Billi Odegaard, Stitchery Artist

My sister, Billi Odegaard, is spending some well-deserved rest time after 30 years in public health becoming expert at doing hardanger, a form of old Norwegian embroidery using counted and drawn thread techniques.

Those little holes you see with the black showing through have been created by cutting one thread at a time! A piece as large as the one above takes many hours (like 80 or more) to create and deserves a place of honor in a home. 

But Billi is making reasonably priced bookmarks with the same technique so that you can have one of these precious needlework pieces to treasure.

Billi will also have available the macadamia nut shortbread cookies that are such favorites. Most customers load up while at the bazaar since the cookies freeze so well.

How lucky can I be that my sister is so supportive of my endeavors with the bazaar?  Come see us at 135 12th Avenue, Seaside, OR, October 24 and 25, 2014.

Carolyn Anderson, Beadwork Artist

I don't know what I would do without Carolyn Anderson from Aberdeen, Washington. She's not only an artist, but acts as co-chair, keeps our finances straight, offers great advice and brings wine! Carolyn has traveled extensively through Europe and the Far East, which has influenced her many creations.

She uses beads and crystals to make sun catchers...

cell phone fobs...

and decorations for holiday trees, wine bottles, etc.

Carolyn shows beaded and crystal jewelry at the Full Moon Art Gallery in Gig Harbor, WA.  She also has a website at http://www.fullmoonartgallery.com. She donates all profits to Relay for Life of Gray's Harbor, WA.

You will see many of her creations at the Seaview Manor Bazaar in Seaside, OR, October 24 and 25, 2014. Watch for this year's poster with info on what, where and when.