Berwyn Shops

Okay, I love how these came out. Sometimes you have an idea, and you try it, and it actually comes out the way you intended, which is SO SATISFYING. Like flowing honey…

Playing with resincrete. It’s even more expensive than resin, so I’m not sure how much I’m going to be using it — right now, I’m pretty much breaking even on the pricing, but I’m not sure it’s quite eye-catching enough to convince people to spend more. Hmmm…

I wasn’t sure about this little pumpkin house with witch hat — and I’m still not sure if it wouldn’t work better with a coordinated color hat? It really may be too kitsch for me. Although I do like little hobbit houses. And fairy doors. Maybe I can make a little room in the shop

Collages…

Zinnia table, layer 3. I’m building this table upside down, so the gold flake should be barely visible through the mass of zinnias. We’ll see!

Zinnia table, layer 2. (This takes a lot of zinnias, so I’m only going to be able to make one of these this year.)

Building a zinnia table. Layer one.

Sneak peek.

Finished my second weekend in the new store. It’s still not as full as I’d like it to be, and I think there’s still a wall where I want to strip the paper and put up new paper for a more coherent aesthetic, and the store is in dire need of more light, so I’m

Orange pumpkins. But aren’t most pumpkins orange, Mary Anne? Yes, but not as orange as these. 🙂