The Creative Life - Barbara Trovillo

Hello Friends,   The Preparation for the Art Festival Saga continues.....     In my last post, I talked about the need to build walls for the booth on which the artwork will hang. I looked into buying premade walls but they are sooo expensive. I found some DIY suggestions on youtube that looked reasonably easy. Easy for me to say, that is....I do not build. I depend on my husband for that part.    I have to admit, I have been nervously waiting for him to get started. My tent is 10' by 10'. For some reason, I was thinking it was 10' tall. I asked him [...]

Hello again, Well, I thought maybe I ought to pick up where I left off last time.....   First off, do you remember, I was going to ask the Auto Repair Shop if they would lend me their empty magazine rack for the show? I did it! They said," sure, go ahead and take it!" A very small local place, nice people. Unfortunately, it is not going to work so I will return it soon. I decided to use a couple of baskets, one for prints, the other for cards.                                  [...]

Ciao a tutti,    It's been a while.....   To be honest, it is a crazy time at Pleasant Hill Farm. Our lives have definitely become way more complicated than before. I am working very hard to keep up with everything.   What I would like to share with you all today is my experience getting ready for an Art Festival! I am doing my very first Art Festival at the IX Park in Charlottesville, Virginia on Memorial Day Weekend. I am both excited and scared!   First, it is A LOT of work. I am not one to wait until the last minute.  Each day, I am working [...]