off to philly

well, tomorrow we are out of here. we are excited to go off on another trip, but this one is for work and it is going to be brutal. the main redeeming thing about this trip is that we hope to sell a shit ton of jewelry and make some good money. philly is a nice town too, but since we will be at the craft show from about 10 am til 9 pm we won't have much of a chance to do anything.

we cleaned the house today for our housesitter. jamie made quite a nice collection of my shoes that he found under the coffee table and couch. here you can see them, as well as trudy attempting to sneak out of the picture and sadie idly watching on the side.

Then i met up with susannah wejbro and kristin welch downtown at my studio for a photo shoot. susannah is the photographer, kristin is the model, i guess i am just the jeweler. susannah just won the big artist project grant from the Arts Council of Asheville! it is a big honor and very exciting as it helps fund a big new color printer for her.

anyway, kristin was a great model, a beautiful woman, and susannah got some amazing shots. it was super fun, looking around the alley and the courtyard for interesting places for photos. i got to see my work on someone really for the 1st time and it was really super fun. here are some pics i took of the process. check back on my real website sometime in the next month or so to see the final shots.
www.joannagollberg.com

don't go looking at it now because it is all a mess due to my reconstruction efforts that began last weekend. i think i am figuring out where i want to go with it, but seriously, it takes so long to do it i had to have a break.



i've been enjoying a few good podcasts. those of you who have ipods or listen to podcasts might want to check these out: the dan savage podcast (not for shy ears--a sex call in advice show--VERY funny!), Let's Talk Bigfoot (need i say more, very convincing though), Namaste Dosti (for those of you who want to learn Hindi, like I do), the Bill Maher show (not for the political right), and of course my favorite This American Life. If you go to download a TAL, you MUST get the "fiasco" episode. And the "babysitting" episode. fabulous. i can't tell you too much about them or i would ruin it for you. if you have never listened to a podcast, you can get them for free at itunes. or you can google the show you want and find it elsewhere on the web as well. this is great fun if you like listening to radio shows and stories. like when you are doing chores or something around the house...

here's a couple of websites i found recently that i liked:
www.ragandbone.com
a neat site with handmade letter pressed cards and papers and stuff
www.byus.dk
cool funky jewelry artist profiles with great pics of their work
niessingshop.com
one of my old favorites. please note the"spinning rings" (they call them something else) and remember my past potential lawsuit over these? ummm, that wasn't from this company. why doesn't the jack ass sue these people? i think perhaps he is afraid they might take away his patent. but who really knows.
www.stylehive.com
you have to look hard here, but it is full of GREAT stuff! interesting idea as well.

anyway, that's it for now. ttfn and have a great week. wish us luck up in philly!

fermelenge!
(my newest hindi word....it means "see you later!")