Olive Owl Art's First ReFound PopUp Shop Event

A few months ago I attended the first ever Home Souk, sister of The Fashion Souk, and met Jill O'Neill. She asked if I would like to participate in her eco-friendly, artist-advertising, furniture revamping business, ReFound, by refurbishing a furniture piece.

My first official ReFound piece is on display all week at  ReFound's June Pop-Up Shop at 8 Castle Lane, Belfast BT1!   I also have a few bird silhouette pillows on display, as well as the Russian Doll magazine rack from my last blog post.  

See more ReFound pieces, learn more about the company, and find my piece listed on their website. 


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After:

Inspiration for this particular piece:  During the second hour in an antique store in Germany, I ran across a lovely old lamp shade that had a similar design as the flower pattern used on this furniture piece. The solid white pattern on top of the solid sea green reflects my fondness of the simple silhouette style. 

Saturday's Home Souk!

Saturday the 5th of March was the official launch of the HOME Souk!

While I love making smaller items such as necklaces, hair accessories, and earrings,

there is a real excitement in designing and creating larger home items. This was my first furniture revamp, and the first time I've had silhouette pillows and other cushions on display. 

It was a successful day- but rather slow.  I sold a few paintings, wall decals, and potpourri sachets.
Bittersweet: I'm still the proud owner of this lovely furniture piece- 

too bad I don't have more space in my house! But I will certainly enjoy it until it finds a new home!

The Home & Fashion Souks are also a great time to meet other artists and make some business connections. Saturday, I met Jill of Refound and hopefully I'll be working with her soon to create some unique furniture!

 The Fashion Souk has steadily been gaining speed for over a year and has grown into a successful market full to the brim with booths full of beautiful and unique products.  As this was the first Home Souk, one can only expect great things from it in the future as well.  

While the Fashion Souk is once a month,  the Home Souk will be a bit more irregular-
about once every other month.  

Olive Owl Art will be there again on the 14th of May!!