43rd Street Art Festival

We made it to the 43rd Street Art Festival this year — the first time since we moved to Richmond. For some reason, in the past, we always assumed it was a 2 day event, planned to go on Sunday, only to find that it was in fact a 1 day event!

We found the artwork lovely, and were particularly taken with the pottery of Lee Hazelgrove. We purchased one of his medium-sized vessels and would like to purchase another piece (or two) in the future. (The photo above gives you an idea of his work.)

Charles Farrar's woodturned pieces were also terrific. Again, I was drawn to his unique selection of vessels — just beautiful.

Be sure to check out their web sites if you have a chance.

Spring Cleaning...in the Fall

I've just completed a bit of spring cleaning on my web site, or should I call it, fall cleaning? Either way, I've deleted well over 100 pages! It feels a bit like when you have five inches cut off your hair all at once -- light and springy. :)

I've implemented a bit of jquery magic to view all of my posted images rather than having them open in their own special pages. I've also deleted the option of ordering from my site and am now routing all my orders through Etsy. I thought long and hard about the change, but I'm hoping that my customers will find the transition seamless and just as easy (if not easier) as ordering off of my own site.

Now that I am on a roll with these changes, I'm hoping to bring the rest of my site into the 21st century by doing away with all of the tables (used for laying out the pages) and whipping out the css. I've been kicking around the idea of completely redesigning my site since this would be the perfect time to do it. There's just something about the orange mandala and the orange pages that I still haven't grown tired of. What do you think — keep it the same or redesign?

Etsy Love

Just wanted to send out a thank you to all the lovely treasury creators on Etsy who have included my work in their treasuries. There have been so many recently — I am overwhelmed with gratitude. Thank you so much!

Web Site Changes

I am currently working on updating the functionality of my web site, and as a result, some of the features of my site are temporarily disabled. While visitors are able to still see my mandala and fractal galleries, I have suspended purchasing directly from my site while I do the updates. Anyone interested in purchasing prints, please drop me an email with specifics and I will try to respond as promptly as possible.  I look forward to getting the site revamped and all the features restored shortly.

New Home for My Family, New Home for My Blog

Moving to our new house has brought lots of changes. One of the most recent is...my blog has moved to Blogspot. Tim decided to get rid of one of our servers and so, after three years of being the keeper of my own blog, I am now entrusting it to Blogspot.

It doesn't look as great as I'd like it to, but I hope to give it more attention in the days to come. Thanks to Tim's help, though, I was able to transfer all my former posts, so nothing has been lost.

I hope that all of you have found me here at Blogspot who have been following me at blog.kellydietrich.com. Be sure to bookmark my new address kellydietrich.blogspot.com and visit me often. Welcome.

Promise of What’s to Come

My print Promise of What's to Come is currently featured on the Craftgawker home page. Be sure to swing by and have a look, or visit the listing on Etsy.

Etsy Stores Back Online

Thankfully, my family and I have survived the holidays, the move to our new home, the packing and unpacking of seemingly thousands of boxes, and the various illnesses that plagued us for more than a month. Needless to say, we were eager to ring in the new year! Even though there are still plenty of walls to paint, I've re-opened my Etsy stores because I've missed you all, your lovely comments, and the normalcy that keeping up my Etsy stores provides. My thanks to all who visited, purchased products, and dropped me a note in 2009. Wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year. :)