BOTANICALS OF LA CANADA, CALIFORNIA

Several customers of Botanicals of La Canada, California,
have asked where they can purchase my carvings now
that Botanicals no longer has a storefront. Julie now has
an online store at www.shopbotanicals.com and will
feature several seasonal carvings monthly (along with
a lot of other wonderful things), but will also take any
special orders. We will continue to work together and
will ship to her on a regular basis. If you have any more
questions, please contact Julie or myself.

HALLOWEEN AT THE CHELSEA GALLERY

For the month of October, I will have my Halloween carvings at the
Chelsea Gallery, 115 S. Main Street, Chelsea, MI 48118. Call for hours

at 734-475-1008. Their website is http://www.chelsea-gallery.com/.

It is a beautiful gallery with local artists' work, and it has a gorgeous

coffee bar. Gary and Doris Galvin are the charming owners and great

friends of our family. Please visit them and tell them I sent you.

HALLOWEEN!!

I'm getting excited about Halloween because I am having so
much fun creating my new Halloween creatures. Afte
researching all of my old magazines (and there are a lot of

them!) for ideas from Halloween collectables, I have designed

carvings that use my carved pumpkins along with tin, wire

and antique spindles. I almost wish they won't sell, because

I love how they look in my house, and I have only a limited

number of spindles to use. Come see them at my fall show

September 19th & 20th. Lots of new carvings and good food!

HALLOWEEN AND FALL OPEN HOUSE!

"SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT"

My annual fall and Halloween open house will be held

on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20

from 10-5 at my home at 5465 Conway Road, Chelsea,

MI 48118. I will have many new fall and Halloween items

as well as some new birds for the bird collectors, as well

as lots of crows, as usual. I'm also working on lots of new

pins and necklaces. The carvings are piling up high and I

need to stop carving and start painting soon! Hope to see

everyone there!

SEASIDE CARVINGS

A good friend from Florida showed up one day
to look at my seaside carvings and went home
with an instant collection of 27 carvings! Lobsters,
crabs, fish, dolphins, flamingos, spoonbills, scallops,
sand dollars, mermaids, lighthouses, rays and more
all went home to Florida. I haven't carved so many
sea creatures at once in a long time and thought I
would have some left over for my fall show
September 19th and 20th, but she wiped me out!
(That's a good thing.) Now I am once again carving
more seaside items to replace them. I had forgotten
how much I love to carve most of them.

QUILT SQUARE AND INITIAL PLAQUES - NEW!

Thanks to inspiration from one of my dealers,

Botanicals from La Canada, California, I have

added quilt squares and initials to my line of

removeable plaques. So far, the letters have

been painted black, but any color is available.

As for the quilt squares, I just picked some of

my simplest patterns and an assortment of

colors. Obviously, the possibilities are endless!

The initials and the quilt squares are $30. The

plaque holders are $20, in fifteen different colors.

WINDOWSILL SERIES

Just a little smaller and a little less expensive,

these cute little birds fit nicely on a windowsill.

Bluebird, crow, white bird, cardinal, goldfinch

and junco. Approximately 3 1/2" long. $25 ea.

Shipping included.