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

mancos times article

well, there was a lovely article written about me in the mancos times, inviting me as a new member at artisans. however, i can't provide you with a link because the mancos online paper costs $20 a year! oh, well... it was a good article!

opening at artisans!

( i can't figure out how to arrange these photos!  i am holding off on adding more...)  i had a lovely little "opening" for myself last night at the new gallery, artisans of mancos.  it was really great!  a very nice group of people showed up to show their support and we had a very good time.  i am so excited to be a part of this cooperative gallery.  thanks so much to everyone who helped out!