Cantigny - Wheaton, IL

Cantigny Park was absolutley beautiful. My "Schlepper" for Father's day weekend in Chicago was "Downtown Juli Brown" a friend of mine and my sisters office manager for Champion Cheerleading. We had a great time, set up early and caught a movie (Made of Honor - super cute) then Saturday, had wonderful day - the harp player was right next to us and Juli even got to help make the "Kettle Corn" across from us (guess what we ate that night as we sat in the hotel room on our beds - yep Kettle Corn) we also had a relaxing dinner outside at a great steak house.

Sunday started out on a different note....a HUGE storm hit on our way to the artfair and I mean a HUGE storm! Ten people lost their tents, we had to sit in the car for quite a while and then try to dry everything out. The sun came out and it ended up being a beautiful day, so "Thank You" to all of you who ventured out that Father's day afternoon after the storm - I truly appreciated it.

WOW - What a summer!! Arlington Heights, Il

Hello everyone -

So, I thought that by doing a blog I would possibly keep on top of it and it would serve as a better source for people to see what's going on with Just Ware It!, me and what's new with my designs. Well...........not so much! What? Did I really think that just because I created a blog that I was all of the sudden going to be one of those people who stayed on top of it? For those of you who know me - you're getting a good laugh right now and I don't blame you.

Anyway, I am posting now and wanted to share some fun photos from my "artfair season" thus far. It has truly been a blast! My new word for the summer is "Schlepper" - the artfairs in Chicago through Amdur Productions had a basket of name tags for "Helpers" so my neice Kiley and I rummaged through the basket and saw nametags with such terms as "the banker", "the other half", "the better half", "along for the ride", "assistant" and then...........there it was - "SCHLEPPER". I knew instantly it was the ONE we had to have and that I really needed like ten schleppers in my life that could help me with everything. (Thanks to Amy Amdur of Amdur Productions for the great name tags and one of my new favorite words!)

Well, now that you know what a "Schlepper" is - I have some pictures of my wonderful schleppers from the various artfairs this summer and a few pictures of the beautiful areas where the artfairs were located etc... hope you enjoy the pictures.

Here are a few pictures from the Trunk Show at Kathy's Kreme of the Kropp in Williamston. What a cute setting! It was a great day and I was happy to participate with Kathy Kropp for First Friday's in downtown Williamston. Kreme of the Kropp will be carrying the Ware Imprint necklaces, so stop in and see what a great shop she has!! Thanks to Kathy for inviting me to be a part of First Fridays.

Trunk Show - Kathy's Kreme of the Kropp

Trunk Show - Kathy's Kreme of the Kropp

Trunk Show - Pace ~ Howe Designs Old Town

What an absolutely wonderful evening! I just wanted to say Thank You to Darcy Pace and Julie Howe of Pace~Howe Designs (in case you didn't know, they're simply the best interior design firm in town). They were kind enough to invite me in for an evening trunk show in conjunction with a Junior League Membership event.

We started out at Pace Howe with wonderful appetisers and drinks (beautifully presented ladies) and then headed out to Grace's, October Moon and Bella Rio Salon all in Old Town. (If you haven't been to Old Town, I highly suggest taking an afternoon and checking out all the cool little shops)

It was truly a pleasure meeting and mingling with all of you ladies and to Darcy and Julie - Congratulations on all your success and the awesome office bldg. - love those exposed brick walls and the view is spectacular!

Looking forward to the next Trunk Show:)

Golden Glow Picture

O.K. - so I need to learn the in's and out's of this blog thing. Here is the picture;) Speaking of Golden Glow - I really need a tan!!!!!!!