New Mens Accessories!

Springtime In the City

I wanted to post some new images of work I have been working on for this spring. Very excited about my new line of delicate branches. I collected specimen right around Patterson Park on my daily walks where I find much of my inspiration.


I have some new necklaces, earrings and bangle bracelets I still need to list. Stay tuned....

Tigerlillyshop Trunk Show, Saturday!

I'll be at one of my favorite shops in Frederick, MD for the wintery Fire and Ice First Saturday celebration! Street level ice sculptures are on display throughout the shopping district for this special event!

February means that love is in the air at The Muse... Check out this great boutique full of handmade wares, perfect for thoughtful Valentine gifts. I'll have a selection of my mixed metal botanical jewelry for sale, as well as some of my button work. Make a night of it and enjoy a stroll through this historic shopping district, grab a hot chocolate and be part of one of the most fun events of the winter!

Pinterest and Instagram Fun!

So I just love my new i-phone!~ It has opened the door for me to see how easy social media can get integrated with my life and business. I am having a blast loading style shots, studio images, and just fun inspiration on Istagram and Pinterest.

I have been working on this fun Woodland Finds board : http://pinterest.com/tigerlillyshop/woodland-finds/ .

And if you don't have an iphone to access Instagram, you can always follow what's going up on this site: http://followgram.me/tigerlillyshop

The Way We Work, National Archives Trunk Show

I am very excited to have been invited to this event at the National Archives. This will be my first ever show on the Mall in DC! I'll have a representation of my preserved botanical work that compliments their National Park collection. There won't be a huge display, I have a 3" space for my necklaces, earrings, rings, a few other one of a kind pieces.

You can find more information about the US National Archives here:
https://www.facebook.com/usnationalarchives?sk=wall

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Inspired by New Deal arts projects, which put artists to work and promoted American art and culture during the Great Depression, “The Way We Work” trunk show will feature the work of contemporary artists for sale at affordable prices.

There is going to be a lunch hour film program in the National Archives' William G. McGowan Theater Friday, December 2 will highlight Works Progress Administration short subject films.

Support the work of today's American artisans and the mission and programs of The Foundation for the National Archives, while shopping for meaningful gifts this holiday season!

This Weekend, Too! Merry Mart

Merry Mart is a unique craft show featuring a diverse mix of art and craft from Baltimore and beyond. BEST's own Jen Menkhaus of The Littlest Bean and Allison Fomich of Tigerlillyshop helped to organize and run the event again this year!

This is a warm and fuzzy indoor show that showcases local Baltimore talent with unique handmade work. Shoppers will find one of a kind gifts, clothing, handbags, plushies, felt accessories, ceramics, soaps, kids toys, mixed media, amazing jewelry, and great art! If you are looking for unique items that will be remembered and appreciated for years to come, don’t miss this show. Shop local and expect to find great gifts at this handmade marketplace this holiday season!

You can find the vendor list and preview here: http://merrymartbaltimore.blogspot.com/

As always, it will be held at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson on December 4th, 2011, from 11am-5pm.

Holiday Heap 2011 this weekend!

Only 4 days until the CharCity Craft Mafia's Holiday Heap, and we can hardly wait!

This year's fair will have 60 of the best local and national crafters, as well as a yarn-spinning demonstration by Three Ravens and a raffle to win a huge basket full of goodies by supporting Arts Every Day! Check the CCCM blog to see vendor interviews and raffle basket sneak peeks.

GrrChe, a local food truck, will be outside for lunch and snacks.

Check out the vendors beforehand by visiting the vendor page. The show will be held on December 3rd, from 10am to 5pm inside St John's Church at 2640 St Paul Street, Baltimore MD 21218.

Emporium Collagia, Fells Point Indie-pendant Business

In the spirit of Small Business Saturday, I thought I would post about one of my favorite small shops in Historic Fells Point, Emporium Collagia. The owner is an artist with a distinct eye for the unique. She has been a fan of my electroformed pieces for a while and always has a nice array of necklaces to choose from! This holiday season, I am so very excited that she is offering her shoppers my new bronze collection!


Proprietor and Aritst Luana Kaufmann has a beautiful little shop at 1732 Thames Street along the waterfront strip in Fells Point. Her unique collage art prints are on display and for sale tucked in amongst an exquisite collection of hand picked interesting home goods and gifts from everywhere! Her store is a collage, in it's own right, it's always fun to see what new items she has to offer.


If you are looking for a special item, you can find a great selection in her tiny storefront. There are super fun surprises in every nook. I am happy to encourage you to support Luana and her eclectic adventure. Shop locally, pop in and see what special gift you leave with!

Urbanite and my Upholstery

I have been focusing a lot of building different parts of my businesses over the last year. You may have seen my red chair upholstery ad in Baltimore's free publication: Urbanite Magazine.

The studio is filling with furniture that needs to be redone. I'll be updating you on all of that stuff as new pieces come through the studio. I'll have lots of before and after shots to inspire!

Don't forget to connect with me on my Allison Fomich Upholstery page!
Stay tuned!!!

Calling all Friends and Fans!

In the spirit of the holiday I am thinking of all of my beloved friends, fans, and loyal customers over the years and I want to give back! I'll be doing some giveaways over the next few months and am excited to offer a peek into the studio more often with a newsletter that will be sent out every other month.

You can sign up for the behind the scenes newsletter by clicking here, just fill in the form and I'll send you a 10% off coupon to my Etsy shop!


Over the next few months, I also want to give a little shot in the 'ol arm to this little blog and my photos on my Flickr page, get better at connecting on Twitter and Tigerlillyshop Facebook AND on Allison Fomich Upholstery Faceboook. Yes it seems like a lot to do, but I miss my online community! Let's reconnect!

More galleries, gift shops, and brick-and-mortar stores are carrying my jewelry work. I feel like my hard work is taking me on a slow meandering successful road. I am feeling good about the upcoming season.

I hope to see many of you at my holiday craft shows, maybe we can even connect with a personal studio visit!

Art Under Glass 2011

This was my display in the Tropcial Greenhouse. My jewelry just looked right in there!

Rawlings Conservatory Exhibit, 3rd Annual Art Under Glass

Allison Fomich, BEST's own Tigerlillyshop will be dipping her toes back into the fine art world this weekend. Appropriately, it will happen in a place close to her heart, the Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory and Botanic Gardens of Baltimore.

This is the first time my Tigerlillyshop jewelry line will be exhibited in a fine art setting. I'll be a small part at the 3rd annual fine art exhibit showcasing some of Baltimore's most talented artists. I am very excited to be in a show with the likes of April Wood, John Ruppert, and Joyce Scott!

Visiting the Conservatory a few weeks ago, I met with some of the master garden staff. They generously gave me cuttings and snippets of specimen growing in the various rooms. I have been working on some pieces that are informed directly by the Conservatory's plants. The botanical garden has been a great place to be inspired. I can't wait to show these art pieces, a really new experience for the line!

11:00 am – 12:30pm - Brunch with artists and preview exhibition
$100 per person
reserved tickets

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm - Art exhibition and sale with refreshments
$30 per person in advance
$40 at the door

Patrons can buy tickets here.

Participating artists:
Gloria Askin • Lindsay Bolin • Loring Cornish • Mark Eisendrath • Kevin Fitzgerald • Allison Fomich • Edmond Hardy • Christine Neil • Joe Kabriel • Giselle Kolb • Barbara Z. Lipman • Ursula Marcum • Edmundo Ortega • Megan Schneebaum • Joyce Scott • Steve Stannard • Soledad Salame • John Ruppert • April Wood

Station North Art Festival, Baltimore with Babes

The other day, our wonderful school art teacher Ms. Laura Embereson, pulled me aside in the hall to tell me my daughter will have work on display at this event, and that there will be awards given out like a real art show! I had never heard of the event before, but it sounded intriguing, especially since our daughter's self portrait will be on display. The exhibit is called Aimed for Purpose, very appropriate for a student show.

Thinking back to my own childhood, this event sounds like similar exhibits I showed at. I am artist, who was once a child who enjoyed making art. I remember when my parents encouraged me and my talent, exposing me to events and exhibits like this. A child feels a great sense on accomplishment and pride when they see a piece of their own artwork in an exhibit, out there in the world. I can't wait to share this day with her!


Location : Across from Station North Thrift Store, 1400 Greenmount Ave.
Time: Saturday May 14th, 12-4pm
Free!

For more info: Adopt a Block Inc.

Station North Art Festival (SNAF) is a program that is run through Adopt-A-Block, Inc. that involves East Baltimore schools and school-aged children who submit artwork based on a pre-determined theme that is always positive and community based. We collect the artwork from individuals and teachers, it is judged by professional artists, and the top 3 students and top school are awarded several prizes.

Upholstery Update

Well, exciting news! We have decided to take our upholstery business to the next level! After much deliberation, we have decided to take out an ad in the Ubranite, one of Baltimore's free monthly magazines.


I think we will be reaching a broad audience across the city that appreciates handmade and supports local businesses. Hopefully the ad will make an impression. It is a small ad in the back, it will be in the "Marketplace" section. But I think we will have a striking graphic that will attract customers.

After 13 years of word-of-mouth business, we are ready to really push the business to grow. So, here we GO!

Baltimore Bride Feature

My work was featured in Baltimore Bride this month! Super excited to be photographed among some of the most talented crafters in Baltimore.

Merry Mary and Holiday Heap This Weekend!

As if you didn't already know, the Baltimore crafty selling season is upon us. We survived Black Friday and many of us wondered if Cyber Monday was actually legit... But really, there are many places to spend holiday gift dollars this time of year. Where will you spend? You may want to think about keeping your hard earned dollars local and support the economy you live in.

Are you ready to be that "conscientious consumer"? Go crazy at these super fun shows this weekend!

This one always rocks my socks off! Charm City Craft Mafia presents Holiday Heap 2010 on Saturday Dec. 4th, from 10am-5pm. Never a dull moment at this show, shop early for the best pickin'. You snooze, you loose!


You can count on great handmade shopping at the Creative Alliance in the Highlandtown Arts District this Sunday December 5th, from 11am-5pm. If you are looking for unique items that will be remembered for years to come, don't miss this warm and fuzzy event!
Everything you need to know about Merry Mart can be found here.

It is SO much fun to shop these awesome shows. See you there!

I Heart Art: Baltimore -This Friday!

Don't forget about the meet-n-greet party on MICA campus this Friday, November 19, from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. ET. Food, drink, music and a craft activity will be included in the festivities taking place in Brown Center’s Leidy Atrium, 1301. W. Mount Royal Ave.

Come meet Vanessa and Morgan from Etsy and members of the Baltimore Etsy Street Team. There will be a raffle full of goodies from BEST artists, MICA, and Etsy, so get there early! And don't forget to bring your business cards!

Please RSVP by calling 410-225-2219 or e-mailing spcs@mica.edu. We can’t wait to see you at the party! For directions, please visit: www.mica.edu

Our Patterson Park Weekend

I was taking a photo of this leaf and branch, when she jumped up to get it. Total coincidence!

Patterson Park is just breathtaking right now. We have had beautiful warm fall days, the weather and sunshine has been perfect. So glad to get some shots this year.

Where's Brett? Monkey like-in the tree tops.
It was a fun day!

Button Rings on Sale!

Trying out the new Etsy On Sale App !

I will be offering more sales throughout the fall and winter since this app makes it so easy to offer my customers deals deals deals!! Please check back for next week's promotion!

End of Summer Gardening

My daughter brought her play camera to our city garden plot the other day and took some really cool shots. Yes, I love everything she makes, that is my job, but I thought it might be a nice thing to share with my readers. Here is my 5 yr old's view of a day in the sunshine of our garden.


Marigolds gone by, looking closely and smelling their pungent fragrance as she dead heads them. I think this is a universal North American gardening experience. So happy to instill these scents in her childhood memory.


This one is so beautiful, she held a stick up and made a growling face, but "It didn't work", she said. I think it is a great self portrait. Very summery and sunshine. Even though it is the hot sweltering end of summer, this image is sweet and self aware.


I asked her to take one of me for fun. She had her turn with the hose and soaked me earlier, I am drenched in this picture. We really have a good time together when it's just us. I love going to the garden with her. She helped me weed the beets at age 3. Now at age 5, she is making friends with mourning doves and asking if we can take them home. I said she has to catch them first.


Watering plot #32. I propped up the hose in our neighbor's fence so I could focus on the other plot. I love to see her perspective, her vantage point and her world.


Morning glories cover the fences this year thicker than in past years. The vines provide some much needed shade in our corner near plot #2. She was hanging out close to me picking these heart shaped leaves and giving them to me. She repeated over and over that she was giving me the most important gift of the loving heart. I made sure to tuck them into my pockets so I wouldn't lose them.

It was a really hot blazing summer day out there, but we kept cool in the hose. There were a lot of weeds to pull, but we did find some creatures to look at. I squished harlequin beetles, squash bugs and we had to leave the mourning dove where he was perched on the fence. I left that garden closer to my daughter. Girl time.