HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Wishing everyone a blessed and bountiful thanksgiving....

Abrazos ~
Joann

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!

You never know who will bless you in life: sometimes the kindest gesture come from the most unexpected person and one of my latest blessings came in a form of a wonderful opportunity presented by a dear friend, Renee.  That said, I am over the moon and tickled to share the news!!!!  I am taking a leap of faith to pursue a lifelong dream and will be opening a teeny-tiny art space inside my girlfriend Renee's shop at the Historic Castle Inn in Del Water Gap, PA (she makes the most wonderful artisan soaps, lotions, potions and all that good stuff! You can check out her site, Juvenis Bodyworks, under my "I AM INSPIRED BY SITES.."). 

We've started setting up shop but we're still tweaking here and there, making sure it looks real purrrdy :-)  The art space will showcase both my paintings and jewelry pieces.  The space is small, but I feel it's a great way to launch my work outside of my home studio and finally having a physical store outside of Ebay and Etsy.  I'm taking baby steps and crossing my fingers and hoping it will yield favorable results.  I will post pictures as soon as it is aesthetically presentable.  To those of you who have been wondering why I haven't listed anything online (Ebay and/or Etsy) lately, well, this is what's been occupying my time, but I will get back to the swing of things very soon and list pieces on Ebay and Etsy in time for Christmas.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to my beautiful friend, Renee.  You are an earth angel, a wonderful mentor and friend.  I cannot thank you enough and I don't think I can ever properly express my gratitude.  Can you feel me dancing a happy dance here?

So please stay tuned.  I will be posting pictures real soon.  In the meantime, can I get a HALLELUJAH?

MY RECLAIMED DOOR FARMHOUSE TABLE

Every now and again I get real ambitious and take on projects larger than myself.  But being that I possess a rabid workaholic personality, no project is too big for me.  Here is one of  my recent carpentry projects ~ converting a reclaimed antique door into a farmhouse/work table ~ mama like it, and I think it goes quite well with our vintage ice cream parlor chairs...CHECK IT OUT!



TATTERED FAITH

"AMAZING GRACE"
this double strand assemblage is made with segments of antique rosaries held together by an antique heart rosary connector, embellished with large gold glass bead pearls and finished off with a vintage Madonna medallion charm dangling from an extended chain (background painting also done by yours truly)









"DAILY DEVOTIONAL"
another double strand assemblage made with segments of antique rosaries, vintage rhinestone brooch, a vintage crucifix and medallion ~ background charcoal potrait was done by yours truly

  







I'M REACHING FOR THE STARS...

As some of you may know, I am a big "technophobe" who is still learning and getting acquainted with world of blogging, twitting and the whole social networking deal.  On one hand, I feel so blessed to have met some really great folks in the art community as well as awesome folks who dig and collect art, but I have yet to get all these technical stuff down to a science...kindly bear with me.

In following the trend, I have begun putting together a Peacelily Art Studio Facebook page ~ woo hoo!!  It is still in the process of being tweaked, but it will be up and running in full force very soon.  My exciting news will follow shortly.  HANG IN THERE!