits.
come back, come back! xoxo

NEW WEBSITE!!

Well folks, I finally did it, made that website i've been talking about forever.
It's a new start to an old dream. I will continue to tinker with it and add pages. It's nice to refresh!
xo

Peekaboo

Yes, it's me. I'm alive!  Art fairs, farmer's markets, commissions and outdoor wonderland have kept me away from my desk.  All this with a dollop of Crohn's disease. ; /
I have missed all of you.
Here's a peek for now.

an angel came to visit me in my booth at Carbondale Art Fair.

some of my latest Art Blocks - will be available in Etsy after this week.

lots os speckled fawns this year

The Art Farm looking back- my 3 sidekicks, Pearl, Ollie, and Blue (who is red)

The Art Farm looking ahead- this is my front yard with a skipping little 5 year old friend.

xoxoxo Milady

Drawing Challenge : Fairy Tale

"our lady of the honey bees"

"our lady of the forest"

"our lady of the quiet"

"our lady of the bluebird's song"

life is a fairy tale.
the signs are everywhere.
little surprises hidden and revealed
in grass
in sky
in the friends clad in fur, wool and feather

remember this little tale?

tales abound at Tatjana's !
xo milady

WINNER has been picked!

Its the afternoon of GIVEAWAY announcement - i almost forgot!

Had to do something special, how could I not?

After selecting delicious paper and penning each of your names...

I set out to find my assistant for the day

She was happily nibbbling the newly rakes greens

when I scattered the choices before her to see

She nosed and she nibbled then selected one for me...

and who is it?

IT's DEMIE!

Send me your address here

THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!!!
i have enjoyed the "conversation" with you.
xo milady

Last Call -Giveaway Tomorrow April 4th!

Thank you for lettting me see what you see

when i asked you to tell me

about my art

It has helped me narrow the scope

see the common thread that

define what i feel

in a collection of little black marks

called words.

Dancing lines

spiritual, dreamy

gentle, home, familiar

whimsical

folk tale, old world


You still have time to enter the GIVEAWAY! Lucky for you I am in the US hours behind!
For the gift of your comments, a handmade necklace can be yours!

with much gratitude,

Milady

New in Shop aka What I've been Up to

milady productions shop

parties, end of school celebrations, presentations, baking, cooking, crafting, working holiday markets, decking the halls...that's what i've been up to! ho ho ho!

Jewels, Blues and Surprise GIVEAWAY!

Feeling alot like i want to be in this room lately. To be enveloped in a fairy tale cloak, warmed and secured

by magic only a few get to witness.  Wearing a long warm skirt, stitched by someone I love. A time before t.v. and bubble housing markets.  I want to fly away to this place.  Where traditions and fantasy still hold court. Where everyone gathers with lanterns at night and sings.


In my own little way...i've created a bit of that. May i introduce...Milady's Medallions.



Love



Sacred Heart charm bracelet



Ice Vine choker



Storm

Storm detail



Blueberry Pearl



And the suprise...my first kick ass belt!

(love it!)





In addition to ornaments, tea towels, art blocks and prints - i have now finally made some wearables. I've teamed up with a very talented friend who is making the lovely hand crocheted "chains" for some of my pendants.

Milady's Medallions

These are just a few of the combos. More coming to my ETSY SHOP. I am exhausting myself trying to make the photos look perfect - but you will never see them if I hold myself to that standard.

Here you go.

The surprise?

A chance to win a Milady Medallion necklace!!!

Name drawn on Black Friday - NOV 25th.

Comment. Critique. Tell me what you think. Spread the word! Tell me who sent you.

No brown nosing...winner will be picked randomly! :)

GOOD LUCK! xo milady

 



New Productions Debut!

Another show under my belt.

This one made me focus on Christmas waaaay before i'm used to.

Glad though, because you know, it's my favorite!

It's a full on craftstravaganza around here.

And that makes me happy.

Have a look at my goodies

Vintage Swedish tart tins

begged for a little glass and sparkle and a tiny little painting

to then be hung Mardi Gras style on wispy flocked branches

with bleeding hearts and crocheted pearls

royal birds and doves offering olive branches

crisp tea and finger towels ready for guests

next to  some of the old stock awaiting to be discovered by choosey fingers





while the new, and i must say, handsome art blocks await their new homes patiently.
not one sold.

So strange to guess what people you don't know would like to buy. It's such a gamble, these shows. But exposure and momentum have their own.

Tomorrow i will reveal Milady's jewels and a surprise!

Now, off to feed the horses, looks like snow and the husband is still housebound recovering from knee surgery.
I am the one woman wonder at this farm...the Art Farm!

xo milady