Angel Box

This lovely angel box will be available for purchase at our annual show, An Artful Affair, on October 1st.

Painted by Cia Williford, our mixed media artist (and a founding member of the Greater Westmoreland Creative Collective), the box measures 8 3/8" W x  8 1/8 L x 1 3/4" D. It has been distressed and crackled, and features a beautiful folk art angel on the lid.

Perfect for jewelry, trinkets, love letters...the uses for this delightful box are limited only by your imagination. It would make a wonderful Christmas present for someone special!

Flowers Everywhere!

If you come to this year's An Artful Affair, GWCC's annual trunk show extraordinaire, this is some of what you'll see: beautiful wool flowers handcrafted by our own Nan Loncharich, author of Making Flowers from Wool, and mixed media art by Cia Williford. Both ladies are founding members of GWCC.

Come by and visit the show on Saturday, October 1st. We'd love to meet you (and we'll have the best cookies in town, too -- promise!).

Paper Arts and Miniatures...Together!

One of the items I'll be bringing to our show, An Artful Affair, on September 25th, actually bridges the gap between my two primary artistic interests: paper arts and miniatures.

I create one-of-a-kind greeting cards using vintage, licensed and original art.

And sometimes, I make miniature versions of those same cards.

Both regular and miniature size greeting cards will be available at our show. The miniature cards will be available as a set of eleven cards, an assortment that includes three Christmas/holiday cards and two Halloween cards.

These miniature cards are perfect for decorating the mantels, desks, and even walls of your holiday-themed dollhouse! Please come visit us at the show and say hello. There will be so many wonderful items for you to see!

Book News

Two of our members have exciting book information to share. The first, Cia Williford, will be one of the writers featured in a new anthology of children's bedtime poetry published by Blooming Tree Press. The book, entitled Sweet Dreams, will be hardcover and feature four-color illustrations by artist Nancy Miller. The book is scheduled for release on November 23, 2010. Cia also has a poem in the current (June/July) issue of Hopscotch for Girls magazine.


Second, Nan Loncharich, whose article on hat bands was just published in Rug Hooking Magazine, will have her full-length "how-to" on making wool flowers published in book form next year. Details will follow as the publication date drawers nearer.