Anna Harper

I had this odd dream. It is summer and have opened all the windows to cool off my apartment. I enter my bedroom and there are nine giant flies resting my bed. They are each about a foot long and their bodies are black as oil with silvery highlights. They have long barbed legs. Their wings are luminously opalescent with green and violet streaked. There is a buzzing noise coming from the random movement of their wings, vibrating the whole room. My skin feels funny from the vibration.

They are beautiful and scary. I am not quite sure if they are dangerous, so I go out of the room and get a broom to shoo them away. The buzzing stops and it is dead calm. I hurry and feel my stomach tighten.

When I return to the room, opening the door, I see a beautiful fragrant flower there on the bed with them. It smells amazing, makes me think of being a child when my mother would bake cookies. Then all of a sudden I realize that the flower was a gift from them. I feel silly for having thought they were scary. I say thank you and they leave out my open window.

Starting March 15 Hillary Flowers Boutique will start carrying my jewelry.

Hillary Flowers Boutique
40 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002
hours: 1 pm to 8 pm (Except Mondays and Holidays)

http://hillaryflowers.com/collective.html

Here is the very cute and pretty mushroom camp hat I made @ Etsy.com’s craft night. It was made from 100% Cashmere.
I used an old favorite sweater that I loved to wear until it was damaged by moths. I have had lots of practice in repurposing or recycling sweaters into scarves, so it was easy for me. I had so much fun I may start selling them in shops next year along with my scarves. =)

Want a custom hand wrapped $65 necklace without having to pay for it? Help me place my jewelry in a new shop and I will make you a custom necklace for free!

I just added a new shop to my consignment list, The Brooklyn Women’s Exchange.

5 Pierrepont St.
Brooklyn, NY 11201

http://www.brooklyn-womens-exchange.org/

Hours: Tues-Fri 11:00-6:00, Thur till 7:00, Saturday 10:00-4:30

718-624-3435

The following is a short poem I wrote when I got my first bike.

PINK BIKE

Cute princess bike, last one in the store,
Cheap bright pink paint,
Plastic streamers sprouting from the handlebars,
Banana seat with cartoon flowers,

Rode as fast as I could down hill,
Wind in my face, hands in the air,
Hit a pothole,
Wrecked it,
Skinned my knee,
Scraped the pink paint,
Smiled.

Come and join me at the 2010 Williamsburg Love-A-Fair! I will be there with my beautiful jewelry designs. Some one of kind necklaces and bracelets! Most are very resonablly priced between $35 to $65.

When:

Saturday, February 13: 12pm – 7pm
Sunday, February 14: 12pm – 4pm

What:

• Over 20 independent artisans and vendors will be showcasing and selling original crafts, jewelry, prints, clothing, toys, home decor, and other unique creations.
• TERMiNAL OPTiC & Friends will play an eclectic selection of indie music to keep you grooving while you shop!
• Free admission
• Free popcorn & balloons for the little ones!
• All Major Credit Cards accepted!
• Gift Wrapping Services Available!

Where:

TERMiNAL Art & Event Space
343 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY 11211

Here are a pair of fun earrings I made and sold over the holidays on eBay. They make a nice soft chime when you move briskly.

This is a work in the making, my new website! My old web server service messed up my site data. And though, I have backup files, I want something new and fresh that reflects my current work. Check back, the site will grow over the next few days quickly!