Welcome to my blog . . . I am Sally Van Nuys, owner and artist at Folk ‘n’ Fiber, Folk Art & Rug Hooking. Rug hooking and folk art painting are my passions! I love antiques, painting, & fiber art, and it’s a pleasure to share it with all of you! One of my favorite artistic endeavors is finding old or cast-off objects that I can reclaim and make beautiful or functional again with paint or wool!
I currently sell my designs from my web site, Folk ‘n’ Fiber and also design rug hooking projects for Create and Decorate magazine. I have an Etsy shop for Folk ‘n’ Fiber where you will find some of my patterns, magazine models, and other things I have created for fun. I recently opened a second Etsy shop with my best friend where we sell our antiques & vintage treasures – Vintage on the Ridge is open for business. You might also like our Vintage on the Ridge Blog – come for a visit!
I will try to be diligent about coming here to share thoughts, inspirations, accomplishments, projects, and other stuff with you all — I hope there is a “you all” to read it! So poke around here and see how I am progressing.
I found your site while shopping for binding tape for my Mother’s hand hooked rugs. It has inspired me to get my recently retired self moving creatively. Thank You!
Hi Kathryn -thanks for the message. I wish you all the best in your creative journey and in the retirement years ahead- it doesn’t get any better than that! Enjoy and remember, “creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” If it works for you, it’s right! Rules should be broken in order to create new paths. Now go forth and have fun! Sally
Hi Sally, boy oh boy have you been busy. From your newsletter I found that you now have a blog and are on ETSY. Love what I have read here and you can bet that I will be looking for you and your wonderful creations at ETSY.
Look forward to reading more. Take care!
Hi, I live in Italy and I would like to know if it is possible to buy your wonderful painted boxes. Do you ship also here in Italy? If yes, please tell me he price of the boxes and also shipping costs. I rally like Primitive oval boxes and also the patriotic boxes. Thanks in advance.
Patrizia Sambugar, Verona, Italy
Hello Patrizia! Thanks for visiting my blog. I hate to say that I am currently only shipping within the USA. I have had many shipping problems with international shipments, and so I am not doing that any longer. I appreciate that you like my painting – if you happen to know someone in the US who I can ship to, perhaps they could then ship them on to you? Sally
Just read that you areo n Etsy…….must go check it out!
Dana in Virginia
Hi Sally. I used to live in Lorain for about 17 years. Came back to my home state of Virginia in 2001. Have lots of friends and church friends there. Like your website.