Bones & Stones at The Art Riot

Here is a fun workshop just in time for Halloween! Becky Nielsen of Gemini River Rocks will be at The Art Riot hosting a workshop where she will be teaching how to paint sugar skulls and skeletons on natural stones in her signature style! This Friday, September 28th from 6 pm to 8 pm.

Check out her work on her Etsy page at geminiriverrocks.etsy.com.
$10 per person, materials will be provided. Class size limited to 12 participants so please RSVP as soon as you can to make sure you get a spot! All skill levels welcome.

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/280389662067287/

The Art Riot
36 John Street
Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 331-2421

Signs and Guideposts for the Creative Life

Howard Thurman suggests, "Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive and do that.  Because what the world needs is more people who've come alive."

And Fred Buechner states this in a slightly different way: your vocation is "the place where your deep gladness meets the world's great need."

We are programmed from an early age to consider certain things more noble than others.  And if we are "good", we try to meet others' and our own expectations, trying to fit into those ideas.  It then often takes some failures, perhaps depressions, to kick us in the butt, make us examine our lives and what we want out of them.

Are you still struggling to fit into a mold that is not meant for you?  How might you engage your creativity to let your true self emerge?  How will that change your life?  How might it affect the world around you?

Where To Find The Hudson Valley Etsy Team This Weekend

DiGilio Designs will be selling her mixed media paintings, prints, stationary as well as ornaments and soft sculptures at the Pawling Art and Craft Festival on Saturday, September 22, from 10AM-4PM, in Pawling, NY.

DiGilio Designs

Molly's Purl will be selling her knitted accessories as well as her felted wares and centerpieces at the Bethel Woods Harvest Fest on Sunday, September 23 from 11AM-4PM in Bethel, NY.

Molly's Purl

Happy shopping!

Animal Soiree Art Show

Next month some members of the group will be participating in Cornell St Studios upcoming show in Kingston.

There you will see work from

Allison Braun

Karmabee

Jenny Strohm

Inspiration Wednesday - Whisked Tones

Design-Seeds - Whisked Tones

I was inspired to make a necklace this week. It features a Vintaj Natural Brass branch which I wire wrapped a porcelain bird pendant (from Marsha Neal Studios) to. I made the wire wrap messy so it was sort of like branches.

I just love this cute little bird.

then I wire wrapped agates, wood and a glass flower

and bronzite beads finish off the back of the necklace. I just love bronzite.

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Here is a lovely hat from HuzzahHandmade inspired by this color palette:

Here is the color palette for next week:

Design-Seeds - Teal Tones

Here are some items from the Hudson Valley Etsy team for inspiration:

ComfortandJoySoapCo

MilestoneDecalArt

Make an item or choose materials inspired by the palette and write a blog post about it, post the item for sale, or post the item on your website. Add the link to your blog post, shop or website in the comments next week, to be featured as part of next weeks post please e-mail me at formysweetdaughter(at)me(dot)com before 6pm next Tuesday night.

The only rule is that if you use the Design-Seeds palette you must link directly to Design-Seeds.com.

Have fun and I can't wait to see what you make!

~Shannon

For My Sweet Daughter