New Directions

My hubby doesn't want to do craft shows any longer and after 27 years of his helping me to schlep to shows, I really do understand although it's been difficult for me to accept the fact that situations do change in life and business and that I have to adapt along with those changes.

I've done a lot of adapting in my 27 years as a crafter. Starting my career as a dollmaker, I switched to creating salt dough ornaments when Cabbage Patch (and her birth certificate) took the country by storm. Two years later I discovered a recipe and instructions for making bread dough roses which would air dry to become very hard and durable and spent the next 20+ years creating with them.

I was sent a recipe for cold porcelain which is very much like bread dough but air dries to be even a bit harder and more durable than bread dough. I tried it, liked it, and have been doing cold porcelain floral jewelry for the past year. I will continue to do a few local shows but my emphasis for this year is to be involved with a few local shops and shops on the internet.

My work can be found at:
www.doughroses.etsy.com
www.rosepetals.artfire.com
www.shophandmade.com
www.handmadecatalog.com

Nothing ventured, nothing gained!!!!