CHRISTMAS CARVINGS

I think I have photographed 99% (I am creating

new ones every day) of my Christmas carvings,

so I wanted to publish them on my blog.

ALL THE TRIMMINGS HOLIDAY SHOW THANKS

I just wanted to thank everyone who came to our show
and made it a wonderful success. It keeps growing
every year with more talented new artists as well as
our fantastic regulars, and more and more customers.
Thanks to all and have a Happy Holiday Season!

ALL THE TRIMMINGS HOLIDAY SHOW

Hope you all can make it to our "All the Trimmings
Holiday Show" on Saturday, Dec. 4, 10am-4pm,
located at the Chelsea Fairgrounds Service Bldg.,
20501 Old U.S. 12, Chelsea. We have 18 local
artisans who create beautiful pieces of art!
Free admission, free parking and free
refreshments. Check out the blog at
http://www.allthetrimmingsshow.blogspot.com/.

CHRISTMAS CARVINGS

I am madly working on all sorts of carvings for our

All the Trimmings Holiday Show, Saturday, Dec. 4,

at the Chelsea, MI, fairgrounds service building at

20501 Old U.S. 12, from 10am-4pm. Here is a

sampling of my items. There is no snow outside,

but plenty of glitter swirling around my work area!

ANN ARBOR ARTWALK OCT. 22-24

Our home studio will be open for the Ann Arbor ArtWalk

on Friday, Oct. 22 5-8pm, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23

& 24, from 12-5pm. Hope you can join us, as well as the

River Gallery and Chelsea Center for the Arts in Chelsea.

Our address is 5465 Conway Road, just a couple of miles

outside of town off Cavanaugh Lake Road. It will be a

great weekend of wonderful art and delicious food!

16 HANDS DEMONSTRATION AND TRUNK SHOW

John and I will be demonstrating Friday night, Oct. 1 from 7-9,
and selling our carvings Saturday, Oct. 2 from 12-5, at 16 Hands,
a wonderful art gallery in downtown Ann Arbor at 216 S. Main St.
If you weren't able to make it to our open house, we hope you can
attend this event. We're looking forward to making new and seeing
old friends this weekend!

FALL OPEN HOUSE

I just wanted to thank everyone who came to my fall
open house for making it one of the best ever! It was
great to see you all and catch up on all your lives. I
certainly wouldn't or couldn't do this without your
continued support. Thank you, thank you , thank you!

2010 ANNUAL FALL OPEN HOUSE

You are all invited to my annual fall open house on Saturday,

September 18, 9-5 and Sunday, September 19, 10-5. I'll have

lots of new birds and butterflies. Hope you all can come!

BUTTERFLIES!!!

I have had many requests from customers for butterflies

(and moths), so with the inspiration of the beautiful live

ones in my garden, I finally have pushed myself to design

the ones shown above. They were much more fun than I

thought and a lot easier too. Should have tried sooner!

They are available either hanging or standing, or for use

as a plaque.

DEXTER PIONEER ARTS FAIR

Join me at the 2010 Dexter Pioneer Arts Fair on Saturday,

April 17, from 10-4. New location this year - Creekside

Intermediate School, 2615 Baker Road, Dexter, MI 48130.

If you can't make it, give me a call. If you can, see you there!

2010 SONGBIRD GRADUATING CLASS

Here are my 2010 Spring birds! Just waiting to be adopted
by you. All are priced at $35, except for the Cooper's hawk
and Wood duck which are $45, and the Oystercatcher and
Scissor-tailed flycatcher which are $50. They can be either
standing or hanging. Shipping is $5.00.



American redstart and Ovenbird

Wood Duck and Wilson's warbler

Red-winged blackbird and Pine siskin

Scissor-tailed and Cooper's hawk

flycatcher

Oystercatcher and Lazuli bunting

Kirtland's warbler and Junco


Female Cardinal and Indigo bunting

Common yellow throat and Chestnut-sided warbler

Cerulean warbler and Carolina wren

Brown creeper

DOG SHOW WINNERS

I guess all the dogs are winners!
Congrats to all the dog breeds.

DOG SHOW - COLLIE & HUSKY

Your choices for today are the Tri-color Collie or the
Siberian Husky. My vote is for the collie, since our
family dog is Belle, a wonderful, relaxed, yet alert
tri-color who has warned us many times when our
horse has escaped. Anyone moving too fast or not
in their normal location has to be reported to us.

DOG SHOW - PORTUGUESE WATER DOG & GERMAN SHORT-HAIRED POINTER

Today's choices are the Portuguese Water Dog or the
German Short-haired Pointer.

DOG SHOW - BEAGLE & POODLE

Here are two more entrants in the dog show,

the beagle and standard poodle. Pick your

favorite!

DOG SHOW

Golden Retriever, Basset

Hound and Great Dane

In the spirit of the dog show season, I am having

an on-line dog show. Vote for your favorite dog

and check back to see who wins best of show!

All carvings are for sale and range from $75 to

$150, and more for custom breeds.