Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre, 2015
What is that intoxicating fragrance in the air? Are those flower blossoms?
Is it already time to “Spring Forward” again on the clock? (At 2 a.m. Sunday, March 8.)
Yes! All indications suggest that it’s Spring…
which means the Wistaria Festival is coming!
Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre
Sunday, March 15, 2015 from 9am – 5pm
We’ll be there!…with the Sierra Madre Friends of the Arts, which will feature many local Sierra Madre artists. We’ll be at the corner of Windsor Lane and Sierra Madre Boulevard (just across the street from The Bottle Shop).
Please drop by to say hello on Sunday, March 15. Happy Spring!
Final Art Show of the Season!
You’re Invited!
Sunday, December 7th, 11:00am to 5:00pm
Enchanted Handmade Holiday Boutique
Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock located at 2225 Colorado Blvd.
We love this lyrical Art Show set in such a beautiful and historic building.
Check out this list of artists! The Vizzi Food Truck will be there too!
Celebrate the Holidays with Handmade.
Happy December!
Annual Art Festival at Creative Arts Group. Nov 7-9, 2014.
You’re invited! Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre – November 7, 8 and 9.
We are delighted to be participating in an Art Festival with such a talented group of artists. Just look at this list below!
Please consider stopping by during the 3-day show and enjoy this feast for the eyes! Happy Autumn!
For more information, please see http://www.creativeartsgroup.org
Village Venture Arts and Crafts Faire, October 25, 2014
Happy October!
Tracy and Soozee, aka Ramona Paloma Tile Studios,
will be participating in the 33rd Annual Village Venture Arts & Crafts Faire
on Saturday, October 25, 2014, 9:00am – 5:00pm. Rain or Shine.
This large artistic event is bordered by the streets, Indian Hill and College–east to west,
and by Fourth and First Streets–north to south, in Claremont.
Ramona Paloma will be in booth #583 located on First St–Eastbound,
noting that First Street is split into 2 one-way streets (eastbound and westbound).
We will be just below the Food Court and just above the Metrolink Depot.
We are also near the parking structure on West First Street–please see map below.
This large art festival will be held on the Saturday before Halloween.
It is host to a colorful children’s costume parade which winds through the streets
filled with artists and food vendors. It’s very festive!
Please look for booth #583 at the bottom part of this map.
And may we offer a bit of advice?…you might want to wear comfy shoes : )
Sierra Madre Art Fair, 2014
Happy 52nd birthday to this annual art fair…and we’re invited!! And now, you are too : ) May 3 – 4, 2014.
As Sierra Madre celebrates 52 years of this lovely art event, Ramona Paloma Tile Studios will be there with our display of handmade Art Tile for the first time. We’re pretty excited!
For 2 days, we will be enjoying the park and reinvigorating our sense of community…both with fellow artists as well as with the wonderful friends we’ve made as Ramona Paloma. Hope to see you there.
Saturday, May 3rd from 9:30am to 6pm and
Sunday, May 4th from 9:30am to 5pm.
Memorial Park, 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd in Sierra Madre, 91024. Sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library.
As an added bonus, our charming friend, Beverly Jones, will be the featured artist of the show. Congratulations Beverly!
Wistaria Festival 2014
Happy almost Spring!
Around here the birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, and yes, the Wistaria is blooming!
And that means the Wistaria Festival is coming to Sierra Madre on Sunday, March 16. From 9:00am to 5:00pm, there will be artisans, crafters, food, music, exhibits and shuttle rides to see the vine.
Please see www.wistariafestival.com for more details.
Tracy and Soozee are delighted to be participating in the festival this year with the supportive and energetic group, the Sierra Madre Friends of the Arts. The “Friends” will be playing host to a group of local artists along Windsor Lane–a tiny little street connecting a large public parking lot to the festival.
Ramona Paloma will be on the corner of Windsor Lane and Sierra Madre Boulevard,
just across the street from The Bottle Shop.
Please stop by to say hello!
We’d love to see you : )
Enchanted Handmade–Holiday Boutique December 8
Happy almost December!
We hope you had a cozy and delicious Thanksgiving.
Did you survive Black Friday? Well, let’s just offer an alternative…
Picture yourself walking into an old, handsome, Spanish-style building with thick hand-troweled walls, high ceilings with open beams of dark rough-hewn wood, tall hand-crafted windows made long ago lighting the space with soft, bright available light…you notice the fragrance of cinnamon and sugar, you feel lifted by that cheerful feeling that emanates when a group of happy people are gathered under one roof. Your eyes take-in the complex beauty of items made by the hands of an artist. Your shoulders relax and you remember the spirit of gift-giving from what it once was…
Toto, we’re not in K-mart anymore.
Please come by for a visit on Sunday, December 8 from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm in Eagle Rock, located at the historic Center for the Arts on 2225 Colorado blvd. Come immerse yourself in this special holiday boutique.
Bonus!..One of LA’s top food trucks – Vizzi – will be cooking up some great food! www.vizzitruck.com
Check out the posts by participating artists on the Enchanted Handmade Facebook page!
–it’s the little things
It really is the little things that make us happy.
We normally work in a smallish studio space with 1 minor window. One day it dawned on us that our studio is connected to a spacious patio–so why aren’t we working on the patio?, we asked ourselves eventually.
The answer came when it was 100 degrees outside and we realized that the surrounding trees dropped treasures year round. We responded to that with fans and an awning.
Then the first rain helped us to comprehend the difference between water-proof- and weather-resistant- awnings.
We have really been loving the outdoor annex, as we fondly refer to it, so didn’t want to give it up just because they don’t make plastic sheeting big enough to cover a pyramid-roofed 10 ft awning. Along came another discovery via Amazon–lovely 6-mil extra large plastic sheeting does exist…online.
With the recent rain (and more to come!), we’re delighted to say that our tarp arrived yesterday. Hurray!
Yup, we find so much joy in the little everyday things. While working, we can continue to hear the birds, to feel the recent chill in the air, and to find amusement in the dogs alerting each other to squirrel antics–all this and staying dry too!
–3-Day Art Fest this weekend in Sierra Madre!
Hurray! This weekend we will be participating in a local art show brimming with friends and cohorts–for 3 days!
This annual juried event promises to be a feast for the eyes with over 60 artists presenting their work.
Creative Arts Group. 108 N. Baldwin Ave., Sierra Madre, CA, 626/355-8350 * www.creativeartsgroup.org
Nov 8, Friday 7pm – 9pm. Nov 9, Saturday 10am – 5pm. Nov 10, Sunday 11am – 4pm
Wow, look at all these great artists! What fun it will be.
Hope to see you there.
Soozee and Tracy
–Village Venture Arts & Crafts Festival, this weekend!
We are getting ready for something completely different this weekend.
Village Venture is a new venue for us. It promises to be festive and vivacious with lots of artists, a children’s costume parade, many food vendors and live music. It should be a lot of fun!
Here’s the scoop:
October 26, Saturday, 9am – 5pm, rain or shine
Village Venture Arts & Crafts Fair, Claremont, CA
It will span over many city blocks between College & Indian Hill, and First & Fourth St.
We are booth #583, at the SE corner of eastbound First St and Yale, close to the Metrolink Depot, the Food court and entertainment.
If you would like to travel easier, and leave the parking challenges behind, try taking the MetroLink. You might drive to the El Monte Station located at 10925 Railroad St., El Monte, CA 91731, or go downtown to Union Station via the Gold Line and transfer to Metrolink.
http://www.metrolinktrains.com/stations/detail/station_id/90.html for info about MetroLink, Claremont Station
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