Life – Page 6 – Amanda Milke

Market, bookings & new paint

August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 by Amanda, posted in 2014 Artwork, acrylic, anniversary, Art, Art Events, art supplies, Artist, commission, creative, Fort Saskatchewan, Home Studio, In Progress creations, Jewelry, Life, paint

I blame WordPress.
Why you ask?
Well I set up that whole reminder to blog feature whenever the last time I posted was and it’s yet to remind me.

OK lousy excuse I know but really you already know I’m terrible at this so you should come to expect it by now 😉

Where I’ve been:

As I’m sure you’ve guessed the local Farmer’s market is well underway so every Thursday I’ve been busy selling my hand painted/ hand made jewellery there and working on the custom orders that have come from it the rest of the week.

Also I have a baby who hates to be more than a few inches away from me and a 2 1/2yr old that’s always “exploring” something so my hands are full with life in general but it’s all good!

Despite these two sweet and incredibly cute challenges. I have been busy booking up the rest of my year.
Next Saturday I’ll be attending the Bon Accord Harvest Days Market.

Then the following Saturday Aug 16 I’ll be set up for the Downtown Sale in Fort Sask
and then, I’ll be celebrating our 10th wedding Anniversary on the 21st while working at the market (unless we decide to skip 😉
In terms of bookings I also have two Christmas marketplaces booked for 3 days at the end of November so I imagine I’ll be busy stocking up on Art & Jewellery for those events too.

Speaking of making Art,
I’ve discovered some new paint pens. Liquitex has put out a line of Professional paint markers that I am dying to try and are currently sitting in my digital shopping cart waiting for me to buy them 🙂 soon my precious ones soon lol [if you’ve tried em, let me know what you think of them!]

I’m hoping they work well because I think it’ll be just the thing I need to finish off my latest couple of pieces.

Anyway I should grab some sleep before baby’s next feeding.
Have a good night and I’ll try to talk again sooner…If it makes you feel less neglected, my close friends & I talk even less frequently.

Cheers,
Amanda

Just Create

May 26, 2014May 26, 2014 by Amanda, posted in collage, female artist, Fort Saskatchewan, Home Studio, ideas, Inspiration, Life, Paintings, Social Commentary, Uncategorized

Live life creatively--collage — Live life creatively–collage

A little food for thought today

Quote from the Online Plein Air Magazine by artist Rusty Jones

“We all have to accept ourselves for who we are and not try to chase after some other approach to painting.

There’s a point at which we have to stop listening to the voices of our teachers, forget what we have seen in art books and exhibitions, and just paint intuitively.

We have to accept that our personal statement will emerge without making a concerted effort to find it.”

Pretty Packages

November 5, 2013 by Amanda, posted in 2013 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, art discussions, art supplies, canada, Christmas, commission, creative, Etsy Shop, events, female artist, For Sale, Home Studio, Jewelry, Life, My Creations, Pregnancy

I’ve been mostly off the grid lately creating jewelry for several upcoming Christmas craft sales

November 16th “Something Special Craft & Gift Sale” 10am – 4pm at the Fort Saskatchewan Legion in Fort Sask., AB
November 23rd “Christmas in the Country” 10am – 4pm at the St. Michael Rec Center in St. Michael, AB
November 30th “Christmas Marketplace” from 12pm- 7pm at the Dow Centennial Center in Fort Saskatchewan, AB

and

working on branding my home Art & Jewelry Biz which can be a fine blend of fun and daunting, especially when you are a one woman show (who is pregnant and juggling a toddler lol)

But it’s all been coming along pretty well, I just despise all the initial start-up costs, (some day I will get ahead *Lord willing*)

I’ve never really been one for branding, probably because I like to dabble too much and hate the pretensions that can go with a marketed image but I do understand the power of advertising.

So I started working on all the paraphernalia that is required to make a business really pop, the packaging & displays!

And what better way to do that than through COLOUR!

I tried to keep things simple but bright.

All my displays are black because it makes the perfect backdrop for all the colors I use.

And I didn’t want to be tied down to the stereotypical paintbrush icon so instead I used a color spectrum and a black splash of paint with my initials as my logo, simple yet bright and isn’t too constraining to be tied down to.

I’m pretty happy with it.

Now go shop lol Hurry Christmas will be quickly upon us and I have some great items for gifts & stocking stuffers 🙂

Cheers,

Amanda

Busy Busy Busy

October 9, 2013 by Amanda, posted in 2013 Artwork, Art, Art Events, Artist, Birth, canada, Christmas, Etsy Shop, events, female artist, For Sale, Home Studio, Jewelry, Life, Pregnancy, Uncategorized

No I have not dropped off the planet…again.

I was away visiting family and since returning home I have been inundated with prenatal appointments for baby #2.

On top of that I been posting like mad to my Etsy shop uploaded a whole bunch of fun and colorful jewelry.

You should go check it out:

www.Etsy.com/ca/shop/AMilkeArtStudio

So yes I’ve been working on jewelry, no I haven’t been working on much Art.

That’s primarily because I have 3 Jewelry related events coming up in November that I’m working away at getting inventory stocked up for.

So if you’re in the area come check out these Events:

November 16th, 2013

“Something Special Craft and Gift Sale” held at the Fort Saskatchewan Legion in the Normandy Room.

November 23rd, 2013

Is the “4th Annual Christmas in the Country” held in St. Michael, St. Michael Rec Centre.

And Finally

November 30th, 2013

“Christmas Marketplace” hosted by the Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce and is being held at the Fort Saskatchewan’s Dow Centennial Centre

I will be at Booth #49 as soon as you walk in the doors!

If you plan on attending this event, I have a special Christmas treat for you.

Print off the coupon below and bring it to this event to receive 15% off your purchase 🙂

I plan on having tons of goodies in stock for these events including pretty much everything you see on my Etsy site for Jewelry as well as some lovely hand painted bracelets, bookmarks and pendants, sure to be one of a kind.

Hope to see tons of you out to these wonderful events!

Cheers for now!

Amanda

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