Just a quick Hi to let you know a little about me if you are just finding me for the first time. I had a father that was an artist and he started teaching me classic art when I was 4 years. He taught me how to draw still life, drawing animals , and cartooning. When I reached about 10 years old I discovered my Mom's 1956 Singer and started sewing. At 13 I started creating stuffed animals from whatever I could find, there was a pink elephant , that was not my finest moment but made me decide I could create my own patterns and so I did. At age 15 I started making and selling my own line of stuffed animals, dolls and what evers. I was a working Teddy Bear Artist for the next 20 plus years with my own patterns and working Big Teddy Bear Shows in Timonium Maryland and Savage Mill , Maryland .I was able to stay home raise my children because of these and other creative outlets. Teddy Bears take between 4 to 16-20 hours to make from start to finish and are not easy. But my hands finally gave out, more my wrists ,and I had to learn to do something new. So I started making Native American Inspired Leather bags, Medicine bags and selling Crystals and stones and treasures to go with them.This is where my Love of Bead Weaving came into play. I managed a Native American Supply Store , where I dealt with beads every day, leather, pelts, and more. I met some awesome people and found a path. In 1999 after returning from a Pow Wow I moved from Alexandria where I was born and raised to the Outer Banks of NC, in 2000 my oldest daughter and I opened a bead store that taught free jewelry making classes. Ocean Beads was my way to earn a living for 5 years. I have always made art, whether it was jewelry, teddy bears , art quilts Creating art is my life. I love fabrics and sewing, I use my trusty sewing Machine "Stitches" to create my small fabric paintings. fabric postcards, fabric jewelry, wall quilts, and more. Now I need to ramp up my sales so that once again I can support myself selling my art. So if you need a gift, for yourself or for a friend or family check out what I have or ask me to custom design something for you. I have earned my name Fairy Godmother over the years because I really can make wishes come true.
You can buy or order my art from My SHOP here Fairy Godmother Arts
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| Mohair Bear named Samuel ...size 18 inches completely jointed (Moveable) Onyx glass eyes , hand embroidered nose my own original pattern. |
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| Bead Weaving |
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| #1 Art Necklace, Seaside Sun...created with a collection of seed beads I had squirreled away from age 10 |
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| #2 Art Necklace ...sewn one bead at a time , no pattern, size 11/0 beads over 70 plus hours to make it |
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| A demonstration and class I did at Frisco Native American Museum in Frisco, NC on Hatteras Island of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. |
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| Bead Work demonstration |
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| A day at the Frisco Native American Museum where I was part of the Journey Home Gatherings starting in 1999 this one was in 2010 |
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| Some of my Fabric Post Cards |
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| One of my mermaid art dolls |
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| Part of my collection of fabric postcards I have received from all over the world since 2000, and that inspired my love of mailable art. |
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| One of my booth set ups at the annual Dare County Arts Council Artrageous in the Outer Banks |
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| This piece was hand sewn as a commission piece I made for the manager of Caring House in Durham when my husband was fighting cancer and we were guests there for almost 12 weeks |
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| This was a Art Quilt I created using my PAS technique that sold in the SAQA , Studio Art Quilts Association, in 2010. |
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| One of my fabric postcards |
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| Fabric Poetry for swap |
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| Heart Artist Trading Cards I made and gave away to cancer patients at Duke when my husband was undergoing treatment there. I would make them during the long hours of waiting |
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| Another piece for a swap |
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| Some of my Metal free Bead Woven Jewelry |
