Art Festivals

It is that time of year when we are snug inside by the fire.  And yet, for the artist, it is time to look at the upcoming summer calendar. Time to apply. Time to rebuild an inventory. 

Here is a list of festivals we hope to get into this year.

March: St. George Art Festival
May: Moab Art Festival
June: Ogden Art Festival,  Utah Art Festival and Logan Art Festival
July: Lake City 4th of July Festival and  Ogden Valley Farmer's Market
August: Bountiful Art Festival and Helper Art Festival
September: Avenues' Street Fair and 9th & 9th Street Fair

Wish us luck!!

What festivals do you like to attend and/or sell at?

Jewelry Making Classes

Summer is under way, and what a fun time to take a jewelry making class.




Classes are held: Mondays & Thursdays 6pm -- 9pm
      AND
Saturdays 9am -- 12 pm   

at the Galleon's Gold Workshop on 12th St. in Ogden, Utah.

Students will learn how to make earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets and anything else you want out of silver, gold and precious stones. 

All skill levels are invited to class.

You are welcome to come as little as once a month or as much as 3x a week --- whatever your schedule dictates.

Please email us for more information. GalleonsGold @ hotmail.com (but with no spaces)

First's night class is always FREE!

Summer fun......

Well, another summer has ended and fall is coming soon.  I do like the cooler evenings and crisp mornings.  I am about finished with canning and Rene is busy with more plans for his jewelry classes and the pieces he wants to make.

We had a fabulous summer at the local markets, though we ended up not doing much with Clearfield and Kaysville Farmer's Markets.  We were just tired!

Next Saturday we will be at the Harvest Moon Festival down on Historic 25th Street in Ogden, Utah.  Among other things, it will be the last of the Farmer's Markets for Ogden.

Our October event was canceled by the planners.

So now, we are getting ready for the holiday events. We should be back at Hill Air Force Officer's Spouses Bazaar in November.  And we would like to do one or two holiday events. I will wait until the plans are finalized before posting what we will do. (But if you know of any Christmas/winter/holiday festivals, please let us know.)

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Remember: we now offer jewelry making classes Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.  We are also able to give demonstrations and one day classes to schools, "girl's night out," church groups, scouts, etc. Please contact us for more information.

Summer Plans 2011

Today is the first day of July and I am finailly feeling better. I have been under the weather the past 6 weeks with some breathing problems and lack of energy.  But the last three days have been great and I am starting to feel like my old self.

We have some fun events planned where we will be vendors.  The events and dates are:

• Huntsville Town 4th of July Celebration
• Clearfield Farmer's Market: (second Wed of each month) July 27, August 10, September 14 and October12
• Kaysville Farmer's Market: (third Thursday of each month) July 21, August 18, September15 and October 6
• Ogden's Historic 25th Street Farmer's Market: July 16, 23, August 27 and September 24
• North Ogden's Art Festival: August 13
• Love Your Body 6k/10k at Thanksgiving Point: October 8
• Hill Air Force Officer's Spouses' Bazaar: November
• Heber City Farmer's Market: tba

Come visit us at our booth and mention you read our blog post and we will give you 10% off your purchase.

a favorite of my favorites...........

Cover of the first Tobasco Donkey's record

This time of year brings bitter sweet memories for me.  My mind drifts back to my college days when after my last the last final of spring semester, I packed up my bags and headed to NorthWestern New Mexico to work at the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch. It was around this time of year that the magic of those summers were start to become yet another reality.  And on top of it all, I was paid to backpack, camp and be in the outdoors of the Sandgre de Cristo Mountains (with a fabulous ratio of boys to girls)!!

I met many, many amazing people there ----- and cherish too many sweet memories to blog about.

However, some of my favorite memories are of the many campfire programs that staff put on for the scouts.  Songs, stories and poems about love, America and the great outdoors.  As with most camping activities, there is something special that happens at night around the soft glows of warm flames.

A few of my friends, over the course of several summers formed a band and even went on to record two records.  I have Philmont Phriends Music listed as a favorite, but I should list them as their band title, Tobasco Donkeys.

Their music is gentle and fun; a mix of campfire favorites and ballads; soul and folk; and always a comfort when I am longing for yet another chance to go HOmE (as we like to call Philmont).  They have a few free downloads on their website for enjoyment (and I would add them to this post, but I have no idea how to do that.)

ahhhh--the imfamous Philmont photo

Tonight, my highlight is also a public thank you to Dirty Larry, Andy Gerhart, Ron Powers, Doug Cram, Peter Bingen, Mike Griffis, Eric Voss, Bob Brown, Alex Ave, Reid Templeton and Trish Dailey for letting me keep my Philmont memories alive through music.

Other campfire music from Philmont: http://www.toothoftimetraders.com/philmont/dept.asp?s_id=0&dept_name=Music&dept_id=6679&WT.svl=dept

Summer

WOW! I just realized it has been over a month since I posted something. Well, summer is here, what can I say... we've been busy at the park, swimming, gardening and all that goes with summer.

Rene has been building his inventory of beautiful jewelry.

For our friends in Ogden Valley, please check out the back side of Ogden Valley News. We have a fun new ad that will run the next month or so.

And for our crafty friends, check out The County Register (Utah version) . Did you see our ad there?

Have a great one!!