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Holiday Jingle Fair in Sterling

carrie — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:23:11 +0000

Today I’ll be selling my shiny glass pendants at:

Park View Choral Department’s
Craft/Vendor Fair
Saturday November 12, 2011
10:00am – 2:00pm
Park View High School Cafeteria
400 West Laurel Ave
Sterling, Va. 20164

I’ll be at Sterling Fest 2011

carrie — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:20:55 +0000

Well.
That’s the news this week since I only just found out that I will in fact be one of the participating vendors at Sterling Fest 2011 Sat, Oct 8th. from 11 am – 5 pm. I will be there selling my pendants.

This event is in Sterling Va, 20164 – near Dulles Airport.

Just in case you don’t see links – here is the url: http://www.sterlingfoundation.org/SterlingFest.html

Oh My! Excitement and last minute prep work. A busy busy week for me – which is good.
Glad I have all my pendants re-carded and labeled. Now I just need to re-work the layout and get the sign-age done by Friday. Possibly get a few more pieces done by Wed so that I have time to price and catalog them too.

Thankfully I have a friend helping to keep me on track, and Craig will be helping me the day of the event. Then I just need to relax and sell pretty shiny things to people.

Fun at Maker Faire NC

carrie — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:30:20 +0000

This past weekend, I went down to Raleigh, NC for Maker Faire NC on June 18th. It was my second time there and lots of fun. People who make all sorts of things were there of course. Among them were several clubs from all over the Raleigh-Durham area. There were electronics, robotics, science experiments, chicken farmers, several artisans who work with textiles, woodworkers, tinkerers, and of course several people selling jewelry.

It was fun to see the newest Shopbot machine. It’s a bench top model that we saw as a prototype last year at the the Shopbot Jamboree. Craig and I still want to get one of those, if we can carve out some space to have it set up.

It was a larger venue this time around and Craig has his Chaos Machine running with our friend Tony’s help. Now that’s a child magnet. And chaos rules the day, with the help of the chaos wranglers that is!

I was able to reconnect with an artist I met last year, Cyn Mallard. She was having fun exploring others’ perceptions of GREEN, and plans to use what she learned during her explorations in an upcoming art series.

The event went well and everyone seemed to be having a good time. I know I did. Last year was good, this year was even better. Kudos to Jon Danforth the organizer and all the volunteers.

Exhibiting at the Sterling Branch Library

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:04:02 +0000

Recently I was asked by the local library staff to design a display that features my jewelry for a few weeks in April. This was a lot of fun! I have many pieces on display that are not yet featured in the gallery…. most of which are for sale and will be available on the website very soon.

I want to thank the library staff at the Sterling Library for this opportunity.

The display officially went in April 7th. And I was getting attention from several library patrons who wanted to know if it was for sale. Very exciting, and rewarding to hear strangers complimenting my designs. So I thank you too.

I decided to theme the display “Jewelry Making” with several different styles of jewelry and methods (although mainly I focus on fused glass pieces right now) with several books, some raw materials, and a variety of hand tools.

So – If you are in the area of Sterling VA in Loudoun County – stop by and enjoy the library and make sure to take in my display case!

As for sales – I will say that if people want to buy them from the display – arrangements can be made depending on the piece… I can always substitute another from my stock. There is a reserve placed on a few pieces – with right of first refusal which will not be resolved until after the display is dismantled.

Fused Glass display at the Sterling Library

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:37:31 +0000

In December I was asked by Holly at the local library to design a display for the month of January.

I decided to feature fused glass, and I included lots of tools, materials, a few books, and a variety of pieces. I showed not just finished pieces but works in progress – successes and failures.

I want to thank the library staff at the Sterling Library for this opportunity.

The display officially went in Jan 3rd. It’s rewarding to hear strangers ask about my glass.

So – If you are in the area of Sterling VA in Loudoun County – stop by and enjoy the library and make sure to take in my display case!

Participating in the St. Joseph Parish Craft Fair

carrie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 03:39:19 +0000

Well – it’s official! Driia’s Dreams will be taking part in the 3rd Annual St. Joseph’s Craft Fair.

This is an indoor / juried event to be held:

Sat. October 27, 2007

St. Joseph Parish Hall
750 PeachTree St.
Herndon, VA 20170

The show is open to the public and the admission is free!

Doors open at 9:30 am and close at 3:30 pm

This is just 16 days away – so I better get a move on and finish all those pieces I have started.
Wish me luck and hope to see you there!

Happy Happy Daddy-o!

carrie — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:00:45 +0000

Well – today was going to be the “official” launch of the website…however my tech support has to work late. Such is life. However I do expect this to be live any day now. I was pushing for today to honor a birthday… and a source of strength in my life. Maybe I’ll be able to go live in the next week. (fingers crossed)

I still have a lot of things to prepare and enter on the site…so while the last minute stuff is being addressed – I’ll be spending time on the mundane tasks of data entry.