Shows open for the fall! Come see me!...

Come visit my booth or event!

***Events CURRENTLY open for 2021 (Covid restrictions: some events may require masks if not vaccinated).  Double check back to insure the show is still going on due to changes that could occur due to the pandemic.***

Garrett County Arts Council Studio Tour

July 24 & 25

Hours: 10-5

ABPH Studio

6438 Rock Lodge Road Accident, MD

301-334-6580

Springs Folk Festival - Not attending due to high Covid rates

Mary is located in between the music building and information booth at the main entrance to the festival.

Springs, PA - October 1 & 2
Hours: Fri & Sat 9-5
814-662-4158
www.springspa.org

Seymour - An Art Experience 

Seymour at Simon Pearce Glassworks

265 Glass Drive

Oakland, MD

In person event being rescheduled for May of 2022

***October 11-22 (on-line shopping event!)***

SEYMOURart.org

Garrett County Arts Council

The Gallery Shop

108 S. 2nd Street, Ste. 1

Oakland, MD - October 15-17 

Limited Time, Limited Inventory

 

Mountaineer Week
Craft Fair & Quilt Show
Morgantown WV - Nov 5, 6 & 7
Hours: Fri 11-8, Sat 11-8, Sun 11-4
www.mountaineerweek.wvu.edu
304-293-2702

Hi all, so I'm off tomorrow to Michigan to be a vendor at a super nice high end art show!  If you are traveling in the area, drop in and say hello.  Also, take some time to explore Michigan because in the summer the state is beautiful! I really enjoy exploring different cities, visiting new places and meeting new people when out on the road doing my art shows.  You never know who you are going to meet or fun experience to be had or cool art to scarf up. http://www.hotworks.org/orchardlakefineartshow/index.php

I'm gearing up for the 12 Annual Pittsburgh Knit and Crochet Festival / Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival held on March 4, 5, and 6.  http:pghknitandcrochet.com   I'll be there in the Marketplace to show and sell my jewelry as an exhibitor.  Come out and drop by!  You can also register for classes each day and then shop all the other great vendors.  Registration for classes is open!

Marketplace Hours:
Friday: 12:00 - 7:00
Saturday: 9:00 - 5:30
Sunday 9:30 - 3:30

For advanced ticket prices: http://pghknitandchrochet.com/2016-admission-tickets/
110 classes offered.  This show embraces jewelry making, fiber art that includes quilting, sewing, embroidery, surface design, recycling, weaving, tatting, spinning, wet and needle felting, rug hooking, dyeing, and paper crafts.

Show schedule....

has begun!  Come out and catch me at a show this year.  Exciting for me that a lot of my shows are in the Midwest this season as I'm on a journey to work and explore our country!  It's fun for me to bring my work to new customers in new places!  Here's the general line up - details will follow soon on the right side of my blog:

May 30-31 Maple and Main Art Fair

Sylvania (Toledo) Ohio

http://www.sylvaniaarts.org/maple-main/

 

June 6-7 Arts on the Green

LaGrange Kentucky

http://aaooc.org/arts-on-the-green/

 

June 26-28 Easton Art Affair

Columbus Ohio

http://eastonartaffair.com/

 

July 3-4 Arts on Cullers Run

Lost River West Virginia

304-897-6664

 

July 11-12

Three Rivers Festival:  Art in the Park

Fort Wayne Indiana

http://www.threeriversfestival.org/art-in-the-park/

 

July 25-26 Orchard Lake Fine Arts Show

West Bloomfield Michigan

http://www.hotworks.org/orchardlakefineartshow/

 

August 15-16 Lubeznik Center for he Arts Lakefront Art Festival

Michigan City Indiana

http://www.lubeznikcenter.org/Special_Events/art_fest.html

 

September 26-27 Carmel International Arts Festival

Carmel Indiana

http://www.carmelartsfestival.org/

 

October 2-3 Springs Folk Festival

Springs Pa

www.springspa.org

 

October 30-Nov 1 Mountaineer Week Craft Fair

Morgantown West Virginia

http://www.mountaineerweek.wvu.edu/

 

 

Jewel-Ry-Ward launches soon!

Launching "Jewel-Ry-Ward"!!! I've got the best. LOYAL. customers. EVER!  So to say thank you, I've developed a new program called Jewel-Ry-Ward to reward  you for coming back again and again!  I appreciate your patronage and your support of my art, work and business over the years!  Launching happens during my next festival at Mountaineer Week Craft Fair & Quilt Show on October 24th - 26th in Morgantown WV!  More details will be posted on my website and facebook soon!  Meanwhile, click on the images for the basic information!  And THANK YOU!!!

Cram in a bus.....

or a car and come see us on the WVU campus in the Mountainlair for our next festival event.  Come visit us this weekend - get directions:
http://mountaineerweek.wvu.edu/arts_crafts

Friday, Nov. 1 Noon – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 2 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3 Noon – 4:00 p.m.

 

I'll be waiting for you!

 

 

Enjoy October by checking out ART

 

I'm part of the tour again this year after taking a break for a couple years.  Copy this address into your browser to get details and directions. http://artsaleandtour.com/artistpage.cfm?recordID=284 I'm artist 22 in the book and will be at Manhattan Golf & Gallery for all 4 days of the event!

2013 Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour
 

The 2013 Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour will take place over two weekends this coming fall: Saturday and Sunday, October 19 & 20 and Saturday and Sunday, October 26 & 27. On all four days of the event, all participating Tour locations will be free and open to the public from 11:00AM to 5:00PM. Coordinated by the Allegany Arts Council on behalf of the many talented visual artists in Western Maryland, the Tour has grown for more than a decade to become a highly anticipated annual event. Free guidebooks for the Tour will be available by mid-September.

Chandelier Earrings by Macee McCunn

This year’s Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour will feature 41 participating artists (several of whom are new to the Tour), so there will be lots of great artwork to experience and enjoy! As you make your way around from location to location, be sure to register for your chance to win a $100 cash prize during each weekend of the Tour. You may register to win at each location where you stop to visit participating artists. The more locations that you visit, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be contacted by phone or email after each weekend.

 

In advance of your visit, be sure to check out www.artsaleandtour.com, which is the official website for the Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour. The web site will provide you with detailed information about each participating artist, downloadable driving maps, and links to additional information about hotel accommodations, other area attractions and special getaway promotions. For questions about the 2013 Mountain Maryland Art Sale and Tour, please call the Allegany Arts Council at 301-777-ARTS (2787).

Acrylic painting by Sibyl MacKenzie

Sibyl MacKenzie will be joining me on the tour (artist 21) at the Manhattan Golf and Gallery!  Her work is lovely and quite vibrant!

 

Good, but hot, fall festival days

Springs Folk Festival just ended and boy was it a hot one.  My fabulous niece Makayla and I are supposed to dress up for this event as early Americans.  That was a bit difficult considering the heat wave that began in October, so we cheated.  Usually this event is cool, chilly, colder and mostly down right freezing!  We have had years of having to dress in layers so heavy we look like a Parker family member wearing a Christmas Story red snow suit!  Ok, so not quite that bad, but you get the point!  Even with all that being said, I have the best loyal customers who return year after year to this event, no matter what the weather to buy and enjoy the festival.  Thanks to all you lovely people, many of which who have become my friends! 

Hats, wood and metal

My booth pictured at the Deep Creek Art & Wine Festival.  It was a short one day event, but enjoyable in many ways.  It had great artwork by vendors, really fun customers (um, that may have had something to do with all the wine) and it is usually an easy set up and tear down of my display.  Only problem this year - when I was packing away my large sheets of glass, one pretty much exploded.  All the marble like glass pieces shot out of the back of the van AFTER everyone else had left except for my potter friend.   Not fun, but just part of doing "traveling" shows.

I worked alone this year since my helper left for college so I was able to look around me for some nice art.  I love the look and SMELL of the woodworker's products beside me.  It reminded me of growing up in the home of a carpenter.

Ladies, it's all about the jewelry - I KNOW, but it's also about the hat!   Some of my favorite customer "peoples" are fabulous hat wearers.  Hats, jewelry and wine, who can ask for more?

Another neighbor and blacksmith made superb items with very clean lines.  But - why did he elevate his tables off the floor on the mini tables?  (Ok, so I do know why,  it made them feel even more luxurious, if that was possible.)  His quality shined! 

Credit cards at festivals...

Don't be afraid of it - Mobile payment processing of your credit card at my festivals! Have you found yourself at a festival wondering how safe it is to hand over your credit card and/or have it swiped or hand-keyed into the new technology such as a smartphone or iPad? It's ok for you to ask us how this works!

It's better for you as a customer, here is why: It is an application, usually by a large credit card processing company and it DOES NOT let the smartphones store any credit card or personal info, the info is encryped and immediately sent to the payment processing company, JUST like when you use a credit card in a store! In my processing company's case, it won't even store your email on my iPhone. We can email you a receipt immediately and we don't see the email address after it processes! As a business owner, I like that I do not walk away with YOUR info and the only time I see your credit card is when I am swiping it! It is more secure for you and I don't have to be responsible for safeguarding your card information! Only draw back is if I don't have cell service, then we have to do it the good ol' knuckle buster by-hand way!

So, if you find yourself at a festival where an artist asks for your credit card info to put either in their smartphone or iPad, it's all good! Technology and companies out there have finally caught up with our "traveling businesses" and realize we need safer ways to safe guard our customers!

Festival summer & fall list 2011, what we are planning...

A quick recap of upcoming shows....

Frederick Festival of the Arts
Carroll Creek Linear Park
Frederick, MD
June 4 & 5

Arts on the River
Hazel Ruby McQuain Riverfront Park
Morgantown WV
June 11 & 12

Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival
Garrett County Fairgrounds
McHenry MD
September 10

Itty Bitty 2
Arts at Canal Place
Cumberland MD
Sep 25 through October 30
Opening receptions Oct 1 from 6-8pm

Springs Folk Festival
Springs PA
October 7 & 8

Mountaineer Week Craft Fair & Quilt Show
Mountainlair WVU Campus
Morgantown WV
Oct 28 - 30

Off to WVU & Mountaineer Week...

and what fun that was! Ok, so it wasn't so fun to lug everything up a "shared" freight elevator for the set-up, but once it was set up and we were ready to go, it was fabulous. The students, professors, parents and other vendors were just wonderful! I can say I thoroughly enjoyed it. This festival, held in the Mountainlair Student Union, has been around for a lot of years (somewhere around 63) and the whole week is packed full of all kind of activities worth checking out. Though my booth typically doesn't have blue in the background, I thought it was very appropriate to use their colors and I thought it turned out very "WVU festive". Some of my favorites purchases were handmade soaps and a "way cool" poppy pillow! They had everything you could think of from tasty pastas, bee products, fiber, pottery, chocolates, of course jewelry, stained glass and much much more. http://mountaineerweek.wvu.edu/ http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2010/11/17/mountaineer-week-celebrating-appalachian-heritage is a little recap of the week - notice my wacky and fun Topper Stoppers (bottle stoppers) are featured and sold out at this event!

Canalfest....

What a picturesque moment during CanalFest. I felt like I was a big part of Cumberland Maryland and it's C&O Canal history.

Did you know, that the celebrated opening in Cumberland of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal occurred in October of 1850, where 5 coal boats awaited the first trip to Georgetown? Canal engineers began near the nation's capital in 1828 to construct 184.5 miles of ditch and towpath.

The new Fairfield was behind me, along with the canal boat replica. Set at night with a glowing lamp post above and wha la, atmosphere!

Nothing like friends surrounding you during an event. We sure end up at a lot of festivals together and it can be a really good time! Printer Eddie and Potter Steve surround me as we enjoyed the great music line-up!

I can't forget my wonderful friend Annie and her beautiful booth and work. She does such fun paper products and always keeps me company! Sometimes events don't go off perfectly for us and it's times like these that it becomes more than about the mighty dollar.

Deep Creek Art & Wine...

This was my first year of attending the Deep Creek Art & Wine Festival. It was a short but fun event. Everyone had jolly spirits as they shopped for goodies, like my newly introduced my fun and wacky Topper Stoppers, while they sipped (or gulped) tasty wines. Most of the area is under cover since it's held at the Garrett County Fair Grounds in McHenry, MD. Even though the event is to benefit the American Red Cross each year, it certainly benefits the many wonderful and quality vendors, as well as, the tummies of all those who came out to support it! I went home with a few bottles myself! Mmmmm.....

Art in the Park....

Another festival down and with new merchandise, mixed in with cool older classic Macee designs.

It was a beautiful weekend with the weather being gorgeous along the side of Deep Creek Lake! I went back to my older display since we were on uneven ground. Such is the life of an artist that goes to outdoor shows, ALWAYS uneven ground!

Lucky me, I got to be beside my good friend Annie and her lovely handmade paper creations! She keeps exploring and these quilt like sewn paper 2D works are fabulous!

Western PA....

Those who protected the West. Okayyyy, so no, not really. Instead it was those who make really cool stained & painted boxes and bonnets during the Springs Folk Festival.
We had a new location this year at the festival, right next to the information booth and on the other side, Jim & Robin were our wild, wild neighbors! It must have been all the caffeine from the chocolate they were eatting and feeding us. Maybe instead it was the spiked cider from the festival - okaaayyy, so there wasn't any spiked cider, though there was talk of how to make it. As it was made for the festival, the cider was delish and there was also fragrant and tastebud bursting warm apple butter bread amongst all the wonderful foods served at this years festival.
The weather held out pretty nicely this year and there were plenty of good vendors, lots of demonstrating and a lovely attendance of people. I was busy enough that I couldn't slip away to really catch any cool pics to post and had to grab my farmer man in the suspenders to help out in my booth. I happened to be wearing my Pappap's old clothes! He frequently had on his old chambray blue shirt & very high wasted pants, of which I refuse to show you how NERDY I actually looked under that leather apron. Who wears their pants THAT HIGH?! Instead I'll show you the classic pocket he always had on the side used to hold pliers and old rulers, etc.
And we joked that I was "Eddie" at the festival, since my Pappap always seemed to grab the nearest sharpy and write his name inside his pants. Anyone out there have a family member who thought they needed to identify their pants for fear that someone in school or work would take their PANTS accidentally?!!!

CanalFest was cold & rainy....

Ok, so I didn't dress properly for this fesitval and was super cold! Lucky for me, my loaned orange leather jacket and wayyyyy cool scarf came to me by way of some fabulous friends who stopped by my booth.




Yep, you guessed it, here they are after they dropped off the warm goods. Dalis is wearing another of her fabulous scarves (and yes you can get one by contacting her at http://www.dancingleaffarm.com/). Now, I say THEY dressed me up, but in all honesty, it was Dalis who dressed me AND her wonderful husband Houston and he is wearing those ultra cool and hip plaid shorts! P.S. Despite the crappy weather that cancelled out much of the festival, it was still a surprisingly good event for me and in the course of the weekend, I was visited by lots of fabulous people. Thanks to all who came out and supported the event.

Mark your calendar....

Meadowbrook Arts has joined up with this festival as an art vendor, so come to Western Maryland to enjoy the festivities and new artwork that Mary has available! Plus listen to one of her favorite groups performing at this festival - Herb & Hanson.

12th Annual CanalFest/RailFest

September 25- 27, 2009 Canal Place Heritage Area - Cumberland, MD

http://www.canalplace.org/

Artisan and Food Vendor Booth Hours
Friday
5 PM - 9:30 PM
Saturday
10 AM - 7 PM
Sunday
10 AM - 4:30 PM

Enjoy three fun-filled days of activities including train excursions, live music, children's activities, fireworks, canal boat tours, and more! Great food and traditional crafts are available for sale beginning Friday night. For more information call or email: Dominique Nabholz, Festival Coordinator (301) 724-3655 or dnabholz@canalplace.org

Schedule of Events*

Friday 25th
The Hillbilly Gypsies 5:30PM

Cornmeal in the Kitchen 7PM
Fireworks Display 9PM

Saturday 26th
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Train Pull 9AM
Children's Activities 10AM-5PM 2:30PM 4PM

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Train Excursion 2PM
Herb & Hanson 2:30PM

Bill Emerson & The Sweet Dixie Band 4PM
Halftime String 5:30PM

Band Ghost Tour 7:00PM
The Bridge 7:30PM

Sunday
Western Maryland Kidney Ride

- Cyclist Ride 9:30AM

- Family Ride 10AM

Children's Activities 10AM-4PM
Missy Raines & The New Hip 2 - 4 PM
*Subject to change

Art in the Park on Deep Creek Lake

I love this little festival. It's location is lovely, right on the bank of Deep Creek Lake and in front of the Discovery Center in the State Park. There are usually not a lot of vendors, it's a small festival, but it proves to be a wonderful, more personal experience and there is nature abound. Grand Daddy Long Legs usually find their way onto my inside walls, which is only appropriate considering my inspiration sometimes originates from them. The customers are usually super friendly and very supportive of my style of work, and this year included both jewelry and sculpture.
This lovely hottie with the WAY cool shades is Annie. She's chillin' during a great weekend of sales of her wonderful homemade paper art that includes journals, lamps, 2D originals and prints and even sculptural paper items!

Annie happened to have front row view of a major event happening in nature DURING the festival. It just so happened that in the past week, the park volunteers said that a colony of Wild Honey Bees were relocating queens. Apparently there can be 4 queens born of the original and they had already seen two be relocated. The third happened during the festival. It may be hard to see, but in the center of this photo is a darker area on the branch - sort of shadowed. This is where the bees were protectively swarming over the new queen as they began the relocation. Off to the left you can see peppery dots that indicate a large number of bees still in the air. One of our favorite vendors was directly under this unusual occurrence.

In the very center of this image you can see a vertical shading in the tree. This was the clump. At one point, almost the entire section dropped for the weight of the bees on the queen was tremendous. Of course the bees never touched ground as they fell, for they quickly gained flight and recovered the cluster. My camera couldn't zoom super close so you can't really get a gauge on how large this clump was from the image. It was a unique event to be seen by such a large group of people and as the volunteer explained... there aren't many Wild Honey Bees left in nature. It doesn't appear like much in such small photos, but it was quite the site to see so many bees taking flight over your head.

Another occurrence was going on at the same time.... ahem... the sale of many pieces of jewelry in my booth such as the new "cut-out" designs featured here! They were taking flight onto many a ears over the weekend!

Festival at Deep Creek Lake....

Arts in the Park
Come see our booth

Oakland MD - July 11 & 12, 2009
Hours: Sat. 10 - 5 and Sun. 11 - 4
301-334-6580
Garrett County Arts Council
http://www.garrettarts.com/programs.html