The Farm Chicks Fair theme this year is “Home Sweet Home” and I’ve had a lot of fun bringing the theme together in this year’s poster.
I’d had the idea in my mind about featuring the back of a dollhouse with a hand shown, placing a piece of furniture to show the scale and that it’s a dollhouse, not a house. This year, I commissioned Linsey Sappington of The Farmhouse Porchto paint the poster for me, and once it was painted, I had it printed into poster form at Hearn Brothers Printshop.
The poster is based off the work of Heather Benningand her 8 year long project, “The Dollhouse“.
Image courtesy of Heather Benning
The amount of work Heather put into this life-size project is stunning and I was moved when I learned about how much time she spent bringing the farmhouse back to life as the Dollhouse.
Heather’s work is represented by Slate Art Galleryand you can read about her Dollhouse on the gallery’s website here.
To get started, Linsey’s created an initial overall sketch of the project and tinkered around with adding in elements based off her previous work that fit into the aesthetic:
Little objects like the bunting on the wall, headboard, floral and dotty wallpaper, a rug, etc.
And last of all, came the lettering to finish it all off.
Special thanks to Heather Benning for the inspiration and to Linsey Sappington for her work on this project.
You can find all the details for The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair here.
IT'S ME, SERENA!
I bounced through the first years of my life in a hippie gypsy wagon, hand-built by my father, wandering the back roads of the U.S., Canada and Mexico. My family eventually settled into a tiny cabin in the woods on property that was once inhabited by Native American Indians.
I spent my childhood days searching for arrowheads, teaching myself to sew on a treadle sewing machine and to bake in a wood-burning stove, with no running water, refrigeration, or electricity in our home. My family lived frugally and early on, inspired by my parent’s thriftiness and style, I gained a knack for thrifty creativity and turning ordinary objects into something useful. And I dreamed of the home I would create for my own family someday.
Now I’m married to my husband, Colin, and our children are all grown. After 24 years of producing The Farm Chicks Vintage & Handmade Fair, I'm spending time visiting other markets around the world. You can watch episodes of Serena Goes to Market here.
I share more about my life story from time to time, here on my blog. You can also find me on Instagram, and Facebook.
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