It’s official! I’m having a special trunk show/sale of my buttons and yarn at Threadbear Fiberarts in Lansing (Michigan) this weekend.

The sale is Saturday/Sunday/Monday. I am planning to be at the store most of the time they are open, those three days. Please come and say hello!

For those not in the USA, we have a three-day weekend for Labor Day, and often that means folks take long trips to special spots. I’m hoping that I’ll meet several of you readers who are outside my local area, as well as my loyal friends in the Lansing area.

Plan now for a fun adventure. Stay and pet the yarns, and the dogs, and plunk down on the couch to knit a while. It’s always a happening at Threadbear, but it should be even more this weekend with my yarns there.

Here is a preview photo of some of the buttons I have made so far. They are large, funky, one of a kind buttons. I get bored easily when making production items, so it’s pretty close to guaranteed that I won’t make another like it again.

For blog readers who see a button they can not live without, send me a quick email (Lynn AT ColorJoy DOT com) and I’ll make sure you get your heart’s desire before it goes over to the store. Four-hole buttons are $5.50 and two-hole buttons are $4.50. Two-hole buttons range from 1.25″ to 1.5″ (appx 3.2 to 3.7cm) and four-hole buttons ranger from 1.5″ to 2″ (appx 3.7 to 5cm).

I expect to have at least five dozen individual buttons for sale at the shop. I also will be offering several new colorways of my Cushy ColorSport yarn (my signature yarn, a washable/dryable DK weight despite its name), and patterns that will work well with that yarn. I’m also playing in the studio with other yarns. One of the yarns I’ve offered before, but it was years ago (a feltable sportweight, which doubled knits at about 4 st/inch).

Also, I may offer a light worsted washable that is loftier than my Cushy ColorSport, and perhaps some laceweight if I get the time. Right now I’m really working efficiently and I’m very optimistic, but at some point I have to stop and label things rather than dye more.

On top of my preparations in the studio, Friday I start the day with a dentist appointment and end with two performances dancing as Eudora at New Aladdins in Frandor (no cover, shows at 6:30 and 8pm).

We’ll see what happens. Definitely I have a whole lot of dreams, and I’m working to see how much I can produce before Saturday’s Sale Opening.

Well, the deadline for the Simple Still Life project arrived and there are some amazing images out there. Since the photos are on each creator’s website, some are easier to find than others. However, I had a good time looking for a while this morning while sipping my first cup of tea. There are far too many for me to see them all in one sitting, but I’ll be returning soon enough for more.

I got an email this morning from the author of Olenka’s Song who was one of the participants. I love her blog! It includes poetry, photography, mosaic, digital imagery, fiber art… even singing! A true multi-art experience. I love that! Go take a peek if you have a few minutes.

Today the photos I share with you come from this Saturday’s Caribbean Festival at Lansing Community College. There were three stilt dancers, a good group of drummers, and some dancers accompanying the stiltmen. I got some lovely shots of four female dancers and will share those with you on a future blog entry.

These photos are: 1)Parade of stilt performers arriving, accompanied by drummers. 2)Stiltmen preparing for dance circle. 3)Dancer in the air, notice he has jumped and his stilt has not yet hit the ground. 4)Three Stiltmen in a circle (they had just finished a balance with one foot each straight out in back of them).

Aren’t these costumes amazing? I just wish you could hear the drummers! It was wonderful. They danced three times during the day and I saw them twice. I loved being there.