Taking a quick break...

Dear Blog,
Sorry I have neglected you for the last week or two. Please accept my apologies.
Sincerely,
Moira K. Lime

This past weekend I had the pleasure of helping a friend and fellow artist, Jodi Rae at the Lakeview East Art Festival. It turned out to be a very fun and beautiful weekend. I took a few photos of her booth set up...which is just awesome! And I tried to snap a photo of me in one of the necklaces I got to wear for the weekend...pretty dorky :)

Anywho, I'm taking a quick break from all of my work and from the city and heading back to Indiana to visit my fam. I'm soooo excited to hang out in a yard and let the dogs run around freely. I plan on reading (I've been guiltily sucked into the Sookie Stackhouse novels), embroidering, eating, sketching and relaxing. I'm also planning on taking some photos of my mom's garden so be on the look out for some plant photos next week.

Here are a few new ring sets I've just finished up...they'll be in my shop soon.

A new variation on one of my best selling rig sets: Oxidized Stacking Petal Rings
Mini Garden Stackers with 14k. gold
These will be available as a set and also as single rings.
I'm working on some matching earrings too!

'til next time!

New Gallery...

A small collection of my work will now be available at Poppy, a wonderfully beautiful and warm gallery in Columbia, MO. If you happen to be in the area I'd love for you to swing by and check it out! If you're not close by they have a great website and blog with a lot of work for sale online. I highly recommend taking a minute to explore the site!

My friend Milena came to visit my booth at Renegade and snapped some photos for me...

Thanks Milena!

Also, I'll be participating in another sidewalk sale and Art Walk in Oak Park the 17th and 18th of October. I'd love for anyone to stop by and see me. I'll have some new pieces available along with most of my bestsellers. As the date approaches I'll stop in with more of the details.

Hope everyone's having a lovely weekend!

A Whirlwind of a Weekend...

I'm feeling a bit tired still after this weekend...craft fairs are hard work! There were so many people out supporting the arts and crafts this weekend. Overall I think it was a pretty successful show! My booth neighbors were super nice and I had a wonderful helper both days! Eric if you're reading this I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am for your help and unconditional support (especially when it's a surprise)!

Here's a few photos of my booth setup...

Since it was my first big show I've still got some thing to work on to make my booth look a little nicer...get a nice laminate floor, some photos of my work to hang on the walls and a big sign outfront. If anyone has any suggestions, ideas or critiques I'd love to hear them!

I wasn't able to escape from my booth that many times and when I did I forgot my camera but there was lots of great knick knacks, hand knit hats and scarves, screenprinted journals etc, that I got to see! Eric and I did come away from the show with a fun pair of block bots! I'm the blue bot and he's the orange :) They're crafted by his friend Jeremy Wilson. Love them!


I've got to get back to work! So much to do still!
Hope everyone has a great week!

Last Minute Prep...

Hey all! I'm getting all the last minute preparation started for the big show this weekend...pricing, polishing, tagging, display details, etc. I was able to get a few photos of some new pieces that I'll have with me at Renegade and will be adding permanently to my collection after this weekend.


I was able to find some time this past week in the evenings to play around with my new hobby, embroidering. Here's what I made...
This small creation will be framed and hung in my bedroom. I'm planning on making a few more to go along with this one.

I'll be back on Monday to share how the show was and post some photos.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Renegade

Hey guys! As the big weekend nears I thought I should share all the Renegade Craft Fair info. Click on the link above and you can see a list of all the artists who will be showing.

I'll be at booth number 20 on the south side of Division St. pretty close to the Damen entrance of the fair. It's my first big outdoor show so come by and say hello! The hours are from 11-7 on both saturday and sunday (sept. 12th and 13th).

Gotta put my nose back to the grindstone!
'til next time

New Model Shots

Just wanted to drop in quickly and share some new photos...


now I must get my sick little self back to work when all I want to do is lie in bed reading and drinking tea :(

Everyday Hoop Earrings

Thanks to a customer's special request I've created these delicate hoop earrings, about 3/4" big with an organic petal dangle. They turned out so pretty that I've made them part of my collection. I can see them becoming bestsellers :)Thanks to everyone who participated in my end of summer sale! It was a great success and I have been busy filling and shipping orders. Just finishing up the last of the orders today. Keep an eye out because I'll be having a few more sales like this throughout the rest of the year!

I'm also still preparing for Renegade...it's now crunch time. Hopefully I can get up some pics of some new pieces I've made this week so stay tuned.


hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
'til next time