Archive for the ‘In the Studio’ Category
What an exciting day… well, that is the last 3 days. We have been playing around with our new photo equipment. We have taken photos of most of the HBS Line Boards, and we have taken some new jury slide shots as well. Overall, I am pleased. I love what computer technology has made available to regular old people like me. Cropping, adjusting the exposure… good stuff! Make sure to reallllly explore the updated web-page. There are changes on most of the pages.
We head to the Rosen Wholesale show this weekend to meet with our stores (www.buyersmarketofamericancraft.com)… then off to the Poconos the next week to sell to the public (www.poconocrafts.com)! Always a good time! Come visit us!
Say a prayer for Hayden Brook Studios as we delve deeper into cyber space. We have made an investment into some photo equipment so that we can take better photos of our work. See our “Design Line Board” inside this white tent. The tent will help to eliminate hot-spots from bright lights needed to illuminate our work for photography. This provides an even and consistent light. (EZ Cube Link). We also got a gorilla pod tripod for our camera. We now need to get busy snapping off the shots of our work. GorillaPod link
WHOLESALE CRAFTS.COM – We are looking into selling our work on this website…. wholesale of course. It should be a great addition to our wholesale shows. We have been exploring their web-site and talking to them this week. It looks like it could be a “fit”. Visit the link: wholesalecrafts.com.
I went to the Goggle Works Factory in Reading, PA to learn the fine craft of silversmithing in precious metal clay. I loved it. I left that day with these finished pieces in hand. I would like to use PMC in the Hayden Brook jewelry line-up for 2011. I am so excited about this new medium. It is perfectly delightful to play with this full quality clay. Mind you, it does have its quirks. I am glad to have taken the class. I would have wasted more money than the cost of the class trying to navigate through the intricacies of the medium. The teacher , Wendy Schuster, did a fabulous job leading the class on this great adventure. I was very pleased. The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen has a high standard of excellence. I took this course though their Workshops Series. Here is a link to the courses that they are offering at this time. GO! Learn something new. It invigorates the soul! PA GUILD WORKSHOPS
Meet Terry, on the right. She is the person on the Hayden Brook Team whom most of our shoppers never get to meet. She isn’t usually present at any but the Home Show. AHhhh Terry! She makes my life run smoothly. She has been with us for years. She knows all the lines, and makes some of everything that we do. Plus, we have our very own special language that only we can read and write! HBS code. She is the only one we can talk to about exciting new glass patterns and colors. She understands my excitement when we have ordered a new kind of glass, but have to wait 3 weeks for it to get here. GAH!
When Terry was considering sub-contracting with us, she made it clear that she would need the freedom to go on her annual missions trip to Haiti, which usually heads out in early March. We agreed without hesitation. Terry’s priorities become our priorities. We adore her!
Terry is getting ready to head back to Haiti this coming Saturday. This trip is more urgent than usual. The earthquake hit exactly where she stays. A lot has changed since last year. The missions team from our church, which always includes Terry, has always stayed with the other woman in this photo. She would make sure they would eat well and be kept safe while they would sleep each night, tucked in tight. This lovely saint is named Setata. She is now numbered among the saints who are permanently dwelling in Heaven. During the earthquake, Setata’s Safe House collapsed on her. She did not survive. Terry will be heading down to the same neighborhood as usual… but the church and many of the key leaders are no longer standing.
Bless you Terry! And… come home safe & well! We need you here at HBS!