Tiny 'lil business card holder.

02/12/14

Cedar center, nylon threads in Espresso and Silver, various grasses, palm frond and Pine needles.  Little wood beads for accent.

Happy Valentine's day!!!

Tiny and cute...but not sappy!

Makes me think "Luck of the Irish".

02/08/14

I really like the way this wood and the beads with the little touch of blue dressed this one up.

And finally...

Hmmmm.....

I'm thinking green.

And this is what we have so far.  Love, love, love this wood. I think it is Oak.

My handbag/box is coming along nicely.

2/03/14

Number two so far this week.

And now it is complete!

Cute! Cute! Cute!

It's growing!

And it decided that it wanted a white palm frond (palm frond is white before the frond open and as a fan/frond it turns green) rim with brown wood beads.

Another lil test!

Trying to see if the feed is working for the new Earth Baskets Facebook page.

Lots of news...

January 24, 2014

I have decided that with the beginning of the new year I would do some house cleaning with regards to my basket business.

To start with I made a new e mail, however, the old one will still reach me.  The new one is EarthBaskets@gmail.com.  It is all set up and running as we speak.

Then I discovered that I cannot simply change the name on a Facebook fan page.  So I created another one...Earth Baskets of course, I have already been posting on it also.

Then I even started a new blog, all of which is terribly time consuming.  You not only have to build these sites, you also have to promote an online presence, even more time consuming.  On top of that I never have had much on-line luck, even when I had an Etsy and an Artfire and worked them every day for 2 years (as far as sales).  I have come to the conclusion that my baskets started to sell once folks could pick them up, smell and feel them.  So why am I putting myself through this??? 

I don't want to spend so much time on line that I have to fight for time to MAKE the art.  So I will keep the new email, the new Facebook and I am going to change the name of this blog to Earth Baskrts also.  Nice and uniform, easy peasy.  I just have to get them all connected and then it will only be a few minutes a day for maintenance.

Pandula Arts Creations served its purpose and all of the time and effort antics successes and failures are still readily available.  But now I want things to run in a more streamline fashion.  I hope it makes things easier for you also. 

So keep watching, and I will try to make these changes as easy as possible.

Now for a couple of pictures...only one little one and the start of another.

It worked...

So keep watching there will be more consistency in my postings now!

Test, test....

I am going to try and do a short post from my new ph. Let's see how it works.

These are the tw tiny baskets that sold this weekend.  Plus I had a lady leave a small deposit on another, and yet another wanting a class!!! Now I want to just keep the momentum going.

For those who have not already seen the pic, this is a " box " basket I am working on currently.  It will eventually become a messesger bag that I will use myself.  I will use another piece of wood cut the same as this one for a lid.  Maybe a leather strap, or a beautiful scarf...

Gorgeous right.

Now let's see if this posts.  Wish me luck.

Okay! Just a few pics this time.

Well...I am back from Austin.

December 31, 2013...the last day of 2014!

How come no one told me that it snows in Texas...or that it is hilly?  I was thinking hot and flat, took shorts, capri's and one sweatshirt.  lol 

Thanksgiving was nice and relaxed, good food and good people.  My daughter seems to be surrounded by people who care about her.

I am still glad to see the holidays be over.

I have indeed made some goals for the new year.  Notice I did not call them New Years resolutions.  Most are related to my basket work.  I am looking into getting my business license and a tax receipt.  Then I can at least add in the Wednesday Farmer's market along with the one I work on Saturdays.   I think the biggest challenge will be keeping up with two booths.  I still have a little more research into this so I will let you know what I find out.

I am also going to start keeping records.  Up until this point I have only recorded sales for the last 4 or 5 months (I sold 6 in one day right before I left for Austin WOOOHOOO!).  Now I want to create a ledger, number my creations, list sales and also take deductions for my very few supplies that must be bought.  I also want to stretch my creativity and try some new ideas with my baskets.  Maybe even take in a few art shows and such.

For now I will show you few pictures and apologize for not being near a computer sooner to bring you, my followers up to date.

First, Crystal's basket for her new appartment in Austin.  She picked the thread and the wood.  Who knew that Pine needles that were sent from GA. would act different (read difficult to handle) in the dry air of Austin Tx.  These pictures were taken with my phone, so please keep in mind I am a weaver and not a photographer.  It turned out a lot prettier in reality.

I fell in love with this piece of Juniper/Cedar and really had to study it for a long while before I could decided how to do the concave section. Sometimes the stitches tend to crowd in on themselves in these kinds of spots.  This one took two tries, and I was sure I would hate the purple thread with it.  But I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!  It is bright though, so no embelishments on this one.  I just let the thread, wood and core materials speak for themselves.  I absolutely love the shape that it took on that end.  Look further down at the pics and you can kind of see what it did.

  No need for things like beads and such.

 

 
Then I went out and bought this neon thread that goes through the primary colors one behind the other.  Much like varigated yarns.  It is certainly not my personal taste, but every time I make one with this thread it sells fast.  I do love the piece of wood though and once again I managed the concave areas with relative ease and no bunching of the stitches.

 
This one is a business card holder and sold in the first ten minutes of the Saturday market this past weekend.

 And then we have the little group shots.

 

Also I managed to book my first class.  This Friday I will be instructing 3 ladies on their boat at a local marina.  Can't wait to sit with a few other folks who are interested in basket art.

Wish me luck!