Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in Austin

Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp is going to the Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market in Austin!!! For people in the Austin area this show will be an amazing opportunity to support artists and crafters directly with your holiday shopping.

I will be sharing a booth with my talented Christmas Twin, Ben Blanchard. Ben will be selling his art and other lovely creations. I will be bringing handmade clothing and note cards.

If you come to the show and mention this blog post I will give you 20% off of any of my items you purchase at the show. Hope to see you there!

Sewing sewing sewing

Today is my birthday! And what am I doing? Working of course. This is the blog of a confessed workaholic after all.

I thought I’d share some new pieces I have been working on as of late.

Stop by Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp to check them out or follow us on facebook to be kept up-to-date on our soon-to-be on-line store for clothing!

What’s new in the studio?

It has been busy here at Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp! I have been working on some big drawing projects, sewing a bunch and working with a ton of Health Coaching clients. Thought I’d give you a peak of what’s been going on around here.

Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp Print Ad

I’ve been having a lot of fun the past few months using my drawings to generate print ads for our local monthly paper, The Patagonia Regional Times.

Dresses

I’ve been working on lots of new dress designs as of late. I’m working on filling up the rack at Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp. I’m still working towards opening a dress shop on-line, as I used to with Mellifluous Couture. I’ve even been thinking that I will do the line in fabric which I design myself.

For now, here are some of the new pieces I’ve been creating.

Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp: A Living Studio

For almost two weeks now I have officially been in my own little studio. I’m calling it a living studio as I feel it is a lovely umbrella term that covers the diverse things I’ll be doing in the space.

I originally started looking for a space to rent as my Health Counseling and Marketing Consulting work have been quite busy and working out of our apartment was becoming increasingly challenging to work out of.

Joel and I have long dreamed of owning a shop. Our favorite past time when we lived in Brooklyn was strolling around neighborhoods purusing some of our favorite shops such as or sodafine. We dreamt so much we even settled on the name Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp.

I had the space mapped out in my head even though with New York City rents being what they are I knew there was only the slimmest hope I could ever get a space.

Now in Patagonia it seems that dream has finally come true. It is eery how much this space resembles the one I always imagined in my mind. Even the color of the turquoise wall is exactly as I thought it would be.

Now that the space is set up I will be offering much in the way of products and services. Of course I’ll feature my art and clothing as well as Joel’s paintings. I’ve been working on more greeting cards using my drawings and prints. I’ve been taking custom clothing orders again as well.

I’ll also be offering health counseling services here whether it be in-person or over the phone. My Marketing Consulting business has been taking off more than I could ever imagine. It will be lovely to finally have a professional space to meet with clients in!

I will also be offering a selection of products from all over the country that is either created by artists or supports artists. The first things I’ve gotten in the shop are by Little Otsu one of my favorite presses.

I hope to see you at Tumbleweed & Poppleswamp soon! We’re located at 299 McKeown Ave, Patagonia, AZ and our number is 520.394.0055. You can follow us on Facebook as well!