studio sale THIS weekend!

ah - life.  it's beautiful.  it's true.  it's ours.  this week i get the studio ready to welcome you all into the doors for some amazing fun!  in celebration of the summer of fun ((what i've declared 2014 to be!)) i've asked 5 other artist friends to join me in offering art + supplies this special weekend.  so much can help you prepare for those rainy summer days, too!

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hope you in-towners can make it!  

xo.

a show! a show! Handmade Harvest Craft Show

Handmade Harvest Craft Show

returning to the circuit with a lovely show ::

hope to see you there! 

Strawberry Street Festival THIS Saturday!

Ooh! i'm excited. bright smiles. fun stories. and lots and lots of amazing artisans will be at the Strawberry Street Festival THIS Saturday in Richmond, VA.

my sweet son attends Fox and i've been at this market 6+ years. it's among my favorite and this year serves as my final for the season as i shift my attention to caring for the growing baby within.

THIS week i will have FRESH for you ::

original watercolors! ((offered for the first. time.))
new wisdom cards.
new prints! ((including the peacock!))
mixed media canvases ((love, love, love these!))
and drop necklaces! ((oh, my!))

some works & wears offered at special prices for Mother's Day!

i'd like this show to be my best. ever. spring bada bing was fantastic, and i know that this saturday can knock my socks off. i hope it knocks your socks off, too.

sending light and love and appreciation to you and yours! if you can't come out and see me this weekend, you know you can find so much goodness in the etsy shop, with more added next week!

peace to you and yours.

a show! a show! :: Spring Bada Bing!

Spring Bada Bing

Spring Bada Bing is one of two annual shows hosted by the Richmond Craft Mafia.  as a member of the group and a long-time vendor, i look forward to this show every April.  this year we mark a new location on the northisde of richmond.  i'm looking forward to being at the show and seeing you there!

i'll have new folded cards, new prints, and new wisdom cards!  i also hope to have some newly completed mixed media canvases i'm very, very excited about.  each of these works feed my soul as i work in the studio to create them.  my heart goes into each piece and i'm always so touched to hear how they speak to you.

so make plans to come THIS saturday and tell me all about life these spring days!

xo.

Handmade Holiday THIS Saturday!

in the studio: Birthday Celebrations + how to have your own!

here you see the inside of a mini creativity kit for the birthday gal soon to have a birthday celebration in the studio.

vintage stamps, buttons, sequins, rik rak, fabric, feathers, papers... a sweet sampling for mixed media fun.

coin envelopes and acid free paper are ready for mixed media invitation creations.  these can be uses as little gifts for the guests to receive when they attend the celebration gathering as well.

the box is lovingly wrapped with a sweet little card from me.  a photo from called to create adorns the front, with a lovely little clothespin.  i may add a little wooden print circle to the clothespin as an extra special treat. 

for your own Birthday Celebration in the art+spirit studio, which includes a Birthday Celebration Menu of art+spirit projects that you can select for you and your guests to create during the gathering. 

We celebrate together, enjoy the food and drinks (you provide your own) with a table set banquet style with art materials (i provide). Birthday Celebrations are meant to be a time of creative party in a sacred space honoring the birth and life of those we celebrate and love. i lead you into a celebration of friendship through guided imagery and our hands create.  we create our own works to take home and create a piece for the birthday celebrant. in the process, we name the one we love and what he or she adds to our life.  we name these blessings aloud and write them on paper.  we bless the birthday gathering through our time, creative energy, and presence togther.

Birthday Celebrations are a way to bless those we gather with and a way to bless the one who gathers us together.   i love that a fellow sister & kindred spirit speaks to this as similar to a blessingway. what a lovely comparison. we bless the child within. we bless the soul we are now. we know we are loved and we share the love we have for others in this sacred space together.

read about my son's Birthday Celebration & a local author's Birthday Celebration.

How to book your Creativity Circle Birthday Celebration!

    if you love to gather with your kindred spirits, family, and friends around a table, share stories, and celebrate through creativity, your next birthday should be celebrated in the art+spirit studio!  we gather together in celebration with food, drink, and craft. projects are created around the table with the invitation to create provided by the artist & hostess, suzanne l. vinson. to schedule yours, contact suzanne at slsvinson@me.com.

picture a table filled with food and drinks and a banquet style table filled with vessels of colorful ribbons, vintage buttons, thread, sequins, rik rak, ... with colorful candles lit.  sewn goodness sample project: each brings his or her own felted sweater and we create in celebration of life and friendship.  each works to create a custom wreath for the birthday one and leaves with projects made with willing hands.  other project choices are on the birthday celebration menu, which you will receive when you contact suzanne.

$225 + food & drinks (or bring your own) for a 2.5 hour party for up to 12 guests. you can extend the length to 3.5 hours for an additional $75. 
$2-4 material fee per guest (varies depending on the project)