random things

Back from Europe, a long trip, a show, a wedding, friends that visited and 2 weeks of showing my parents around in this city :-) YEH!! Things have to be organised, i have to get back in the rhythm, orders to be finished, new things on the way, and a long list of things that i want to do - make - see and more. Now there is time again to meet up, have lunches and dinners and spent time with Poes, who grew even bigger!

Below a shot from part of my show in the Elektrohaus in Hamburg, Germany.

I have been tagged by Martha from UNIFORM Studio, who by the way makes beautiful architectural clothing designs for little and big ones! One day i'll own something she made! So I am supposed to write 7 random things about myself...?

one i am a day dreamer, i can sit, think and look at nothing for a long time - two i was not a cat person, but Poes changed my look and made me adore this big personality animal - three i like to eat cheese and chocolate at the same time on my sandwich - four i am not a talker in big crowds, i am the listener - five i like to keep the books that i have read in my bookshelf as a kind of evidence that i have read them... i tent to forget the books that I've read - six i like the smell after rain - seven i wrote these six things down but as soon as i push the publish button i will thing of a dozen more random things about me

i tag rebecca, wendy, shari and if they had a blog i would tag verena and sandra

Another shot from one of the paintings that was in the show. The image is overexposed and gave this silky white feeling to it. The real colors are greenish... image to come.

My heart goes out to lisa, i look at Poes and can't imagine being without her... she lost her little twin sister... be strong!

ausstellung

Did you had a good Easter weekend? I did and I think this was my first Easter with snow... Yes, yesterday there was snow falling in NY. Today the sun is shining again... a little.

Stage two of the Potato ring is taking much longer than expected, maybe I am to careful or not such a rough person. i don't know... I am even thinking of asking someone as a try-out person. One who is very rough and wears it day and night... Well, as soon as it is showing I will post it here!

I am painting together with Poes (she loves to watch me and follow me around with every step I take. She is so funny... ) the last big painting is going to be finished this week and then there are some smaller ones that I try to do in between. The cards are being printed and will ship out soon by my friend Verena who is coordinating everything in Hamburg. Many thanks Verena!! I am already looking forward to the dinner! :)

Here is the invitation of the show. If you are around Hamburg, be sure to come by!

Back to painting again...

the show

Some last preparations, all the rings in their little plastic bag with number and size.

Paintings on the wall, still empty jewelry displays...

And then the moment was here, last weekend was SHOWTIME... all the hard work was rewarded with a crowded show on both Saturday and Sunday. There were so many people that there were waiting lines in the hallway :) All the jewelry was spread out carefully by all the designers and I think everybody was happy with the way it looks.

My paintings fitted perfectly on the wall...it looked SO nice, I am a very happy girl :) I got lots of nice comments! And you know what the best part was...all my friends came to look at the paintings and the jewelry :-) thank you so much!!!

So, I am back to my normal schedule...today was all about cleaning up and giving Poes some attention. And tomorrow I will be back in the saddle finishing orders of rings in sizes I did not had at the show, painting commissions and buying supplies for a mural for a baby room that I will be starting to make hopefully this week. The mural has to be finished soon....because the lovely lady is getting close to due date :) And this is also why I had my first baby-shower this weekend, and it was so nice! It was in Lady Mendl's tea Salon, such a beautiful space. We drank lots of tea, ate many many cookies, chocolate, fingers sandwiches, salad, scones... I was completely stuffed when I had to rush back to the show!

So I will be catching up with you all this week...lots of blogs to read, emails to write and phone calls to make! *Daphne