Setting up!

 See you tomorrow!

Spring sale flyer!

Doors opening...

This is what new Whimsical Woman Brenda Hornsby Heindi saw when she opened the door of her kiln after a recent firing:

You can see some of this wood-fired, salt-glazed stoneware in person when our doors open at 10 AM on Saturday! See more of Brenda's pottery at her website, Liberty Stoneware.

Spring sale featured in Chapel Hill Magazine

Click here to read "Accidental Art" by Jessie Ammons in Chapel Hill Magazine!

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We're on Facebook!

Visit us there for even more updates and photos!

Summer art camp for kids

Whimsical Woman Toni Becker of Whimsical Jewels is pleased to offer another summer of art camps for whimsical kids! The camps will be held for 4 weeks at  a.l.o.e in Lewisville.  Details are below:

Summer Art Camps
$100/week, Monday - Friday from 9:00-1:00; Please pack a lunch.

Discounts offered:

Early bird registration:  NOW until 4/30/13  must register AND pay by 4/30/13 in order to receive it:  $90/week 

SIBLING discount: $100/wk first child, $90/wk for second child

“Everything Clay”             4 projects      Ages 7 and up             Offered: 6/24/13–6/28/13

This camp uses air-drying, polymer and terra cotta clay to make various projects

1.       Terra cotta Clay decoration that child decides (ex. Sun, moon, tree, face)

2.       Christmas and other home décor clay ornaments using polymer clay

3.       Beads- make your own colorful beads

 

 

For the love of nature”    4 projects     Ages: 7 and up            Offered:  7/8/13 - 7/12/13

This camp incorporates nature into the art and finding inspiration from our surroundings.

    1.       Wind chime- make a glass wind chime, celebrating the wind.

2.       Glass lanterns for garden

3.       Paper nest made from recycled paper and seeds, leaves, grass found outside

4.       Nature sculpture- using pebbles, feathers, flower pedals, leaves, shells, cones anything found outside- 3D

 

“Wearable Art”             4 projects     Ages: 7 and up        Offered:  7/22/13-7/26/13                        

This camp explores making various forms of mixed media to create art that can be worn. 

1.       Straw loom to create something wearable

2.       Beaded clay jewelry

3.       Collaged Pendant

4.       Button Bracelet

 

 

 “Mixed Media”                  4 projects      Ages: TEENS                 Offered:  8/5/13 - 8/9/13

This camp uses various forms of mixed media to create a few different forms of art.  

1.       Glass mosaic art

2.       Soldered pendant

3.       Canvas collage

4.       Bottle cap jewelry

 

Space is limited! Please call 946-0288 to register or email Toni @ whimsicaljewels@rocketmail.com with questions.

 

Also, Toni is doing a raffle for a $20 gift certificate for her etsy shop to anyone who shares the facebook event page and/or invites friends.  Here's the link:  https://www.facebook.com/events/146967132138177/

...and less than a month a away!

 Today's sneak peek is brought to you by new Whimsical artist Sheila Parcell Fisher! We welcome Sheila and all the new artists. Hope to see you soon at the sale!

Spring Sale, one month away and counting!

While you're there, be sure to get your fairy hair!

Fairy hair comes in all colors and is sure to add sparkle to your life. Check out Fairy Hair Flare here.

You can view a photo of a fairy weaving her shimmery strands at last year's sale at photographer Christine Prisk's website here. While you're there, browse more photographs from last year's sale--you can even order prints of your favorite ones.

Spring Sale, a month and a day away!

Here's another peek at what you'll find there: intriguing jewelry from Kim Koltzau of Steampunk Cellars.

Check back all this week for more!

Spring sale, coming soon!

The first days of March mean May is coming soon! The Whimsical Women are busy making plans--and lots of art, like the cool wooden bowl below--for our spring sale, to be held May 4, 2013 .

from Catherine Kramer of Treehouse Gardens

With the approach of the sale, we are pleased to welcome several new members! We'd like to introduce one of our new members now: Kelly Anne Fortkiewicz of Lavender Anne's will offer handmade soaps, oils, lip balms and other products. Check out her charcoal and pine soap on the Lavender Anne's Facebook page--it acts as a detox for the skin by pulling out toxins, making it a great face soap! Below are a few more of Kelly's products.

dry skin salve

oils to relieve pain, help you relax, have sweet dreams--

and one's an aphrodisiac! 

Welcome, Kelly, and to all our new Whimsical Women. Any other new or returning Whimsical Women who would like to feature your art on the blog before the sale, please email Luli or Linda for more information. Finally, check this blog soon for the debut of the 2012 Spring Sale Flier! 

And the countdown has begun....

only 13 more weeks until the Spring Whimsical Women Festival on May 4th in Chapel Hill!!!

Ten days 'til Christmas!

If you are still "wrapping up" your holiday shopping, consider checking out the Whimsical Women links at the right of the page!

You will find many options for lovely gifts--fun ideas for kids at Monkey Hooper and holiday soap sets at Long Family Farms, to name just a couple.

We've put on our holiday colors, and we'd love to invite you to take a few moments to explore our links!

Want to be a Whimsical Woman?

If you are interested in becoming a Whimsical Woman, please email Luli (lulibrown@triad.rr.com) or Linda (lpalladino@nc.rr.com) to arrange an interview!

Interviews for the spring sale (May 4, 2013) need to be held before January 20, so please contact Linda or Luli by January 15, 2013.

Fall Sale 2012: Windy and Wonderful!

The Fall Sale on November 17 was a great success! The day was windy but sunny and we welcomed 
a record number of guests to the Pfafftown farm.

 the morning meeting

 First in line!

Many guests came early and by a few minutes after 10, the sale was in full swing!  Pottery was claimed, paintings were admired. Customers choose lovely jewelry, colorful bulletin boards, homemade holiday cards, handwoven wool and everything in between for themselves and the lucky folks on their Christmas lists.

So much to choose from!

Furthermore, the Whimsicals would like to thank our guests for the amazing response to Bra's N Boots! Last year, we filled 29 boxes to send to our service women. This year, we filled 79 boxes to the brim with lotions, soaps, chocolates, books, movies, magazines, and all sorts of other treats and goodies! We also collected enough donations to cover the postage for each box-- outstanding! Thanks to all who helped to fill the boxes with such wonderful items.

packing boxes for Bras N Boots

We also want to thank each and every guest for your support of our organization, and especially for your patience as we implemented some changes into this year's sale. Overall, we feel these changes improved our group, and we hope you feel the same! Thanks in particular to those who cheerfully waited in longer-than-average lines to purchase your goodies (we already have plans for solving this issue next year) and to everyone who chipped in our new $1 admission fee. This fee helped us to introduce the much-requested convenience of accepting credit card payments, and to provide our guests with food, compostable plates and utensils, live music, and rest room facilities. Most importantly, it allowed us to keep booth fees for our artists as low as possible.

As many of our guests know, Whimsical Women was founded many years ago in memory of one very special female artist, and as a venue to support and encourage new women artists to create and share their unique art. As a group and now a nonprofit organization, we are always changing and growing, but our mission to support female artists remains the same. We can't thank our guests enough for growing and changing with us so that as many artists as possible can create and shine. We welcome your feedback and suggestions as we continue to grow!

the Whimsical Sisters

A few quick notes--thank you to Tim Shelburne for taking the photos on this post! You can view more of Tim's photos from the sale here.  Second, if you are interested in becoming a Whimsical Women, watch this blog for more information, coming soon. And last but not least, someone has requested the recipe for Pumpkin Chili. If you are the chef behind this tasty treat and you are willing to share your secrets, please leave a comment on this post!

Finally, from all the Whimsical Women, thank you again for making our fall sale the success that it was and for supporting our art.

Fall Sale: four days away and counting!

"Catfish" by Tabatha Renegar

The Fall Sale is just a few days away, and the Whimsicals can't wait! We are looking forward to another wonderful sale as well as some exciting changes! We will showcase our art at a new location down in the front yard, offer more parking for our customers, and this year, for the first time ever, you can use a credit card to pay for all of your beautiful new art. Don't forget to bring your $1 cash admission fee!

 Pottery by Barbara Eure

If you're able, please also bring along some toiletries or other goodies for the second annual Bras N' Boots drive! Please see the posts below for more details on what to bring.

Whimsical critters and quilted monogram by Ginnie Conaway.

Ginnie will be offering custom quilting in time for Christmas!

Furthermore, artist Adriana Granados would like to share another way you can help those in need at the fall sale: to raise money for elderly victims of recent Storm Sandy, Adriana will sell custom artwork! Bring along a favorite photograph, and Adriana will turn it into a lovely piece of canvas wall art, similar to the pieces above. (For more sample pieces, click here). These pieces make wonderful gifts for parents and grandparents, and Adriana will donate 100% of her profits from these pieces to Sandy victims.

Necklace and scarf slide by Lisa McMillan of
Presence Jewelry Designs

Sunflower and heart by Beth Haas

We can't wait to see everyone soon!