Friendship, Food & Fun at the family home of Dawning Pollen Shorty in Taos, New Mexico

                                         Save 15% - Summer Magic Sale continues!

Use coupon code "SUMMERMAGIC15" at Checkout

https://www.etsy.com/shop/cyvonneh

      any item in the FAIRY GARDEN & NIGHT LIGHTS / LUMINARY sections of my shop

     Click on the 'SHOP' button above to visit my Etsy Shop

     Offer good until August 31, 2013

What's New In the Studio?
  I Venture Outside of the Studio for New Inspirations

 

  Continuing My Celebration of 

Pueblo Indian Art & Culture

with 3 Generations of Taos Potters

We went to the home of Dawning Pollen Shorty's parents, located close to the Taos Pueblo, to fire our micaceous clay creations. Her parents, Bernadette Track and Robert Shorty, along with her aunt Soge, grandmother Jeri, and some cousins were all there when we arrived. We were welcomed with hugs and the aromatic scent of pinto beans being cooked in a well-used micaceous bean pot made Pollen's mother, Bernadette. As our pots were firing, we feasted on pinto beans, homemade 'fry bread' & jam,  homemade herbal tea, watermelon,  freshly baked cinnamon buns and strawberry rhubarb pie. We sat in the yard surrounding the firing pit and on the porch, feasting and visiting with Pollen and her family.

 By the end of the day, I felt as though I had just spent the day with long lost family. 

A most beautifully spent day!

Pollen with her 97 year old grandmother, Jeri Track

Absolutely delicious beans, jam & frybread

 

We learned that Bernadette had also been a model for Navaho Artist, R.C. Gorman

       She entertained us by demonstrating a few of the poses that she had done as a  model for Gorman

Bernadette in one of Gorman's famed paintings

Cradleboard with beaded baby Moccasins

Sculptures by Robert Shorty (Pollen's Dad)

   Coming Soon - More adventures in Santa Fe, Taos Pueblo, & Santa Domingo Pueblo

I love to play with many different materials and experiment with new techniques.

                                  Currently, my favorite materials to work with are clay, glass, and metal.

Many of my creations are available at  http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com 

Visit and click on 'SHOP' to view my online shop on ETSY.

 

You can also follow me at :

 *https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Shade-of-the-Sycamore-Tree/146797635336244?fref=ts

*http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com/

*http://pinterest.com/cyvonneh2/boards/

*https://twitter.com/cyvonneh

Have a Terrific Day!

Cindi

Fairy Garden / Fairy House Sale

Save 15%
Summer Magic Sale!
Any Item in the              FAIRY GARDEN & NIGHT LIGHTS / LUMINARY sections of my shop                     Click on the 'SHOP' button above to visit my Etsy Shop                                       Offer good until August 31, 2013 Use coupon code "SUMMERMAGIC15" at Checkout https://www.etsy.com/shop/cyvonneh
Also follow me @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Shade-of-the-Sycamore-Tree/146797635336244?fref=ts http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com/ http://pinterest.com/cyvonneh2/boards/   https://twitter.com/cyvonneh

Etsy Treasuries

What's new in the Studio this week?

In celebration of the bounty of COLORS that I 'found' on my recent trip to New Mexico, you will receive 15% off any Item you find when searching "BLUE" or PURPLE or VIOLET" in my shops search box. Use coupon code "ROYGBIVBLUPURP15" to receive your discount at

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/cyvonneh. 

  Blue/Purple sale expires August 15, 2013.

 I'm rallying support to other ETSY artisans and shops this week.

~Today's Treasuries~

Food Torture! 

"some of them look old & rusty...oh my!", says the sadistic cook as she reaches for her 1st victim.

Vintage kitchen tools, gadgets, and contraptions

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzI0ODQ1Nzg0/food-torture 


Make a Joyful Noise!
...and Who remembers these? Hmmm, Joyful to Whom?

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzIyMjg0NzM3/make-a-joyful-noise 
 

 Also follow me @

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Shade-of-the-Sycamore-Tree/146797635336244?fref=ts

http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com/

http://pinterest.com/cyvonneh2/boards/

  https://twitter.com/cyvonneh

Pretty in Peacock @ In the Shade of the Sycamore Tree

What's new in the Studio this week?

In celebration of the bounty of COLORS that I 'found' on my recent trip to New Mexico, you will receive 15% off any Item you find when searching "BLUE" or PURPLE or VIOLET" in my shops search box. Use coupon code "ROYGBIVBLUPURP15" to receive your discount at

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/cyvonneh. 

  Blue/Purple sale expires August 15, 2013.

 I'm rallying support to other ETSY artisans and shops this week.

Today's Treasury 

Celebrates my Favorite 'Color' - Peacock!

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzI0ODI3Mzcw/pretty-in-peacock?index=0&ref=pr_treasury_more&atr_uid=

 Also follow me @

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Shade-of-the-Sycamore-Tree/146797635336244?fref=ts

http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com/

http://pinterest.com/cyvonneh2/boards/

  https://twitter.com/cyvonneh

What's new in the Studio this week?

In celebration of the bounty of COLORS that I 'found' on my recent trip to New Mexico, you will receive 15% off any Item you find when searching "BLUE" or PURPLE or VIOLET" in my shops search box. Use coupon code "ROYGBIVBLUPURP15" to receive your discount at

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/cyvonneh. 

  Blue/Purple sale expires August 15, 2013.

 

 I'm rallying support to other ETSY artisans and shops this week.

Check out these great collections of wonderful gifts and "must have's".

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzI0ODIzMDc2/twitterpated?ref=pr_treasury 

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzI0NzQ0Nzky/squiggles-dots-lines-metallics?index=5&atr_uid=

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzYzNTEwOXwyNzIyMTc0MTIz/squiggles-dot-lines-2?index=7&atr_uid=

Also follow me @

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-the-Shade-of-the-Sycamore-Tree/146797635336244?fref=ts

http://www.intheshadeofthesycamoretree.com/

http://pinterest.com/cyvonneh2/boards/

  https://twitter.com/cyvonneh