I made it to puzzlePALOOZA!

I did it. I achieved puzzle piece.

As I mentioned in this post, I officially named my piece Cheezle. Well, I changed my mind. It’s now named Chaiku – the book component of the puzzle piece contains 12 haiku that I wrote about cheese.
Due to lack of time, I wrote the haiku in by hand. Unfortunately, [...]

Puzzle piece update #3

Welcome to today’s State of the Cheese address.
There are now 3 coats of paint on my wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
Here’s what it looks like:

I can’t take a decent picture to save my life. The color is a subtle swiss cheese [...]

Puzzle piece update #2

Yesterday I continued working on my wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
I started with a primer. I should have used white primer instead of clear because it would have cut down on painting time later on. That’s what a logical person would [...]

Puzzle piece update #1

As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been busy working on a wood puzzle piece provided to me by the Vermont Arts Council as part of their Art Fits Vermont project.
I started by tracing the puzzle piece. I then drew and cut out the cheese holes.

After tracing the cheese holes onto the wood, I started to cut [...]

My race to puzzlePALOOZA

I am a last minute girl. I hate it.
The Vermont Arts Council distributed 9,500 wood puzzle pieces to individuals and groups across the state as part of their Art Fits Vermont project. I received one of them several months ago. My puzzle piece has stared at me in my studio while I worked on various [...]

Elissa’s Picks for Vermont Open Studio Weekend

As I mentioned in my last post, this time of year I’m usually busy prepping for Vermont’s upcoming Open Studio Weekend. As this weekend gets closer, I continue to feel bummed about not participating this year.
Meh.
In my last post, I listed the book arts studios I’d visit if I were touring this weekend. Of course, [...]

Noteboek by Evelien Lohbeck

Another fabulous book-related video. Not only does it combine my interest in computers and book arts, but it has cheese in it too!
Ah, my loves.

Many thanks to Quinn McDonald for pointing me towards the video.

Vermont Crafts Council Spring Marketing Conference 2009

Today, for the second year in a row, I presented at the Vermont Crafts Council’s Spring Marketing Conference.
First things first – I am now laughing at myself. I looked at the post I wrote last year about the conference and here’s a direct quote:
I learned something new about myself today – I can talk for [...]

Break out the cheese – I just finished my inventory!

I’m not sure if I should be embarrassed or proud.
I just finished the inventory of my studio for the 2008 tax year. I’ve been working from home for 3 months now and it took me longer to do my inventory this year than it did last year – when I was working full-time out of [...]

Vermont Hand Crafters show wrap up

It’s been a week since the end of the Vermont Hand Crafters Fine Craft & Art Show and I’m finally getting around to doing a recap. With the economy the way it is, I expected to have fewer sales than in previous years. I did, however, hit my anticipated income so there weren’t any surprises. [...]