Lake Parlin, Maine Handcrafted Leather Bags

These are some delightful spring bags from our guest artists from Maine. These two women make very organic leather bags and they are delight to gaze upon and use. The colors are wonderful and we also have journals and other leather goods from them.

For hand crafted leather hand bags they are reasonable priced. You will be shocked when you see the prices.

For that teenager graduating from high school, your graduating college student or for Mother's Day these will make wonderful gifts.

An old slide becomes quite a photo.

I found a box of slides a few months ago and lo and behold within lay this slide. It was a photo I took on a summer morning when the light was at its perfection. I have named this photo "We Don't Shine Alone~Clematis and its Supporting Stars". The clematis jumps out at us, but look at all the surrounding buds, and a budding Astilbe. From beneath it is surrounded by Lady's Mantle. Isn't that what our lives are like? When we move forward we have people and/or things that supports us. They surround us and shelter us.

This photo is a custom giclee print. The print size is an 18 x 30 photo, drymounted, double matter and framed to 24 x 36. All materials are archival.

DON'T FORGET TO DOUBLE-CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO SEE MORE DETAIL.

Keep checking back, because I will be posting images all week.

I am still learning

Okay, here is the problem. The photos don't match the text. Back to the drawing board. I will figure it out.

In the meantime, the photos from top to bottom are

1. Pasque Flower

2. Lunch view

3 Our guide

4. Bear's Breeches - does any one know where this name comes from. I know bears don't wear breeches, and I am having trouble seeing this lovely flower as a pair of breeches.

5. My favorite shot, that will be enlarged for the show.

Eileen

It Worked!!

I always feel so triumphant when I can get my computer to do what I want it to do. If you want to look at the photo in a larger context click on the image.

A plea to the readers of this blog. All of my photos that appear on this blog are copyrighted. They are not to be copied under any circumstances. The photos that you view here are all raw filesfrom my digital camera, and have not yet been finessed through Adobe. I do all my composing through the camera lens, and the only work done through Adobe is to correct some lighting issues, or to crop a photo to make it into a panoramic shot. I appreciate you respecting my copyrighted work.

Here are some of my other photos that will be appearing at our show. Some of them will be made into only cards, others will be cards and matted prints, and finally some of them will be enlarged and matted and framed. If you see a card and I don't have an enlarged piece then ask me and I will take an order.

This is one of my favorites that I just took at The Cloisters during my most recent trip to NYC. If you are unaware of The Cloisters their web site is cloisters@metmuseum.org. It is an amazingly spiritual place to visit.

Here are some additional photos from The Cloisters. This was our guide. She was well into her 80s and her passion for The Cloisters was infectious. Just delightful.

Luncheon view

Garden views


Keep checking back. I will have some photos of the beaders and their studio. Mary Alice will be sending photos of her knitted goods.

This is a test to see if I can transfer my photos to the blog. This is a shot I took in NYC. I call it "Sensible Shoes meets High Fashion". I am making this shot into cards and what fun you could have with your friends who are fashionistas or those who are not. Here goes. I hope it works. If not I will call for HELP!

Eileen

March in New England

It is that time of year that we in New England also call mud month. Right now we have about 6 inches of snow on the ground, but two days ago I was walking around New York City without a jacket. It was definitely mud back here in Connecticut, but the warmth was great in both places. March can go from 70 one day; down to freezing and a nor' easter the next.

We are all working away on our individual crafts and looking forward to our upcoming show, which will be June 1, 2 and 3. For the first time we will be open on a Friday evening from 5 - 8. We will have two invited artists joining us. One is Chris Gooding from Good Gourds. For those of you who were at our fall shows you know how beautiful her gourds are. For those of you who weren't you are in for a treat. We have invited her back because her work is definitely a fine art treatment of gourds, and they were a very popular item. In addition to her beautiful hand painted gourds for home and garden decor she will displaying lovely bird houses to entice our fine feathered friends into our yards.

A new invited guest artist is John Hayes, who upon retiring decided to take up wood carving. He has the most beautiful carved gnome and troll houses , along with other items that will make wonderful additions to your home and garden decor. Although he has been carving for only a short time his craft is definitely moving into a master carver category.

Finallly, Jean Bell, from the Garden's at Bassetts Bridge will have her plants on display and for sale.

We hope we have peaked your interest, and keep checking back for bios on our artists and some photos.

The snow will melt, the daffodils will bloom, and the mud will disappear.

Eileen