It’s just three weeks to the start of La Quinta Arts Festival and I’m very excited. This year I will previewing new available chandeliers on my website starting this weekend, ahead of La Quinta Arts Festival so that my collectors can see new hand painted chandeliers in advance. So I will say it here, Jenny Floravita’s booth number is #218 which is in the far back loop by the La Quinta Civic Center. If you enter at the main gate, I’m in the furthest corner from the main show entrance gate. You will be given a map at the gate along with the 2016 La Quinta Arts Festival booklet and my booth number and information is also there.

This past week I finished painting my last chandelier for the show. I will be doing all of my fixture work over the next three weeks. All of my chandeliers are hand crafted here in my studio. My hand forged fixtures are very elegant and compliment my painted chandelier themes well. I’ll be bringing 24 inch chandeliers. Chandelier sizes are measured by the glass bowl diameter. 24 inch chandeliers will have three hand forged fixture styles to choose from. You can read more about the specs on my Chandelier Info page. Within the three forged fixture styles, I have a few different drop heights which are measured from the top of the ceiling to the bottom of the glass bowl. I will have a semi-flush mount fixture available to see as well. The drop height for a semi-flush mount for a 24 inch chandelier is under 17 inches.

Ls Quinta Arts Festival is my favorite festival to attend because I absolutely love the entire Palm Springs area in the winter. I’m crossing my fingers for great weather. The best weather for La Quinta Arts Festival would be sunshine, clear skys and no wind…particularly now hurricane force winds, thank you! My booth will definitely be braced for all weather events and I’ve survived some very fierce storms in the Palm Springs area but it’s always nice to be able to look forward to exhibiting in the best conditions. I’m sure the tennis match people also hope for the best weather.

This year I also have some very special work for my painted Ambiance Night Light collectors. I’ll be debuting a line of beautifully painted one-of-a-kind birds with flowers and they will be a little more expensive but definitely worth the cost. They will make the most special gifts for friends and family. And to my night light collectors, I’m going to be adding a special night light info page to my website shortly. You will soon be able to purchase my available night lights online. I might not have every single design that I do in stock but I’ll make sure you can see which particular pieces are available to purchase and ship immediately.

Packing for an art festival is always very intense as there are so many details involved especially to exhibit my hand painted glass chandeliers. The booth structure alone has a ton of parts to it and I have to catalog them all and make sure I have everything packed including all that is required to weather proof my booth structure. I have to pack my glass carefully and all of my painted night lights and their boxes and story books need to also be carefully packed. The forged fixtures have to all be complete and all of the parts have to also be carefully wrapped for the journey down to the desert. And this year I’ll be bringing a new addition, my baby boy but luckily I’ll have a lot of extra help. This will also be the first year where my husband will attend one of my art festivals in the desert and I’m excited that it will be La Quinta Arts Festival. He will see why we love this show and why it’s the #1 arts festival in the country. I’m very grateful this year to have the extra help and the opportunity to exhibit.

And that said, my little boy is waking from a nap—6 shots today at his one year check-up. Ok, gotta run! Thank You for checking in my my bog and website.