Art in the Park - Plymouth Michigan

Finally an artfair back in Michigan!! Chicago was a blast but it's so nice to be close to home. Art in the Park in Plymouth is a huge artfair and one of my best of the summer. There about 450 artists and hundreds of thousands in attendance. Once again I had a perfect spot on Penniman Ave and my "Schleppers" for the weekend were two very dear friends Carina and Darcy. Thanks so much ladies - you know I couldn't have done it without you.

Carina got the two gorgeous weather days, she lives in

Livonia so she saw many people she knew and we enjoyed being outside (and very busy).

Darcy on the other hand got the rediculous weather day (I'll have to make that up to you!) We got hit with a huge rain storm...we were soaked, the jewelry was soaked and the water was running over our feet - yuk. They even closed the fair down for a while because of the weather. So...... we sat in the tent with the sides zipped down and drank our coffee. I must admit, it was great company and great conversation at least. Thanks for being such a trooper Darcy.

Chicago - Joliet Fine Arts Fair

Back in Chicago again and this time I finally got to stay with Jennie, MaryAnns sister. We had the opportunity to stay with her last summer when we did the Lincoln Park Artfair so I was really looking forward to it. She has a beautiful condo right downtown and the view is spectacular. Jennie's husband and kids were gone so we really had a "GIRLS" weekend. Friday night we grabbed a late dinner at a little greek restaurant a few blocks down from the condo (it was a perfect night to walk).

Saturday was a beautiful day but extremely windy (for all my Schleppers - you know how crazy the wind can make you!!!!!) so Jennie and I spent much of the day holding down the tent etc....

The highlight was dinner that night at my favorite restaurant - The Grand Lux Cafe - if you haven't been there it's a must!!! The food, the ambiance and definately the interior design.

Sunday was rainy and windy.....yeah!!!! It did clear up for some of the day but that wind stayed with us. Sunday night was definately a night to order in Giordano's pizza (I had been waiting all weekend for it and it was truly worth the wait!).

I headed out on Monday and drove straight to Alma College to do a Customer Service Seminar foe my sisters staff at Champion Cheerleading and then home to another baseball game. (You all know how it is - hardly a moment to breathe!)

A huge heartfelt "Thank You" to Jennie for being such a wonderful hostess and a perfect "Schlepper"! I feel blessed to have such a wonderful new friend. I can't wait to do it again next year at some Chicago artfair.

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