Holiday Market!

Please come a support the artisans of the Holiday Market!  We are heading into the final days of this fabulous local artists market. Contrary to  what some may believe, the Market is not just about tie dye and  hippies!  Although you will find those things there, you will also find many NEW artists of all kinds, creating beautiful, skillful handcrafted goods, as well as beloved established artists doing new things too! The artistry truly inspires. I encourage you to GO to the  Holiday Market with fresh eyes, really look and see the work - try not to be overwhelmed and glazed. Have lunch. Go slow and I promise  you will find something unanticipated and beautiful. Shopping local is  SUCH a good thing. If there is an artist that you love, buy something from them!  Support artists, so they can keep making art.  Do it!  xo Katy Jane

Boris the cat is sleeping in my jewelry trunk!  Winding up for the final weekend and days of our local Holiday Market. And this evening we're throwing our annual holiday party  for the workers, past and present,  of our little organic landscape company. It promises to be a festive weekend! I baked cookies ALL day yesterday and made a huge pot of Minestrone.  This past week has been so sweet- much domesticity abounds in the Conlin household.  Heading up to Rois and Chance's for Christmas, then on to Seattle to visit Jeanne, Pats mom, and my friend Michele. And maybe even a trip out to Sequim to visit old friend Ken Anderson and on to Port Townsend (tho Jeannine will not be there we may stay a night at her house and trip around picturesque Port Townsend anyway).  Looking forward to beginning work on a new line of etched and pierced jewelry inspired by "the sparrow" Edith Piaf, my muse of the moment. And preparing marketing materials for our 1st trade show in early summer.  Love, cats, dog, garden, food, friends, work, art. Life is good.  xo katy

pieces of beautiful things, where I left off last eve....

custom necklace and earring set I just designed for a sweet Eugene woman.

SALE! 25% off all earrings in our Etsy Shop next weekend ONLY!

We will be having a 25% off sale on all earrrings in our Etsy shop next weekend- Fri Nov 27-Mon Nov 30. This sale will ONLY  happen through Etsy, NOT 1000 Markets or Holiday Market. If you've had an eye on any of our earrings this year, now is a great time to get them. We will be posting pretty much all the earrings in our studio inventory for this sale.  You can click through to the shop from here on the blog or www.katyjane.etsy.com.  Tell you friends and Happy Shopping!!

New etched silver pieces and an array of lovely jewels in the studio window

Tangerine Sun!

Inspired by the fleeting colors of fall

Saturday...

We almost didnt set up our little shop at the Saturday Market today- forecast of heavy rains and winds. But then, at the last minute we just said what the hell and headed out.  I sold  earrings and a necklace to a repeat customer.  It was sunny and sweet. For about 2 hours. Then came the rains and winds. We had to batton down the hatches. Things went flying.  Oh my! Patrick was so sweet to send me home to the studio. He insisted.  So, there he sits, hunkered down with cheap novel and blankets. And here I am, lucky girl, and afternoon solo in my sweet pink studio room with Rupa and the April Fishes, grumpy old hound under foot and cute sleeping cat on  her bed.  She is cute now- not so cute this morning when she was eating the gold finch she caught!  It is a blustery fall day and life is lovely and good.

siding!

Patrick finished the lovely cedar siding on the studio yesterday, woo hoo! This is the view from our office window.

Messin around with the new light tent...

New from Katy Jane this week

New Studio/Shop Construction!

Patricks teaching schedule has been intense this summer- 2 new classes and lots of students. Tomorrow is the last day of the term- vacation time! We have a new kitty in our house/studio so we plan to stay close to home. She is just too little to be left alone for long. Maybe we'll escape for at least one overnight campout. Or maybe we'll just pitch the tent in the back yard! Anyway, lots to do and lots of new work coming along. Patrick keeps working on new flowers for the Katy Jane line and we just cast a nice sized batch of older flowers for earrings, pendants and bracelets. Katy just designed a new bead with the Meadowsweet flower and is working into several new gemstone designs.  Our Holiday Market booth has been set - we will be doing all of the December weekends this year. And in addtion to preparing new work for that show, we are working long and hard to prepare for our first wholesale shows next year, possibly starting in  February in  Philadelphia. Big times ahead!  We're happy, healthy and loving our sweet little artists life in Eugene. More to come. xo Katy

APple Blossoms

Rings are fun!

We spent the VERY HOT 4th of July weekend at Alton Baker Park along the Willemette River in Eugene selling our jewelry and Patricks metalsmithing among many other artisans and with wine!  Though the temp was in the 90's the first couple of days, it was fun to hang out in our booth with our fellow jewelry artist and friend Jen Hoover of Lovely Jewels.  Now its back to the studio to create more beautiful jewels for Saturday Market next weekend.  -Katy

A lovely weekend selling our jewelry at Art and The Vineyard

a little news...

More very soon!

Coming soon, updates on shows we are applying to this year and photos of new work from us both! Stay tuned.