Here are some upcoming shows that I've found online.
Illinois:
from the Kane Country Chronicle
ARTISTIC BITS ARTS CENTER & GALLERY, 316 N. River St., East Dundee, 847-844-8140 or www.artisticbits.org.
Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.
Schedule: call for fine art and fine craft artists through Aug. 16 for
the Sept. 14 River St. Art Fair & Wine Tasting juried event. Call
for information or to receive an application.
Wright College is seeking artists and crafters for its annual indoor Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at the college, 4300 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago. Tables for this no-admission fair range from $65 to $100. Wright's Center for Lifelong Learning sponsors the fair. Deadline for reserving a booth is Aug. 1. Tables will be assigned on a "first-applied-for, first-assigned" basis. For more information, contact Mary Dicks at (773) 481-8914. Also, a vendor application is on Wright's Web site: wright.ccc.edu.
Applications are available for Resurrection High School's fall Arts and Craft Fair scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 from at 7500 W. Talcott Ave., Chicago. Price per space ranges from $60 to $80, depending upon table and electricity options. Each space is approximately 10-feet by 6-feet and includes two chairs. All spaces are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis and spaces with electricity are limited. For more information, or to request an application, call (773) 775-6616, Ext. 142, or e-mail amartorano@reshs.org.
New Hampshire:
from the Seacoast online:
AUG 9, 10 | "THE BEAUTIFUL SEACOAST," ART SHOW AND SALE, to benefit
Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, $20 entry fee, and artists are
required to donate a portion of sales. Download application at
www.portsmouthharborlighthouse.org.
Oklahoma:
from the Bixby Bulletin
Now is the time for artists and crafters to reserve a booth
in one of the oldest and most successful arts and crafts shows in the
area. The show offers over 70 interior booth spaces in three
different seize, 10 x 10, 8 x 10, and 8 x 6, ranging from $35 to $25 if
reserved prior to Nov. 21. Crafters and artists interested in more information or an application may contact the Bixby Community Center at 918/366-4841.
Please remember that Angry Chix does not endorse any of these, we just want to share the opportunities with the crafty world.
My good friend Cindy is having her grand opening on July 1st! Check out all the fun things you can do. If you're not a crafter yet, ease your way into it and learn some new techniques.
Make & Takes will be offered for the first two weeks of our Grand Opening!
Hi out there crafty world. I'm a guest blogger on a few crafty sites (The home of the Sampler and Lola & Ruby) and one of the things I blog about is upcoming craft shows. So, if you know of any in your area, or that you've applied to send me the link and I'll mention it every Wednesday.
Just send me a message here and I'll make sure to mention where I got it, so if you have your own blog or store I can post a link to that as well.
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
Today has been an acting day, I've been trying to be proactive! In that spirit here's an article that I hadn't read until today (I'm so embarassed,it's been in my email box since 2006).
- Self-esteem
is your perception of your personal worth.
"Do I deserve it?"
- Self-confidence is your perception of your ability to do something.
"Can I do it?"
And the other cool thing about self-confidence is that, because the only way to grow it is through action, you also get to see tangible results. So even when you cross the finish line - or the stage! - you may still have low self esteem, but your self-confidence will be sky high.
Self-confidence is.
How? By choosing a positive attitude with daily action. And because you can choose your attitude and you can choose the action you take, you have the power to gain outrageously high self-confidence and the success that comes with it.
Now go have a POWERFUL day!
Warm regards,
Ann Vertel
Taking You to the Top!
MYTHS by Michael Wallach
As a manager and attorney working
at the studios for more than twenty years, I have encountered a variety of myths
that hold actors back from success. One is a commonly held belief that
you have to know someone important in order to “make it” as an actor.
Wrong. An educated guess leads me to conclude that 97% of all
successful actors knew nobody special when they came to town. The proof
is evident by merely looking at casts of new TV series and pilots where you
will find that (other than possibly the lead actor) the cast is filled with
unrecognizable actors! How did they do it? They worked hard perfecting their skills and pursued the business
of acting like nothing else mattered. In other words, it happened when talent
met opportunity.
A second myth comes into play when an actor is at an audition. Let’s say one of the other actors up for the part is a recognizable face (possibly a cast regular from a series that aired last season.) Do you get intimidated or feel insecure because you believe that you’re chances of getting the part are slim to none; that the recognizable actor will get it? Although it is human nature to think that way, you are not thinking objectively. Why? Because if it was such a sure thing that the recognizable face would get the part, he or she would have already been offered it and no audition would have been required! Rather, the playing field has leveled out and you have as much chance to get the part as the recognizable person. And, if you don’t get it, staying objective about your chances makes it more certain that you’ll give a good performance and thereby, be liked by the casting director/producer/director and be given a future job!
While away on a hockey tournament, we stayed up way too late discussing the chemistry of jello shots, 3am and a night of celebrating leaves for a bunch of engineers to get way too analytical. We didn't have an internet connection, so as soon as we got back this is the first email I got:
"Is Jelly a liquid or solid?
Actually it is neither. Jello is something that we call a colloidal suspension. The gelatin in Jello is make of long solid chains of protein molecules. When you mix gelatin with hot water, these protein molecules break apart and become suspended in the water. However, the individual molecules remain solid. So this is not a solution. As the mixture cools, the protein molecules come back together to form long chains again. However, these chains go in random directions and form a lattice that traps the water molecule within its structure. So, what we have is a mixture of solid and liquid. When it is hot, then it is a solid suspended in a liquid. When it is cold, it is a liquid suspended in a solid. This it is classified as a colloidal suspension rather than either a solid or liquid.
Read this article to find out how much alcohol can be added before a jello shot breaks down."
So instead of trying to post a new image each day, I've decided to share images on the weekends. Enjoy!
Because I've been working from home lately, I have been getting caught up on daytime t.v. and it's a good thing and a bad thing. You see, I never wanted to get sucked in by likes of Oprah and Ellen, where my days activities are planned so I'm near the television when they're on.
I really enjoy watching craft shows on DIY or HGN, even though there is not a lot of them right now, and I'm good with that, I think of it more as work then my time being sucked away. I'm learning a new technique, it's research dammit! Ok, now that I've convinced myself of that....
But, it happened, but I'm ok with it. You see I watch the Martha Stewart show. I don't plan my day around it, but if she's on and I'm around, I'll sit and watch. During one of the re-runs I caught a tutorial on making pillow cases and the next thing you know, I'm in my studio cutting fabric. I really do feel accomplished about it, because not only did I repurpose 4 shirts, I made went freestyle and created my own pattern. Wow, I am so getting good
Each pillow is made from a dress shirt and regular fabric. You could use the shirt to make one pillow, but I wanted to include some flannel fabric I already had. The front of the shirt (where the buttons are) serves to get the pillowcase on and off. Only Martha could think of that!
It's been a while since I've posted some free images, so I'll make up for it today.
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