Our cat Dolly

Early this morning I heard a crash in my studio. Then I heard our cat, Dolly, bitching outside our bedroom door. She had caught another mouse.
I'm not sure why mice seem to be invading our house of late. Dolly has caught a mouse three nights in a row. Are they harbingers of spring?
Or are they, in fact, the same mouse. We have thrown the limp and shivering things out the door and each time they have disappeared by morning.

Art shows and booth shots

I have finally finished my income taxes so I'm messing with my blog again.

This year I am applying to art shows in "up north" Michigan towns along the coast of Lake Michigan. I've applied to five so far and plan to apply to five more.

These are all juried shows. The artists must submit photos of their work and their booth setups. Then a jury of art experts (hopefully they are experts) decides which of the artists are worthy of selling their work at the show.

I've applied to shows that are tough to get into and shows that are easy to get into. So I'm hoping I don't get rejected from too many of them.

This past fall I worked on improving the appearance of my booth by adding some large photos of my jewelry, lights and ceramic pots filled with decorative grasses. I've posted a photo of my new display below. The booth shot can be the deciding factor in whether you get into a show, so I am going to see if I have a higher acceptance rate this summer as a result of these improvements.

First blog post

Well I was preparing to finish my income taxes today and this is why you are reading my blog. Yes, I am a procrastinator.

I was going to start on my taxes but decided I needed to check my email first. So I opened up my Gmail and saw a new tab called Buzz. So I decided to post a Buzz to see if anyone was using this. Then I decided I didn't really know anything about Buzz so I Googled it. One of the links mentioned blogging. So I Googled "Google Blog" to see what that was all about. That took me to the Google Blog site and I thought: What the heck? Everyone on Etsy says you need a blog, a lot of people I know have blogs, so I guess I'll create a blog, too.

So here I am. Now I just need to figure out what to write and how to link this up to other places you can find me such as my web site www.jewelryarte.com, my facebook fan page, my JewelryArte store on Etsy, my JewelryArte store on 1000Markets, etc., etc.

Now I am really, really going to work on my taxes. First I need to get dressed, though, and clean up the kitchen and feed the cat and ..........