So for those of you who have never been to GRAPEFEST in good old historic Grapevine, Texas - you have to go! It is TOO MUCH fun. I will be there as usual as Barbed Heart Creations, selling my custom handcrafted baubles and beads - but Im changing it up for 2009. For the last 6 years or so, I have participated as a regular vendor, i.e., I had a booth in the Arts/Crafts section and you could find me either on Main St amid the herd of white tents or on one of the little side streets. This year however, I will be enjoying Grapfest and selling my wares from the air-conditioned comfort of ANDERSONS TEXAS TRADING CO.owned and operated by my buddies Shawn and Cyndi Anderson. They are currently the exclusive retailer of my jewelry line and they have gracioulsy agreed to let me to set up shop in their store and host a "trunk show" of sorts. Yea! Now... I will truly miss having my booth out in the the middle of Main St. I love to be in amongst the crowds, hang with all my booth groupies, people watch, laff at all the folks who indulged a bit too much at the wine tastings, etc.
My Roadies... :-)
But what I wont miss: 1. The mad cow scramble to get my booth set up and all my stuff displayed the day before.
2. The heat.
3. My makeup melting and running down my face until I look like some kind of creature from the Dawn of the Dead.
4. The heat.
5. Spending 4 long days on the hot asphalt with the sun beating down on the tent and my feet swelling to Fred Flintstone like proportions and constantly dusting and straightening my tables!
6. The heat.
7. Oh yeah...on the off chance it rains, I wont miss scurrying around like a drowning rat trying to get my tables covered and the tent flap down. Did I mention the hurricane that blew threw LAST year on the busiest day of festival? There were vendor bits and pieces blowing everywhere!
8. And lastly...the heat.
O.k., Im done complaining about the heat.
On to more about Grapefest!
In addition to my jewelry, (sample pic above) I will be kicking off my new addiction - photography.BARBED HEART PHOTOGRAPHY- of course! We'll see how it goes. Im still very much an amateur but you have to start some where. So, come on out and see me. I'll be at Andersons on Main pretty much the whole time. Even if you arent in the market for my bling or photos, come by any way and start your Christmas shopping in Andersons. Its a great store and they have an amazing selection upscale Texas decor, holiday items, Santas, all kinds of fun stuff! See ya' at Grapfest in a couple of weeks. I'll close with the following pic of my baby girl Gypsy. Thanks to Ree, The Pioneer Woman I learned about a super cool, super inexpensive lens that I am loving! Its a short portrait lens and it is so much fun! I overexposed her "snout" a bit on one side but its still a good pic of the old girl! I used a black and white PS Action to convert the color and hand tinted her eyes to keep them blue. Its hard to tell in this small version but the full size is pretty neat. Enjoy -
Adios- Rhonda B
