By lisagracekellogg@icloud.com | on July 08, 2022
Silver Strand– Fourth of July shoppers looking for great artistic creations, Saturday, July 2, found great items at the Miscellaneous Treasures Arts & Crafts Show.
T HE event, held by Oxnard Local Artists, featured resin art, pet portraits, handmade hats and clothing, photography, drink accessories, fine and usable art, jewelry, sea glass art, Apothecary, macrame, Lumpia, and music.
Dottie Pringle from Oxnard Local Artists said they had their biggest show since they started a year ago and noted that she started Local Artists with Nancy Cline.
“I’m doing well with marketing our shows and doing our fundraisers with different small business owners in the area,” she said. “We are county-wide now, so we’re all happy with being supported and people coming out to the shows to check out our artwork and crafts and take a little piece of us home with them.”
She brought some fine art to sell but said she’s known for American Indian Mermaids named after the Channel Islands located in the area.
“Some of my work is at the Maritime Museum,” she said. “We have many different and unique artists at this show. When I looked online and went to the different shows, there were particular people who had authenticity to their work, realness, and heart and soul. Those are the ones I asked to join us. They all said yes, and I’m honored.”
Miscellaneous Treasures Owner Johnny Everett is “extremely happy” to have the Oxnard Local Artists back at his store.
“I’m extremely happy for a wonderful Fourth of July weekend; friends, family, and local artists all get together and enjoy life,” he said. “My friends stop by all the time, and it’s the type of beach that we live at.”
He said Miscellaneous Treasures is doing great and is now open seven days a week.
“We’re open from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., so come on down to Miscellaneous Treasures,” he said. “You will find a treasure.”
Miscellaneous Treasure is located at 2301 Roosevelt Blvd. in Silver Strand Beach.
Yumi Buono from Silver Strand Sea Glass brought unique creations that people enjoyed.
“I’m focused on Sea Glass Necklaces and Resin Art,” she said.
The creations have many layers built into the end product, and she mixes the resin and ensures the color is right.
“Then you pour it carefully,” Yumi said. “It takes about 24-72 hours to actually cure.”
She uses sand from the beach to make her creations.
“I wanted to create something with the Sea Glass, and the resin goes really well,” she said. “One day, I just came up with this.”
She had just started creating Sea Glass Art, and her friend Jenna from Locally Stranded invited her to the show.
It took a lot of shopping, and she had to go to the beach and get some Sea Glass to make her creations inside tiny bottles.
“I’ve been collecting Sea Glass for a long time, so I have a lot in my collection,” Yumi said. “I’ve always created things; I’ve just never done it as a business. It makes me feel creative. This is what I like to do. It’s calming for me and great for my mind.”
Lolie from Creations By Lolie feels great moving beyond Covid-19 and is having lots of fun.
“All of my bleached t-shirts are pretty popular,” she said. “Especially the little funny mom sayings that have here.”
She does all the beaching and designing in her backyard.
“It takes practice, and it’s time-consuming,” she said. “I enjoy it and like to be out in the sun bleaching. Covid-19 hit, and my mother-in-law used to babysit my kids and didn’t speak English. I couldn’t leave her to school, my kids.”
She had a Cricut, was crafting at home, and decided to go full force with her business.
“I am a stay-at-home mom but still work,” she said. “I love mixing and mingling with people that I probably would have never met if I was still at my 9-5.”
She gets inspired by different seasons and does baseball shirts during baseball season since she is a baseball mom, and she also does lots of Halloween t-shirts.
Today, I was inspired by some beekeeping shirts because I was coming out to the beach,” she said.
Neice Laylah Licon loves helping her Aunt and making a sale. She’s never bleached a t-shirt, but she wants to learn.
To view her selections, visit #Creations by Lolie on Instagram.
Elizabeth Arleo from Cozy Yarn Creations sold handmade hats made with a double-needle and some homemade crocheted items.
“If people request something special, I can make it,” she said. “This is good therapy for me. I suffer from fibromyalgia, and it helps me cope with my pain. I started crocheting during Covid-19 during that crazy time.”
Elizabeth has always had the desire to create and sell crocheted items.
“I finally decided to put it to work and create,” she said. “My mind is always working. I may be sleeping and wake up and say; I have this idea, go outside in my backyard and crochet in my free time. Everything I do is from my heart, and I do it with love and tenderness.”
To see Elizabeth’s creations, visit etsy.com/ CozyYarnCreations.
Yvette Brownstone from @the.mermaids.den is from Hawaii, grew up on the Hawaii beaches, and is always at the beach.
“I do ocean-inspired macrame, starfish, or jellyfish and use different sea shells that I find on the beach,” she said.
She said noted that every macrame knot in her creation is done by hand, and there is a different knot style for each one. One piece of a creation took 14.5 hours to make.
“The starfish take about 2.5 hours, and the jellyfish take about 4.5 hours,” she said as she pointed to her selection. “Every single knot is hand-tied.”
She started making items and giving them to her daughter, and her daughter told her to start selling her creations.
“My daughter said, Mom, you should make these and sell them because they are so beautiful, and then my friend started saying that too, so I did,” Yvette said.
To see all her creations, visit the.mermaids.den on Instagram.
Jenna from Locally Stranded brought lots of hats inspired by the Fourth of July to the show.
“I have totes and koozies and all the other beach items I normally have,” she said.
She didn’t bring her Mom, who she calls her consultant.
“There is no seating room today,” Jenna said. “She made that decision all on her own.”
She loves how July 4th brings the community together.
“We have the golf cart and bike parade on Monday (July 4), and it’s so fun to see everyone coming together,” she said. “It’s a fun experience. We’ll have our golf cart, and that will be decorated. We’ll honk the horn and wave at everyone. We’ll have bubbles coming out of the back this year.”
To view Jenna’s entire line, visit locallystranded on Etsy.
Visit Oxnard Local Artists on Instagram for more information about shows.
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