Somewhere You Are Out There

Enjoy this amazing and beautiful video, created by a high school classmate of mine (Don Maiers).  Happy 4th of July.

ArtScape At Your Library

An Evening of Art and Music 

to benefit the Avon-Washington Township Public Library

On April 20th, 2013 I was honored to be one of a small group of artists to participate in "ArtScape at Your Library". The rose arrangement was create as an auction item to help raise money for the Avon-Washington Township Public Library in Avon, Indiana.

 My floral creations on display at the library. 

Artistic Trade

I love meeting and working with other wedding professionals.  It is so important to support each other's work. Networking provides opportunities to grow our businesses.  Recently Cathy Caito of Cakes by Cathy and I did a trade of our work. Cathy created this beautiful faux cake and I the cake topper.  Cathy's cakes are so amazing and beautiful. I will be using this faux cake for taking photos of my clay floral work and Cathy will be using the cake topper for her display.  

  Thank you so much Cathy for creating this beautiful cake and for supporting my work.

Clay Peony

Valentine's Day Event at the Indiana State House

2013 State House Valentine's Day Event today

Custom order of six boutonnieres and one corsage created for the Awesome Westside Advocates (Self-Advocate Group) to be delivered today to some of the members of the Indiana General Assembly

Representative Karlee Macer wears one of my clay corsages on Valentine's Day at the Indiana State House. Presented to her from members of the Westside Awesome Advocates

Noah's Ark a Special Gift

It is so nice to be asked to do a custom order for someone. It is even more special to be asked to do a custom order for a friend. Noah's Ark was created for my friend Dee. Dee will be giving this as a baby gift to her son and daughter-in-law. 

Dee was my co-worker up until last week and is a dear friend.  Last week was a very special week for her.  Not only did she become a Grandmother on New Year's Day, she retired from Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services Commission the day before on New Year's Eve.  What a way to end one year and begin the next!

Dee provided much needed advocacy for individuals with disabilities in the state of Indiana and will be dearly missed. Congratulations to Dee and her growing family.

 The theme of the nursery is Noah's Ark. When creating this piece, I was reminded of the birth of my twins. My sister Linda is a painter and she did a painting of Noah's Ark for the my twins nursery. It was a very special and precious gift.  It hangs in our bedroom yet today.

Artist Profile in the ICON

Hendricks County ICON, October 2012, Vol. 12, Issue 19

I am so honored to be the Artist Profile in the October issue of the Hendricks County ICON, See page 16 at the link above.

One correction:  The organizations that were listed in the profile that I am associated with are not the organizations I provided. This is a mistake.

The organizations I am associated with are:

• Hendricks County Arts Council 
• Brides University 
• Indy Wedding Ideas, IWINetwork 
• Central Indiana Artists, Inc. Vice President, 2010 and 2011

Designs have been sold and /or displayed at:

• Damselfly Gallery, Midway, KY
• Finer Things, Brownsburg, IN
• Art Bank, Indianapolis, IN
• Ceramic Dreams, Indianapolis, IN
• Poppins' Tote, Nashville, IN
• Artisans Gallery, Madison, IN

Noah's Ark Baby Gift

Noah's Ark

I am very excited to be creating a baby gift for a friend to give to her son and daughter-in-law. They are expecting their first baby in just a few weeks. I will start working on the animals tomorrow. More pictures to follow.