OH yeah! Thenk you to SteamPunkVintage for adding my scarf to this treasury!

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Happy Morning everyone!

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Thanks to JJ for adding me to this fab fiber art treasury!! WWWOOOWW you will not be disappointed!!!

Art Prize is over....

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Here is the voting info. !st weeks voting to decide who gets into the top10...2nd week who wins from the top 10 GO VOTE!!!!

In this email 1. Register + Activate 2. Map/Wristband/Guide 3. Update on iPhone App SPEAKER SERIES @ THE HUB The hub of the conversation is at Old Federal Building, your central command center for the event. Don't miss the 8 presentations from world-renowned artists, critics, experts and more. View topics + schedule

ArtPrize is a week away The wait is almost over! Here are some tips on getting the most out of your ArtPrize experience. Find a lot more under event info. (Looking for art this weekend? Come downtown. It's going up everywhere.) REGISTER + ACTIVATE You can vote as soon as you register and activate Register now on artprize.org. You must have a unique email address to register. (If you voted last year, you are already registered. You must still activate your voting account in person.) You must activate your voting account in person at the event.Come to any registration site between September 22-October 6 (final day of voting) and present a valid government ID (driver's license, state ID or passport). View registration sites MAP/WRISTBAND/GUIDE Here are three tools for getting the most out of your time at ArtPrize. Pick them up at any of our registration locations. MAP: There are 192 venues spread over 3 square miles, but the Map will help you get a lay of the land and explore it at your own pace. WRISTBAND: When you wear the Wristband you ride the ArtBus shuttle and the Grand Rapids public transit system (the Rapid) for free.Plan your trips ahead of time at ridetherapid.org. GUIDE: Learn more about all things ArtPrize, and take advantage of the $500 in coupons for Grand Rapids restaurants, stores, activities and services. Tip: Avoid parking hassle by parking at a Meijer store with a Rapid bus stop. Ride the Rapid into town, then get a wristband. All Rapid rides are free when you wear your wristband. UPDATE ON IPHONE APP Check out everyone's new favorite feature, Art Near Me Download the ArtPrize app from the iTunes store. It makes voting easy, lets you search for artists and venues, and its brand new feature "Art Near Me" helps you find art wherever you go at the ArtPrize event. (Oh, and the app doesn't cost a cent.) Be sure to keep track of what's going on day to day atblog.artprize.org. Sincerely, Paul Moore ArtPrize

Invitation

ArtPrize Opening Reception

DeVos Place will open its ArtPrize exhibition with a public reception on September 22, 2010. Join us on the skywalk to view entries by 53 artists, many of whom will be present, in a celebratory environment of music, light hors d’oeuvres, and a cash bar. The John Shea Trio will be performing the art of jazz throughout the evening.

Where: DeVos Place Convention Center - Skywalk

303 Monroe Avenue NW

Grand Rapids, Michigan

When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010

6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.

Information: http://www.devosplace.org/

It is real...it is really real...oh the frogs and butterflies are all a hoppin and fluttering!!!!

Gloria During ArtPrize, there will be three platforms attendees can use to vote for you Text message artprize.org ArtPrize iPhone application For each platform, your unique five digit codes are the fastest way to cast a vote. Your unique vote codes are: Vote up code: 50751 Vote down code: 50750 Make a note of these codes. You can use them in your promotional materials. For more information about voting, visit the voting page on artprize.org. Text Message Voting Attendees will send a text message to a phone number that will be printed on every artist label (provided by ArtPrize), along with your unique vote codes. Why the up vote and down vote? During first round of voting, attendees can vote an artist up or down. Only up votes count in determining an artist's standing. Down votes are only used to drive discussion and debate. ArtPrize designed voting this way knowing that an artist with the most votes up may be the most popular, but the artist with the most votes up AND down may be the most talked about, thought about and controversial work in the event. If you have any questions, please let us know. E-mail artists@artprize.org. Thank you, Kevin Buist Artist Relations ArtPrize

Welcome, won't you come in? Studio space always in transition. Me hard at work.... photos by Martha

to see this amazing treasury click on this @#@#@#@#&&&

Whop chhica whoop whoop...don't forget that I will be at Art Center Too in Battle Creek MI at 80 W. Michigan Ave from 1 to 4 for their fiber art trunk show!!!

4 treasuries in one day...waahhoooeeeyyy

go to purplecitrus.etsy.com OR

gloriakirk.etsy.com to view

Purple Infusion Treasury..click on these words and it will take you to the page!

Can you take it higher? To a place where etsy shops can be seen... the treasury stats that is. So it is a stretch to pair these words to the song. But do your best won't you? Click on the shops and visit....a lot of NEW baby shops here that could use a

I am getting Kefir grains my husband announced to me this morning. He goes on to explain that the grains are handed down from one person to the next not sold. He also stated that no one knows where the originals came from and that they(I am assuming he means scientists) can not reproduce the grains. "The closest they have gotten is a powder form that dies after two reproductions." mmmcofffeeee anyway. good coffee..... DO I WANT THIS alien form of milk with every possible enzyme making my gut healthy and functional? I am not sure especially if the original source is unknown. No I think I will wait until my husband has concocted his first batch, then a second, and possibly a third before I try his homemade goods!

Now it has been stated that Kefir (fermented yogurt) is the best thing for your body. My husband has been known to come home with up to 4 different bottles of the stuff when one of the boys get sick. Over board? Some days yes ...but he always makes things interesting. When ever his eyes start to sparkle like a kids at Christmas ...I know I am in for a new adventure along his coat tails! Wish me luck?!

ART PRIZE....it has begun

The excitement has subsided...and the work begun. The tree has been marked out and, soon be loaded onto the rack...keep checking back for photos of the piece as it grows! In the mean time look at my public profile: http://www.artprize.org/artists/public-profile/51082 for a description of this two layered piece OR click on the tittle of this post. LET THE ADVENTURE CONTINUE!

Thank you www.sacredcake.etys.com for adding my scarf to this amazing treasury!

Summer Morning

I woke up checked my etsy store...found a coupon YEAH checked the link that was in the etsy convo with the coupon and all of a sudden I had a treasury. Eyes still full of morning sleep I began the hunt. The end result...not so bad considering I had not even had my usual cup O joe!!! Enjoy all!

Falling Tower at Hop Scotch Children's Store

Papa's Blocks Tower Promo from Joshua Leatherman on Vimeo.

glass floats

I grew up along the Oregon Coast two towns north of the California border. The fisherman that fished the Pacific waters used hand blown glass floats for their nets. I remember spending hours along the shore as a little girl searching...hoping to find one of those floats that my grandmother had so many of in her collection. I never found my glass float but someone else has evoked that memory in my home town by placing colored glass "floats" along the black sand beaches during the summer months. How I wished I lived in that tiny little town still so that I could comb the beaches for those wonderful treasures.... I live in West Michigan now nostalgia will have to wait for a cheap airplane ticket or a U-Haul.

The nets are the inspiration for this beautifully lacy scarf made from hand dyed chenille yarn and cotton variegated thread.

It measures around 77 inches long and 5 inches wide.