My display table at the Culture Connecting Cultures event.
Monday was a big day for me! I participated in an event put on by the PEI Association for Newcomers. But before I get into that I must first mention that my beautiful wonderful dear husband Oliver woke up early Monday morning and from then till about 2:30 pm he stayed in the dungeon (basement) constructing a most wonderful painting easle for me from scratch. He didn't have a plan or sketch or any such help, he just constructed this amazing easel out of some wood he purchased at Home Depot! It's every bit as nice as anything one could buy in an art store if not better! It's fully adjustable too and I can use it for even really big 48" canvases! I didn't ask him to make it, he just decided all on his own to do this for me. Now if that right there doesn't make me one of the luckiest girls in the world then I don't know what does!
Now back to the event I mentioned at the beginning of this post. The event was basically a place for new artists and artisans to PEI to display their work with hopes of meeting interested shop owners, gallery owners and so on and so forth. All of the exhibitors were given a table to set up on and the rest was up to us. At about 2:30 Oliver the kids and I all left to head over to Murphy's Community Centre where we began to set up. I brought a rather large number of paintings simply because I had no idea how much space I would have for my display so I figured having too many was better than having not enough. At 4:00 the event began and the gym was soon packed with people. Oliver was as usual a wonderful help watching Elsa for me while I chatted with people and Liam was my amazing little assistant! He practically chased people down giving everyone my business cards. Funny thing was that it was all his idea to do so, he really wanted to help and his shear cuteness was such an icebreaker! I LOVE my little guy so! The night went really well I think and I met some people that may just help get my little business off to a great start! I'm VERY thankful to the people over at the Newcomers Association for putting this event on! It was SUCH a wonderful idea and the exposure was wonderful for my work! And now for the pictures!
One end of my table. I wanted my display to be as pretty as possible :)
The other end of my display. I made the framed name sign the night before the event. Very last minute!
Liam, the very best assistant a person could hope for!
My little bunny rabbit 'Elsa' scooting around the room on her bum in a tutu and a hat with ears.
The super nice lady that makes this jewelery is from Japan, her name is Kaori Sho. That rose you see is a preserved flower, meaning it's real! It looked and felt like a living rose but is preserved making it stiffer and not as fragile. She also uses jade and some sort of beautiful crochet.
This display of jewellery belongs to a lady named Hayeon Baek.
Another display, this time pottery! Unfortunately I didn't catch the artist's name.
This was the table to the left of mine. This lady named Vahideh Nasayehi designs clothing and does her designs in coloured pencil. She was very nice as was her husband who was so very thoughtful and brought me a coffee :)
