Holiday Art Fair

Greetings everyone!

Today's Holiday Art Fair was a fun and festive affair. At least 17 aritists were there with goods ranging from jewlery and ornaments, collage and hats and wonderful stitched and knitted goods. We had a steady stream of people shopping through out the day. I want to thank Amy Hoffman for organizing the event and giving some local artists a venue to have their work seen and hopefully to make a little extra holiday cash.

I would also like to thank all of my students, friends, fellow teachers and my mother for stopping by to say hello, talk Art and to spend your hard earned money to support some starving artists.

You guys rock. I thank God for all of you each and every day!

Holiday Art Fair

Greetings everyone,

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. This year my family and I had planned a roast, Yorshire pudding and Butternut squash for dinner. Unfortunately my Yorkshire pudding this year was a no go because of slightly rancid Shortening! Yeah it was a bummer. But other than rancid Yorkshire pudding I really had a great day.

Now to the shopping! Yes its officially the Christmas shopping season! What better place to find your Christmas gifts than at the Holiday Art Fair in Half Moon Bay. Everything there will be handmade and unique from local artists.

There will be at least 18 different artists including me and we would love to see you. Instead of going to the mall how about coming over to beautiful Half Moon Bay to do some shopping. Say hello, walk down main street, have some Lunch and relax before the Holiday Madness starts. You deserve it!

Have a Great Thanksgiving!

Greetings! I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!

Published in Somerset Studio!

Greetings everyone!

I told many of you in class that I was due to have a technique published in a special edition of Somerset Studio titled Black and White. However last week I received an email stating that the special issue would not be published after all. Of course I have been very disappointed and a little down. But imagine my surprize when I went to the post office today and found this issue of Somerset Studio with my technique spotlighted! This was a much needed boost this week. My technique and collages are on pages 146 and 147 of the Winter Gallery. Many of you that have taken my classes will recogize this technique from my class Designs in Gesso. As you can see from the scans above I have chosen to leave my Designs unpainted-a very difficult thing for me. All of the photos in the collages are my own. They were taken from Grave stones at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma.

Classes this weekend

Greetings everyone!

This weekend was fabulous! I taught my Chandelier Crystal class at LaDiDa cafe on Saturday night and at Scrapbook U in Fremont on Sunday. Both classes were filled with wonderful artistic people. Sheer bliss! I want to thank all the students that took my classes this weekend. You guys are awesome!

I am attaching just some of the incredible Crystals that were created this weekend for all to see.

I also want to thank Luz from La Di Da cafe and Monica Martinek and her staff at Scrapbook U for allowing me once again to invade their space with all of my stuff.

Chandelier crystals and more chandelier crystals

Greetings everyone! As you can see above I have been working, working, working. I have been busy making product for the upcoming Holiday Art Fair at Studio 4 Pilades in Half Moon Bay at the end of the month. More about that later. In the meantime I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone about my classes this weekend. What class is it you ask? Yes Chandelier crystals! For anyone looking for a fun no pressure class this is it! Not only is it fun but you walk away with a couple of beautiful and very unique ornaments for you or a loved one. Here are the particulars for this weekend:

Chandelier Crystal Ornaments Description: What can be more beautiful on a Christmas tree than Sparkling Chandelier crystals?! Add collage images, transparencies, glitter, wire and beads and you have created a unique one of a kind ornament or gift to enjoy for years to come. Each student will create two crystals. Please bring paintbrushes and scissors. All other materials will be supplied Fee: $40.00 Saturday November 14th Where: La Di DA Café in Half Moon Bay Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm Description: See above Fee: $40.00 If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com Sunday November 15th Where: Scrapbook U in Fremont Time: 1:00 to 4:00pm Description: See above Fee: $40.00 If you wish to sign up for this location please call Scrapbook U at 510 490-5065 I hope to see you soon!

November class schedule

Greetings to all of you Ghosties, Ghoulies and Long Legged Beasties,

I hope you had a Happy Haunting last night.

Yes I'll admit it. I've been hiding this week. I had a small break in my teaching schedule and took the opportunity to rest a little and also make product for the Holiday Art Faire on November 29th in Half Moon Bay. But I've had to stop for a day to let my fingers heal from all the wire work that I've been adding to my Dominos!

My Coffin Shrine class on Saturday October 24th at La Di Da Cafe in Half Moon Bay was a blast.

The assignment for this group was to make their shrines dirty, grungy or rusty. No cute smiley ghosts allowed. After a little grumbling the group took up the challenge wonderfully. I've included a couple of the shrines for all of you to see below. Aren't these awsomely grungy?!

On Sunday the 25th I had a full house at Scrapbook U in Fremont for a Finish your Dominos class. In this class the group learned that yes the Dremel is your friend. This group brought in tons of Dominos to finish . It was amazing. All of the finished products were absolutely beautiful.

I want to thank the staff of both LaDiDa Cafe and Scrapbook U for again allowing me into their space to teach my classes. And also thank you to all the students who attended the classes.

I also wanted to finally post my November class schedule. You will note that the only class that I will be teaching is the Chandelier Crystal Ornament class. I have posted class samples at the top of the page. Here are the particulars:

Chandelier Crystal Ornaments What can be more beautiful on a Christmas tree than Sparkling Chandelier crystals? Add collage images, transparencies, glitter, wire and beads and you have created a unique one of a kind ornament or gift to enjoy for years to come. Each student will create two crystals. Please bring paintbrushes and scissors. All other materials will be supplied. Fee: $40.00

Here are the dates and places that I will be teaching this class:

Saturday November 7th

Where:Scrap-it in Santa Cruz

Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm

If you wish to sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com or call Scrap-it at 831 475-2380

Sunday November 8th

Where:Scrapbook Depot in San Carlos

Time: 12:30 to 3:30pm

To sign up for this class please call Scrapbook Depot at 650 592-2767

Saturday November 14th

Where: LaDi Da Cafe in Half Moon Bay

Time:6:00pm to 9:00 pm

To sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com.

Sunday November 15th

Where: Scrapbook U in Fremont

Time: 1:00 to 4:00pm

To sign up for this class please call Scrapbook U at 510 490-5065

Saturday November 21st

Where: Art Max in Seaside

Time: 11:00am to 2:00pm

To sign up for this class please email me at connie@isbjorn.com

Sunday November 22nd****No Classes************

Saturday November 28th ******No Classes********

Sunday November 29th

**********Holiday Art Faire***************

Where:Studio 4 Pilates in Half Moon Bay

Time: 11:00 to 6:00pm

More information to come!

As you can see this is going to be a busy month as we head into the Holiday season. I hope to see you all soon!