...a happy Easter to you and yours...a cyber break...hello Monday....

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Hello Monday and Happy Easter...

I hope it's a special week and that it brings joy and peace 

to you and yours as we celebrate the season.

....

I will be taking a break this week to rest and reflect.

I won't be on-line much, but I sure will catch up with you soon...

as soon as I have caught up a bit with myself!!!

 

This is my favorite holiday...

hello spring and hello new and fresh and beautiful.

 

Hello to taking some time to say hello to what matters most!

 

Have a peaceful and beautiful week, 

and of course, here's to a chocolate bunny in your basket.

 xxoo Jen

lovely, lovely Clare from Ireland....AGAIN!!!

...I am completely smitten with the creations of Irish artist Clare Jordan. 
Again.

Clare and I know each other for many, many years. 
We met on a snowy day in Manhattan at the New York gift fair...
each oogling over the magical creations of our mutual friend Ashley Carter...
That had to be a 10 years ago...and Ashley insisted -- knowing that I would adore what Clare made -- that we chat and see of we couldn't work together. 

 

And we did...

for a while. 

But, then we lost touch for a few years and then I just could not stand it anymore. I missed Clare and her sparkle, her cheeky humour and her style!  

 

We had stayed in touch, but had not done business for a while  -- life and kids and and the Atlantic Ocean can get in the way -- and it just seemed like it was time to start things up again and I am so very grateful!!

WOO HOO!

My personal faves are her curios (see them all here).

Her curios feature altered art collages with hand applied glitter...

they are soldered and swing with style from couture ribbons.

(NOTE....You can order them until 3/12 with FREE standard shipping if you use code LUCKYME at checkout...)

Thanks to Jo Packam, too for the chance to feature Clare in an upcoming issue of Where Women Create magazine in my column called "Business of the Studio"...I look forward to sharing more about Clare.... 

it's a joy to be working with her again!

Stay tuned for more on this talented lady...

Just look at her with her gorgeous girl...

xxoo Jen

hello Monday & thank you Sanford, FL...

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  Hello Monday...it was another wonderful event in Sanford, FL!
Thanks to all who made our 10th Annual "heART of winter" a success...and to those who made our 5th appearance at the JT Folk Art Gallery a possibility....xxoo a million thanks!!!

 There was some wonderful art to share and show...
thanks to these artists for making the trip and sharing their artful style!
Nancy Wiley
Nicole Bowen
Jody Battaglia
Jocelyn O'Gorman
Letty Worley...and
Laurie Meseroll

Thanks to Jeanine Taylor for welcoming us once again to her incredible folk art gallery...and to Mary Shaw for all the support before, during and after the event!



I adore these girls...what a line-up!

Hello to a whole lotta talent going on!


Hello to working with friends...hard sometimes...but most times, 
it just brings the sweetest of rewards.  
   
Our gatherings are such an effort, each a true group project. And it never ceases to amaze me that -- despite all the work -- we truly love them, and having the time together....

...and a thanks to our special Earth Angels' friend, Jane Dagmi for making her annual jaunt to Sanford for her annual visit with the Angels....she always brings us good cheer and a good dose of inspiration!

And thanks too go to Sophia Brake for her help at the event!

...and hello to Julia...she gets our LONG DISTANCE AWARD...making the trip from MICHIGAN!!!!


And here's a peek at some of the art and displays....

Hello new creations getting posted to the site soon!

...thanks to all...

more pics on my facebook albums...

more details on the next events on the site HERE

 
hello to playing catch up...will I ever catch up? 
(hello pleasant fiction....)

hello spring, please act like spring, I am desperate for warm weather

hello Easter...I am hosting again this year...
time to get out those baskets and bunnies!!!

hello to all of you... 
have a super week 
xxoo Jen
 

WOO HOOO and hello to The Polka Dot Club

...the idea of an heirloom toy really means something to me... 

I love that Jennifer Murphy is creating playthings that matter, 

toys that can be cuddled and treasured, 

and are all the sweeter once they've been worn in, cuddled and loved.

I know Jennifer many, many years and have watched her business -- 

along with  her talent and style -- grow and develop. 

To celebrate her journey,  I featured her in my column, 

"The Business of the Studio" in Where Women Create magazine...

and you can read more about it here on the press pages...

and you can shop for the issue HERE

She has quite a story to tell!

 Newly arrived here at Earth Angels Studios, 

are her mohair teds and toys for Spring 2015...

These cuddling rabbits and heirloom bears have a whole lotta charm going on....

and are high on the play factor, too!

 I mean, look at these faces...

 Her little floppy teds are my personal faves...

what an amazing gift for a wee one.

(all of Jennifer's Polka Dot Club creations are child safety approved)

 And Jennifer's bears have a fab sense of fashion...

like good quality toys of long ago, children had one 

most treasured doll or bear...and clothes to play with...

I feel like this bunny hat and coat are just the most darling ever...

Thanks to Jennifer for the honor of working with her these many years...

I love that her bear making journey has led her to The Polka Dot Club...

xxoo Jen

hello Monday...maybe a little Irish???

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 Hello Monday.

...it's time to celebrate being Irish.

There's a whole lotta dancing of the jig that happens in these parts each year.

 

Maybe even if you're not Irish, we'll get you to celebrate with us...you see,

We're a magnanimous tribe, we'll tell you everyone's Irish on St. Patty's Day...

So hello Monday...

hello to the wearing of the green.

hello to feeling lucky.

hello to green milk and pancakes for the kids in the am....and corned beef for dinner...though I prefer champ or bangers & mash myself...

and maybe green beer for some of you???

hello to all those Irish songs and Irish-American traditions that are so much a part of me, I cannot separate them from my soul.

hello to all of you...

anyone else out there Irish?  Anyone else wearing green tomorrow???

Enjoy the day, and most of all, enjoy that history...we share it.
 (Here's Rory at age 5 in County Clare....)

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all...

xxoo Jen

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hello Monday...hello HOME...hello AWAY

 

...hello Monday posts are something I have been doing for some time now linking up with my friend Lisa Leonard and her fab-u-lous blog...

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My friend and Earth Angels' artist Julie Arkell has just released her second book..."AWAY"....a most lovely and fitting companion to her frist self-published book, "HOME"...

 

I adore everything about Julie's work. Her winsome and whimsical creatures, her love of timeworn fabrics, her sense of texture...sigh.

Hello Monday and hello putting this sweet and petite tome at the top of my reading list. Here's just a little peek:

Hello to wintery days and curling up with all those books on my "to read" pile...it's been too cold to even ski some weekends, so we've been baking and reading...and reading and baking!

Hello Julie, I miss you...

Here's a total throw back pic of Julie and I at a NY show about 10 years ago...I miss her trips over here...she's too buys these days teaching in the UK and France...

Hello to the few remaining copies of "HOME"...

we only have 6 left of Julie's first book... details here....

 

Hello to discovering things...we've FINALLY finished with inventory and have fond some wonderful things...now to photo them and get them to the site!

 Hello to being cozy at home...what a winter this has been!

Hello to catching up after the recent trip...Florida was great fun! What a wonderful show...thanks to all at the Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery for making it possible...

Hello to all of you and have a great week!

xxoo Jen