tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36551340568735324622011-11-27T19:22:43.665-05:00Green Street Company Folk Art TalkThis blog is intended to be a unique resource for:
People with an appreciation for folk art and other hand-made products.
Individuals that are interested in learning more about Americana folk art or are folk art collectors.
Personalities curious about the lives of folk artists and folks that want to share their love of folk art with us.
Folk artists and/or individuals interested in starting their own folk art business or our curious about the process.Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-58705078506090014102011-11-24T21:27:00.016-05:002011-11-24T22:05:17.934-05:00Contemporary Folk Art CollagesHello Friends,I hope you are all enjoying the start of the 2011 holiday season. Title: Going Shopping by Michelle EdwardsMixed Media.Before you go carried away shopping for the upcoming holidays season we'd like for you to remeber that this is a great time of the year to spend quality time with family and friends. It is also a great time to spend with your art! The Green Street Company's Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-33692711590089107022011-11-14T22:30:00.009-05:002011-11-14T22:49:41.583-05:00Tis the Season - 2011Dear Friends,It is that time of the year again, for us all to celebrate the upcoming holiday season. The Green Street Company is of course gearing up for 2011. So we'd like to take the opportunity to share with you some of our inspiration for brought to you by Santa Claus. The following Americana folk art paintings that are featured below were created by Green Street Company folk artist Sheila Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-40055160017928037272011-04-16T18:15:00.011-04:002011-04-16T18:32:26.345-04:00Green Street Company - New PrintsDear Friends, Spring is here. In honor of the changing seasons, the Green Street Company has been working on a series of Spring Time Prints. All prints are available on our company website: http://www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com/. Below are just a few of our new line of springtime prints. This beautiful print is from an original acrylic painting by American folk artist Sheila Edwards. The printGreen Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-3223539603142178432011-01-04T22:31:00.007-05:002011-01-04T22:52:22.928-05:00Green Street Company 2011 American Folk Art Doll InspirationsDear Friends,As promised I wanted to give everyone a sneak peak of The Green Street Company's 2011 folk art doll collection. These year some of our doll designs have been inspired by themes or ideas such as patriotism, children's poems, our love of cats, or traditional country folk art designs. For example, the doll below (Tammy) was inspired by a poem by Garth Lancaster. “If I were a mouse...Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-91097530152363908542011-01-03T14:14:00.007-05:002011-01-03T14:42:24.643-05:00Dear Friends,We like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Currently are working on our 2011 line of African american folk art dolls. As soon as they are ready I will post picture of them on our blog. In addition, some will be for sale on our main website at http://www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com/ or at http://www.greenstreetfolkart.etsy.com/.As always you can catch up with us at our folk art Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-16910803907409569342010-12-27T23:02:00.006-05:002011-01-08T21:00:37.573-05:00Green Street Company - Artist DisplayDear Friends,Many of you are familiar with our online store at http://www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com/. But, in addition to selling our products on-line, we also participate in a number of arts and crafts shows and Black memorabilia shows throughout the year. Most of our folk art shows are located in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States. I bring this point up to illustrate the point Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-65164952620790128472010-12-26T22:18:00.008-05:002010-12-26T22:38:26.848-05:00Dear Friends,The Green Street Company would like to wish everyone a great holiday season. This year we’ve reached some exciting milestones. We’ve participated and have been successful in a number of new art and crafts show this year. Our website business at (http:www.greenstreetcompanyfolkart.com and http://www.greenstreetfolkart.etsy.com) continues to be a success.In addition, we’ve successfullyGreen Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-82122840910504372172010-06-08T11:42:00.003-04:002010-06-08T12:09:19.109-04:00Metro/Urban Chic Designs for SummerDear Friends,Thanks for stopping by and checking up on the Green Street Company Folk Art Talk happenings. We are looking forward to the upcoming summer months. Drawing inspiration from the bright color pallet which define summer, our line of contemporary art work is infusing this fresh and exciting warm color pallet in our metro/urban chic designs. Below are a few examples of the work that youGreen Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-27681430025911490602010-03-28T20:40:00.013-04:002010-03-28T21:02:58.918-04:00NEW...Wearable Artwork by Michelle EdwardsDear Friends,We just wanted to announce a new line of wearable art by Green Street Company Folk Artist, Michelle Edwards!These uniquely designed contemporary art necklaces/chokers were designed by African American folk artist Michelle L. Edwards. Michelle’s contemporary folk art incorporates images associated with both country lifestyles and contemporary subject matters. She loves and embraces Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-77360620668801929972010-01-10T18:12:00.017-05:002010-05-06T20:29:05.869-04:00Hello Friends,I hope everyone is starting the New Year with a great beginning. Now that the holiday season is officially over we would like to introduce you all to our 2010 collection of one-of-a-kind handmade dolls. Artist: Sheila EdwardsWe sure enjoyed creating these beautiful dolls. Soon we will be updating our main website where a few of these dolls will be available online for purchase.In Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-82647978343639669212009-12-13T16:27:00.005-05:002010-01-10T20:31:58.301-05:00Holiday UpdatesDear Friends,I hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. We just finished our southeastern tour of winter shows last week. Over the next couple of months we will be busy preparing for our spring shows.Santa Claus and Country Folk Art KidsMedium: Acrylic. Artist: Sheila Edwards (c) 2009In the meantime, Michelle's work will be displayed at the Small Treasures Holiday Show from November 8 - Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-21322102988745690952009-10-26T22:00:00.005-04:002009-10-26T22:09:03.203-04:00Happy Holiday Cards - New ItemsDear Friends,Keep in touch with friends and family by sending them one of our beautiful cards or wonderful folk art gifts this holiday season! Our new selection of folk art themed cards and gifts features our traditional and contemporary designs at an affordable price.The Green Street Company’s signature line of greeting cards feature examples of our original Americana and contemporary folk art Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-16151344104792999152009-10-05T18:24:00.019-04:002010-01-10T18:11:35.402-05:00Annoucements: Green Street Company Handmade CardsArtist: Sheila Edwards, The First Day of SchoolDear Friends,We've been busy introducing new products to our customers at our folk art shows. Our newest product consists of a collection of hand-made cards. Our unique cards are created by the artist and features designs from the Green Street Company’s original acrylic paintings.The cards are made with a combination of acid free card stock and acid Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-20475478374106450582009-09-04T16:47:00.008-04:002010-01-10T18:11:07.996-05:00Annoucement: Green Street Company PrintsDear Friends,We have just posted a new affordable line of prints on our website. The Green Street Company current print line contains our original Americana and contemporary folk art designs. These prints can bring style and charm to any home, no matter what your decorating taste. All of prints that are featured in the gallery are 10 x 8 in. They are centered on an 8 1/2 x 11 in 75lb semi-gloss Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-67537793569203606412009-08-12T02:25:00.007-04:002010-01-10T18:10:40.127-05:00Annoucement: Green Street Company's Artist PortfolioDear Friends:Here's a special update! We just placed our official artist portfolio onine at: http://sites.google.com/site/greenstreetfolkartportfolio/Children's School DeskArtist: Michael L. EdwardsMedium: AcrylicEnjoy,Michelle EdwardsGreen Street Company Artist and Blogger Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-37918821204465537512009-07-15T17:54:00.024-04:002010-01-10T18:10:08.594-05:00Getting To Know You, Getting to Know All About You – Part III.BDear Friends,This latest blog entry is a continuation of our previous discussion which provided useful information for folks interested in different type of folk art. In continuing with this them I’d like to dedicate this blog to discuss folk art dolls. As I mentioned on my 06/13/2009 blog post my mother Sheila began designing and making doll patterns at an early age. Her mother, Jewell used to Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-66875637623953731022009-07-07T09:04:00.005-04:002010-01-10T18:09:38.434-05:00Getting To Know You, Getting to Know All About You – Part III.AIII.A Relevant Information & Related TopicsDear Friends,One of the first questions people as us when they met us at our arts and crafts shows is, “What kind of painting is this?” While most people recognize our work as folk art they are not sure whether or not to classify it as toll painting, painting in the Grandma Moses tradition, American/Americana folk art, contemporary folk art, or outsider Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-28976057360203795822009-06-13T17:21:00.001-04:002010-01-10T18:09:02.248-05:00Getting To Know You, Getting to Know All About You – Part IIDear Friends,Welcome to The Green Street Company’s official blog, Green Street Company Folk Art Talk. This blog is Part II of our four part inaugural “Getting To Know You, Getting to Know All About You" series. Part II includes biographical information about the Green Street Company.Green Street Company BiographyWe are a family-owned business that offers an assortment of traditional Americana Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655134056873532462.post-37474588349862181442009-06-12T23:23:00.001-04:002010-01-10T18:08:00.542-05:00Getting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You - Part IDear Friends,Welcome to the Green Street Company’s official blog, Green Street Company Folk Art Talk. Seeing as this is the first post for our blog series, I thought it would be appropriate to begin this series by letting our readers learn more about us.This inaugural blog series entitled “Getting to know you, getting to know all about you” is a short four part series that is designed to Green Street Company Folk Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12257013834341740341noreply@blogger.com0