http://dreamspiralart.com/blog BY: ANN DREWING Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:51:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's here at last! The online catalog for the Society of Midwest Metalsmiths' Metal Inclinations exhibition is up and running. Fifty amazing metal sculptures and jewelry works were selected from hundreds of entriEs for this juried exhibition. The exhibition will be available online until the end of 2009. "Turkey ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/metal-inclinations.html The annual Cash and Carry Holiday Show takes place at the Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts located at 600 Main St, Lynchburg, VA 24504. The show runs from November 7 until December 29. I have been selected to submit new jewelry work for this event, and will have about ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/annual-cash-carry-show-in-lynchburg-virginia.html I was just perusing my friend, Julia's shop on Etsy, as I often do, and I noticed that she is having a fantastic CLEARANCE sale on her wonderful handmade bags. Several of the bags are up to 50% off! This is a super-talented chic (and very-soon-to-be-mommy), so be ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/julia-sews-fantastic-bags.html Help me reach my goal of 100 internet sales on my ETSY SITE by December 31! Get 10% off all jewelry purchases from now until November 30. After you purchase your items (or CONTACT ME to let me know which items you would like to purchase), I will email you ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/november-s-a-l-e.html Hillarious! My friend, Kristen, sent this to me. Happy Halloween (and Happy Birthday to Michael)!!! http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/when-pumpkins-drink.html Karat, Carat, and Carrot are all pronounced the same, but each has a very different meaning. Karat and carat are specific jewelry terms, and carrot, of course, is an orange root vegetable. I often see the words carat and karat missused, so I did some research on the ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/karats-vs-carats.html So we finally managed to put in our vegetable garden this year - and what a garden it has been! We planted zuchinni, yellow squash, eggplant, cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes in the 16 x 20 space. To keep the critters out, including the many deer that graze in ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/ratatouille.html I'm gearing up for the Virginia Beach Neptune Festival at the end of this month. This will be the biggest (and longest) art festival that I've ever participated in. The show attracts 500,000 patrons each year and lasts three days! The Festival will be held along the ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/neptune-festival-in-va-beach.html No, no, not a ring for me, silly - not just yet, anyway! I'm talking about the fun I had plotting and planning and creating an engagement ring for a good friend of mine here in Richmond. Back in May, her then boyfriend, now fiance, Jonas, asked me ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/plotting-my-first-engagement-ring.html I am excited to announce that my jewelry will be featured in the October edition of Richmond Magazine!!! After being discovered at a local art event, I was interviewed by an exceptionally sweet Style Editor/Writer. Excerpts from my interview, along with photographs of my newest collections will receive a full-page ... http://dreamspiralart.com/blog/144.html