RaeAn Designs

Iiiiiiit's showtime at the Marin Arts & Crafts Show!

If you're in the Bay Area, stop by The Marin Center's Exhibit Hall anytime this weekend (Fri/Sat 10-6, Sun 10-5) to say hi, browse all the fabulous artisans and crafters around me, and see my newest piece: the birthday cupcake greeting cards were ready at the print shop the day before I left LA, so you could be the very first to buy one!

Just submitted to the print shop, coming soon on my website & Etsy: birthday cupcake micrography cards, filled with "Happy birthday!" in 150 languages! (Including some of my favorite scifi & fantasy conlangs... 🤓 )

Want to be the first to buy these cards in-person? Drop by the Marin Arts & Crafts Show Nov 4-6, or stay tuned for the link when the online listing is live!

I can't wait for a second exciting weekend at Koroneburg Renaissance Festival with some of my latest portfolio additions: showing off some nerdy art prints, taking custom commissions, demoing a new sea shanty ship piece, and debuting my most recent medium: woodburned bookmarks and dice! Of course I forgot to take any pictures until the end of the day when I was already tired, but that weary visage is masking a very satisfied long-time and first-time 🥰

Will I get to see you there this weekend??

It's Unloading Day #1 for Koroneburg Renaissance Festival — I can't wait to babble about 16th Century Jewish scribal art to anyone who will listen over the next 5 weekends, but first, it's schleppin' time!

The Israeli American Council - IAC Celebrate Israel Festival has been busy, so I forgot to take a photo until I was already schvitzy, but I can't pack up before getting a selfie, right?

I may have only made half my booth fee back in day-of sales, but enough people took my card with solid ideas for ketubah or anniversary commissions already forming that I'm preeeeeetty sure I'll make that difference up later... And even if I don't, it was a fun last single-day vending opportunity before I dive into prepping my booth at Koroneburg Renaissance Festival for opening day on May 29!

Shabbat Shalom! May your Shabbat be full of joy, rest, and rejuvenation 🥰

Wish a loved one a Shabbat Shalom with a gift of a Shabbat Shalom Rainbow Micrography Print so they'll be reminded of your wishes for a peaceful Shabbat every week!

Day 2 of the Santa Monica Bead & Design Show has been busy, just the way it should be! There's still one more day to pop by: the vendor hall is open 10-5 tomorrow/Sunday; will I get to see you there?

The first morning at the Santa Monica Bead & Design Show has been great; it's so nice being able to schmooze with art collectors about my in-person again for the first time since 2019! 🥰

I'm also using Sonny the Chair (my new wheels) at a show for the first time, and lemme tell ya... Even though she definitely needs a new tire that I haven't gotten around to replacing yet, she has already made this event So. Much. Easier. If for no other reason than because I can wheel around my booth space instead of constantly standing up when customers ask about a piece/sitting back down when they leave.

There's still plenty of time to stop by and visit me and/or shop a wide variety of bead, art, and design artisans! The exhibit hall is open 10am-6pm today and tomorrow/Saturday, then 10-5 on Sunday.

For more details and to buy tickets ($8 online, $10 at the door, good all weekend), head to BeadAndDesign.com

Or shop my artwork online anytime on RaeAnDesigns.com -- I have a few new greeting cards to post next week, so keep an eye out here for an announcement once they're online!

Getting ready for with a bunch of new frames and mats! Will I see you at the Santa Monica Bead & Design Show this weekend?

Title: Pomegranates I
Text: Psalms 1-18
Size: 11"x14"
Recommended Framing: 16"x20"

RaeAn Designs | Micrography Art Prints & Greeting Cards Micrography / micro-calligraphy and word art in Hebrew and English - prints, greeting cards, custom invitations, and more.

The countdown to my first big juried show since in-person events started happening again is on! 🥳
2 days until setup, 3 days to opening day... I only put up 3 of my 6 gridwalls last weekend, so today, I'm working on framing more pieces to display like this so I'm ready to fill the whole set this time.

Next stop this : Santa Monica Bead & Design Show 🎉

Check out this gorgeous Song of Songs micrography on a chicken egg from the 1750s in Italy! 😍

I can only dream of having steady enough hands to scribe not only so small, but on such a fragile medium. I think I'll stick to paper on my drafting table for now...
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This item is from the Museum of Italian Jewish Art - the micrography is done on a chicken egg. 1750s.
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