Yay! I just found out that I was accepted to the BUST Magazine Holiday Craftacular! I've never been before, but I looked at some pictures from past years and it looks like a great show. It will be held on December 6th at the Metropolitan Pavilion 125 West 18th Street in New York City. If you are in the area, come stop by and say hello!
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a... hamster. My hamster character is all decked out for the holidays and in pillow form for Christmas '09. These little guys are about eight inches tall and come in three different designs. Towards the end of the month, they will be available for sale at shanalogic.com, but for now, I am selling the prototypes in my etsy shop.
Believe it or not, but it is already that time of year... the holidays are coming! I've spent the day getting the first round of my holiday items ready for my etsy shop. What's up first? This year, I have a set of four "Santa Paws" buttons - a beagle, a pug, and two chihuahuas are included in the set. I also have a couple of the reindeer ornaments (literally two) that I made last year... though, once these sell out, they are gone! I am also offering two different types of Christmas cards this year: a screenprinted Santa Hamster holding a candy cane and an offset printed card featuring a rabbit and a squirrel exchanging gifts. I have a couple more items planned for this season and they will be appearing in the next few weeks.
Congratulations to Mary R for winning the set of three colorful tree notecards! I made a numbered list of all participants and then used a random number generator (at random.org) to draw the winner. I've included a screenshot of the results (the dots were added by me in a fit of boredom with the image).
Thanks to everyone for participating. I will be doing a November giveaway in a few weeks and then I will end 2009 with a special holiday offer for all of my blog readers. Stay tuned!
It's time for a quick fall giveaway contest. There will be one winner for this giveaway and the prize is one set of these three screenprinted tree notecards. The colorful area of the tree is made of tissue paper and the the brown part of the tree has been printed using my Gocco printer. To learn more about these cards, check them out in my etsy shop.
The winner will receive three individually packaged cards: one pink, one orange, and one yellow. The insides of the cards are blank and the envelopes are coordinated to match each card color (shown behind each card - they look like a border in the pic above).
THE RULES:
You can receive up to three entries for this giveaway:
1. Receive one entry by leaving a comment on this post. Just make sure you enter your email address correctly when leaving the comment (that's how I will notify you if you win). If you read my blog in a reader or through email updates, you will have to go here to leave a comment.
2. Receive one additional entry by becoming a fan of mine on Facebook - bubbledog on Facebook.
3. Receive one additional entry by signing up to receive my blog updates via email:
Good luck :)
I spent yesterday afternoon printing these notecards that feature my newest design of a chihuahua flying with balloons Blank notecard sets of this design are available in my etsy shop.
This is the first four color screenprint that I have done with my Gocco printer. It took me quite a bit of planning to figure out the particulars... mostly that I used only two screens to print it so that I only had to print each card twice. I'm pleased with the results... what do you think?
Get ready for lots of pics! I just got back from Washington DC and I am exhausted, but really excited! In a nutshell, the Crafty Bastards show was amazing. Though I was questioning my sanity when we pulled out of my driveway at 3 am to head down to DC, the apprehension disappeared once we got there. It was so well organized, well attended, and fun!
The first positive thing that happened was that, as a I checked in as bubbledog, one of the volunteers got excited and asked if I had seen the promotional artwork for the fair that was featured in that week's Washington City Paper. The artist, Ben Claassen, put my raining sprinkles character in the center of the collage and you can see the sprinkles raining down in the background. The poster is excellent and here is a pic:
We actually got to DC really early (earlier than expected), so I had lots of time to set-up. I didn't change too much since my last craft show, but did add a yellow tablecloth and flanked my table with some hanging racks (thanks to my friend Laura at dogboneart for the idea).
The day went really well. I was busy throughout the entire event, I met a lot of nice people, and I moved quite a bit of my stuff. The customers in DC seemed really excited to have this fair. A couple people mentioned that the city needs more of this kind of thing. From my outsiders view, the city seemed very progressive, but I was told many times that it is a very conservative place.
About halfway through the day, there was a breakdance competition. I didn't get down there to see any of it (though I could definitely hear the music), but my helper brought my camera and got a few shots for me. It does take me back... I'm ashamed to say that I think I saw the movie Breakin' about a hundred times on HBO when I was twelve.
This next bit is not craft related but... after the show, we started to head back to NJ, but were too exhausted to go all the way back that night. Not far outside of Washington, we came across the town of Laurel, Maryland and decided to get a room to get some rest. While driving and barely half awake, we spotted this amazing old Arby's sign all lit up in it's 70's splendor. Like an idiot, I didn't take a picture - it was quite the spectacle. I did manage to snap one on the way home in the morning. It's not as awesome, but still pretty cool.
All in all, it was a great weekend. If you have never been to this show, you have to mark your calendars and go next year. I'll be posting some of the things I bought during the week. Thanks again Crafty Bastards!
In other crafty news, I recently reconnected with a friend of mine that I hadn't seen or talked to in over fifteen years. Through catching up, it turned out that we have both been bitten by the craft bug. She just opened her own website (you probably won't understand it since it isn't in English). Go check out these really cool play kitchens that she designs, builds, and paints all from scratch!
Hi everyone... I need your vote! Please go vote me Craftiest Bastard of the 2009 Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair. I also wouldn't object if you pass the link on to some friends to vote too ;) At first I wasn't even going to participate in the contest, but then I noticed that part of the prize package is some free advertising. I can't afford to pass up that chance! Thanks for your help :)
