Beanblossom Studios

Frida de Mayo

Frida had a big week last week (and so did I, as her loco owner signing up for last minute events and then pulling her hair out prepping)! She was on display at the Altona Grange "Home on the Grange" fundraiser down in Longmont, Colorado. I participated as part of Sister's on the Fly organization (see a sampling of my co-sister's trailers below!). 

Sooooo many people stopped by Frida and toured inside, asked questioned, drooled, wished for their very own vintage trailer/camper, and just were lovely to meet and chat with all day. Also a big thank you to those of you who purchased a "Happy Camper" pillow (my gas tank really thanks you!). 

If you were at the event and came here looking for my resources to find a vintage trailer of your very own, here are some links:

Tin Can Tourists Classifieds
Craigslist RV ads in Boulder (search "vintage")

Craigslist RV ads in Ft Collins (search "vintage")

or this FB page where poeple post ads and CL posts from all over the country:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/VintageCampersForSale/
(you will have to wait for approval to be added to group and PLEASE do read the little rules at the top of the page)

There are endless resources available online, of course. If you need help, please contact me! 

Here is some more trailer candy for your post-lunch dessert:


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Colorado Classic Vintage Rally/Campout at Starlite Campground in Canon City, Colorado (June 6-9)

The French Nest Market in Fort Collins, Colorado (June 15). Come see Frida and sit inside for a little crafty, crafty! 

 

To market, to market...

Jamming into our second month in Colorado. April seemed to both fly by and about 60 days long. I am not sure if that's possible, but when I look back at the month it seems like we did so much in since arriving on March 28.

The frosting and sprinkles on top of the cupcake that I was our first month and a half in Fort Collins was The French Nest Market held downtown in Civic Center Park. Even though my studio and workspace is still not the way I need it in our new space and I had a short production schedule available after going back to Indiana to get our youngest son at college and Frida (the vintage camper), I am so HAPPY that I signed up for this market! What a fabulous day! I am looking forward to June 15 (and every market thru October). I had such a lovely time meeting and talking to people. I really hope if you're reading this after coming on Saturday that you will come back next month and sit in Frida and hang out with me again. Crafty things will be happening inside!



FYI I am in San Diego on a mini-vacation while my husband works. I'll be back at it in the studio on Friday! :)

go with it

go with it pillow available at society6

This is what I do when I am sitting in a coffeehouse not doing what I came here for. And that's okay.

new studio peak

Hello!

Okay. Those bookcases look the same as they did in my old studio. You got me. They are organized right now though!

It's coming along upstairs. Downstairs (where the dirty work gets done) is untouched. The environment is a bit colder down there and this weather hasn't been cooperating this week so i've avoided it for other pursuits. Like sitting in a coffeehouse drinking a hot latte. 

Next week, i'll try again. I have to since I have some shows coming up! I'm headed to Denver tomorrow to run the kids program for the state's Hemophilia organization on Saturday.  I am looking forward to a creative and fun day with these kids and my staff of ten. I am bringing the dj gear + karaoke with for an afternoon dance party with them, which will warm me up for Sunday morning back in Fort Collins where lime + coconut (my dj biz) will provide music and entertainment for the 5th Annual Flying Pigs 5K benefitting the Foothills Gateway programs. My first event in my new city, so I am super excited!

Now i'll go back to sipping that latte and working on new biz cards, hang tangs and postcards. Happy Thursday!

I am here, in Colorado.

A lot has happened since my last post. I tried to do one on the road with the Typepad app for my Iphone, but it doesn't post. I don't think they've updated that app in 3 years. 

So we're moved into our new house (see above) here in Fort Collins, Colorado. We've spent a lot of time unpacking, setting up utilities (we finally have internet! yay!), checking out grocery stores, buying some furniture, and well, recovering. I have decided I never ever want to move again. Please hold me to that!

We were supposed to get a lot of snow last night/today but I don't think that is going to happen. Good. I am so over shoveling (the post that didn't work on my phone told you about the shoveling I had to do back in Indiana to get the moving truck parked. See my Instagram for pictures!). My tulips and daffodils are happy to not be under a foot of snow, too.

So I guess i'll get on with my day. I need to start designing and creating goodies for my upcoming shows (Made in Colorado stuff, yo!). I also have a big 36x36 blank canvas and 5 tubes of paint waiting for me to be creative and paint something to go in my living room or dining room. Or maybe I leave it blank and call it "Blizzard"? 

 

still packing...

These are my random crafty boxes. The ones that will go to the lowest level of the new house to not be looked at until after...umm, Summer? 

My next and final set of boxes (and vintage suitcases stuffed with fabric and product) will be more organized. They have to be because I am diving right into two markets in Fort Collins (Freedom Market and French Nest Market) and also coming back to Indianapolis to pick up Ben from college and then doing the Indie Arts & Vintage Marketplace with my Indie Love Lounge amigos. This market will be outdoors on May 5, so I am super excited because that means Frida will have her mobile boutique debut! 

Note: If I packed up fabric and machines first, the rest of this stuff would have been given away to charity.  Why do I have enough to open my own Michaels??? 

See post below.

via img2.etsystatic.com

I used Typepad's "Blog It" feature. I don't think I like it. Another reason to switch to WP. Here's the photo.

retro bathroom scale 1970 avocado green by DOTTO on Etsy

features!the perfect shade of avocado-pea-retro green scalloped edgesscalloped faux quilt patternmade of heavy weight metal and plasticI do not weigh myself often but I daresay the weigher might be spot on whew!in very good 1970s vintage condition. the window is cloudy and lightly yellowed, the metal ring around the window is tarnished at the bottom, there is a small spot below the middle of the scale, and light scratches all over

via www.etsy.com

If you have to weigh yourself, be funky. (Yes, I should be packing my studio right now. Lunch break!)

silly rabbit

Does this look like a rabbit? 

I am writing this from my hotel room in Chicago. I wish I could say I was near downtown Chicago and all of the excitement leading up to the greening of the river and the big St Patty's parade tomorrow. Nope. I am right next to O'Hare. There are non-stop takeoffs and landings happening right over my head. Aaaaand I just saw jetplane headlights outside of my top floor window. Fun. Did I mention that my wakeup call is at 4:00 AM?

I am running one more kids camp program here in the flighty 'burbs before heading back home Sunday PM and packing up the studio all day Monday. Well, after I make someone an owl and a pillow. And I finish the curtains for Frida. She can't be traveling across the middle of the US of A on the way to her new home state half naked. Okay, so maybe the studio will get packed up Tuesday. I have plenty of time. Moving Truck comes Monday the 25th. Wednesday the 27th we hit the road West. Tick Tock.

Tick Tock.

 

packety, pack, pack

Indie Love Lounge was a blast! It was almost like my going away party because so many friends came by, plus some of my dearest friends who are part of Indie Love Lounge. Thank you, thank you! And much thanks to customers I met for the first time Saturday (like the sweetie above who purchased her very own Owlie).

Now. The time has come to get serious about packing. Moving truck is schedule. Moving men are hired (hot firemen...hello!).  I am selling and donating all that extra stuff that accumalates out of habit and good intentions. This is going to happen.

Two weeks. Oy.

More pics from Saturday: 

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