Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon. Show all posts

15 August 2012

A Season of Colour - Silverton Fine Art Festival

Join us this weekend, August 17th and 18th for Oregons most beautiful outdoor fine art show and sale. Find Joy Hand Painted Silk in Booth 52 - Click here to download your copy of this years event guide. I hope to see you there! 
Silverton Fine Art Festival Aug 18-19
Colour can't be touched, but it can touch us. It can't be felt, but it an change the way we feel. Try describing a colour and you can only describe the things we associate with it! But despite not being a tangible physical thing, like our clothes or shoes are, colour is key to the world of fashion. It's one of the visual clues that helps define a season! 
Sustainable - Made by Hand
This weekend we will dive into the beauty of nature at the Silverton Fine Arts Festival in Coolidge-McClaine Park, with it's sprawling oak trees and creek side location, borders charming and historic downtown Silverton. The Oregon Garden is a few minutes away and Silver Falls State Park is less than fifteen miles from the festival site. 
Silver Falls State Park
The festival is a comfortable one-hour drive from most anywhere in the greater Portland area, just over an hour from Eugene and Springfield, and just fifteen minutes from Salem. 
Dyed Silk Wraps, Shawls, Scarves & Jewellery
The Fine Arts Festival's successes support, to a large extent, the various educational programs of the Silverton Arts Center. Your interest and attendance in the SFAF and the participation of artists whose high quality creations you purchase and enjoy are an integral financial resource for those programs!


Joy Hand Painted Silk Fashion Accessories - made in Ashland, Oregon
Mention "Planet Joy" and get a complimentary 10% discount on your purchase at the Silverton Fine Arts Festival! 


16 January 2012

Coffee break with Joy - Monday Monday

Today is the official re-start Monday 2012, we've got our yoga groove on in an efficient 20 minutes, and now I can smell the fresh ground darkness of Noble Daydream in our sturdy 2cup press as I listen to the bubbles from my Capreso boiler. 
Enjoy a scenic daydream along waterways of Den Haag, where todays live version of  "Touch" at last year's Rewire Festival was recorded.





Thanks to Matt Sullivan contributing writer at Altered Zones.

12 November 2011

Dying Light: Photo Shoot

Some days are longer than others--today has been one of those days. I woke in the quiet of the dawn and realized that I had a big day ahead. First I needed to get the car packed for the Farmer's Market. I was in a great mood starting off with my cappuccino from Noble Coffee. Then the drive to Grants Pass was glorious, we've had a wonderful autumn and the fall color has peaked during the last week. The sky was clear blue and the trees and orchards along the interstate were absolutely glowing in shades of red, yellow, orange and green, some are brazenly colorful and others more tender.
The Farmers Market was a lot of fun, familiar faces of farmers, artisans and friends gabbing, shopping and gabbing about the fantastic fall weather. My booth looked great with a light breeze and the sun shining through the silks. People were sort of excited to see me again, since I hadn't been to Market for a few weeks! The chill in the air seemed to inspire folks to want to buy scarves, and we had a few interesting chats about how to tie a scarf to what color looks best with brown hair and who has the best organic produce and bakery goods. I love talking to people and sharing tips on styling your look with scarves. I'm always surprised how many women have drawers full of scarves, but they lack the confidence or know how to tie one on, so they just don't wear them!  We have lots of fun when I show them how to "pinch an inch" and the many ways to wear a scarf.
Photo credit: Pete Gauthier
After market closed, I took a stroll in the park along the river to soak up more glorious fall color, and take a little break before doing an outdoor product photo shoot. I had one idea, but we ended up shooting in another location while the afternoon light faded away. The sunny afternoon turned to high clouds and I thought the light was just about as perfect as can be. My goal was to get some pictures to create some new product listings in my Etsy Store. Which backdrop do you prefer, the corrugated metal or the rustic wood? 
 And so the day continues, now I'll edit some of the images from today's photo shoot and write some product descriptions, and maybe even get to post a few new items online. . . zzzzzzzzzzz
 
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