November Updates

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Hello again!

Thank you to everyone who visited our booth at the Mount Gilead 6th Annual Fall Festival, the Norwood Fall Fest Hootenanny, and the Blue Ridge Artists & Crafters Association’s Christmas Elves Craft Show!

Our gift basket winner at the Norwood Hootenanny was Debbie Campbell. Congratulations, Debbie!

Next Saturday and Sunday, November 25 and 26, we will be selling our arts and crafts at the 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza Holiday Market at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center. Here is the information about the upcoming show next weekend. The cost to get in is $7, but if you use the discount code FROSTY, you can get $2 off your ticket. The ticket is good for both days of the show. Here is the link for tickets.

Hope to see you there!

Hello Again! We’re Back!

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Well, it has been a long time since I posted anything here. We are finally settled in after moving, I’ve started a new job, we’ve got cows and other farm animals at our house (and all the daily chores that come with that), and I am FINALLY able to concentrate on making art again!

Joy Wallace Artwork will be doing a few craft shows this fall. I have been working on some fantastic new items, and I would love to see you!

These are the places we will be:

  • Saturday, October 21, 2023: 6th Annual Fall Festival on Main, Mount Gilead, NC (502 NC-73, Mt Gilead, NC 27306)
  • Saturday, October 28, 2023: Norwood’s Fall Fest Hootenanny, Norwood, NC
  • Saturday and Sunday, November 25 & 26, 2023: North Carolina 2nd Annual Christmas Extravaganza Holiday Market, Cabarrus Arena (4751 NC-49, Concord, NC 28125)

Come on out an join us at one (or more) of these awesome places this fall! There are some brand new items in my Etsy Store, so check these out, too!

Here is a picture of our goofball cows, just for fun. 🙂

Colored Pencils, Christmas Ornaments, and Holiday Commissions

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A couple months ago, I came across a YouTube video showing an artist using colored pencils to draw animals and people. Of course, I have used colored pencils before, but hadn’t really done any “real” artwork with them in years and years. I got out my colored pencils and gave it a try. Colored pencil artwork goes slower than watercolor or pastels, so the size has been a little smaller than I normally work. I love the way they are not messy and you don’t need to get out a lot of supplies to use them. Here are some pieces with colored pencils that I feel pretty good about.

I’ve also been working on Christmas ornaments to sell this season. Here are some of my wood slice ornaments with original painting. This year, I have packaged some of them in fancy boxes to sell as a set of two or five ornaments. All of these below are for sale on my Etsy shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/JoyWallaceArtwork?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

I still have a couple of openings for portraits or pet portraits that can be done in time for Christmas. If you are interested, please let me know so we can get started!