Valentines Show and Tell/Sell at Blue Lagoons 2015

Renita and I winter in a small park. Its spaces are relatively small but the reason we all come back is because of the people. So when we arrived I asked the office if we could set up a Valentines Show and Tell/Sell, allowing all the crafters and artists a chance to exhibit and meet each other, (although the quilters had already formed a nice group and have weekly sessions).

So the day arrived and I was a little nervous but soon others showed up and quickly filled the small recreation hall with examples of everyone’s work. Pat and Nancy held up some new material that Pat is going to use in a quilt and she stated that, “It’s a shame to cut such beautiful material,” (a question we always ask before cutting our new rocks and fossils).

Diane exhibited her jewelry and Doris showed her crocheted scarves. Renita has been quite busy with her kumihimo and so she has made quite a nice display of satin necklaces. Sharon has started quilting and even though she is a relatively new crafter she showed off her designs and beautiful work. It’s such an advantage to meet and share with other crafters and she mentioned that Pat has been  her mentor.

A newcomer to the park Chuck and His wife Deb, saw the notice of the show and brought a small sample of his photography and wood carvings. He talked about how he carves and then paints each fish before placing them in a natural display, (as most were trout we talked about fly fishing and I invited him to come out to Wyoming to fly fish the different cutthroat trout).

One of the new things in our display is that we have separated out the jewelry and rocks by state and I think it allows people to see some of the material available, especially in the West. The Montana Moss agate case, (it’s an extremely hard agate and takes a long time on the wheels to eliminate any scratches), for example is filled with cabochons we have ground from rocks that we collected along the Yellowstone River

As the afternoon passed more people arrived and the show became quite busy.  As there is very little extra parking here it was mostly people from the park, (the show is not advertised), but everyone agreed that they had had a nice day. The short show was over and still some people arrived to look at the examples of the parks crafter’s love. Thank you all for making a contribution to the show. Clear skies