The Strawberry Patch 2018

Fall is without question my favorite season. I utterly live for the barn sales, the changing leaves, the warm pumpkin spices lattes, and all the apple cider a person can handle. The official kick off for the autumn season in my world is always The Strawberry Patch barn sale in Hartsville, TN. The event is hosted by Christy Jo Stone on her family’s farm just outside of the tiny town of Hartsville. Each year Christy Jo brings together dozens of the very best vintage, antique, and hand made vendors from all across the south.

There are a few key elements needing for a successful barn sale, and Christy Jo captures them all. From fabulous vendors, to a mix of styles, to quality entertainment, and the best food trucks, and of course her signature fruit tea, Christy Jo creates a must visit event that is set among the rolling pastures and farmlands of the area.

This year I shot the event for a 2019 issue of Where Women Create so I can’t share too many of the photos here, but I do have a few of my favorites to give a taste of what you’ll be seeing in an issue sometime next year.

Until then, here are a few of my other favorite barn sales and markets to visit each fall:

A Day in the Country — Atwater, Ohio

Southern Junkers — Memphis, Tennessee

City Farmhouse — Franklin, Tennessee

Country Living Fair — Columbus, Ohio

The Hayloft — Port Royal, Tennessee

Gypsy Moon Marketplace — Bowling Green, Kentucky

The Strawberry Patch — Hartsville, Tennessee

Vintage Pickin — Fyfee, Alabama

Where Women Create + Teressa Foglia

For the summer 2018 issue I shot Teressa Foglia in her studio in Industry City. Teressa is a milliner based in New York City. A preview of the story follows....

Teressa Foglia is a social media entrepreneur who recently opened her first millinery shop in Industry City, Brooklyn, New York. Starting her business just after college she quickly grew her online following as well as her social and professional circle. Now the owner of two businesses, we catch up with her, hear a bit of her story and her advice for hopeful entrepreneurs.

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Growing up in Troy, New York, I was close with my entire family. Not just my parents, but my extended family, as well. I am an only child, and as such I have always relied on my parents for advice. Anytime I have a big decision to make, I look to them for help.

After graduating, I switched jobs 4 times in a year. I quickly realized that climbing the corporate ladder and the office life just wasn’t for me. When I was 23 I started my own social media company. It was during that transitional period that I picked up my first few social media clients. I loved having the freedom to choose the clients, as well as when and where I worked, I never looked back.....

TO READ THE REST OF THE STORY PICK UP THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF WHERE WOMEN CREATE ON NEWSTANDS NOW. 

Demetria Chappo | Where Women Create

Demetria Chappo is a Brooklyn-based ceramic artist making home objects, decor, wall hangings and sculptures with with an emphasis on intricate designs and universal symbolism. Originally from Louisiana, she received a BFA in Acting from the University of Utah and currently lives on the Columbia Waterfront of Red Hook, Brooklyn. Her love of clay was inspired by her mother. She has exhibited her work in galleries and sells in shops across the US and internationally.

Website: www.demetriachappo.com Instagram: @demedemedeme

"I grew up in the lush South. A Louisiana native, I spent much of my youth surrounded by beautiful plants and creative parents who owned and operated a horticulture design firm. My love of ceramics come from my mother, who received her BFA in ceramics. My home in Louisiana has always had fresh flowers. In many ways, growing up with such beautiful natural environments taught me to look to my surroundings for inspiration. So, each morning when I walk to my Brooklyn office and stroll past the vibrant orange sand, rich brick reds, and stony grays of the nearby cement mixing company I find I’m still inspired by my surroundings."

"When I began my college career, I moved to the mountains of Salt Lake City, Utah. With new surroundings I found new inspiration. My undergraduate studies were in acting and theatre, and I had always dreamed of being a professional actress. While in Utah, I started taking my first art classes as electives. I would often drive up to Bountiful—north of SLC—where my university had an enormous studio and gas kiln, slowly I began to learn about ceramics."

"When I was five-years-old, I went to visit my godmother in New York City. Even at such a young age, the energy that the city held excited me. So many creative spirits and so much possibility. In first grade I acted in my first play, and from then on I knew that after college I would move to New York City. When I graduated, I did. I moved to New York with the hope of finding my group of fellow actors. Instead, after finding a few acting jobs here and there, a temp job led to a career in the beauty industry. I became disillusioned, and disheartened by the fact that I never found my theatre group."

"I worked in the beauty industry for years as a marketing agent. It was an enjoyable experience that taught me much about how to build a brand and market my products. All things considered, it always lacked a sense of passion. I remember walking down the street and experiencing a complete crisis of character. It was around 2008, so the rumblings of a downturn in the economy had me questioning my place."

FOR THE FULL STORY PICK UP THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF

Emily Katz | Where Women Create

Emily Katz is a Portland, Oregon native who turned her passion for creative hobbies into a full time career with her company, Modern Macramé. From a history in fashion design to a chance meeting with two Japanese editors, she reinvented a vintage craft and create something new and vibrant. Her new book Modern Macramé hopes to inspire a new generation of fiber artists and will release in May 2018.

"I grew up in Portland, Oregon for most of my life, in many ways the creative community of the area nurtured that part of me which loved art. For years, before moving nearer to Portland, we lived in Tucson, Colorado, and finally a small farm in the country of Oregon. I loved to gather objects from around our farm—leaves & twigs, etc.—and from these things I started to create my first works of art. My parents were creative by nature, and owned their own business together selling healing energy gemstones. When I was 9, they divorced and each continued to sell healing gems through their own individual businesses. I continued to live in Portland with my dad, and grew up loving to create in any way possible."

"After high school I moved to Baltimore for art school, but I ultimately decided it wasn’t for me and started to pursue other creative outlets. For the next few years, I worked in the fashion industry. My first creative fashion venture in my early twenties was a brand called Bonnie Heart Clyde, a clothing line that incorporated a lot of garments with embroidered designs. After that venture, I started a second line organized around myth love of being sustainable. Ultimately, when I finished that in 2009 I had lost my zeal for the fashion industry and started to pursue other creative avenues."

"During this period, I tried many things. From starting a band to organizing a poetry writing club, I was looking a creative outlet but testing all of the areas I loved. Around the time I turned 30 I reconnected with my mother, she lived in Connecticut and wanted me to come visit for a weekend. She and I hadn’t spent a lot of time together since my parents divorce, and I knew this could be a great experience to rekindle our relationship. I recalled a story about her youth, and how she’d bought her first guitar by selling handmade macramé art. I decided that I’d love to have some of the macramé plant hangers that were popular in the 1970s and that asking her to teach me how to make them would be a good way to spend time together. The weekend ended up being a great experience, and I came away from it with a better relationship with my mother and a new hobby for macramé."

FOR THE FULL STORY PICK UP THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF WHERE WOMEN CREATE.

A Palm Springs Kind of Morning

I was out in the west on a motorcycle tour of Route 66 when I realized a friend of mine was also in Palm Springs for the morning. Like any smart millennial I Facebook stalked him to find out he was at the hotel next to mine. John, his girlfriend, and I met up for a few shots around town before heading out. 

TIP: If you're in a new area, never be afraid to ask on social if any friends are around...or better yet, find someone totally new. Meet up for photos, or coffee, or a Dole whip. 

A Day in Crawford County, Indiana

Archives 01: Upstate Afternoon

I'm in the process of going through six years worth of our archives. I found these in a folder. These images were taken in the summer of 2013 in Upstate New York. 

Kentucky Summers

Summer is in full swing. That means I always have my camera ready to photograph as many flowers, roadside stands, and corn fields as possible. These are images I recently took at a roadside stand in Kentucky using a Canon 5D IV.