Trying to roll out online holiday orders as fast as they are coming in! If you missed out on the Midwest Living coupon code, here’s another for 10% off online orders good thru Dec. 31. Just enter FB2013 when you’re checking out at http://ruralpearl.etsy.com
I was quite honored to be asked by Midwest Living magazine to have one of my works included in their holiday special. On newsstands now!
This fine fellow was spotted along a gravel road in Oskaloosa, Kansas on Friday. Luckily I had my camera with me. It set the weekend off to a great start.. after having finished my 2012 taxes which was not such a high moment. So, pardon me for being blog-absent as I tried to wrap my brain around all things IRS and such this past week. “Wrap my brain” equals “warp my brain” but at least they’re finally done (I’m the queen of filing extensions). I’ve got lots of works in progress and trying to have a few new ones for Final Friday coming up at Love Garden Sounds in Lawrence. I’ll be exhibiting and Maria The Mexican will be performing for their release of their new CD which I did the cover art for. I’m also gearing up for the Maple Leaf Festival in Baldwin City this weekend where I’ll be debuting a few new little items derived from my artwork including earrings and pendants (which can also be used for keychains).. I didn’t make new buttons and magnets this year — I’m trying some new fresh things. I’ve also got two new coffee mugs being printed right now, so I’ll probably have those available at the beginning of November. Lots going on.. and I should be working as I type. Til next time..
You can now find my greeting cards and coffee mugs at Reverie Coffee Roasters in Wichita! PS- new coffee mug designs coming soon!
2611 E. Douglas
Wichita, KS
I have now listed the originals that I have available in my Etsy shop: ruralpearl.etsy.com, and I’ve changed my “Available Originals” section to “Shop Online” where you’ll find a litnk to my Etsy shop for originals, prints, greeting cards and everything that’s there. Groovy smoothie..
Check out what’s going on at Imagine Goods. They “partner with vulnerable and marginalized people around the world to make products that, in many cases, give them the first fair wages they’ve ever received.” (http://imaginegoods.com/) I’ve got a couple of designs, and more to come, screen printed on bags made from hand woven fabric from a cooperative in Cambodia. Good people doing good things. http://imaginegoods.com/collections/all/accessories
Happy Summer Solstice. Also, happy night of the 2013 Super Moon. The Vol II Issue II Lantern Journal, an art & literary journal, is out now and my artwork is on the cover. Check it out here: http://lanternjournal.org/
I’m spending the holiday weekend in my hometown and was surprised to find in the local newspaper the following article about me. I had no idea it was going to be in there.
Here’s my appearance on WIBW yesterday.
Today (Monday, May 20) I’ll be on Topeka, KS, channel WIBW-13 News at 4pm with Ralph Hipp talking about my artwork in anticipation of the Mulvane Mountain/ Plains Art Fair happening the first weekend of June. Tune in if you can!