Snow Men from Big Lots

We have a house filled with wonderful hand crafted stuff that I have collected over the years.... trades with other artists etc...

Yet still one of my favorite christmas decorations are these funky snowmen purchased for 5.99 each at Big Lots several years ago.

Bear/ Tis the Season

Bear is a wonderful model. LuLu on the other hand has her hat in her mouth.

Kent /Shopping

Dressed in one of his dazzeling western shirts Kent manages to find time between sales to make a few christmas purchases at the Columbus Winterfair Art Show.

Million Dollar Idea /Shu Juan Lu

At the Cinn. ODC Show there was an interesting booth. All Black. Jackets that are cut a certain way to form shapes. They looked remarkable on everyone! I am not even sure there was sewing. Just the inate talent of Shu Juan Lu and her mad skills with fabric.

Ruby Ballard /On the Loose

At the Columbus Winterfair show I request to be next to Ruby. We usually are both traveling alone and can watch out for each other.

When Kent and Rick started doing shows they immediately nabbed Ruby as their friend too. She has even spent a weekend at their lovely Silver Hills home.

Ruby and Kent clicked right away with their love for sewing and fiber.

Ruby makes wonderful jackets out of African fabric. She imports the fabric to America. However; she got to go on the trip of a lifetime to Africa this past summer. Naturally she wanted to shop for fabric in the markets and was told it was too dangerous to be"on the loose" without a body guard. Well this did not stop Ruby who went to the Marketplace with her personal armed guard. Now we call her Ruby on the Loose.

The Laughing Boy / Kent Epler

The past two weeks I have been traveling with Kent Epler to the ODC Winterfair Art Shows. He is the best traveling companion a girl can have.

Loves to shop, laugh, and cook. We had a kitchen in our last hotel and Kent womped us up yummy omelettes each day to provide energy so we would be up for the masses who attend the show. And then would stir fry something for a lite late meal when we returned to our hotel and had nite caps.

We talked into the night. We missed our partners Rick and Sam. But managed to have fun without them.

Sales were great! There will be a Christmas no matter what the economy is doing.

Winterfairs / Cincinnatti and Columbus

Cincinnatti Hours November 27. 10-5/ November 28. 10-5/ November 29. 11-4

Columbus Hours December 4. 10-8/ December 5. 10-8/ December 6. 12-5