Alliday Artist: Meet Gleeful Peacock!

Tell us a little about yourself and your business.
I am a mom of one fabulously creative and fun eight year old girl and I have been married to the love of my life for 10 years. I work full time and run Gleeful Peacock in the evenings.


What do you create? I design unique, colorful and artistic jewelry and accessories. I strive to make items that you can not find anywhere else. I started my business to keep life colorful and to focus on the beauty in life.

What do YOU love about the products you make?
I love that people notice them when someone wears them. Customers always tell me that every time they wear one of my pieces they get comments and compliments. I love that I make pieces the people notice!


Where do you find inspiration?
I find inspiration in every day life. When the trees start to bloom I notice more pinks and purples in my work. When dandelions pop up in my yard, I want to work with yellow. The other day I was inspired to make a necklace based on a sea green truck that was pulled up next to me at a light.

If you could create a new holiday, what would it be and how would it be celebrated?
Funny you should ask. I create new holidays all the time! One of my daughter’s favorites is ‘Happy Sandal Day’. Every spring on the first warm weekend we paint our toenails and we go shopping for sandals. We usually end the day with putting our toes in the new spring grass. It is a fun way to celebrate the new season.


Will you be unveiling any new goods at Alliday?
I am constantly changing out my inventory based on my newest inspirations, so I know there will be new designs that are shown for the first time at Alliday.


What are you most excited about for the upcoming Alliday Show?
I love seeing my crafty friends and meeting new friends. I am also so happy that it is the end of June since I will have a few weeks to rest and really gear up for the show!


Rapid Fire Questions!
Your favorite color
To wear: Yellow
To live in: A little bit of every color
To look at: Aqua Marine
To create with: Turquoise
That inspires you: depends on the moment!
Medium you:
Love to work in: Paint
Tend to get frustrated with: small beads
Would love to learn: screen printing
You most admire: glass blowing

Favorite musical artist of the moment: Ray Lamontange
Favorite all-time musical artist: Jack Johnson
Favorite movie: Grease
Favorite food to eat: Mashed Potatoes with cheese
Favorite food to cook: cookies
Favorite place you’ve been: Gig Harbor Washington
Place you’d love to go to: Greece

To learn more about the Gleeful Peacock, check out their website at www.gleefulpeacock.com!

Alliday Artist: J & B Jewelry!

Tell us a little about yourself and your business.
We are a husband and wife team that design, create, and sell, our hand crafted jewelry in local art shows. Our names are Jodi and Bill Robinson, and our business is J & B Jewelry. We have been selling our jewels since 2002.

What do you create? Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings, Anklets
What do YOU love about the products you make? Bill - He loves the natural materials and the variety of beads. Jodi - I like that we create wearable art and it is fun to sell something that I have made.

Where do you find inspiration? Jodi - Bead magazines, Bead shows, TV shows, and just selling something inspires me to make more jewelry. Bill - Designs that occur in nature.


The Alliday Show believes that everyday should be celebrated as a holiday! That being said, which holiday do you wish were everyday and why? Jodi - Labor Day, because I don’t have to go to work and it is a paid holiday.
Bill – Memorial Day, because it is the beginning of Summer and it is a paid holiday.
If you could create a new holiday, what would it be and how would it be celebrated? I would like every Monday to be considered

Will you be unveiling any new goods at Alliday?
Yes, we went to Tucson, AZ and bought a ton of beads in February and have been creating new things since then.


What are you most excited about for the upcoming Alliday Show? I like that it is an art show and we get to meet new artists.


Rapid Fire Questions!
Your favorite color
To wear: Bright
To live in: Green
To look at: Red
To create with: Turquoise
That inspires you: Silver

Medium you:
Love to work in: Jewelry
Tend to get frustrated with: Knotting silk or having to untangle silver chain
Would love to learn: Metal smith to create rings
You most admire: Oil Painters

Favorite musical artist of the moment: Black Eyed Peas
Favorite all-time musical artist: Third Eye Blind
Favorite movie: Cold Mountain
Favorite food to eat: Ahi Tuna
Favorite food to cook: Salmon
Favorite place you’ve been: Tulsa River trail
Place you’d love to go to: The beach

To learn more about J & B Jewelry, check out their website at www.jandbjewelry.com!

Alliday Artist: Meet TrashyTrashyTrash!

Tell us a little about yourself and your business. What do you create?
I paint tee-shirts with animals from cryptozoology, such as Bigfoot and Yeti. I also make jewelry and accessories out of items of trash, vintage buttons, and other natural elements.

What do YOU love about the products you make?
I love pretty much everything about everything that I make, call me crazy, but it's true. I just love the process, using my hands to make/create new things that amuse me, and hopefully others ...

Where do you find inspiration?
Just my regular ol' life happenin' inspires me, I can find inspiration in everything.

The Alliday Show believes that everyday should be celebrated as a holiday! That being said, which holiday do you wish were everyday and why?
Earth Day. I think people should always give trash a second chance to be something great and beautiful, show it a lil' love. Keep the earth happy and green.


If you could create a new holiday, what would it be and how would it be celebrated?
I don't know that I would make any new holidays.

Any funny holiday memories or stories you’d like to share?
The holiday memory that stands out to me the most right now is Easter when I was seven years old, I think. My parents hid eggs for us, of course, but there were seven eggs that had paper with letters on it, they were cut apart from each other like a jig-saw puzzle. My brother and I pieced it together, and it spelled Jamaica. My parents had gotten plane tickets and we left the next morning and went to Jamaica. It was pretty awesome. I wish I could have an egg hunt turn out that great again, hahaha.

Will you be unveiling any new goods at Alliday?
Yes. I am always making something new.

What are you most excited about for the upcoming Alliday Show?
The chance to set my items up and have people see them, hopefully the said people, like what they see.


Rapid Fire Questions!
Your favorite color
To wear: Any.
To live in: Green.
To look at: Green.
To create with: Any.
That inspires you: Any.

Medium you:
Love to work in: Trash.
Tend to get frustrated with: Drawing.
Would love to learn: Sew my own clothes.
You most admire: Trash.

Favorite musical artist of the moment: Blonde Redhead.
Favorite all-time musical artist: Beck.
Favorite movie: Fifth Element.
Favorite food to eat: Pizza.
Favorite food to cook: Stir-fry.
Favorite place you’ve been: Holland.
Place you’d love to go to: Greece.

To learn more about TrashyTrashyTrash, check out their website at www.trashytrashytrash.etsy.com!

Alliday Artist - Meet Theraganics!

Tell us a little about yourself and your business.
My name is Stephanie Thurman. I own an organic bath & body company right here in Tulsa called Theraganics – which stands for therapeutic organics. My husband, sister, and brother in law have recently joined me in helping us expand. We are dedicated to using only all natural ingredients and the finest essential oils for scent.

What do you create?
We create some of the finest handcrafted all natural soap you’ll find using the traditional cold process method which leaves in the retained glycerin. We’ve perfected all of our soap recipes to provide luxurious lather that leaves your skin moisturized without all of the chemicals and detergents typically found in other products. We also have excellent creams, bath bombs, lip balms, lotion sticks, and will be constantly introducing more products!

What do YOU love about the products you make?
I love everything about our products! I’ve struggled with skin issues for the majority of my life – after switching to using chemical free products I’ve experienced a 100% change for the better. We use everything we make on ourselves. I love being able to not only educate people about product ingredients, but I’ve received some very heartwarming feedback from customers who have told us that our products change their life after suffering from various skin conditions such as acne, psoriasis and eczema.


Where do you find inspiration?
My inspiration not only comes from my own experience with skin issues, but seeing so many other people who have no idea where their problems are coming from when it’s the very products they use daily causing irritation.

The Alliday Show believes that everyday should be celebrated as a holiday! That being said, which holiday do you wish were everyday and why?
I wish everyday was Earth Day – that way people would consciously be doing things in their everyday life to be more green – every day.

If you could create a new holiday, what would it be and how would it be celebrated?
It would be a holiday where everyone uses natural soap for one day! For most people that’s all it takes – one use and they’re hooked!

Any funny holiday memories or stories you’d like to share?
One Christmas when I first started making natural soap I gave everyone in our family soap for Christmas. At first they thought it was a little strange but now it’s become a must have!

Will you be unveiling any new goods at Alliday?
We sure will! We are developing an all natural hand sanitizer and also hair care products!

What are you most excited about for the upcoming Alliday Show?
We are looking forward to meeting everyone. We love to talk to people and show them our excellent products.

Rapid Fire Questions!
Your favorite color
To wear: Black
To live in: Green
To look at: Yellow
To create with: Green
That inspires you: Green

Medium you:
Love to work in: Soap – is that a medium?
Tend to get frustrated with: Anything sticky!
Would love to learn: Pottery - clay
You most admire: Glass

Favorite musical artist of the moment: Nacho Sotomayor
Favorite all-time musical artist: Journey
Favorite movie: Neverending Story
Favorite food to eat: Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds
Favorite food to cook: Spaghetti
Favorite place you’ve been: Hawaii
Place you’d love to go to: Alaska

To learn more about Theraganics, check out their website at www.theraganics.com!