The Shell Lady of Etsy's SeashellsbySeashore & Loving Coastal Living. Sharing personal struggles of living with a chronic illness. A blog featuring a person, not just as a business owner, but as a wife, mother, & woman, just like many other people sharing a common bond for wanting to live life at its fullest- in the hardest of challenges to the greatest of triumphs. Join me as I begin the quest to overcome the statistics of a chronically ill person.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Corpus Christi Festival of the Arts
Here's a small gallery of pictures from the festival- it was held downtown Corpus Christi on the Bayfront. We had gorgeous weather the first day and started off a little scary looking on Sun, but eventually the sun came out and it turned out to be another wonderful day.
I didn't get to leave my booth often, but did try to manage to get off some 'favorite picks' by other artist.
Special Thanks to my Husband, my son, Will- pictured below, for being my helper all weekend, and Carl and Carol Willis.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Lady behind the Shells update
SeaShellsbySeaShore
(@LuckySeaBean) has shared a Tweet with you:
"LuckySeaBean: Trying to drive myself crazy getting ready for the #art show:-) set up today & open Sat & Sun. If you're in #Corpus Christi come see me"
--http://twitter.com/LuckySeaBean/status/51300007214710784
Friday, March 11, 2011
Personal Ramblings from the Lady behind the Shells
I am currently working on a one of a kind Oyster Vase. It is slow, as in order to continue, I have to wait a day for each side (its 4 sided) to dry. Once I get the four sides down, I will then work on filling in the areas between shells. It will be a grand piece- with shades of natural oysters- black, grey, and white.
I have completed 3 new projects- one shown below- which is the driftwood heart frame. I have not been able to list these as available as of yet. My day gets filled with Life and its ups and downs throughout the day, and I continue to struggle everyday with my personal illness. Sometimes I feel I have to take more 'breaks' than I do work just to make it through an entire day and not be in bed in pain by 7pm.
I have a gazillion ideas floating around in my head at all times of things I want to try. I love working with natural found objects, but I certainly have some hidden sides of my art that haven't even been put forward. I know I can accomplish all the ideas at some point, but a bit of impatience sets in the process.
I am also in process of opening a new venue online to buy direct. I love Etsy, but some times I am too easily distracted by all it offers and the social portion of it. Over the next couple months of art shows and creating, I may need to step back from Etsy and focus on my own site, and spending more time creating.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
This is Priceless!
Still trying to figure this out...
Working on updating the blog today and through the next week. Look for some changes soon!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Hope
Hope is a wonderful thing... one little nibble will keep a man fishing all day.
Hope you have a marvelous day!