...a very happy halloween to all....

TRICKS or TREATS... 

enjoy it all 

xo Jen

...my column is on the newsstands...are you an Artful Entrepreneur???

...many of you don't know that my formal training is in Urban Planning -- yep -- even have the Masters and the Professional License (AICP) -- 
but that may not seem to match with what I do everyday with Earth Angels Studios...

But it does! It does!  Why??? 

My specialization in Planning is in small business economic development... that means, I know how to help business grow through garnering sales, how they market and how they position themselves within the economy as makers and manufacturers...

So now -- instead of working with food and fashion liked I used to in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn when I lived in Queens -- I work with handmade and have since I started my dabbling in 1994 as a hobby business...

I went full time into Earth Angels in 2000 when I had my first kiddo and have not looked back.... 

Soooo it' really nice for me to have the opportunity to come full-circle and share my business development know-how in a four part series called 

"Paying the Bills with Your Passion"

A huge thanks to Jo Packham of 

Where Women Create: BUSINESS 

for the opportunity to write this new column on artful entrepreneur....

Part I is on how to turn a hobby business 

(yes, just like I did) into a legitimate one...with research and evaluation of the market and your goods!

You can read the entire article in the July issue... 

get the mag on my site or at WhereWomenCreate.com

 

....and the October Issue has just hit the newsstands with Part II  of my column -- more on that soon

...and hope you can catch these pieces if they are relevant to you as you start or grow your own handmade business....

xo Jen

BLYTHE -- quick question answered in images!

I was recently on the phone with an old friend and long time, passionate doll collector....HI MAGGIE!

...she had never really looked at Blythe and the realm of custom Blythe dolls...

and she was not sure what all the fuss was about!

So, I thought I would quickly post a few images here that came up on a google search -- some before and after customization pics -- that I had sent along to her... (sorry, I cannot credit the 3 images to follow to the photographers, if these are your shots -- let me know so I can!)

Anyway....here are these same images to show you -- in just a few pics -- 

what the artists who customize do...

 

they sand, and carve, and paint, adding custom eye chips, gaze correction and more..

 

I am astounded at what they do to a base/stock doll...Maggie was too...there is a lot going on here in the realm of Blythe that deserves attention and celebration!

Thanks to all of the custom artists for applying their talents to the medium of Blythe...

You can see more dolls on our pages from some of our featured artists...CLICK HERE (and below)

 

AND if you want to be kept in the loop on all Blythe customs as they arrive from the artists' studios, just

t email me at Jen@EarthAngelsStudios.com

 

I am smitten with the many faces of Blythe and hope -- even if she's not your thing -- you can appreciate what the artists do...

 

xo Jen

...a peek at the Spring Soiree...loved our visit to Canandaigua!

OH MY 

this never got published...

YIKES

here is a long overdue peek at our 

Spring Soiree in Canandaigua...

I sure hope we get to visit Nancy Wiley's amazing shop again soon

See her offerings at TRUE LILY

~~~

and see all of our current offerings on the site

CLICK HERE TO SEE THEM...

A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISTS WHO ATTENDED

xxoo 
and keep scrolling for more peeks
More BLOG posts coming soon!

...oh my LONG OVERDUE

...I will do my best to get back to posting to the BLOG this month!!! SO STAY TUNED!

....I have to share some GREAT news...

we have a festive event coming soon to the

Lafayette Mill Antiques Center 

in Lafayette, NJ

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20th

4:00pm - 6:30pm

"Blythe & Teddy's Afternoon Out"

with JOE & SHARON HAPPLE

of "Sign of the Tymes"

~~~

Special Guest Artists Letty Worley, Sue Parker and Rosanna De Bellis Demos, Hand Made Creations,

Vintage Loot for Blythe & Heirloom Teddy Bears

~~~

SANGRIA & NIBBLES SERVED!

 YUM...SHOP and SNACK and LEARN and SEE what all the fuss is about!

 

DIRECTIONS AND MORE INFO ON THE EVENTS PAGE OF THE SITE

 

SOOOO come MEET BLYTHE!!!

 

She has been causing quite the stir here at Earth Angels Studios...

Peek at her pages 

CLICK HERE

 

...and stay tuned for more postings and forgive my absence... I will be keeping up with postings and holler if you've missed the BLOG...

xo Jen

 

 

...some thing new from Eliza....

A sweet treat of a new book is on the shelf...

Congrats to Christie Jones Ray on her new title...

Eliza at Rose Water Cottage

...details on all her books here...

Grammy and Eliza prepare for a move to a tiny Victorian, Rose Water Cottage. How will she fit in, in the city, after living in the country. Grammy eases her anxious mind, and says, "You may be a Cottage Mouse. We will have a garden of lovely flowers, enjoy our tea sets and tea parties...and All will be Well."

  I love to peek at artists while they work...

Christie's illustration, calligraphy and 

story telling just send me...

She's a true friend and that makes it even more wonderful to be a part of her artful business journey...

 Stay tuned to hear more about Christie and 

her Eliza the Mouse...I love them both!

 ...more titles are in work featuring an ever enlarging cast of characters from the 

heart and mind of Christie...

You'll meet 

"Sugarlump" a wee mohair party pup 

created by Letty Worley...

"Rosebud" a middie Blythe custom dollie 

by Arantxa of Spain...

AND Lula Kate (stay tuned for many images)

a sweet Blythe from Italy created by Cecilia Fioravanti of Jolly Roger Dolls...

I love that Christie invites us into her world and shares her style...

Thanks Christie for doing what you do...

it's a treat to work with you!

You can find all of Christie's books and creations 

here on her page

xxoo Jen

woo hoo Lucy! Congrats on piece in WWC

I am long overdue in saying a hearty congrats to LUCY her fab piece that appeared recently in Where Women Create magazine...

The days are escaping me, no the MONTHS are escaping me, and it seems like a forever ago that I met Lucy via phone when she reached out for business development assistance...

Her salvage business and re-purposed jewelry line were developing in multiple directions and she needed to focus, make some tough decisions and move forward in the right direction...

She surely has!

Love that she has made such great strides and loved that I could help celebrate this in print!

...Lucy has done incredibly things in sharing her style and her work goes so far beyond creating wearable art for her business, "Lucy's Inspired" 

It was great to be able to dedicate my column -- "The Business of the Studio" -- to Lucy!

 Her "Inspired to Give" project is explored in the article in depth and this brings me joy...hope you can read more about it in the magazine...

 Thanks Jo Packham for the opportunity to celebrate Lucy and her artful entrepreneurship...

You can see more of Lucy's creations on our site...

here's a link to her page.

Thanks Lucy...it's a treat to work with you

...and an honor to know you...

xo Jen