Sleigh Bell Fair

The fair went well, it was a bit slow on Friday which made for a pretty long day (12 hours). Saturday was much busier, and in the end I sold all but eight of my ornaments. The museum asked to keep the remainin eight to sell in their gift shop, to which I glady said yes. I met some very talented artists, and spent some of my profits buying up their best pieces before they were all gone. Judith Klein makes jewelry from found objects mainly metals and adds semi precious stones. I snapped up a fantastic necklace, and my daughter surprised me with a pin that can also be worn as a necklace, very unique work, LOVE IT!
I spent the following week completing another herd of goats and some felted goats on pillows for my friend Yvonne at Black Locust Farm, the cashmere from her goats is unbelievably soft;it is practically weightless. Please check out her web site, there are some great photos of her herd and articles made from her cashmere available.
My very amazing husband sold a garden sculpture at the show as well, he is always surprised when he sells a piece, no one else is, just him. He is also creating a piece to put in next years sculpture show at the Pingree School, the ideas are flowing...
The next two Saturdays I am teaching felting classes at Betsy Martins beautiful shop A Loom With A View, there is only one spot left in each, can't wait, love to share the fun!
-Kim

P.S. My Christmas work is also available at A Loom With A View, or drop me an e-mail.

Happy Holidays are on the way!

Only fourteen days until the Wenham Museum Sleigh Bell Fair, this is a big fund raising event for the museum. I have managed to put together a variety of items from paintings to decoys, and of course needle felted items as well. I am working twelve hour days to keep up with orders for felted scenes under glass.
I have been fortunate to find some really great antiques to blend with my work, the latest of which are two vintage 1950 flower globes that are now home to a couple of needle felted snowmen. So the lucky new owners are getting very unique pieces of art as well as cool antique glass. Each year I am creating ONE 3D St.Nicholas, it is a big undertaking and will go to one collector that can appreciate the work involved. He is signed, dated, and numbered 1of 1. In between I am filling orders from other vendors, and making ornaments so there will be something in everyones price range. In December I am teaching two ornament classes at A Loom With A View in Newburyport, all of the details are on their web site.

I hope to see all of you in a class sometime! They are fun and relaxing, and Betsys' shop is a great place to take a class and do some holiday shopping. If you are in Portsmouth check out Tulips American Handcrafts, they have a wide variety of artists, (including some of my work.)