Iva, (on the far left) take a bow!!! You did it- what a fantastic turnout...and for a first show!!?? Fingers were crossed but now you can relax. Congratulations on your first but now for sure annual Tinsel and Treasures show. Thank you for including me as one of your artists.
And you other 5 women? You were SO fun to be with!!(from left to right- Iva, Connie, Ulla, Colleen, Gina, Sylvia, me)
And now the best part- photographs!! (All of them enlarge so click away!)
Iva's display~
Fortune Teller.....
Haunted House.....everything was perfect!!
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Connie Govea Stuart's display~
Altered Art of the dreamy sort....
Gorgeous display of her jewelry.....
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Ulla Millbrath's art~
(Ulla, the photos of your full display didn't turn out-damn- sorry. BUT, I did get a wonderful photo of.......
...your new Bat Babies!! (one came home with me-thank you!)
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Sylvia Anderson's display~
Fantastic Moon Man....
Whimsical Red Pin Cushion....
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Colleen Moody's Display~
Gorgeous Witch Doll......
White Pumpkin Head dolls...
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Gina Gabriell's Display~
Adorable little girl figures...
A little pink cake (and finally meeting her was icing on the cake!)
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And my display~
A paper theatre.....
Fun little boxes......
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I have so many more photos of everyone's work, I think I'll add a photo album to my sidebar so you can see them all. Give me a day or two.
One of the best parts of the day was meeting so many other artists from the blogging community! We had Molly, Lisa, Sue, Melissa, Terisa, Ingrid, Debbie, Chelise and Heather stop by. Did I miss anyone? Let me know!! And so many new faces that came to the show. Elyse and Kristen from LA, you are so great (and your mom- Dancing with the Stars-love her!) Thank you to everyone who attended!!!
On a personal note, I again want to thank Iva. Most of you know of Iva's personal journey this past year. The fact that this show was such a success and done with such class was a true reflection of Iva's strength and hopefulness. I am in admiration of you.
What a fantastic day it was!!!!
I am so proud!!
Posted by: mama | October 06, 2008 at 02:35 PM
All so beautiful. Thank you for the gorgeous pictures.
Posted by: Ele at A bit of Pink Heaven | September 24, 2008 at 07:46 PM
Donna, Thank you so much for sharing your pics...they were awesome! It all took my breath away!
~HUgs, Ann-Denise
Posted by: Ann-Denise Anderson | September 24, 2008 at 06:17 PM
Oh my, everything is just so beautiful! What a wonderful show! You artists are all so truly talented! Loved the photos.
Kitty
Posted by: Kitty | September 24, 2008 at 09:22 AM
Oh what a beautiful post! Favorite artists and all! Thank you, Donna (Dee!)for sharing all of this splendor. I've been off assisting my children move into their first 'own' homes as opposed to renting, and each got his/hers within a week of each other. It was gratifying and fun, and now it's so good to be back in my art room.
Zwee!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Christine LeFever | September 24, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Absolutely gorgeous! The bat babies, the moon man, your gold, ivory and black display, the brighter colors, I just want top jump into these photos. Thanks for sharing, I wish I could have been there, Pam
Posted by: Pam | September 23, 2008 at 07:11 PM
It all looks so fabulous!
I wish I stilled lived in Pleasanton, I miss out on so much!
Priscilla
Posted by: Priscilla/Sweet Remembrance | September 22, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Wow, this is just a feast for the eyes! Beautiful things. I can't stop looking at it. Very nicely done/
Cheers!
Posted by: Deb | September 21, 2008 at 08:59 PM
What beautiful, talented ladies you all are. I love everything pictured. If I lived close and it was possible for me to go I could have spent a small fortune on goodies. I love Fall and Halloween. My favourite time of year. I decorated for all ocassions and do tend to go overboard for this time of year. Congrats to you all for a job well done. Blessings and Hugs, Deanna
Posted by: Deanna Huggard | September 20, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Donna, your booth is so gorgeous I can't even tell you how much I wish I was at this show! Your work is PHENOMENAL! I saw pics of your booth on so many blogs and I keep saying I wish I could have been there! xo Shannon
Posted by: Shannon | September 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Donna...........
Thank you again for your email and blog comments. Soooooo... you may add photographer to your resume as well. If someone was not at the show......they were through your lens. Love the dome home.....she was certainly not a peasant under glass!
Sue
Posted by: Tinsell and Whimsy | September 19, 2008 at 08:52 PM
I'd have been in Heaven if I'd have been there..
just awesome!!
deena
Posted by: Deena | September 19, 2008 at 05:20 PM
Gosh darn it! I knew that my husband should have accepted that last job offer to live in California!!!
Breathtaking! You all are magnificent! I want one of everything. Thanks for sharing pics! I wish I could have been there to shop!
Michelle
Posted by: Michelle Sylvia | September 18, 2008 at 06:25 PM
Hi Donna,
Your art is wonderful!!
Thanks for the comments on my blog. No, we didn't meet. I was only there a short time. I was going to introduce myself to you but you were busy talking to someone, then I went to visit with Connie & never did get back to your booth. Next time I promise.
Posted by: Sandy | September 18, 2008 at 09:45 AM
What a treat it is to visit your blog and beautiful art. Your event looks wonderful. Perhaps I can visit the next one.
Posted by: Diana Frey | September 18, 2008 at 08:13 AM
OMG, its eye candy Heaven, I could be here for hours looking at all these artful treasures in this post!
Incredible!
Magic and Joy!
Lisa!
Posted by: Lisa Kettell | September 18, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Congratulations and thank you for sharing this beautiful art with us !!!I love your creations ! BRAVO
Posted by: le petit cabinet de curiosites | September 18, 2008 at 12:37 AM
Hi Donna,
Great photos of all the creations. Are you sure that you are not a professional photographer as well?
Congratulations to all 7 of you for such a successful show.
Sharon
Posted by: Sharon at American Harvest | September 17, 2008 at 08:46 PM
I heard all about it from Miss Lisa!! I wish I could have been there, I would have shopped til I dropped!!
Aach display is so incredibly beautiful!! xoxo
Posted by: A Fanciful Twist | September 17, 2008 at 02:43 PM
It WAS a great day wasn't it?? Wonderful photos you took...I'm so looking forward to next year and seeing what new treasures you will create. xoxo
Posted by: Colleen | September 17, 2008 at 01:00 PM
Such wonderful photos - I felt like I was right there (I only wish I could have been!)So much talent in one place.
And, isn't Iva an amazing person?!
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy Malay | September 17, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Donna, Thanks so much for sharing! I was so sorry to miss it, if my child wasn't so close to her due date I would have made another road trip!
It all looks wonderful, and Iva did an amazing job.
xo Lidy
Posted by: frenchgardenhouse | September 17, 2008 at 09:26 AM
Hi Donna...your pictures are just great! All of the creations are so wonderful. Love your crowns and little boxes...Looks like everyone had a great day! I am so happy the day was a success. You are all so talented!
Thank-you for sharing.
Hugs, Nancy
Posted by: Nancy | September 16, 2008 at 08:44 PM
hey sweetie,
so so fun
i see so many cute faces,
wish i could have been there,
hope you are having a great fall.
oxoxox,
jessi
Posted by: jessi nagy | September 16, 2008 at 07:00 PM
Hello Donna,
Please to meet you! I followed the trail from Constance's blog...
And OMG!!! I am so glad I did!
Your work is fantastic!
Your crowns are incredible!
I really, really enjoy my visit.
You have a wonderful place, enchanted!
Will be back...
*Are you in SF?
~ Gabriela ~
Posted by: Gabriela Delworth | September 16, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Drop Dead Gorgeous, One and All!
It looks like it was a Smashing Success!
xo
Sandra Evertson
Posted by: Sandra Evertson | September 16, 2008 at 11:07 AM
thanks for stopping by and thanks for actually "getting it".... hahhaha most of them only read portions of it I guess and added their own take.....
Posted by: BumbleVee | September 16, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Oh, I LOVE Everything!! Thank you for sharing. Great eye candy,
Tracy M.
Posted by: Tracy M. | September 16, 2008 at 07:18 AM
Hi Donna, great pictures! Are there already more in your sidebar or am I just to blond to find out? I'm a noop on Halloween. This year I join 2 Halloween swaps so I'm gathering inspiration. And this show sure is inspiration! Thanks!
Posted by: LiLi M. | September 16, 2008 at 03:47 AM
Oh Donna, you work looks amazing. You did such an wonderful job. You must be so happy with everything. xoxoxo Clarice
Posted by: clarice | September 15, 2008 at 09:18 PM
What a fun time for all of you.
I love all of the displays but I am partial to your display. I also really liked the white pumpkins doll heads.( I've never seen a white pumpkin except on
A Fanciful Twist.
Kris
Posted by: Kristie Franklin | September 15, 2008 at 07:50 PM
Wow,
What a fun event! I love your blog and all the beautiful things you make. I look forward to seeing more!
Kim
Posted by: Kim | September 15, 2008 at 07:27 PM
Hi Donna,
Congrats on your fabulous show.
Wish I could have been there.
Everything looks beautiful!!!
Have a wonderful week,
Rosemary
Posted by: Rosemary | September 15, 2008 at 04:36 PM
Such wonderful talent all displayed in one place at one time, my senses are on overload!
The sidebar is a great idea.
Oh and I see you hiding in the background. You didn't want to reveal too much just in case someone wants to use your head on a different body right?(aka Pirate post)
xo Susan
Posted by: Miss Maddie's | September 15, 2008 at 03:36 PM
WOW!!! That looks like a truly great show with great quality of everything! I was just going to ask (from a businesswomans view!)how well it went when it comes to selling and how well attended the show was? But I can read all that in the post before me! Congrats to alla of You! Aaaah...wish I could be there!
Liisa
Posted by: Liisa | September 15, 2008 at 12:57 PM
By the time I arrived at 9:30, just about every crown was gone, in fact just about everything was gone!! It was a great show and I loved to see how well it was attended!! Donna, you create beautiful art, thanks for the look!! Sally Case
Bubbling Cauldron
Posted by: sally case | September 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Great show, and it was great to meet you. Hope to see you again and soon.
Posted by: Debbie Addie | September 15, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Loved the show, glad to have met you. Hope to see you soon.
Posted by: Debbie Addie | September 15, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Thank you, thank you for sharing the show for us poor folks who were unable to attend. What a feast for the eyes! I'm in So. Cal. but will travel North next year if there is to be a repeat show! - Amy Bauer
Posted by: sadie527 | September 15, 2008 at 09:32 AM
It looks amazing! I would have been like a kid in a candy store.
Karla
Posted by: Karla | September 15, 2008 at 08:08 AM
wow.... many and varied displays....beautiful, quirky, unusual... all of that and more......congratulations ladies on your first Tinsel and Treasures show...!!
Posted by: BumbleVee | September 15, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Hats off to all you amazingly talented and charming ladies! Thanks for posting photos of all the treasures I didn't get to see. That will teach me for sleeping in that extra half hour. Next time I'll bring my sleeping bag! CONGRATULATIONS Donna! You're a STAR!
Posted by: Melissa | September 15, 2008 at 07:38 AM
Congrats to all! Everyone's displays looked FABU! Thank you for the photos. So glad it was a great day! Yes, Iva is a very special woman!
xox
Constance
Posted by: rochambeau | September 15, 2008 at 07:30 AM
Fantastic fotos! Women rule! I really do love your work and I am always impressed by the vision of others.
Posted by: Debbie York | September 15, 2008 at 06:55 AM
All I Can Say Is WOW!!!!!
Amazing talent!!!!!!!
I would love to tour your Studio!
Cheers to you! Sherry
Posted by: Prairie Home-Sherry | September 15, 2008 at 06:40 AM
Everything is so *MaGiCAL*. Thank you for sharing this wonderful event!
Hugs!
Nancy
Posted by: Nancy ~ Fete et Fleur | September 14, 2008 at 09:31 PM
Oh wow! Everything looks awesome! I wish I could have been there... maybe some day. It sounds like it was a huge hit and will be an annual event..?
Posted by: Lana | September 14, 2008 at 08:09 PM
The pictures are wonderful..it must have been even better in person. Thanks for sharing all the fun and beauty.
Posted by: Holley | September 14, 2008 at 06:00 PM
WOW...I am drooling all over every photo. AMAZING work by all.
Lori
Posted by: vintage flair | September 14, 2008 at 05:43 PM
Looks like a wonderful show. How great that so many blogger got to meet each other while enjoying great art.
Posted by: Mo'a | September 14, 2008 at 05:33 PM
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!!
What an incredible display of amazingly talented artists! You all look like you had so much fun, and the table tops were literally brimming with such wonderful creations... for a moment I felt like I was four years old again, and the Sears Wish Book had arrived.... time to drool and make a list!
Hope I can come see it all in person some day. Donna, all of your things are (were... I'm sure they're all sold!) just beautiful! And I know you put enormous effort into getting it all ready... it paid off in spades! Now, time for a nap, Queenie Dear... you've earned it.
xoxo
Karen
Posted by: Karen from A`Musements | September 14, 2008 at 04:58 PM
Oh Donna, what a wonderful display of art. I would loved to be able to attend. Thank you for sharing
Karen
Posted by: Karen Young | September 14, 2008 at 04:51 PM
How sweet you are Donna!! It wouldn't have been a show without all of you wonderfully talented artists and all the truly nice people who came to be a part of it!! Best of all, you're all my friends and what fun we had sharing our art. Thank YOU dear Donna for your friendship, support and generosity. Time to think about next year!!
Love and hugs...Iva
Posted by: Iva's Creations | September 14, 2008 at 03:15 PM