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It’s been raining here in Brooklyn all week. I don’t know about you, but I sure need a pick-me-up!
Luckily this week we’re giving away one of artist Jenn Bell’s Pansy or Echinacea Wall Hangings— made of copper, glass, and enamel, and a sure to keep the flowers blooming year round.
I talked to Jenn for a few minutes this week about how she creates creates her handmade pieces.
“There are daily accidents that turn out to be gorgeous,” says Jenn of her creative process.
What does she mean by that?
“… As I’ve grown up I’ve realized that you have no idea where each day is going to take you and rolling with the punches makes everything better. I’m incredibly hard on myself, so I have pieces all over my shop that I have deemed unacceptable. Friends come over and just randomly point and say, “I like that one.” So I take it to a show and someone else likes it. Sometimes making art seems to be this balance of listening to your gut and ignoring it all at the same time.”
And the lesson this week is that it’s quite alright to give yourself a break every now and then.
Leave a comment below to win one of Jenn’s beautiful handmade wall hangings, and let us know what you’re doing this weekend to give yourself a break.
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These are so unique…I love them! I love how the colors she chose play off the copper. Very very nice!
Gorgeous! I am throwing a baby shower for my daughter this weekend!
those are really nice. theyll look great on my wall.
im going to go shopping this weekend for a break
Modern dance company performance tonight, bbq chicken and doughnut fest tomorrow!
I’m scrapbooking this weekend and shopping for a bedroom makeover.
These are beautiful; and I would love to have it on my wall! I am spending my weekend painting birdhouses, gardening, playing with the dogs & doing some home improvement projects! Enjoy your weekend too Jenn! ~Russell
These are so cute I might have to buy one.
Those are pretty cool and would look really nice in my condo!
I will be attending Fayetteville, AR’s Bikes, Blues & BBQ this weekend. 🙂
Those are gorgeous!
I’m running a 10K in Silver Spring, MD this weekend!
I work a lot this weekend, but I think my new husband and I are going to go in search of hot cider and doughnuts – the most wonderful fall treat!
this weekend i will be spending all my time with family ….no matter what the weather brings!! 🙂
Love love love these… I have been shopping on your site most of the afternoon for holiday gifts.
My plans for the weekend w/two boys: FIVE soccer games, TWO baseball games, one sleepover birthday party and one basketball practice. All starts at 7:15pm Fri. night. Ends at 5:30pm Sun………..I’ll be ready for Mon. to get here!!!!!!
Beautiful work! This weekend = apple picking and cider tasting in the gorgeous New England fall weather!
oh, those are so pretty! i will be visiting dc and then unpacking from moving last weekend on sunday.
These are gorgeous!!! Daisy is without a doubt the most beautiful flower in the world!!! Love the work!!!
Tomorrow celebrating breast cancer awareness month and national card making day by making cards at a breast cancer event!!! 🙂
This weekend I’m babysitting my beautiful niece, Violet and my mom is coming in to town for a visit and staying with us.
Should be loads of FUN!
SO beautiful! I’m going to a Reds game tomorrow!
will be hanging out in my friend’s hospital room… waiting for a baby!
These are amazing! I’m in Ct and it has been a rainy drab week here as well. So this weekend I am shaking outta this lame funk by making bright art works. I think I might focus on owls, maybe some mixed media owls I have been saving scrap paper from other crafts. Again these are so pretty!
going to a detention center to spend some time with kids from broken families and planning to have lots of rest after this crazy week.
nice job with those!
absolutely nothing! and I’m going to enjoy every second!
I love it when innovative ppl contribute to the world’s beauty with their creativity. Plans for this weekend very simple house work and more unpacking. 😉
Lovely artwork! This weekend my baby is staying with his favorite Aunt to give Mom and Dad a chance to roam the city streets, searching the antique shops and flea markets for the perfect new home decor.
Going to The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Co, the inspiration for Stephen King’s The Shining. We are taking a ghost tour and planning on having a great time.
Hiking, OSU football, Altheimers memory walk, and lots of homework!!
I plan on diving into a new book!
Love it–“Listen to your gut and ingnore it at the same time.” Words of wisdom to those of us occasionally in an artistic rut. On Saturday, I’m going to the University of Toledo Homecoming Parade, and on Sunday a soy-wax printing workshop. (To un-rut.)
Stunning work! Going to a birthday party on Sunday. 🙂
these are beautiful – I would love to win one!
This weekend I’m participating in a local art and music festival called Arts Goggle in Fort Worth, Tx – can’t wait!!
Heading to DC for Crafty Bastards on Saturday
and then it’s Philadelphia Swap-O-Rama-Rama
on Sunday. A weekend full of arts & crafting!
What beautiful pieces. I would feel honored to win one!
Your art is BEAUTIFUL! I am recuperating from surgery this weekend.
I own a small bakery and we have market this Saturday so most of my weekend will be spent there. Sunday I plan to put on sweats and watch a movie with my hubby while snuggling my little baby!
Don’t have much in the way of relaxing on the schedule, but maybe a movie and a glass of wine! 🙂
I’m not sure what I’m doing yet this weekend! And that’s the best thing about it! 🙂 Beautiful work, by the way 🙂
Love these wall hangings! I’m taking my mother to a horse show for her birthday this weekend.
I’m going to hike up to a castle tomorrow near Bonn, Germany and enjoy the fall colors.
These are just delightful! Seeing it made me smile.
I am off to Atlanta for a ‘working’ intimate gathering/retreat for owners of small-women-owned businesses. Hope I packed my corkscrew!
Gorgeous flowers! To give myself a break, I’m taking my fiancee to see a panel discussion on “The Case for Gay Marriage.” YAY!
Today my husband and I are celebrating 22 years of wonderfulness together. I heart you, Dear!
So beautiful! Would definitely make my ghostly-white office walls much happier looking!
This weekend is my Colleges Homecoming weekend! We have an “Across the Decades” theme with our Womens Basketball Team float being Avatar.”Lady Hardrocker Basketball is the future!” We also have our Football game as well as my teams first “official” practice of the season Sunday!
Shalane dee <3
Lovely for my office!
No break for me this weekend …Busy, busy, busy!
Going apple picking…in the rain! Got to get them while they’re here!
Beautiful work! Do want!! ;0)
These are beautiful! I would love one for my new house!
I love copper and have many things made with this metal in my home. I’d love to add these beautiful plaques!
If the weather clears up I may go to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s Chili Pepper festival!
These are lovely! I’ve always liked copper because it has a softer, warmer, more rustic & homey quality than most cold gray metals. Jenn Bell’s flowers really bring that out beautifully.
I am running in an 8k race tomorrow! (and I love the wall hangings) 🙂
Amazing creations! I am in the pacific NW and it seems that the east coast got all of our rain! I’ll be enjoying one of the last sunny weekends catching up on yard work.
I love these wall hangings – as an artist I appreciate the random listening to your gut. These are gorgeous and I would love to share space with one:)
Ooops forget to say we are driving out to the country to enjoy the last bit of Indian summer 😀
I agree with all the comments above. These would look great in my house.
Those are glorious, and Jenn is wise. May we all court the happy accident.
Thanks to one of my happy accidents, I have met somebody who makes her own hula hoops, the glorious Jen Laurita, and she actually taught my awkward self how to hoop. So tomorrow she is selling them at a fundraiser for animal rescue tomorrow. Tomorrow, one of those hoops will be mine, and I will have helped animals.
And that is how I am chilling out.
I know I said I was painting my floors white on the FB wall but now I am inspired to paint a matching pink petal in the middle of the floor to match just for the hell of it because that’s what I feel is missing. If it’s missing, make it happen. <3 Namaste
Traveling with the little one to see family this weekend. Will enjoy the wonderful southern weather…
These wall hangings are beautiful!
I’m working this weekend, but not on anything as creative and wonderful as these wall hangings.
These are great! I’m trying to redecorate the house as a way of moving on after a difficult time, and would love one of these wall hangings! Not much decorating this weekend anyway. I’m taking my kids to the zoo!
These are stunningly beautiful!! I feel inspired so this weekend I am going to make something!!!
I’m going to enjoy the autumn weather with my kids! This art is just beautiful!
I’m taking a break from studying for my comp exam – heading to the local farmer’s market tomorrow and then watching the Florida-Alabama game!
And yes, these pieces are beautiful!
I loooove these 🙂
Spending extra special Mother-Daughter time with my little 1 1/2 year old–just the two of us! We’re going for a walk if the sun shines or dance indoors together if it’s rainy. 🙂
How cute!
I’m taking it easy this weekend. Spending time with a good friend before her baby gets here on Monday!
UVA v FSU football Sat
nursing wounds/hangover Sun+
Just hanging out with my hubby. Maybe some yard work and watching movies and KNITTING!!
Balloon fiesta! Abq, NM
So pretty! I’ll be spending time celebrating a friends birthday–so much fun.
I’m hanging out at my sister’s house tomorrow for some smoked brisket to help my dad celebrate his 72nd birthday!
These are so Beautiful!
Wow! So lovely! I love copper, and home made gifts.:)