City Arts Market at Eastern Market May 31, 2008

It was fun today, and a really great art selling day..despite the near tornado!!! I was sentimental, as my first day of ever selling my art was last year, opening day of Eastern Market...remember me on the sidewalk:-)
I am truly enjoying making things I love from things I find...things that would have been thrown away. I am really enjoying making new friends and seeing old Eastern Market area neighbors return...like the guy who wore orange pants last November to Community Arts Market, and today he looked kind of eccentric too. funny things like that. And also, I enjoy talking to the area residents...like the guy who's been clean for 18 months, etc...
I hope all those little girls love their custom name signs, I enjoyed making them.
see you all next week:-)
Maggie

It's Showtime...

Tomorrow is City Arts Market at Eastern Market, the opening day...9-3:00...
I am really excited to see everyone!
When I look at all the things I've painted since I was last there in December...it makes me laugh!
I have so many things- you should see my car right now, I'm loaded up like a gypsy...furniture nearly busting out the windows...
Also, I really worked up to the last minute. I never paint the day before a show, but today I made 10 magnets, 4 little girl things, put the wire back on a Mary plaque, made all the labels for my crosses.
I also am breaking tradition in that I always do a mock set-up before the big day, but I didn't this time, so I will see what it all looks like tomorrow.
And so much more color this year...everything looked neat at the Punk Rock Flea Market, but this stand will be twice as big, so I'll have fun at 8:15 in the morning laying it all out.
if anyone is coming by early, please bring Miss Maggie a croissant. :-)
See you there!

Check out my interview and you could win a tile!

http://solysombracreations.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-comment-giveaway.html

This is my friend Strawberry's blog...her work is GORGEOUS!
check out the tile she made of me and my son!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I show it to everyone who comes to the house.

She interviewed me and now my interview is on her new blog. Comment this week on her blog about it and you could win a beautiful tile made by her! http://creativevoices1.blogspot.com/

Thanks Strawberry and good luck everyone!

Punk Rock Flea Market at The Chameleon Club

Thanks to everyone who came to my booth today- I hope all you buyers love your stuff! It's fun to think that there are (multiple!) people out there tonight hanging my art on their walls!!!!
It was really fun, and so good see everyone.
If you want more of me, I'll be at City Arts Market, May 31 at Eastern Market.
I am tired from carrying my stuff down 3 flights of stairs, but it was really worth it! (and everyone was super nice!)
i felt like my name should be Maggie Light-Bright! today. When you came down the stairs from the upper level, my stuff by the Tiki Bar was like...colorific world:-)
c ya!

Amen!

I am now making crosses and I'm loving it! I've wanted to do this for about a year. They are turning out so pretty!!!!
Come to the Punk Rock Flea Market at the Chameleon Club on May 17 from 12-5 and check out my table. It will be VERY VERY Mexicano (in a "Maggie French Folk Art" kind of way)!!!!!!

Dream chair is back....!

From the studio and art bar in York...it's ready to go on the road with me (well 5 minutes down the road!) to the Punk Rock Flea Market at the Chamelon club, May 17 12-5. Be there or be square.