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At the fantastic Stumpjack! My work will be up for a few weeks so go and check it out while enjoying a nice cup of coffee or even better a bottle of delish beer (it may make my art look even better???)

Bangleishious

I am seriously jonesing for more wood bangle bracelets right now. I saw this idea in a magazine I just got that I can't seem to place and it is driving me batty. I really want to give this artist credit for writing such an inspirational how to!!! If anyone knows what magazine it is please post it! Anyhow I only got 3 bracelets from Hobby Lobby the other day and I made them quickly. One of them broke but the other two turned out so much fun! I really want to close the store and run and get more. I just love the mixed media feel to these totally colorful fun pieces.

I started them by painting the wood with acrylics. Then I used decoupage glue to put some paper elements on them and used prismacolors to highlight and draw fun designs. I pre-drilled some holes and added some bead accents for a finishing touch. Love the Mexican Art feel that they have and I think I may just keep these two for myself! Watch for more in my store and on etsy!

Geiser-O-Rama at the Stump.

A little poster I created for my second annual Geiser-O-Rama at Stumpjack. The opening on Friday was a smashing success and a super good time. I sold 9 pieces!!! Love it when that happens. I apparently forgot to turn my camera off after taking pictures at the opening so my camera is dead but I will post them soon. Thanks to my good friends David and Kim for allowing me to share my craziness with your customers! My stuff will be up for a few weeks yet so stop in have a great cup of coffee and look at my silly and sometimes sassy work!

Great Wall of Tomato!!!

This is crazy. My tomato plants have taken over. There is going to be a whole lotta sauce being made in the Geiser house this year! Can't wait for these babies to ripen. We have black, pink, yellow plum, Mr Stripey, and regular and cherry tomatoes. It is going to make a beautiful tomato basil salad...which is right in front of the wall of tomatoes. Good stuff.

Also worked on some domino doodle pendants recently. Just a few sharpies, white dominoes and rumikin pieces and a little dremmel action and you have these fun little original art pendant, keychain, wine charm....whatever you want them to be. I am thinking the aliens will be a big hit at Sputnikfest...which by the way is September 11 & 12 and you should go.

Going on a little trip!

I am as happy as a 4 year old next to a bubble machine! (Brilliant by the way..a store in Minocqua has one outside I want one for my store) We last minute decided to take off Saturday morning for Baraboo! I love love love Baraboo! It was kind of the place I really found myself and really really loved our life there. I think someday we will likely move back to that area...I love it. Well the Summer Art Classic is on Saturday so we will go to that and also meet up with a few old friends who I cannot wait to see. I am also bringing some stuff to my friend Mary's new space in an antique store. She had a shop next to mine when my store was in Baraboo. So excited about that! After our day in Baraboo we are going to Spring Green to spend the evening with our good friends Jeff and Laura. They have a fabulous house that they are letting us crash at. We are so poor right now it is very good to have those kinds of friends. We will likely have a great dinner, drink a couple of beers on the deck and watch all the kids play until they crash. I cannot wait!

So in case you didn't figure it out...the store is not going to be open tomorrow....August 8th. I will open back up on Monday at 10ish...see you then!

A studio makeover in progress.

Some of you may recall my crazy pictures of the studio in complete and total chaos. While I admit it is a little out of control it still works for me to be messy but this is a little too much. I knew it was time to get things under control. So after weeks of purging, a few trips to the dump and St Vinnies my studio is now a little more organized.....

The next step is to paint the walls...I am thinking turquoise, putting in a new floor and maybe just maybe a sink? I do have one in the basement right off my studio but having one right in the studio would just be so much more convenient. I still have a little more purging and organizing to do but baby steps.

Unfortunately this little cutie has inherited my hoarding gene. If I really wanted to embarrass her I would take a picture of her room that looks strikingly similar to my before studio picture! Poor girl.