Menopausal Gals are Back!

The menopausal gals are back and better then before!

I have three show this Holiday season 

The Crocker Holiday Art & Craft Festival in Sacramento November 25 - 27.

Davis Art Center Holiday sale in Davis December 2 - 4  

Christmas in the Studio in San Jose December 2 - 4

and have made what feels like thousands of birds.  I must say they are smashing!  I have learned how to use a glue gun.  The gals are even more outrageous then ever.

Check out these lovelies.

Vatrina here is sporting a Busse Original.  Inspired from high society tea parties. 

Eunice is ready for church - she is one of the original church ladies.

Patrice is off to the opera wearing a simply smashing topper.

Here are a whole gaggle of the girls.

These gals are patiently waiting for their hats to be milled.

This little number on Beatrice was inspired by the wild hats worn at The Royal Wedding this summer.

I've have chickens wearing the Eugenie and Beatrice wedding hats, the Aretha Franklin inaugural hat... and more!

I also have "Little Creatures From the Studio" and wreaths.

All my art is made from almost 100% recycled material (thread & lavender new).

Come say Hello

I will be at:

  The Crocker Holiday Art & Craft Festival in Sacramento November 25 - 27.

Davis Art Center Holiday sale in Davis from Dec 2 - 4  

Christmas in the Studio December 2 - 4

Home Show This Weekend

Working like a happy dog getting ready for this years home show.  It was so much fun last year.  Come if you can, we'll have food, drinks and art.  Come and hang out in the garden and enjoy the spring.  It is supposed to be a beautiful weekend.

Studio

I've been making lots of blessing/prayer flags.  Most are made from recycled linen, silk and cotton dresses.  I even have a all wool one.   I am really loving ripping up unwanted clothing (poor unwanted clothing) and transforming it into something new and beautiful.  All of the blessing flags have wee-little pockets to slip your own blessings into.

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I also have been making collage and watercolor pieces.  I found a wonderful garden book at the second-hand store and I have been painting the pages and putting it into my art as flowers, houses, mountains, etc.  I will have these originals and cards available of these new pieces.

Plus, Jan Schubert of Bee Happy Candles, Trisha Lambert of Colors of Nature, and Yelena of Snoozles will also be selling their wonderful art.  Jill Stengel will read her poetry both Friday evening at 5 and Sat and 11 am.

Art and Tea in the Garden - 217 Ipanema Place, Davis, CA

Friday 3pm to 7pm

Saturday 10am to 3pm

New Collage/Watercolor Work

Breakfast in the Garden

Crete

Gimmelwald, Switzerland

Little Red Hen

Spring Rain

Delight, It's Spring!

Toscana, Italia

Provence France

Mary's Garden

Tea & Art in the Garden

Cinq Poules Français

Five new menopausal birds off to the "Tour de Cluck"    All french gals - Bridgitte, Cordelia, Esme, Simone and Zelda.

Bridgitte

Cordelia

Esme

Simone

Zelda

All made from recycled wool sweaters, lovingly stuffed with organic cotton and lavender.

The Hatchlings

They look so weird with out their face, legs and hats.  Kinda like a zombie chicken.  Maybe I should make a line of Zombie Chickens  that might be kinda funny.

Hot Hens

Menopausal chickens are back and they are HOT!

Hatchlings

These beauties are made from recycled wool sweaters (felted) and lovingly stuffed with lavender and organic cotton (grown from friend Sally Fox).  Dressed for stepping out and getting into mischief - as all menopausal beings should.

Gaggle of Gals

I love them all, but I think the Old Hippy Chick is my favorite so far.  

Old Hippy Chick

Getting ready for the Davis Art Center's Holiday Sale.  It will be December 3rd - 5th at the Art Center.  I love this show - it's fabulous, festive and fun.  There is music, food, great arts and crafts, friends, families, hot coco, holiday candies and treats.  What more could you ask for?  

Parisian Fowl

Another 15 Minutes!

pg 2 Davis Enterprise 10/28/10

Davis Enterprise 10/28/10

Yipee Skipee!  I got another 15 minutes of fame!  Melissa Hiatt The Art Critic for the Enterprise wrote this lovely article about my show "Animal Stories".  The show will hang until the end of November.  It is at The Mother and Baby Source on 2nd street downtown Davis.

Thank you Universe!

Animal Stories
art & story
Terry Busse

Shall We Dance & Make Art?

The kids are back in school this week and I get to dance again after the summer break.  I feel whole again...  ahhh..

Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet

I am feeling inspired by a children's artist Melissa Sweet.   I love her whimsical flowers and seed pods.  She has combined water color with simple pencil sketches.

Melissa Sweet

It even looks like she has added paper cut outs into her art as well.  These images have a chaotic whimsy  that I absolutely adore.

Ashland Oregon Garden

I lived in Ashland Oregon for a time and one of my favorite things about the town was the chaotic whimsical gardens that the town folk planted in their yards.  Heaps of lavender busting out through the fences, plants that others would have pulled out - calling them "weeds" - are left in place to add to the charm of the wild garden.  Roses over grown and vegetables tucked in between flowers.  The loveliest gardens I have ever seen.  I strive to create my garden like the ashland gardens of my past, but I diverge...

Buying books for my children this summer I stumbled upon this book - Day Is Done - by Peter Yarrow. I was absolutely charmed and inspired with the illustrations.  A picture book for mama!

My kids are loving it too.  They both sat down the day we brought this book home and drew images inspired by the book.

Melena

Keenan

Melissa Sweet

My turn now!

Vision Quest?

"After months of preparation, hugging her family and friends goodbye, she climbed onto her raft and started down the gentle waters of the Great River. She was excited to finally be on this journey, but also felt surrounded by fear and doubt.

Would she be able to navigate the Big Waters ahead? Was her raft sturdy and strong enough? Had she honed her skills with the paddles to be able to move thru the rapids with ease?"

That's how I felt about the American Craft Council Show. It became something bigger in my head then it really was. I guess I just needed to travel down that path to find the truth for me.

The first day of the show - Friday - was metaphorically like running the gauntlet. My emotions were all over the map. One minute feeling confident, the next like I wanted to throw-up. At one point I thought, "I'll just tell them I have the flu and have to go home now".

It physically and emotionally hurt - all day. I was not having fun. It didn't help that my booth was at the back of the building and the feng shui and chi just swept past my booth like a river rounding a bend - with me on the opposite far shore.

I am proud of myself. I didn't go running and screaming from building. I stayed and faced my demons. It hurt, but I kept moving forward, and in the end I found the peace and joy that was mine. I enjoyed both Sat and Sun of the show and almost made my booth fee. In the end I feel like it really was a big success for me.

Will I do it again? - ask me when the "labor amnesia" kicks in.

I wrote stories about my pieces and scribbled "Notes From The Field" through out the day. I will share these later. - The kids are falling apart right now and I need to go exercise them - smile.

Waiting for my Wings

"Faith is believing that one of two things will happen," she said.

"That there will be something solid for you to stand on,

Or that you will be taught to fly."

-unknown author