Time for the Hico Antique Show!

I LOVE this show!  It is May 25-26.  If you are anywhere near Central Texas Memorial Day weekend, you really should swing by.  Think Roundtop Texas Antique show scaled down.   There are so many wonderful vendors with so many antiques and clever artists.  I promise, you will not be disappointed!

It is in the small historic town of Hico, Texas about 2 hrs west of Fort Worth.

I will be selling some of my necklaces, silver handled flowers and maybe some  glass houses if I have enough time to finish them.

Here is a peek at a few of the necklaces that will be for sale at the show..

"BE"

 "bee happy"

"bloom"

"bloom"

"dragonfly"

"faith"

"fly"

"fly"

"fly"

"Grace"

"queen"

"June bug"

"sweet thing"

"Lock and key"

"love"

"propeller"

"seek within"

"sing"

"wander"

"fly"

"fly"

I had really good sales at the last show.  I am hoping this year is the same!

Have a great week!

xo

Cindy

{individualism}

I am a drafter by profession.   

The "old style" of drafting and design is still in my blood.

Instead of the computer aided drafting I use today..

where all the drawings look the same..

Same font, same north arrows, same leader lines, same everything.

No individuality.

As a child, I would play with my dad's drafting tools and 

I developed my own style.

In high school and college, we were encouraged to incorporate

our artistic ability into our designs.

I loved the way each designer had their own style.

Some drawings were very clean and simple,

others were quite fancy.

My first drafting jobs were board work, it took longer to do a drawing

and each drafter's drawings were a work of art.

Now days it is quicker to produce a large drawing on the computer.

but the artistic integrity is gone.

I guess we really do live in a "big box" society...

everything needs to be quicker, easier and massed produced.

After 40 hours of following corporate standards, 

nothing  gives me more pleasure than to pull out the mechanical pencil, twirl it around in the old school sharpener and make a fine stroke on vellum paper.

It is nice to be part of a community of bloggers, friends and locals who are true artists, designers, writers, bakers, photographers, etc.,  who take pride in their individualism and encourage other artists to do the same.

  

In this great big world, we are still individuals..