About the Artist

About the Artist

My name is Tamara Stopinski (a.k.a. Talulah), and I am an artist, designer, and entrepreneur who has been creating one-of-a-kind designs for over 40 years. When I was just 12 years old, I began selling my wares in the junior high school bookstore and donating the proceeds to our Art Club. It was then that I knew I was destined to one day create and bring to market my art work.

My passion for creating took me on quite a unique journey. Just to hilight a few of the stand out experiences...over a decade working as a pottery studio design assistant, alongside management and retail sales to 20 years as a haircare professional - you could say my path was definetly colorful! With a nickname and a dream, I nurtured TALULAH’S FANCY into fruition in 1998. TALULAH’S FANCY is a collection of my handcrafted one-of-a-kind and original jewelry and acccessories, as well as handcrafted pottery and home decor items. 

Gift Boutique 

In 2010, I opened TALULAH’S FANCY AND FRIENDS, an American-made gift boutique in Honeoye Falls, NY. A unique and whimsical gift shop where I sourced artwork from some of the nation’s best artistisans and showcased an array of quality one-of-a-kind gifts, clothing, jewelry, and more. It was my passion and honor to help elevate artists from my area and beyond. During this time I also wholesaled my work to some of the regions best boutiques, taught creative workshops and hosted some really fantastic events like the annual Mad Hatter Tea Party! 

Coming Home

After several years of spinning all that was Talulah's Fancy & Friends while trying to fit bits of time in for my own creating, I finally decided to pursue my lifelong dream by building a unique marketplace at my home and focus fully on my own designs. 
These days you can find me still working in a variety of mediums - playing with clay or fine tuning a new jewelry design concept, putting together a workshop, or playing in my wildflower meadow along Spring Brook -and keeping in good company with my kitty Sweetpea. My studio is open to the public Thursday Friday and Saturday, from May through December. It is located on the northern town-line border of Lima and Honeoye Falls. See the map on the homepage for more details.

US

23 years and still going strong...

I feel blessed to get to work and play together here with my husband, Jimmy, and our two cats, Bogie and Sweetpea. Inspired by our home's location along Spring Brook in Honeoye Falls we are surrounded by abundant wildlife, beautiful wild flowers, and farmland. Together we are dedicated to the good stewardship of this land and we strive to enhance our little corner of the world which we named Heavenwood nearly 20 years ago. Our hope is to share  our joy and bring a little peace to all who visit us here. 

Philanthropist

Always passionate about giving, we continue to support the fundraising efforts of many charitable organizations such as our Rotary Club, local shelters, Veterans support groups, local and world disaster relief organizations and Christian charities. 

Press

Where Women Cook - Summer 2013 Issue

“For me, creating a new recipe in the kitchen is like creating in my studio.”
When I was a little girl, I would spend my summer vacations and holiday breaks on my grandparents’ dairy farm in the lower Catskill area of New York. My cousins and I were tasked with many chores to help manage the farm. At the time, I didn’t appreciate all the chores that went along with those trips, but today nothing will compare to these great memories of my childhood.
On the farm, the chores included getting the cows in, helping in the milk house, weeding the vegetable gardens, getting the hay up, and bottle feeding the baby calves, which could be quite a job. If you didn’t pay attention, you could lose your entire hand into their hungry mouths!

Where Women Create - Autumn 2012 Issue

“... they say necessity is the mother of invention, but for me it proved to be the spirit of my creativity.”
From the time I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to be an artist. Any creative thing I could do with my hands gave me the most satisfaction. Summers and holidays spent on my grandparents’ farm was when I learned about hard work, making do, and being creative. I learned how to sew, cook, garden, and make things with what we had on hand, because running to the store was not always an option. One year, I recall making Christmas ornaments with my grandma. We tore sheets of embossed velvet paper from wallpaper sample books and created cone shapes and little envelopes. We then lled them with candy and hung them on the tree; they were so beautiful! I still collect wallpaper sample books to this day and use them for all kinds of projects. Utilizing what is available turned out to be one of my life’s most valuable lessons ... they say necessity is the mother of invention, but for me it proved to be the spirit of my creativity.

Where Women Cook - Autumn 2012 Issue

“Delectable dishes and scrumptious desserts were abundant and artfully arranged for the most discerning of palettes.”
On the cold and flurried day of February 12th, attendees weathered the storm, arriving with enthusiastic anticipation and festive attire for the second annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, presented by Talulah’s Fancy and Friends Gift Shop. To say it was over the top and way beyond mad would be a modest understatement! The location of the event made it a creative destination not to be missed. One step into The Lower Mill, built in 1827, with its post-and-beam architecture and old limestone walls, gave guests a sense that perhaps like Alice, they too may have journeyed to a far away place or time.

Pie-ography: Where Pie Meets Biography

“Like a traditional pie crust, my childhood was both rich with farm girl memories and the challenges of making do.”
From a pottery studio design assistant to a full-time jewelry designer, Tamara Stopinski has been creating professionally for over twenty-five years. Her current work focuses strongly on the art of precious metal clay, to which she was first introduced in 1999. Tamara has since become certified in the medium and now shares her knowledge by teaching original jewelry design workshops. Her love for cooking is second to her passion for design and she enjoys farm to table, home-style cooking. Several of Tamara’s original recipes have even been featured in area restaurants.