Happy happy holidays to one and all!

From me and my crew a happy holiday to each and every one of you. No matter what you celebrate or if you don't it is a great time to look around and be thankful for all we have. I am so thankful for a wonderful year of so many exciting opportunities. My year has been so great that I am going to completely change the way I roll. Tomorrow December 24th will be the last day to shop at Persimmons in a normal retail way! After tomorrow I will be closed until January 19th when I will be here for my first Tuesday art night. A very small part of the store will remain my finished work but it will mostly be an organized chaos of all kinds of goodies to play with at my classes and maybe open studio time. Waiting to see how it goes before I open the space up for people to use. I am so excited about this big change and want all my good local customers to know that they can still contact me at 684-3006 or email me at gkgeiser@yahoo.com. If I am here and not too busy I will see what I can do about letting you in. Until then watch my etsy shops and blog for updates galore. Thanks again to all of you and Happy Holidays!

I'm Published!!!

So my Sailor Valentine was chosen for the reader challenge for the January February issue of Cloth Paper Scissors (one of my favorite magazines) and I am super excited! Not only am I in this fabulous issue but so many of my Internet art friends too. Check out the article by Jodi Ohl one of my art "sisters" who I had the pleasure of working on a collaborative project with a bit ago. And Sue Pelletier's drop cloth girls are fantastic little pieces of eye candy too. Make sure to pick up this issue if you don't already have a subscription! You will love it I promise.

New stuff around the corner.

So I have been busy busy busy getting my space reorganized as an open studio. It has really made me aware of how much great stuff I really have. I definitely should be on the hoarding show but they thought I wasn't hoardy enough??? Oh well I am fixing it myself. I will show pics when I am done but for now I am keeping it a mystery! With my new look I will be using my new name for my art and jewelry line I will be selling at other stores...Lost + Fond. I came up with this name years ago but thought with the launch of really getting into wholesale it was a perfect time to start using it. My earrings and jewelry will come in these cards and I hope to tag everything like ephemera packs, ACEO's and other little art in cello bags with a similar heading.
I am so super duper excited about all these changes and cannot wait until it is complete. I took a bread yesterday and made some stuff in my new jewelry station and am in love with my new found organization. Now I just have to prove everyone wrong and keep it that way for more than a week. The organizing is easy compared to that major feat. Anyhow stay tuned for pics of the newly organized space coming soon!

Foodie Doodles....framed.

I did up a few of my hand drawn and painted doodles in little 4 by 4 frames and looooove them. So do others I sold lots and lots of them already ♥ Coming soon in my etsy shop!

Hullabaloooooooo!

Be there or be square!

Classes are up!

Basic Beading...$30...February 16th Learn techniques to make a pair of earrings and a bracelet and take home your jewelry and knowledge!

Collage Painting...$30...January 28th...Get a canvas and use ephemera and paper to create a painting. Learn the techniques to create a work of art...no need to be an artist!

Soldering Basics...$30...January 12... Learn how to make soldered glass pendants and bring one home. If you want to include a personal picture bring art/pictures that will fit in 1 by 3 inch slides. This class is almost full already so if you are interested let me know asap!

Paper Mache Snowmen Jars...$30...January 21...This is fun. Inspired by my friend Sue Pelletier's famous front page of Cloth Paper Scissors snowmen. I will have premade unfinished heads made (but still show you how easy it is to use this fun material) and you can choose your jar and fill it with goodies. Bring your own mementos to put in the jar if you like!

Happy Holidays!

Just a little sampling of a few of the things I made for the holidays this year. A fun snowball fight shadowbox...I sold it tonight! :)

Sailor Valentine Ornaments...$8 ea

Snowman jar....$18

Tree people boxes....$12-$15 each.

If you love anything let me know and I can bill you through paypal! I just don't have time to list right now. Too busy getting ready for the Hullabaloo this weekend! It is going to be loads of fun! Remember 10-4 at Manitowoc Coffee.