Downtown Arts and Craft Show this Weekend

Montgomery St Annual Arts and Craft Festival
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday July29,30,31
Montgomery St

We have been moved down one block so we are right where the parking is. This is going to bigger than ever this year and I have lots of new items. Hope to see you there this weekend.

 

Hi everyone, I made it through this past weekend in great shape. The party was lots of fun. We had great weather all weekend and we ended up going to Fairhaven beach on Sunday with our granddaughter Heather, Julio and his three daughters. We had a great time. I brought a chain mail bracelet to work on and it worked out great.

This weekend is rapidly approaching and I will be in high gear preparing for it. I am very excited about it, although it is going to be hot and humid again. Typical weather for that show. The next weekend will be in Prattsburg for an arts festival so I am going to be busy designing more jewelry. 

I finished my spring loaded clasp and I am pleased with the results. It is very different and It will look great in a necklace.

I hope everyone can stop at my tent and check out my new jewelry. See you this weekend.

Cynthia

The cook is in

Hi all,

I am on a roll already. I can't believe I am showered and dressed for the birthday party. I have uploaded a new item on Etsy. I have checked my email. Fed the dogs and walked them. I have my potatoes and eggs cooking for the potato salad and it's only 8:45! It's scary how organized I'm getting.
It's another beautiful day here. The 4th day in a row 90-100 degrees. Thank God for air conditioning. I remember laying in the bathtub filled with cold water as a kid praying for winter. We never had air conditioning.
I finished a bracelet yesterday that I don't know if I can part with. I strung hand made blue/green lamp work beads with 10mm swarovsky crystals. I put a very elegant ballerina charm on it with some more crystals. If you think it sound boring it is just because you can't see the beads yet. The colors in the lamp work beads are some of the prettiest I have ever seen. Paired with the sparkle of the crystals  it is really special. One of the things I love about designing is looking for very unique beads. They are one of a kind and that makes them so sought after. Next week, that will be the first thing I do is post a picture of that. I hope I can capture the colors for you.
Well, I am off to do the second thing I love to  best and that is cooking. If I do so, I really love my own cooking as well.

I always ask what each birthday person wants me to cook for them special. Dave picked my homemade potato salad. I am also making him his favorite Lemon Tart. It is to die for and I would be happy to share the recipe for it, of course you must squeeze about 20 fresh lemons for it, so if you want the recipe for it keep that in mind. Of course I have a juicer, if I can find it.
Julio, my future grand-son-in-law asked for pineapple salsa. Since I am not serving swordfish today, (they both wanted hamburgs, how boring, ) I plan on serving corn chips with it.
I must get to work. Have a great weekend.
Cynthia

Busy as a beaver!!

Hello everyone, I can't believe the amount of time that has passed since my last post. The days and hours fly by even though I have been getting up at 4:30 0r 5:00 every morning. I am getting ready for the big downtown show and will have many new items that you are going to love. I had sold most of my major pieces already this summer so everything will be brand new.

I am particularly excited about a new clasp I am working on! Listen to this, you can open it with one hand because it is spring loaded. Of course, it has taken me about 10 hours so far to make this, so we'll see how many I can make. I foresee great interest in this clasp because I am continually trying to find just the right, easy to use and still beautiful clasp.

I am so thrilled with my viking knit pieces. They are a work of art and absolutely a classic family heirloom. The chain mail pieces are also  awesome and I have some of those as well.  For those of you who love the chunky, funky, colorful and fun, there are also some very beautiful statement pieces.

I am still in ceramics as I got into the second class at OCC. I love it as it is very relaxing. Is it illegal to have so much fun everyday?

I spoke with Heather, for those who don't know, my granddaughter. She told me something I had to share with you. She is a nanny for 6 young children, here in Dewitt. Two of the youngest were riding there little cars out on the deck and little Joseph slammed into the rear of Emma's car. He screeched , "I hurt my knee!" Emma turned around and said " Hurt in a car? Call William Mattar! 444-4444.  I thought I'd die laughing.  The kid is very little. It was the highlight of my week, I even woke up during the night laughing about it.

Another party weekend! Yeah. My husband Dave turned 50 Monday. My granddaughter's fiance' turns 26, so we are doing a twofer! The weather has been unbelievable but hotter than Haites . Does everyone know I can't spell? I always knew in my heart when I was in grade school that learning to spell was a total waste of time. Who knew there would be spell check in my future?     I did!

2 weeks to go until the Montgomery St. show downtown. I can't wait. It is always so much fun and I always end up seeing people I haven't seen in years. Please identify yourself when you come to my booth. I am 60 you know and have no memory what so ever! It's just so much more fun now. If I get sad 5 minutes later I can't remember why! How cool is that.

Our weekend starts tonight, Dave has taken off Friday's and Monday's for the summer. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend as much as we are going to.

Cynthia

I forgot to post a picture of my flying pig!

Leisure Time at Letchworth

Dave and I just returned from Letchworth State Park. We brought our camper there so we could attend the Air show in Geneseo on Saturday. Our daughter Lisa was home with our three dogs so we were foot loose and fancy free for the weekend. I always bring a tool box and jewelry projects to work on. I made two viking knit necklaces over the weekend. They are a perfect project, all that is required is a roll of wire and a stick! It is great therapy and I find myself taking it everywhere. I always made fun of old ladies with their knitting when I was a kid, and now look, I'm an old lady with wire!

I was so excited when I got home yesterday and saw my friend Sally Fredrizzi on the cover of Money Wise magazine in the Post-Standard, with a bracelet on in the picture, that I MADE! How cool is that. Sally is a great girl and did a very nice job on the article she wrote. Don't you too want to wear the same designer jewelry the famous Syracuse people wear?

I am off to start my third short class on ceramics at OCC this morning. Last week I picked up my favorite piece. I just have to post a picture of her here. I think I am having just too much fun lately.

The weekend's Over!

I am lucky to say the weekend was a blast. Heather's party was a success and everyone ate too much and had loads of fun. I don't believe I remember a 4th of July weekend so perfect. The weather was gorgeous every day! On Saturday I went to lunch with my friend Monica. It was a scenic ride and we enjoyed ourselves. We had a party on Sunday, and went to our friends Mark and Kit's lake house on the 4th of July. A busy weekend and too much fun. I still managed to finish some jewelry. I am excited about my new pieces and I think you will be too.
This is a very striking piece. There are all kinds of baubles in this. A swarovsky crystal pendant, agates, Jade, a handmade lamp work bead, fabric beads and ribbon. The colors are  luscious enough to make you want to eat it!
Well back to work for me.
Cynthia

Birthday and Holiday weekend

Today is my granddaughter's 26th  birthday. I am having a party for her and it is a perfect day. It is one day I will not be eating, thinking, and breathing jewelry! I can't believe how fast the years have flown by and how can she be 26, when I am only 40. Oh I remember, 60 is the new 40.

I love to cook gourmet foods and luckily my family likes to eat them. I am making an incredible Thai noodle salad, a salt potato caper salad, among other things and the most decadent banana cream pie you have ever eaten!
I made a batch of strawberry pina coladas with home grown strawberries! (I didn't grow them) I think I put too much rum in them. Oh dear.
Must run off to Fins and Tails for shrimp and scallops. Heather loves shrimp cocktail and if you live in Syracuse, you only get shrimp from one place. Dave is grilling scallops wrapped in bacon.
I am in the middle of making the perfect serving dish for my family in ceramics. It's called,  The diets begin,
when pigs fly. My assignment was to create something with humor.  Stay tuned for pictures, if it makes it through the kiln.
I hope everyone enjoys the holiday weekend. I plan pretty much on it being a giant party and vacation. I will get back to making jewelry as soon as I find a spare second as I am already missing it. I am an addict. 
Cynthia