Stoughton Art Fair & No Longer in Elementary

Art Fair went pretty well considering we had patches of downpours!!! A pretty steady crowd came through my booth which (lucky for me) was located right by the music stage (I got to rock out) and the food and bakery booth. The combination of those allowed for a LOT of traffic. I would definitely do that fair again! If it were a warm and sunny day I think I would have had a "best of all time" type profit!

Now I must turn my attention towards The Artsy Fartsy Fair in Stoughton, Wisconsin on June 20. It is located on Highway 51, Main Street in the Historic downtown area of Stoughton. The awesome organizers (who are close friends) are hoping for a crowd of 5,000! My booth will be right by Flight of Fancy's (the work of Andrea Koser) directly in front of the Cinema Cafe. If you are in the area, please come out for a fabulous day of art! 10-5.

I went to Midnight Moon, a local bead store with a great selection, this afternoon to get more materials for my new pearl necklace set that I designed. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and couldn't bring myself to part with the original, so I will make one more set. I usually try to only design one or at the most two of any given design so that each piece is original. I also picked up some new C-Koop copper enamel beads (C-Koop is out of Minnesota, and not only is the desinger uber talented, I've met her and she is very nice!!). I'm really excited to get in my studio and bring my ideas for these pieces to life! :) Lovely turquoise and copper colored pieces as well as some green. Lovely.

Yesterday was Nick's last day of elementary school. I refrained from crying. I brought ice-cream treats to his school after field day in celebration of his birthday (which is July 9) and taunted him that I was going to lose it in front of his friends. I handled it well though. Not even close to tears. Now I get 10 weeks off with the three youngest loves of my life and hope that the oldest one gets to take a vacation this summer cuz it'd be nice to have him all to ourselves for a full uninterupted week! :)

My etsy store is up and running! irenejordandesigns.etsy.com!!!

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Hi there!

Welcome to my blog! I finally decided to try to advertise my business via the web, and I thought a blog may be the way to go. I've tried blogging one time before, but kept forgetting to add to it. Oh well! Try, try again...

My jewerly business, Irene Jordan Designs, was founded after the birth of our daughter, Natalie Irene in 2005. At that time my husband, Jeremy, and I decided it would be best for me to stay home with Natalie. That also let me be home waiting when our older child, Nicholas Jordan (from a prior relationship--- you rock Josh ;) ) came home from school. That left me with a lot of free time (at the time) and I began taking jewelry classes on the weekends and designing while Natalie napped. Four years and another child, Samuel Oliver, later, Irene Jordan Designs (named after our first two children's middle names) is still alive and kicking! I have taken over 40 classes in jewelry design and have taken part in many fine art fairs. In addition, my jewelry is located and available for purchase in boutiques in Southern Wisconsin. I am planning to open an Etsy Shop soon to sell my jewelry online. It is all very exciting!

Currently, in addition to prepping my Etsy Shop, I am getting ready for the Cambridge Art Fair (Cambridge, WI) on June 6 and the Stoughton Artsy Fartsy Fair (Stoughton, WI) on June 20. These shows will feature new designs-- my mind has been going 100mph with ideas that I can't wait to get into my studio and produce! I'm doing all this while chasing after Natalie 4 and Sam (almost 2) during the day, helping Nick practice baseball, completing my Master's of Curriculum & Instruction (teaching) degree, and working part time at Gymboree for some extra adult interaction! Needless to say, I'm busy, but loving it!

Thanks for reading this post! Check out my Etsy Shop www.irenejordandesigns.etsy.com!