Go go garden

Another picture of Matt's garden! I love visiting the garden because it is always in process. There are always new things growing and dying, different pests to watch out for and a never ending list of wonderful vegetables to plant next.

Pile of Craft Info

Come see Anschtecka & Hillery at Pile of Craft on Saturday, June 26th! See more info below...

Charm City Craft Mafia presents the 4th annual Pile Of Craft! A one-of-a-kind craft fair in Baltimore, featuring 40 of the country's best handmade crafters selling handmade housewares, stationary, screenprinted & sewn apparel, jewelry, handbags, hats, knit & embroidered items, woven scarves, plush toys, ceramics, comic books, prints, drawings, paintings and more! Support handmade and local artists and meet them in person.

In addition to having the area's most unique shopping, Pile Of Craft will also feature DIY printmaking demonstrations from Baltimore's brand new community printmaking facility:Baltimore Print Studios, a raffle basket FULL of donated items from Craft Mafia vendors to benefit local non-profit library/learning resource/all-round-gem: Village Learning Place, and tasty snacks and coffee from local earth-friendly coffee shop & bookstore Red Emma's!

Pile of Craft is absolutely free to attend and open to all ages. June 26th 10-5pm

2640 St. Paul Street

Baltimore, MD 21218

http://charmcitycraftmafia.com for more info

Garden times

New pictures of Matthew's garden and his delicious chioggia beets. We ate them last night and they were wonderful! I helped him pick weeds for six hours and it made my fingers hurt.

New Prints!

I just finished two new hand-colored etchings. I feel really excited about the one with all the small scenes. I'll have them for sale, along with my dolls and other objects at Pile of Craft on June 26th.

Printing

Here's a picture of my very first dolls and mobile. I think my favorite place to hang a mobile is above a bed.

I've spent all weekend printing more Farmscape etchings to sell at Pile of Craft. I am also printing a series of three new etchings. I will post pictures shortly.

Other exciting news...Matt is working on building a new bookshelf as well as making me a sewing table with little built in shelves for the studio. I can't wait until it is all finished!

In the studio...

I've been learning some new stitches and made myself a sampler book. I'm also working on some new horses and objects for mobiles.

Sheep and Wool Festival

Matt and I visited the Sheep and Wool Festival for the first time. It was so exciting and we saw lots of beautiful yarn. We both want a sheep more than ever.