Gourds and more

Catherine Kramer of Treehouse Gardens in northern Orange County offers beautiful items for the home and hearth. She dries her home-grown gourds, then crafts them into functional and decorative objects. She embellishes baskets, urns, and birdhouses using a variety of techniques and media including leather dyes, pigment ink, acyrlic paint, pine straw, sea grass, handmade paper, and fabric.

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! 

Sneak Peak, Take Two!

Here's another sneak peak of some of the art you'll find at our fall sale!

From Linda Mace:

From Ginnie Parrish of Blue Frog Designs:

From Suzi Cook:

From Adriana Granados, Nut Ivory Art:

From Jackie Liggins, Organic Art:

From Edie Craig of Art Yarn Yummies:

From Barbara Brandel of Artworx by Barbara:

 

 From Catherine Kramer:

So many beautiful pieces of art--we can't wait!