New look and first sneak peek

for the fall sale!

Scarves by Melinda Abrams: Hope and Healing, Love Builds Broken Walls in two different colors

Stay tuned daily for more sneak peeks to come!

Artwear and Summer Sale tomorrow!

Just a reminder to check out the Meet the Artist event with our own Ollie Singleton at Hand Picked Consignments tomorrow (Saturday, June 15) from 10-6.

Drop by to meet Ollie, enjoy some refreshments, and check out her lovely new "Free to Be" artwear, perfect for the summer weather!

Calling All Kids: there's still time to sign up for Summer Art Camp!

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/

Meet the artist on Saturday, June 15

Whimsical Woman Ollie Singleton’s ABC (Airy, Breathable, Cool) summer artwear is being featured at Hand Picked Consignments, located in Reynolda Manor Shopping Center, 2800 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem. Whether you’re going to the beach, The Louvre, the office or a cookout, there’s something there for you.

 

On Saturday, June 15, 2013 Ollie will be at Hand Picked from 10-6 for a meet the artist event and to introduce her new line of “Free to Be” tops and tunics. While the message is the same (“Free to Be”) each top is uniquely designed using hand dyeing, painting and upcycling techniques. “I just love this message; it embraces self-definition,” Ollie says.

Contacted Ollie at olliesingleton@aol.com. Also, check out Hand Picked Consignments on Facebook.

Ladies at the Alamo

Whimsical Woman Tabatha Renegar made her stage debut on May 24 at Winston Salem's Theatre Alliance! The play was Ladies at the Alamo.

Playgoers gushed that Tabatha was fantastic.

To see more about Theatre Alliance, visit http://www.wstheatrealliance.org/site/by-the-book-staged-readings/!

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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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!