to dress tag or not to dress tag?!?!

To dress tag, or not to dress tag, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in heart & mind to endureThe slings and arrows of a run-of-the-mill life,
Or to take arms against a sea of the ordinary,
And by dress tagging, end them? To tag, to sleep ... no more;
(my apologies to Mr. Shakespeare)

Mystic, CT, after delivering 'insatiable' to the Mystic Arts Center for their Form and Fantasy show

Form and Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art

 September 30 - November 12 ~ Opening Reception - Thursday, October 6^th from 5:30pm-7pm

Dress Tagging while visiting Red Alert Cocktail Dress at the Boston Children's Museum's  exhibit ~

In the Bag

September 15 - November 27, 2011

can u see the dress???

@ my favorite restaurant, flour, down the street from  the BCM

Flour Bakery, Fort Point Channel12 Farnsworth St.,a perfect place to go after a visit to the Boston Children's Museum!! thumbs up from our entire group!!!

their tag line ~ Make life sweeter, Eat dessert first!! (what do u think Mom?? :)

a little something extra @ the FPAC store

then next door to flour is the Fort Point Artist Community Store ~ 

Made in Fort Point: The FPAC Store 12 Farnsworth Street

@ the opening of Here Now at the Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA

Barthelson  Crane: here  now
Sprinkler Factory Gallery
Opening Reception: Saturday, October  1,  5 to 8 pm
Artists Talk: Sunday October 23,  3:00 pm
October 1 - 30, 2011

experimenting with tagging

'May this dress help you find your inner baker'

this tag may have been too suggestive?!?

this 'tag' I put in a busy JoAnn's Fabric, thinking that the creative clientele would be open to picking up a dress, but it stayed put for the hour or so that I was shopping :(?!?! I am dying to see one get picked up!!!)

this made me question my whole dress tagging endeavor ~ is this insanity??? why am I doing this?? why am I throwing one more 'thing' into my already full life?? last week, besides delivering artwork and submitting artwork, I got to deal with a dead chicken, a broken pipe, flooded house and then lost my all keys for a truly uncomfortable amount of time?!?

but even as I question this latest obsession,  I can't deny this burning desire to put these 'tags' out in the world.  Even if they are never picked up & end on in the trash ~ they might bring a smile to someone before it is thrown out.  And I have so much fun figuring out what 'intention' to put on each dress and where to put it, so I guess the dress tagging will continue!! so keep your eyes open AND if you want to be part of the fun ~ email me or comment below and I will send you some dress tags!! But beware - it is addicting :) Peace

dress tagging at the Natick Collection

'may this dress bring you fun' 

'may this dress bring you inner beauty'  ~ left at Sephora 

this made shopping at the mall much more enjoyable for me. peace

'insatiable' on the road again

Recently I got an exciting email, which read  ~

Working on 'insatiable' at Attleboro Arts Museum

"Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that your piece Insatiable has been accepted into the Mystic Arts Center Form and Fantasy fiber exhibit and was awarded 3^rd Prize! . .  Out of the approximately 70 entries we  received from around the country, the juror selected 26, or 37%."

So 'insatiable' is on the road AGAIN!!!   In fact I am heading down to Mystic, CT tomorrow to deliver her and then plan to swing through Manhattan to see de Kooning: A Retrospective at the MOMA!!

dress tag in Wellesley

I am so psyched because beside seeing some great Art, I plan to do a little dress tagging in the big apple.  Yes I am calling my little dress activity dress tags or dress tagging ~ thank you all for your suggestions. As u can see I have tagging quite a bit.  And I am not even photographing each tag because I realize that it is always appropriate to pull out the camera in certain spots.

So NYC and Mystic keep an eye out for some little dresses filled with good stuff.  

And here's the 411 on the mystic show:

Form and Fantasy: A Contemporary Twist on Fiber Art, runs from September 30 - November 12, with the Opening Reception - Thursday, October 6^th from 6pm-8pm.

 peace!!!