christina kober designs
invites you to



Get out of the stale air-conditioning
to enjoy the cooling shade of century old trees in Grant Park.

Saturday, August 28, 2010 10a.m. until 7p.m.
Sunday, August 29, 2010 10a.m. until 7p.m.
for more location information please visit
http://gpconservancy.org/node/25

The festival is located along the shaded pedestrian roadways of historic Grant Park, Atlanta's oldest public park. The weekend is filled with a variety of featured events including the Artist Market, food vendors, 5K run for the park, live music and a children's fun center. And, don't forget Corks & Forks - A Fine Food & Wine Event featuring top chefs/restaurants each day and some of the coolest wines/ales to hit the market.

I'm kicking off the Spring Show season this Saturday, April 10 at the Suzuki School's Artist Market.

Come by and check it out!

playing catch up.

I apologize for my absence. I have been running around playing catch up since my being sick 2 weeks ago. I'm ALMOST all caught up, although I'm sure something will pop up that I have pushed to the back recesses of my mind.

I barely realized Halloween past and it was November. Shame on me! And in my rush these past few days I haven't even taken photos of what I have been doing...but I'm going to share anyway!

1. A few custom fortune cookie orders to complete. One in particular I love! As a special birthday present for his wife, a man asked me to make a fortune with her favorite quote: "I'll eat you up - I love you so" If you aren't sure what this is a quote from, its Where the Wild Things Are. (I am DYING to see this movie)
   
2. While working on the custom fortune cookies, I have redesigned them. There were some problems with the Fortune Cookie Lariat in particular and I'm really excited to re-post these in the next few days with the "NEW" same but different design.
3. I am reworking my logo and packaging to have a more consistent style. I hope to unveil all of this before the holiday rush.
4. I had a small trunk show at my friend, Miranda's house. Thank you to Miranda for hosting and all the lovely ladies that came by!
5. I am participating in the Whimsical Wares Show this Wednesday through Sunday. I dropped off all my initials and new Fortune Cookies on Monday. Let me tell you if you are in the Atlanta area (Marietta to be exact) this weekend, you should DEFINITELY check this show out. There are tons of great goodies there, including of course my jewelry! ;) But it is also in the most amazing house.
6. I had a custom order for a vermeil mommy and me initial pendant. For those of you who don't know, vermeil is sterling silver with a thin coating of 18K gold on the outside. So it keeps the cost down while also giving you the look of 18K gold. downside: it's not permanent.
   Because I work at a jeweler supply store, and my dad is pretty awesome, he let me experiment with a plating machine and vermeil some of my peices. It was WAY too much fun and I'm looking forward to making a line of vermeil initials!
7. Last I want to tell you guys about a giveaway I'm doing on a blog that I follow. Sara Plays House is a great blog that is about Sara and her family. She has two adorable daughters, who keep her busy and writing entertaining posts, like her Saturday Night Art Show. Definitely a great read! So hop on over to Sara's blog and check it out, and while your there enter to win a CUSTOM FORTUNE COOKIE NECKLACE!!!
   

Oakhurst Artist Market

Look it's me! {under the jewelry category}

I will be participating in the Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival October 10. It is a one day festival from 10am until 7pm.

If you are in the Atlanta area, you should come by! Great music, beautiful art, and a great time!

East Atlanta Strut

I have been burning the midnight oil preparing for my shows this fall. This past weekend was my second art festival, East Atlanta Strut.
As many of you have heard the rain has been awful in Atlanta; however, we pushed through 9 hours and had a pretty good day! A lot of great feedback and exposure!

Here is a collage of photos of my booth. {you can see my trooper of a boyfriend holding down the fort on the lower photo}
There was some entertainment? We also saw some Elvis impersonators, a woman walking on stilts, a garbage man {literally, a dude dressed up in moss and garbage}, and a lot of other interesting sights.

I also had a great surprise! I won the merit award!

MOO cards

In preparation for my next two shows, East Atlanta Strut on Sept 19 & Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival on Oct 10, I have been going back through my notes from my first festival back in May.

I noticed a lot of people would take my business card and on the back of the card jot down the item they liked the most. So I thought if I had some smaller business cards with a photo of my most popular designs with my contact information on the back making it very easy for people to just grab and go. Then two days, weeks or months later when they came back across the card, they had a photograph of the item they really liked to jog their memory.

I ordered these mini cards from www.moo.com. They are so cute and the paper quality is fantastic. As soon as I received them in the mail I ordered some new business cards.

I have also been working on making my packaging a little more gift like. I found this red & white twine from angela liguori. I like it better than regular baker's twine because it's a little heavier. I wrap my gift boxes in some aqua tissue paper, wrap the twine around and tuck a business card and mini moo card...voila!

EAST ATLANTA STRUT!!

I wanted to post a short blog today letting everyone know I have been accepted to my 2nd show! I'm really excited because I have now purchased my own tent and tables! I can't wait to show everything off for the first time!

East Atlanta Strut will be Sept 19 from 10am - 8pm

Come support local Atlanta artists at the East Atlanta Strut. Pre-shop on my website: christinakober.etsy.com

The East Atlanta Strut is a community organized, one-day festival featuring music, art, and events to raise money for neighborhood charities & organizations and support local businesses.

I post a reminder blog post, tweet, facebook message, etc when it's coming up!

Dahlonega Mountain Flower Festival

Hello Everyone!

I'm excited to tell you that I have had my first art festival in Dahlonega, GA. It was a great experience, learning about putting up a tent, how to set my jewelry up, what to bring and what not to bring to a show. Thank you to everyone that came to support me, helped me out and for all the great people that I met!

Here are some photos of my booth. Thank you Dolores for letting me borrow your tent and tables!