Peg's Getting a "Wild Hair" ... Studio

Andrew Thornton's 2012 February Reveal

2012-02-25T09:59:00.004-08:00

A few weeks ago late in the evening I was merrily surfing the web when I chanced upon Andrew Thornton's announcement of his February Challenge. Before you could blink 3 times I had purchased one of the 10 surprise bead sets available. Unseen going only by a brief description I found myself the proud owner of one of the mystery beads collections.

Still not sure what possessed me to buy the beads but today I can tell you my muse was twisting my arm and Yelling " Create damn it Create".

I love creating in many different mediums and materials. I have spent the last 12 years in Metals and glass. Bead weaving has always been a great love of my and I had the pleasure and honor of being a part of" The best of Beadwork 2000" and showing my work in The Dairy Barn.

I have quite a collection of seed beads and on a grey day find myself refreshing my soul in the joyful colors of tubes filling a large cabinet. I have tried over the years to challenge myself to use all colors and change the combinations to see what new delights I can create.

When I received my beads in the mail I was very excited and rushed in to open them. I was taken aback there was a pile of pink and white and fuchsia colored beads. This was really going to be a challenge. I grew up in a house that was pink every outfit my mother owned was pink or red and I was always lacking an enthusiastic response in her quest to rosy up my world.

But I pulled on my big girl pants and went to work. I couldn't decide on just one project so here is what I present to you.

The crystals caught my eye first and I happened to have some of the same color in my stash. I wanted to something to wear with jeans or for dressier occasions, while com binding my two favorite metals copper and sterling. Adding the Moon buttons and the black heart balances the bling of the crystals for me.

My next project the twigs bracelet was inspired but the bare branches in my garden. I sorted out a collection of beads from the original group and picked out several tubes of seed beads to see what would pull everything together. I found the perfect color and set to work, I let my muse guide me and meandered my way from one end to the other, adding this taking out something else and switching from one bead stitch to another, a bit of peyote, some right angle weave and a dash of brick stitch. I am over the moon with the finished piece. I love the wee bits surrounded strands of woven seed beads.

I hope you enjoy my work please leave a comment.
I would love to hear from you

Below you will find the rest of the gang who participated in Andrew Thornton's Bead Challenge
Here are links to each artists blog as well as Andrew's http://andrew-thornton.blogspot.com/
be sure to check them all out.

Kari Wilson

Shannon Chomanczuk http://www.formysweetdaughter.blogspot.com

Kari Asburty http://hippiechickdesign.blogspot.com

Suzette Bentley http://elliesbijoux.blogspot.com/

Peg Gyldenege http://wildhairstudio.blogspot.com/

Therese Frank http://www.theresestreasures59.blogspot.com

Patti Vanderbloemen http://myaddictionshandcrafted.blogspot.com/

Kari Wilson http://creationsbykari.blogspot.com/

The Art of Business

2012-02-22T16:56:00.000-08:00

Seattle Metals Guild workshop committee is offering a series of 3 classes for developing your online presence. Here is an interview with the workshop instruct

rThe Business of Art with Gwen Gyldenege

A three-workshop series. Learn to increase your online visibility, share your art, and find new customer bases.

to register go to Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/224489.

Are you pondering how your business is going and what you might do to increase sales or just understand a bit more of the internet hubbub. SMG workshop committee has received many requests in the past to offer workshops to help understand and As an Artist be recognized on the internet. It is a great mystery to many of us and "WHY DO I NEED TO DO THIS"' so in that vein of thought we present

The Art of Business interview with Gwen Gyldenege February 2012

Why get online?
Having a professional presence as an artist online is not about sharing what you ate for lunch or how angry you are at the customer who jilted you. It's about sharing your art, what inspires you and connecting to your patrons. It's a way to catalog your work into a portfolio and to make it easy for people to find you and learn about, then buy your work.
Let's say you create jewelry that has a distinctly modern aesthetic and is inspired by the Texas Hill Country. Many people today will search online for things they like first, before they even consider going to a store. Then, there are other patrons who, after seeing your work in a gallery, want to be able to look at all the other amazing works of art you create online and extend the joy of browsing and discovering your art. Because of examples like the previous two, it is becoming increasingly more important for artists to have at least a simple presence online. You can keep it as small as a brief, single page website or a facebook business page. Or, you can be as ellaborate as existing on a website, blog, facebook, twitter, pinterest, email newsletter and more.

If there are so many people online. How do potential patrons people find me?

Let's continue with the same example of aesthetically modern, Texas Hill country inspired jewelry. When someone is searching on Google for "modern hill country jewelry" you want them to be able to find you, look at what you have to offer, and then decide that they want to buy a piece of your work. In the past, they had to stumble upon you at a gallery, a show or festival, through a friend or another patron. It was very heavily dependent upon who knew about you.

Think of being online like listing yourself in those printed phone books still arriving at your doorstep. You make a website and then enable it to be found by search engines. This is like putting up an ad in the yellow pages. Then, search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo allow people to search everywhere on the web for whatever they want. This is like when you flip through the yellow pages in the "jewelers" section or "art galleries" in "Seattle" and scour the pages for something that looks "modern" to your eye. This scouring action is what search engines do - they are smart enough to match words on your website page to words that someone is searching. Then, the search engine presents them with a list of pages to view.

The closest way a printed phone book could give you a custom tailored list of results is with an index, and even that leaves something to be desired if you're seeking to find "Texas Hill Modern" jewelry. In printed media, it's up to the the person reading the phone book to interpret the results. Now, with search engines, we can describe what we are so that we are more easily found. People can now search on your name, where you sell, what you sell, a description of the piece, etc. It all depends on how descriptive you get and how well you know your customers interests and their buying process (what, why & when do they buy).

Why do I have to share my story?
You share to create interest. You share photos of your work or links to things that interest you to build connections and build relationships with your patrons. You give things, like knowledge, away so that people begin to recognize you as an expert in your field.
When you are working away in your studio and you have an Einstein discovery moment, where you come upon an amazing new technique, aren't you excited by that? Haven't you then shown a friend or shared it with another artist who got just as excited? By using things like Facebook, twitter, or a blog post to share this exciting new thing, you are now putting the word out for others who share in the same interests to find you.
What kind of guidelines would you suggest for sharing?
Personally, I only write or share things I would feel comfortable saying to someone in-person. When we don't have someone in front of us as we write, post, tweet, etc. we have a tendency to over share or get very unpleasant. If you wouldn't want your kids, employer, archenemy, or friends to know your thoughts, techniques, or art, then don't share it. Moral of the story: Be polite, be considerate and be wise.

Why do you need to "know your customers"?
In the past, we all had marketing people who would understand what drives consumers to buy and they wrote ads that targeted those types of people. Unless you are writing books or you have work in a gallery (and even then), very rarely does an artist ever have someone who just goes out and advertises or talks up their work.

Why? Because it hasn't been affordable for a small business. Often, by the time an artist pays for all the services they need, they have very little profit left over. Now, we have the power to do it ourselves. We can augment our fantastic in-person presence with an online presence and now begin to learn about how to build our sales and increase our customers.

There's a Fire Burning in my Crystals

2011-07-12T16:24:00.000-07:00

Can you tell I have been enjoying Adele's 21, her newest release? Love it love it love it.
Meanwhile back to my life.. and my precious vintage crystals.

I have loved the sparkle of crystal since I was a wee child snooping in my Mother's jewelry box. I love the glamour of old Hollywood Jean Harlow, Mae West, Cary Grant (He was great as an arm ornament without sparkle) Well you get the idea. I loved black and white movies with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and many more I adore.

The crystals I have been collecting for the last dozen years or so started out with just a few beauties I found at different antique fairs. I would hold them in my hand and drool slightly without damaging my outer worldly cool exterior and just manage to say " How much?" Then one or two were not enough. Soon I had to have the whole box, and then the box they were in became a set of drawers. The drawers became 2 sets of drawers. Crystals were spilling out into all the rooms of my house. I suspect they were having wild parties in the night while I was sleeping and perhaps reproducing. Of course I have no proof of this. No teeny tiny liquor bottles flung about, or other signs of orgies. But they keep increasing in volume.

At last I made the decision that I could part with them and needed to find good creative folks to adopt their wee points and death defing sparkling color. And so they can now become a complete new design in this century.

I spent some time combinding colors to create some unique crystal collections. And I am shameless plugging my new Etsy Store open right now!!! http://etsy.com/shop/wildhairstudio If you see my ad on facebook there is a code for a 20% discount for a limited time.

When you purchase a collection if you comment you saw my this blog post I will add another 10% off (please reference the title of this post "There's a Fire Burning in my Crystals"). After you submit your order on Etsy and send your paypal payment, I will adjust your invoice and send you a revised PayPal invoice with the new lower price.

But you best get to gettin, because this offer only lasts until August 12th and only as long as supplies last.

Cheers Peg

http://etsy.com/shop/wildhairstudio

And the winners are

2011-07-05T11:29:00.000-07:00

The winners are drumroll please..............
Cynthia Bicker
Esse Lyle,
Julz Either,
Kathy Jansen-Bellamy
Lavinia Kaleleiki,
Heidi Schuler

Thanks so much for your participation in my glass pin giveaway.
I hope you have as much fun wearing them as I did creating them.
And thanks for taking the time to be a part of my social media group. I appreciate your friendship. It is so cool to connect with people from all over through the magic of the internet.
Cheers

Cyn Bicker

Esse Lyle

Lavinia Kaleleiki

Julz Either

Heidi Schuler

Kathy Jensen-Bellamy

Happy Glass

2011-06-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

there's no place like mine

Here is my
"Help me celebrate I turned 60 and want to thank my fans and friends"
social media giveaway.
Created in my studio with glass, cutters, resins and kilns.
One of my favorite mediums to work with is glass. I love all processes involved. Color plays such an important role in my daily life.
and the qualities of glass really bring me such joy.
I like to cut ,clean and assemble in the afternoon Fire then anneal so I can pop out to the studio in a early morning with a mug of coffee and my robe and slippers to crack open the kiln and see the wonders that fire and basic elements have created along with a wee bit of my imagination.

Oh the possibilities.

There are still a few more days left in June to add your name to my give away list.
And a big Thank you to those of you who left such nice responses.

winter garden

over here

ruby forest

my sunny day

green days

Only a Few More Days

2011-06-23T14:51:00.000-07:00

This is a repeat of my earlier blog to encourage new readers and fans. There are only a few more days left in June 7 to be exact as of today 6/23/11 for you to be a part of my glass pin giveaway. I am really grateful for your friendship and encouragement in my artful journey.
This has been a busy and interesting six months in 2011. I have been arting allover the place and have had the privilege to meet and spend time with some delightful folks in many different art areas including metal,paint,beads,glass and more. I just started my 60th decade as well and I intend to create my way thru humor and joy and "what would happen if I ...?" into a one woman show of Peg's possibilities cause I am the ****ing Queen.
So please

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

I've been elbow deep in my kiln lately creating some delightful fused glass pieces. Some of these pieces I made for the SNAG conference this last weekend and traded with other artists (You should see the amazing art I got in exchange). While the rest of the fused pieces I'm creating as part of my 2011 collection.

I'm in the process of building my art business and expanding my on-line presence. You can find me on Facebook, Etsy, Blogger, and Wildhairstudio.com. In celebration of turning the big six-oh this year and in an effort to better connect with you (well, and...really to shamelessly plug myself ), I'm having a contest during the whole month of June. For every one of the following things you do to engage with me online, you will be entered into the drawing.

leave a comment on my blog

subscribe to my blog

"like" my facebook page

leave a comment on my facebook page

favorite one of my items on etsy

Then, at the end of June 2011, I will select 6 winners. "What will I win?" you ask. The 6 winners will receive an original fused glass pendant by peg. To entice you, I will be posting photos of these pendants as they pop their heads out of the kiln.

here's my heart in my hand

I love to glass..

mermaid's treasures

In Song: "Oh won't you please .... be ....my neighbor?" -- Mr. Rogers

Leaving a comment

2011-06-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

I have received several emails about being unable to leave a comment for my giveaway this month. So I went to my guru of social media Gwen and pleaded for help . IN bold are instructions for leaving comments. I had open comments when I first began blogging but a group of evil spammer toads decided to use the comment to leave nasty remarks and spam out from this blog so I closed it to the way it is now.

Thanks for being a reader and joining in my contest. I am waiting anxiously for my kilns to heat up to fire my Spring kimono for the second firing adding enamel to the flower blooming at the hemline.

I am adding my prayers to the fire goddess for a perfect firing between the silver and the enamel.

Meanwhile, here are some pics of my mystical mosaics I have been working on since last summer. They passed the endless rain of last winter and I will be adding to them as the weather warms up. I have yet to post the pics of the dragon who is in the middle of my creation. Coming soon...

Mermaid with child

undersea garden

King Merman off to greet the dragon

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Out of my dreams

2011-06-02T14:08:00.000-07:00

Fall Kimono

Success at last. I have had the idea for creating these wee silver kimonos for over 5 years I created a small book several years ago with kimonos on the covers and used moss and twigs and leaves from my garden to create texture plates allowing me to transfer my beloved garden into the silver and carry the feel of peacefulness my garden offers me. But I was not finished and have mulled around many different ideas in the last few years....never quite coming up to that jump for joy feeling I get in the pit of my stomach when I get a wild hair idea. Well the wild hair hit hard a few weeks ago and after sketching out my designs I stayed up into the wee hours working on one after an other till my eyes refused to stay open. So I relented slept for a while and continued. Here are 3 of the 4 kimonos

Spring is taking her time and is not quite ready for prime time but stay tuned she will arrive soon.

ENJOY

Summer Kimono

Winter Kimono

Put a bird on it!!

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2011-06-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

I've been elbow deep in my kiln lately creating some delightful fused glass pieces. Some of these pieces I made for the SNAG conference this last weekend and traded with other artists (You should see the amazing art I got in exchange). While the rest of the fused pieces I'm creating as part of my 2011 collection.

I'm in the process of building my art business and expanding my on-line presence. You can find me on Facebook, Etsy, Blogger, and Wildhairstudio.com. In celebration of turning the big six-oh this year and in an effort to better connect with you (well, and...really to shamelessly plug myself ), I'm having a contest during the whole month of June. For every one of the following things you do to engage with me online, you will be entered into the drawing.

Then, at the end of June 2011, I will select 6 winners. "What will I win?" you ask. The 6 winners will receive an original fused glass pendant by peg. To entice you, I will be posting photos of these pendants as they pop their heads out of the kiln.

In Song: "Oh won't you please .... be ....my neighbor?" -- Mr. Rogers

Luminous leaves from my garden

2011-05-18T09:19:00.000-07:00

I am lucky enough to have created an enchanted place filled with very old plants who return each year to stun me with their beauty and scents.
This has been quite a year so far.We have had a long and I do mean long bout of rain so many things have been delayed in their normal growth cycle. The weather has been the biggest influence in my usual garden duties. One of my duties was to get blogging about my class offerings

I am so excited to announce I will be teaching 3 classes at Art & Soul in Portland this September.

As you can see I love leaves and my first class offering is Luminous Leaves. This is a unique way to make an organic casting of leaves, after we create and fire them in Fine silver, day 2 will be adding enamel to envelope the leaves with rich color. I have been enameling for around 15 years and I love the magic that happens when you add fire and powdered enamel on precious metal.

stay tuned for more pictures and news and check out the classes at Art & Soul it is an experience not to be missed and welcome to my garden

Leaf collage gingko, sage fused glass,sapahire

blackberry

clematis

ginkgo leaves

New Classes at Art & Soul

2011-05-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

4 Seasons Kimono Book

Hi all

Just a note to let you know if you are considering going to Portlands Art and Soul, you should sign up quickly!!! I will be teaching 3 classes there:

P1235 Luminous Leaves - Mon Eve & Tues (Enamling on Fine Silver Leaves)
P1236 4 Seasons Kimono Book Amulet - Wed Sept 28 (making organic texture plates and organic mono prints for book pages)
P1237 Under the Sea - Sun Oct 2 (or here fishey fishey, bezel setting stones)

Sep t26th thru October 2nd. There is a chance to get a 5 night free stay info below. In just 20 days Glenny will be announcing the winner of the free 5 nights at the Embassy Suites Portland for our Sept. 2011 retreat!

Is your name in the hat?

It is if you have signed up for 4 or more day time classes and it's not too late to register now to get your name in too!

Ready ......set ....... SIGN UP !

http://www.artandsoulretreat.com

Organic leaf casting Flutterby

On Display at Maloney's Florist: Flowers, Gifts, and Tribal Bits

2011-03-18T17:41:00.001-07:00

Just this week Peg & I stopped into Maloney's Florist, located on Meridian in Puyallup between the car dealerships, to inject some Tribal Bits among the flowers, lovely glass vases, teddy bears, cards, gorgeous silk arrangements, and potted spring beauties. In days gone by, Peg had dressed and adorned many a shop windows in the Puget Sound area. So, this task was a delight and brought back memories to us both. Oh what fun we had!

As you walk into the shop, you'll immediately see the lovely front counter and cooler filled with delicious spring flowers. Then, if you turn to your left, you'll see the long wall of windows which draws your eye right to the new tribal display. We brought a wide spread of items to show you how much variety Peg has available from trivets to coats and wall hangings to helmets. Every piece is unique and has been created from what ever materials were available to the artist.

Several years ago, because of her interest in Belly Dancing, Peg was introduced to some people who were selling vintage dance pieces that had been passed down through their families. Their reason to sell these treasures was to help their own families and fellow countrymen survive as they were fleeing their homes to escape the Taliban. Despite all of what they have gone through, these people maintain a happy disposition and are just grateful to be alive.

If you find yourself venturing through Puyallup to buy flowers, look at purchasing a new car (cars cost less in Puyallup, you know...), or sift through the aisles and booths of all the wonderful antiques stores, please take a moment to pop into Maloney's show room and admire the special pieces in the tribal display. Nearly everything that's in the display is for sale (look for the tags!). Pick up your own piece and maybe you'll just find that inspiration to dance that you've been looking for. If you cannot be present in Puyallup , never fear, just watch the Etsy store because we will be posting more tribal goodies.

4 Arts Desire on Etsy

2011-03-12T11:04:00.000-08:00

Hello Wild Hair Studio readers! My name is Gwen and I'm working with Peg now to build up her brand as an artist, expand her online presence and allow her more time in the studio to create. Today, I'm writing to you about what she's been doing in the 4 Arts Desire shop on Etsy.

Did you know that you can find Wild Hair Studio creations and findings for sale on Etsy? Peg, Randy, Beth, and Lisa have been hosting small shows in the Puget Sound area for many years now. After seeing what I had done on Etsy with my former Dread Extensions (for costume wear and belly dancers) business, they decided that they'd expand their team existance into the online sales world. They now share the store 4 Arts Desire. Peg, Randy, and Lisa have some beautiful wearable art made from PMC, crystals, fused glass, pearls, and much more.

The other fun items Peg has posted are Vintage Tribal adornments, costume pieces, wall hangings, and purses. She and I have been belly dancing for 15 years. About 6 or 7 years ago we discovered the world of Tribal Belly Dance. Wow. What fun we've had dancing. And then, we discovered the vintage pieces from tribes in India, Afganistan, and other places. While it must have been a difficult choice to sell for the owner of piece, knowing that the money spent is helping someone else survive is uplifting and inspring. In addition to the joys of technology, it's amazing to see throug the power of personal connections and subjects of interest just how small and connected our world is.I will be posting more tribal pieces for Peg over the next week. So keep your eye on the store (or sign up for the RSS feed).

I will also be posting some of her gorgeous, goes-with-every-outfit earrings. I've been fortunate enough to be the tester for many of her new designs. I give her feedback on the look, feel, and impact that each item holds for me and the people who observe me wearing things. Today, I find that 75 - 90% of my jewelry box is made up of wearable art that I've purchased from her over the years. They are first and foremost gorgeous and the perfect augmentation to practically all my outfits from the subtle, corporate types to wild and crazy ones. Her creations are also classy, funky, very comfortable, and extremely well designed (i.e. durable, which to me is very important because I'm rough on things I wear).

And now, without further ado - here is a taste of what you'll find in the 4 Arts Desire store today.

Etsy
4ArtsDesire

Mining for Silver

2011-02-28T13:58:00.000-08:00

I took a wee rest after the frenzy of the Art & Soul auction spend some much needed time reducing,reusing and recycling many of those forgotten spots in my home where bits and pieces manage to find their way into the black hole of house keeping. It has been a great feeling to pass on many items we have outgrown, for what ever reason, and find some breathing room and a sense of order.

I hauled away many loads to the local thrift shop, senior center and passed items on to my offspring and several friends starting new lives. At last I could gather my thoughts and head into my studio, or perhaps I should say one of my studios: my "beads-silver-vintage-fabric-pieces-metal-clay-tools-hammers-wire-tools-buttons-vintage-crystals-bronze-copper-findings-finished-work" studio. As opposed to studio number 2, the "heavy-duty-studio-in-the-garage-for-kilns-chemicals-torches-resin-and-glass" studio, for which I am planning an update soon.

In studio 1 I am sorting and organizing all similar objects together. What a wonderful experience. Not only am I organizing, but I'm also taking a trip down memory lane. I'm finding things purchased and discovering lost items which I was unaware were lost ( which makes them all the sweeter of a find). This is now keeping me from repeatedly buying the same items. Do you do that?

Well at last I reached my stash of metal clay creations, joyfully created in the past 12 years. Wow, I was overwhelmed. As I discovered each piece and gathered them together, all at once they began to babble "Remember me?! Remember you were going to... wouldn't I look cool with...." So that is where I am at the moment getting ready to blast off into my creation mode and add some forgotten dreams to my immediate future.

Thanks to one and all

2011-02-14T23:41:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day

Today I had the pleasure of sending off a check to the Lawyers who are handling the Kiss my Fanny Mr Banker Fund.

Our final total was $1276.91.

I would like to send a big flappentine hug to each of you who helped make this happen. Thanks to each artist who created and shipped each beautiful item. Some of you were so generous to send several items.

Then there were the buyers you guys were fantastic. It was very fun to see all those wonderful things go flying out the door and into the boxes to begin their journeys to their new homes. We also had several donations and a private collector come by after the Ebay auctions and pick up a few items.

So dear Glenny Happy Valentines Day from all of us. May this small token give you a glimpse of the many wonderful people who thank you for the wonderful experience of Art & Soul and are cheering you on in this most difficult economic times for all

Watch for me in Portland this September as we have some more Fat Books we will be auctioning off to keep moving forward.

Cheers Peg

More Auction info Extra Auctions added

2011-02-03T14:23:00.000-08:00

the Key by Denise Peterson

Here is the auction link

http://shop.ebay.com/wildhairstudio/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

The Journey Denise Peterson

The auctions have been extended
I relisted 11 items and 2 new ones that just arrived in the mail.

The first auction will end 2/4 starting at 12:12 pm Pacific standard time

The next one ends Monday Feb 6th about 9 am Pacific standard time This is your last chance to bid on these delightful items, remember the purpose of these auctions and all of the time and energy each artist spent being part of the Kiss my Fanny Mr Banker Fund.

Thanks to all who donated and joined in the bidding fun on eBay I salute you. You have made a big difference in the world and added much needed sun beam of hope to a delightful woman Glenny Moir.
Cheers
Peg

Auction INFO

2011-01-31T11:33:00.000-08:00

Hello all

Here is a report on The KMFMB FUND

Here is how much money we have raised so far.

Bracelet Sales income $523.48

Ebay Auction Income as of 1/31/11 $378.03

There are 2 auctions left

The first one finishes in 1 day at about 9 pm west coast time and has 6 items

The second finishes in 4 days and has 11 items

These are some very cool things and as you can see we could sure use some enthusiastic bidders and help get these totals up higher.

I wanted to raise this money so the teachers could get paid sooner and perhaps there will be more to invest in all of the things required to keep art and soul Moving forward. Please take the time to contribute to this event.

I have donated 2 months of my time putting it all together and each artist has put in hours of time to create the cool artwork offered to you on EBay

Each artist took the time ,money and effort to help donate the KMFMB Fund. Now we are leaving in your hands
http://shop.ebay.com/wildhairstudio/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
Please participate
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
Peg

Auction Items Art & Soul

2011-01-29T13:46:00.000-08:00

Sorry to announce I will be unable to auction the 5 nights at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Ebay . Legal requirements require I handle this in a different manner. Please go to Ebay and continue to bid on the wonderful items still up and continuing to be posted. There are some beautiful things and you will be sorry you missed this once in a lifetime opportunity to bid on the 4 Fat books. I have spent hours looking and enjoying each page. I am truly amazed at the time, effort and scope of each artist.
Keep tuned this is merely a speed bump in moving forward

Thanks Peg

Auction Items Final Art & Soul

2011-01-26T21:29:00.000-08:00

http://shop.ebay.com/wildhairstudio/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Get your bidding fingers warmed up and ready to go. The final auction will be posted Tomorrow 1/27/11 and ends Tuesday 2/1 /2011

along with the final 7 items including 2 more Fat books & a cheerful cupcake painting this auction includes the big bounty bidding blast of bodacious donations... Drumroll please

Auction for the 5 nights at the Portland Airport Embassy Suites

VALUE 900.00 2 room suite, cooked to order breakfast and managers reception daily

expires 10/3/2011

Sandy Lupton

Autumn Beauty by Cyn Bicker

A Big THANK YOU to Portland Airport Embassy Suites for this grand gift and a huge round of applause to thank all of the excellent staff who always make our Art and Soul Experience superior! And provide us with excellent classrooms,Store Space and wonderful food not to mention the cozy rooms ( which are often hard to see because of all of the art supplies piled high on every availble surface.)

Up Close & Personal: Art & Soul Auction Items

2011-01-25T23:34:00.000-08:00

Having fun introducing our auction items up close and personal with a bit of fun just like the shopping channel.

I wanted you to see them with more than just a few photos. I love being able to spend time with these little gems of art. It has been a great honor getting to know themlike they were family with out the painful parts.

Speaking of Family my daughter has been keeping me current on all aspects of social media and now dragging me into making a video. It was fun and I hope I did not screw up your names too badly

Please enjoy our late night adventures and PLEASE GET OUT THERE AND BID THIS STUFF UP

You will not only support Art and Soul and keep it moving forward but get to have a delightful piece of art from a very special group of artists who are working to support art education and retreats

Day 5 Auction items

2011-01-24T23:25:00.000-08:00

Hello

Just wanted to let you know I just posted your items on the Ebay auction site. Tonight I added a wee beaded pouch,cat earrings a delightful fiber handbag and 2 Fat Books as well as a mixed media picture and a upcycled doll made from fish tins and the keys used to open them. Check it out on eBay. Go to Ebay.com then to search and click on advanced. On your left click on seller then search for wildhairstudio.

Just a reminder The auction for 5 nights at the Portland Embassy suites is coming up in the next 2 days

Thank you so much for your donations

Day 2 Auction items

2011-01-20T18:04:00.000-08:00

http://shop.ebay.com/wildhairstudio/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

live link to the Kiss my Fanny Mr Banker Fund auctions

If the link doesn't work go to ebay
find search then advanced search
on the left click on seller and type in wildhairstudio then search. you will find us there
Today I added
Lips Necklace by Kathy Gould
Labyrinth Spiral Cuff Bracelet by Terri-Nickleson-Williams
Spiral Sun by Dona L Jones
Toucan Tom Earrings by Queen of Possibilities
Midnight Blues by Randy Drobny

Remember to BID BID BID BID

Live Auction Info

2011-01-19T19:07:00.000-08:00

http://shop.ebay.com/wildhairstudio/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Here is the link to the ebay auction items, we just went live 2 hours ago. The first 5 items are up and each auction will last 5 days.
I will be putting up 5 new items each day for the next 6 days.

Thanks so much to Esse Lyle for photographing for 9 hours on Monday to get all items showing off their best assets. Also Thanks to Cyn Bicker who patiently walked me thru the ebay set up process and guided me through the Forrest of the unknown landscape of on site auctions.
Oh my goodness I am turning into a super geek 3 computers going and I could have used one more!

Happy Bidding

BIDDING ON Auction Items

2011-01-19T08:38:00.000-08:00

Dear Reader

.The auctions are not live yet I am hoping to start them today and will put up the information on this blog, on facebook and on the Art and Soul groups on yahoo to begin the bidding after they are ready.
Items are still coming in and I am writting descriptions an taking measurments to assure you know what you are bidding on

I put items on my blog so folks have the time to get a preview of all of the lovely items before the auction begins

Please understand
I am working a full time job as well as trying to keep the rest of the world moving smoothly and doing this in my spare time.

So if you can help promote this auction I would really appreciate it. Send your friends to this blog to preview all of the wonderful donated items

Monday 1/17/2011 a Photographer ( Esse Lyle) donated 9 hours of time getting the photographing all the items. This was a big undertaking and Esse is a wonderful photographer. Great photographs will let you see the fab items in their full glory and help you decide what you would like to bid on.

Today I have another person coming to get the auctions listed and ready to go live. I am running as fast as I can and my goal is to get everything ready to go live today. I may space items out so everyday 5 items go up for auction but I am waiting for the results of today to make those decisions.

THANK YOU THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who has helped make this happen
Peg

Midnight Blues by Randy Drobny

Auction Items 11 Art & Soul

2011-01-18T22:59:00.000-08:00

Bottlecap Beauties Peg Gyldenege

Sexy bits headbands Peg Gyldenege

Spiral Sun Pin

Kindred Spirit Designs

Dona L Jones

Oley PA

Cat earrings

Cat Pin