News — Lowertown Arts and Music Festival

It's been over a month since we last posted! We can't let that happen again as there's so much to catch you up on. We are in our trifecta month (so appropriately named since our state's most anticipated event happens in the same month....the Kentucky Derby), three shows in back to back weekends. We just got home from the Spring Tennessee Craft Fair/Nashville. If you've never attended or exhibited there, you should. It's a wonderfully operated show and the artists who exhibit there are top notch. This coming weekend (May 13-14) we are westward bound again....this time to Paducah, Kentucky...

Tis the season for show season juries. We love show season (March-October)!  It's a lot like putting on a play (yes, I was a theatre major) as it's so much more than making canes and creating jewelry.  There are boxes and bags to order, jewelry findings to purchase, repairing and/or freshening up our booth and booth displays, not to mention updating our wholesale line sheets. After everything is ready, there's still the packing and the actual getting there. We're very fortunate when our families schedules match up and they caravan with us.  It's a constant build up until the show...