Art in the Park Weekend

Well, here are a few pics from my stall at Art in the Park in Shantytown, (Greymouth, West Coast NZ) over the weekend. Sadly no brooches sold but that gives me lots of stock for our Okarito Market Day in a few weekends, and possibly even the Franz Josef Gala Day the weekend before. Sold lots of cards which were of my Kokako drawing (see a few blogs ago...)  and sold the original Kokako drawing too!!

Using my Grans walnut cutlery box for displaying my brooches and patches(top, and i think that's what it is) and my late Nanas suitcase for more patches and cards.

This embroidered painting 'Thistle Field' also sold.  I would love to do some more like this...  Inspiration came from up the road where I walk the dog and kids, there are hundreds of beautiful purple thistles as the mower hasn't been all summer.  They are surrounded by yellow sandy coloured grass as it's been so dry over here (in the rainforest!) and as everyone else in the country has been having a terrible summer, we have been rocking it..  So the background grasses and blue sky are painting onto cotton, and then the thistles are embroidered on top.  Everyone loved them which was awesome and encouraging!