{Sneak Peak} 10 Days And Counting

As I am writing this post I have exactly 10 days and counting until my art show debut...oh my. Most of the jewelry is prepped and done (whew!), and now I am onto hashing out how to display everything. I am the only artist on display (which is amazing and nerve-wracking too!), which  means I have to dominate the space that is given to me. I am going with the vintage/rustic/weathered/wabi-sabi look, since most of my pieces have some portion that is either leather, reclaimed metals, natural stones/fibers or hammered silver. It's kind of natural meets vintage.

Above is how I am planning to display my earrings. I have a set of vintage frames that I have glued recycled burlap to (that burlap used to be a bag of rice) and I am sticking the earrings into the fabric. So far...LOVE it.

I will be filling my vintage brass lion planter with rice (not sure why all this reference to rice) which I will then stick all of the bracelets and rings into. I like that rice gives a natural substance that is both solid and malleable at the same time.

I found this little lion beauty on one of my thrifting sprees. So love that the lion is holding a metal hoop, since a lot of my pieces incorporate this shape.
My necklaces will be hung and draped and dangled off of branched. Hopefully giving some much needed height to my display. 


Lastly I just wanted to share the mirror that I will be bringing along to ensure my customers can see what they are trying on. A mirror is a much needed display piece that I almost forgot. It too shall give me some much needed volume to the display.

So, that's where I am on all of this. Mostly just sweating and hemming and hawing over all of the details. So very many details! 

More sneak peaks to come!

6 comments:

  1. Love that your necklaces will be hanging from a branch for display! What a cool idea!

    Great meeting you through the Etsy Blog Team!
    I am a new follower/subscriber of your blog. :)
    Best,
    Mary C. Nasser
    http://www.marycnasser.com/blog.html

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  2. Good luck at the show! I love what you are planning with your displays, and the rice to hold bracelets is an epic idea!

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  3. Hi Mary! Thanks for stopping in and joining in on my blog. Hope you enjoy it!

    Hi Della! Oh, I hope the rice thing works. I have been doing a lot of thinking. I am going to do a practice run tomorrow...so we shall see how it goes (:

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  4. Love your ideas, especially the earrings. I'ev seen similar done for necklaces but never for earrings. Very cute size. Good luck with your show!

    Marilyn (came from EBT)

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  5. I display my earrings in a very similar way; I have an old window screen stapled to the back of a frame.

    My first show of the year is in the beginning of June, and I'm totally not ready. I don't even have a tent. You seem much more on the ball!

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  6. Hi Julia - popped by your blog and I love it so far! Love the ideas you've got for displaying your stuff (especially the burlap sack in a frame - genius!) - you'll have to take photos of the final set up. I'll definitely be following your blog.

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