Next Saturday after the market, we're traveling to Decatur to give the second Bronzclay class for that area. It will be held at MCM Designs Bead Shop, her website is http://www.mcm-designs-beads.com/. Scroll down to see a little about the last class, even some photos of students work. If you'd be interested in taking a class in making Bronzclay, please call, email or drop by the market in downtown Bloomington so we can discuss what dates will work for you. This is exactly what happened last week when Lori Swango stopped by. We are thinking either June 16 or June 30, after the market, and held in the former Bead Parlor, located in the loft at 318 N. Main, just around the corner from the market.
We are loving our new space at the market. Finally, the artists and farmers are integrated again. It works so much better for everyone, and all booths get the same traffic. So far the music right across the street has been great, and we're hoping it stays that way, of course that is one of the very subjective areas in life. Everyone has different tastes, and different levels of LOUDNESS in their music preference! We'll enjoy it anyway!
Here's a photo of an old, obviously deteriorating building, one side of it with a cool broken window. It's part of the Weldon Springs State Park southeast of Clinton. It's a great easy hike to an old abandoned farm that was purchased by the IL DNR a few years ago, so that drainage problems from a creek running through this farm and into the lake at the Springs, could be fixed. It's very peaceful, beautiful, and we could walk there every day if we could, that's how much we enjoy it. Some day I am going to paint this window...a picture...not the actual window!!
