“Because I make journals, I hear so many stories of what people are going through. These books are containers for traveling to new places, memories from a grandparent, every kind of grief, gratitude journals, a journey through healing cancer, and countless others. I really appreciate that I can create a concrete tool for others to use. It can be a tool for healing or remembering or processing or recording or learning or painting, etc. I also appreciate the connection that it creates…between my customers and I but also my customers with themselves or their friends or family. A handmade journal is a rather intimate and thoughtful gift. It’s an honor to get to be a part of that.”

Read the full interview here.

Thanks to The Lane Report for including one of my journals in their promotion of the Kentucky Arts Council's Give a Gift from KY! To learn more about Give a Gift from KY, go here.

You can see more of the Lane Report here.

In preparation for the Berea Craft Festival, I joined Tara Bellando at WKYT.  It was on July 4th for a short interview about the festival.  I said it there, and I'll say it again...Indian Fort Theater is one of my favorite venues.  It is such a beautiful wooded area and feels enchanting with all the high quality artists that participate in this festival.  Some of my favorite artists are there, and it really feels like we are all a family getting back together. 

This year, the weather vacilated between clear skies and sunny to torrential downpours.  It went back and forth every day throughout the show.  One of my booth neighbors luckily had a shovel so I was able to dig a trench and divert the rivers that wanted to pass through my booth.  I felt like a little kid playing in the mud.  We also have had such a drought that we needed the rain.  During one of the rain storms, Josie (of Mayapple Creations) and I grabbed hula hoops and danced around in it.  Sometimes, it helps to just go ahead and embrace the inevitable. 

Oh, I also finally got a new chair and am so excited that I simply must show you.

Another artist, Steve, gave my a labyrinth that he made.  He had seen my labyrinth logo at a gallery show we did together and was inspired to do the design.  I love that he shared it with me!