colin's pick

here is a picture of colin opening his pick!  we got the people around us to help us get his attention and  i threw it up on the stage.  he said, "oh look.  i found something.  what is it?"  he opened the box and said, "it's someone's business card."  i yelled to him that it wasn't.  he read my little note that said, "i made this for you" and then said, "i am going to wait and open this at a time that is more special."  pretty dang cool.

these are my sweet new little "studio mascot" kitties, lou (top)  and sue (bottom).  we rescued them from certain death down the street and they have made my hazel the happiest little girl in the world!  they are so very precious, and get along well with everyone in the family. they are still learning how not to get into everything in my studio; but soon they will be a lot of help!

a mountain bride

i am currently featured on the "a.mountain.bride" blog.  please check it out:

http://amountainbride.blogspot.com/2009/05/etsy-insight-silver-sparrow-designs.html

wrapping the world in love

i received this wonderful message from a customer in the united kingdom:

I was having coffee with my niece today and she wanted to show me what she bought on etsy .............she brought out a very familiar lovely brown box and I exclaimed "Oh you bought something from Kristi at Silver Sparrow" ................she showed me the pick she bought for her boyfriend stamped with "I see the world through her eyes and see her eyes throughout the world". It was beautiful and she absolutely loves it and can't wait to give it to her boyfriend.  Her name is Hannah.

Your skill combined with others words and ideas seem to wrap the world in love.

Kindest Regards,
Morag

i just thought that was so dang cool, wanted to share it with you!

things are going very well at the gallery too.  i made enough in my first month to pay for all my start up fees, which was all i was hoping for.  i've already had 3 sales this month too and the tourists aren't even here yet!  yippee!

here's a photo of another of my new "lantern bouquet" pieces too:

cortez journal article and sales at co-op!

wow!  so the cortez journal picked up the story from the mancos times and ran this week.  that means i am in three publications right now!  here's a link to the article:

http://www.cortezjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=27&SubSectionID=97&ArticleID=5143&TM=36457.68

also, sandy from the co-op e-mailed me and said i had had a few sales!  i am not sure what sold yet, but i will find out next time i go...  i leave to go out of town friday and will work on many new "lantern bouquet pieces when i return!

have you ever seen anything cuter?  this here is daisy!  she is wearing one of my tags with a [ahem] daisy on it and her owner sent me this photo (courtesy of JudithBlackPhotography.com) to show me.  just melts my heart...

springtime fun and arts perspective

i know this photo isn't the greatest, but i wanted to share the first piece in my new series, "lantern bouquets".  i had SO much fun making this piece; i know there will be many others!  i am not planning to sell these in my etsy shop, just in the gallery and at shows this summer.

also, there's a great article in the arts perspective this month about my success with etsy.  please check it out!  here's a direct link:

http://www.artsperspective.com/current_detail.php?aID=374c31c56268fef50d209ed899970253