Heading to Rangeley, Maine this weekend where I will be showcasing eko-banz hats and other items this Saturday, September 3 at the Trail Town Festival 2016! This annual event is now in its 4th year of honoring everything related to the Appalachian Trail, which passes through the western mountains several miles to the north of my studio and home, and just south of Rangeley. This event celebrates one of the longest marked trails in the country! At 2,186 miles long, hikers follow the white blaze marker through 14 different states! Each section of the trail has its own unique characteristics, and the 282 miles through Maine are known as the most strenuous and remote. I recently shuttled a young woman...
The weather has been amazing and we just returned from a few incredible days down on the coast of Maine! Sadly, although it is only August I already see back to school items in the stores and in another few weeks the leaves will begin their annual chromatic changes. Soon after that there will be a slight nip in the air as Autumn makes her way into our lives! Before all this happens I want to take the time to showcase a few summer themed new fabrics I came upon! Sunflowers and lobsters will keep those brilliant summer memories fresh in our minds! You can find them here on the website, or in my new Etsy store ! Keep that summer...
Moving right along! Behind the scenes so much is going on! I am gaining on the inventory and planning ahead, ordering new prints and finding new sources for textiles. I am still so pumped about all these fun, whimsical fabrics and I can't wait until photos are done and website is loaded to give a good shout out to the virtual world! Shopify has great online learning tools and are very supportive of their clients. I get regular e-mails chock full of great info, and a lot of encouragement! I just need to keep my focus and finish one phase before I start another .....so many ideas and so little time! Be on the lookout for new prints,new hat styles...
I love the New Year! I hope 2016 is a powerful and fulfilling year for you! I am always excited about the fresh start January brings. I find myself full of renewed hope in the adventures to come and embrace the extra minutes of light January brings as if it were hours! I love it. I also love ordering new fabrics, and did I get some great ones! Holographic spandex prints with little dots of red, yellow, blue and purple! Firey fabrics in greens and blues! Oh, and just to throw in a bit of whimsy a black spandex with the full range of emojis as well as a wonderful print showcasing your favorite felines!! Yes, a true Cat Hat!!...
Life is all about adventure! Sometimes not the ones we anticipate, but adjusting to what comes your way can be incredibly rewarding and almost always has a silver lining of some kind! I find myself in such a position and have found the last few months working on "Eko-banz" to be incredibly exciting and fun filled. I have enjoyed every aspect, but am especially fueled by the bold prints and vivid colors of the fabrics! I am familiar with making things by hand, having spent over 20 years making and selling wood-fired pottery. While still active in the clay studio, I was searching for something that offered a little more ease. Clay can be humbling and difficult, and although it...
