Debut

Meet Hector,

He, along with a few of his friends, will be making their debut as cards and blank books at 

Craft & Fancy 5

Saturday, December 1, 10-5

at Home ec. in downtown Iowa City

Not from the hood? Never fear, I will be adding them soon to my etsy site 

jbreinhardt.etsy.com

If you are from the area, please consider spending a day here, shopping at all the wonderful independently owned businesses in Iowa City. I will be at Craft & Fancy with some illustration work, as well as Age Before Beauty jewelry.

My heavens, I can't believe it's this time of year already!

A Show, A Show, An Illo Show!

 "When Bows Were Big"

I am participating, along with 10 other illustrators from across Iowa, in a SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) exhibit at the Gilded Pear Gallery in Cedar Rapids. 

The opening is this Saturday, September 29th from 4-6:30 pm and will run through November 10th. 

The opening night will have all of us there displaying not only our gallery pieces, but many of us will have our portfolios and published work on display at that time as well. If you have kids who are at all interested in a career in illustration, this is a great opportunity for them to see a varied range of styles and applications, so please bring them along!

The illustrators who are exhibiting are:

Jeni Reeves

Claudia McGehee

Dorothia Rohner

Natalie Groves

Patty McGrane Harms

Jane Metcalf

Becky Wirfs

Peggy Gratton

Erin Taylor

Candace Camling

and me

If you can make a day of it, I'd like to suggest a visit to the great New Bo neighborhood and a visit to New Bo books (the new Prairie Lights affiliate in Cedar Rapids). Also, take in the fantastic Alphonse Mucha exhibit at the newly renovated Czech Museum. 

If you can't make it to Cedar Rapids this Saturday, it would be wonderful if you could visit our show and the restored Cedar Rapids neighborhood some other time.

Again, thank you for your support of the Arts!

Event-full

The other day I assembled some of my assemblage necklaces for a photo shoot.

I'll be taking my wares to the Craft and Fancy Show here in Iowa City.

I get a little giddy seeing all these glorious textures and patinas together!

The show is Saturday, December 3, 10-5. I'll remind you again...

Several talented, fabulous, artists and craftswomen will join

Age Before Beauty at Craft and Fancy.

Please come say 'hello', and revel in a bit of the past.

Craft and Fancy

Feeling a little "catnipped" myself right now. But so excited to see smiling friends tomorrow at the Craft and Fancy Show in Iowa City.

Happy weekend everyone!

Organized Chaos

Well, this may look like mayhem... or an I Spy photo... but it's really a sampling of some of the new/old/reconstructed necklaces that I'll be bringing to the Craft & Fancy Show here in Iowa City on Saturday, Dec. 4th. 

More pictures later in the week... busy, busy, busy!