A new treasury I just made on Etsy featuring bees.
Kudos to Etsy for featuring an artist in the community of their upstate office. I lust after those hats…
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At the Columbia County Historical Society, we just received a donation of material collected by local historian Dominick Lizzi, collected while he worked on the book Valatie, a Forgotten History. It included a digitized copy of film taken during the 1956 centennial parade in Valatie. Over the next couple of days, I’ll be uploading clips on the CCHS facebook page, and flickr group— definitely worth checking out. This one is special though… it shows the Tri-Village fire company, of which my husband’s grandfather was a founding member. I’m posting this for the family… maybe he is in it? Do you know anyone in the video?
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A video of some of the dancing at the Twelfth Night party. In it, you can see me go through confusion, fits of laughing, disorientation, and several “ah ha!” moments where I actually knew what I was doing. Also, I frequently took a couple quick jogging steps to keep up, as most of the people on the dance floor had legs that were quite a bit longer than mine. Altogether though, it was a lot of fun.
This weekend, we had the pleasure of attending a Twelfth Night party hosted by the 1st Ulster Militia at the Elmendorph Inn in Red Hook. It is always nice to have an excuse to dress up historically, especially when it involves spending time with a group of really nice people (who can cook!), and historic music & dance. Thank you to the 1st Ulster Militia for inviting us!
Tomorrow, I will be hosting and participating in the Artisan’s Reception at the Columbia County Historical Society’s Holiday Market. I’m looking forward to talking with people about how my jewelry is made, and especially meeting some of the other talented artisans who will be participating, including:
Dick Brooks, Woodcarving (and author of the newspaper column “Whittling Away” in the Catskill Daily Mail and the Register Star)
John Clum, Clumtree Baskets
Pamela Dalton, Scherenschnitte (Pamela’s papercut illustrations helped earn the book “Brother Sun, Sister Moon” a spot on the NY Times 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2011 list)
Katie Kearney, Katie’s Magical Knits
Mary Remback, Omi Silver, Jewelry
Sabina Steen, Camphill Village, Spinning
Come join us on Thurs, Dec. 15th from 4-7pm at the Vanderpoel House of History, 16 Broad St., Kinderhook, NY
Beautiful morning at the Columbia County Historical Society Holiday Market- com shop local, & support CCHS & local artists! (Taken with Instagram at James Vanderpoel House (House of History))
