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craft-o-rama 2012!!!

It has arrived again - No Coast Craft-o-Rama, the Twin Cities' most anticipated art & craft sale of the holiday season!  If you're looking for local, handmade gifts, do not miss this event.  You can find something for everyone and everything on your shopping list this year!

• Friday, December 7: 3pm-8pm
• Saturday, December 8: 9am-5pm
• At the Midtown Global Market, at the intersection of Chicago & Lake St., Minneapolis

Stop by and say hi!  It's going to be lots of fun!

In addition to my standard felt flowers, I'll have some new products to share...

Summer Craft-o-Rama this Sunday!

Come on out this weekend to Silverwood Park on Sunday, July 22, from 11am-6pm for the first SUMMER edition of No Coast Craft-o-Rama!  You'll find me there on the great lawn selling my handmade goods. 

There will be all kinds of fun activities scheduled throughout the day, including:

• Food Trucks - Hola  Arepa and NateDogs!
• mnartists.org open collaborative CraftyClub
• Children's puppetry art workshop
• Children's boat-making art workshop
• Puppet Show
• And of course over 50 wonderful arts and craft vendors!

Hope to see you Sunday at Silverwood Park, on the shores of lovely Silver Lake!

thank you!

Thank you to everyone that came out this weekend to support me and other local artists at Craftstravaganza!  The show was a great success & it was so much fun to visit with family and friends that stopped by to say hello.  So, thank you!

Also, I was fortunate (& very surprised) to find myself featured Saturday morning on WCCO TV!  Check out the video here.  Yippee!!! 

craftstravaganza!

Let the chaos begin...the mad dash to get everything done before the craft fair tomorrow!!  If you live in the Twin Cities area (or if you're up for a road trip!) I'd love to see you at the MN State Fair Grounds for the 7th Annual Craftstravaganza this Saturday from 10-5. The perfect place to find those last minute Mother's Day gifts! ;)

cash mob today at I Like You!

If you don't know about Cash Mob, click here to find out about its awesomeness.  Today at noon, there will be a Cash Mob at I Like You.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with this week's Cash Mob location pick, here's a little bit about my friend's store:

They specialize in locally and handmade goods. They have everything...kitchen & home decor, all natural bath & body products, jewelry & accessories, books, journals, baby products and a great selection of MN themed t-shirts!  They consign the works of 250+ local and independent artists and crafters. Since opening in 2007, they've paid out over $500,000.00 to their artists.  Wow!

If you're in NE Minneapolis today, join the fun!

 

more new products...

This is absolutely my new, favorite shade of green!

new products...

These days, I've been busily preparing for upcoming craft shows!  So fun!

tulips...

Beautiful flowers from my wonderful husband celebrating fours years of marriage! 

Unglued...

Thank you to everyone that came out yesterday and shopped Unglued Craftfest in Fargo.  It was such a fun day and so nice to meet new vendors and shoppers!  The Plain Arts Museum in downtown Fargo was an impressive venue, especially with the sun shining in all day and live music being played.  Terrific show! Oh...and I also won 'Most Awesome Booth - 2nd Place'!  Yippee!

 

goin' to Fargo...

Who knew?  Fargo!  Last year was Fargo's first indie craft fest, Unglued,  and it was said to have been a smashing success!  Folks in Fargo were lined up outside the doors to shop for handmade goods made by various artists/crafters from the area.  Well, you can find me at Unglued this weekend partaking in the 2nd year of this show.  It should be worth the road trip and I'm looking forward to meeting new crafters!  Yay!  

 

And...they also have a booth contest, so I've been thinking of ways to add more appeal to my display.  I'll have these beautiful eye-catching flowers planted everywhere on my table!

vintage jewelry...

My new favorite thing!  Don't get me wrong...I love embellishing my felt flowers with vintage buttons, however yesterday I opened a box of vintage jewelry that I purchased last summer and much to my surprise, I LOVE how they accent my felt flowers.  Love them!  I can't believe I didn't open that box earlier! So, now in addition to buttons, I can add vintage jewelry to my thrift and flea market hunts this summer!  These are some of my favorites...

fresh flowers...

Happy New Year!  It's been so unusually warm this winter that it has me thinking of spring.  So, it was a nice change to start creating new, fresh, bright-colored flowers this weekend.  Very refreshing!  You can find them at I Like You in NE Mpls or in my Etsy shop very soon. 

 

fabulous felt...

A large shipment of felt arrived on my doorstep last week!  I love it when this happens.  It's so much fun to open the boxes, sort through the colors and organize it all in my craft space.  So, my Etsy Shop has been updated with a selection of 40 beautiful colors to choose from...think of all the wonderful things you could make! 

published - woo-woo!

A fabulous new book was released last month - Fabric-by-Fabric One-Yard Wonders - a collection of sewing projects that require just one yard of fabric!  Pretty cool, huh?  Rebecca and Trish are not only awesome & craft-famous, but they do a really great job of supporting local, handmade artists & crafters in the Twin Cities.  So...I was honored when they asked if they could feature one of my felt flowers in the book!  Very cool.  Check it out:

craft-o-rama 2011!

It has arrived again - No Coast Craft-o-Rama, the Twin Cities' most anticipated art & craft sale of the holiday season!  If you're looking for local, handmade gifts, do not miss this event.  You can find something for everyone and everything on your shopping list this year!

• Friday, December 2: 3pm-8pm
• Saturday, December 3: 9am-5pm
• At the Midtown Global Market, at the intersection of Chicago & Lake St., Minneapolis

Stop by and say hi!  It's going to be lots of fun!

More new products I'll have on display...

 

  

mini flowers for the hair...

After several requests and suggestions, I'm finally getting around to making small flower bobby pins for the hair.  Work in progress, but should be a nice addition to my full-size felt flowers!  I think they're quite darling...

canning felt...

Made progress on one of several organizing projects this weekend.  Almost complete!

upcoming craft show...

I've been so busy preparing for a couple upcoming craft shows that I've seriously neglected my blog.  Eeks!  Well, anyway...below are the details on where you'll find me this weekend.  Hope to see you there!

8th Annual New Ulm Women's Expo and Craft Fair

Jefferson Elementary School

Saturday, November 5

9:00am - 2:00pm

FREE Admission

 

Busily making necklaces out of buttons...

 

 

 

 

new products...

Thought I'd share some new product photos with you.  Not many...but you get the idea.  I've made necklaces, set of 3 bobby pins and set of 4 thumbtacks with my new fabric button maker and will have them for sale soon! 

 
 

 

 

my new addiction...

This is so much fun!  It's my new addiction...a button machine.  So easy to use and so fun to play with.  This one belongs to a girlfriend of mine, but I recently purchased one on eBay that'll get put to use as soon as I clean it up.  I'm making new products with fabric covered buttons and will share with you in the very near future.  For now, I'm busy pressing out buttons! 

 

 

 

craftacular...this weekend!

I've been busy preparing for another craft fair.  This weekend, you'll find me in Madison at Craftacular.  A first time show for me, but I doubt Madison will disappoint!  This show has quite the following and I expect a good turn out.  So...if you're in Madison this weekend, here are the details!

 

Loads of pins and hair clips...

 

Felt ready to be rolled...

 

Felt ready to be sold!

 

pesto!

Harvested our first batch of basil from our garden...so exciting!

Fresh pesto with my favorite basil bread...

vintage cornerstone...

 Is the name of the sale coming up this weekend!  I'll be participating in this sale, mostly selling my handmade flowers but have a few garage sales finds to add.  The other ladies have ADORABLE merchandise that they've found, painted, refurbished, handmade, etc.  This sale is a transition from Front Porch Finds which was run by my friend, Sabrina, who now owns her own store front in Watertown, SD called Shoppe on the Corner.  YAY!  You can check out their blog here.  Vintage Cornerstone is sure to be a great sale.  Here are some of my pieces that you'll find at the sale and some shop photos I shot last night (apologies for the blurry pics).

The sale info:

        1188 42nd Street, Hudson, WI  54016

        Shop 9am - 6pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And my favorite piece of the sale...this lamp that I'm going to replicate at home.  Love it!

 
 

our first garden...

Well, we had a very small garden last year (even smaller than this one), but Kent built a quick frame, laid the ground work so that we could expand our herbs and veggies this year.  Can't wait for those fresh tomatoes!

 

 

 

 

 

And our little helper...

 

 

finishers!

Yes!  My sister & I were proud finishers of the Minneapolis 1/2 Marathon yesterday.  It was a beautiful morning despite the sun beating down on us and the rough hills to climb, but we did it!  A first for my sister...congratulations!!!