i think

i need to get my cameras out of the boxes they’ve been in since we moved here. i miss taking real pictures.

 

ICE Weekend Recap

Ok, so I’m going to try and recap all the awesome things that happened over the last couple of days..

First, SuperCute! threw the pre-party for the ICE participants and volunteers over at YoungBlood Gallery Friday night. Becky pulled out all the stops and wrangled us some of the most delicious snacks ever from some really awesome volunteers, they were all vegan, but nobody knew! Ha! (I need to get the recipe for the eggplant dip, we had some leftover from the party and it made a super mid-morning snack at ICE.)
The Dulce Vegan brought us super desserts too. mmmmm

It was really cool to also meet the creator of Handmade Nation! and get to see the trailer for the movie. And, there was great music by Davis Petterson and friends. In short, the evening was a smashing success! Many more thanks to Nick and Laura-Louise for bringing us ice, and to Brian and Kip and Ally, and everyone else who helped us clean up afterwards. I <3 my awesome friends.

As for the festival itself? Well, it was hot. It was really really hot. Haha. Becky and I went and ran thru the fountains and were dry by the time we got back to the tent. I came home last night and just collapsed into a plate of take-out sushi. It was a really really awesome festival though. I do regret not getting out to more people’s tents, because I know there was stuff I wanted (those campfire dishtowels! A bunny butt bowl! ack.) but I was just melting all over everything and couldn’t think properly to get out and do it. Ah well, there’s always Etsy!

Here’s a funny (and blurry) shot of my husband, illustrating why he is so awesome to have at festivals. Yep, that’s our hundred pound tent he has just casually tossed over his shoulder. I <3 my giant! =D

 

Getting ready for ICE!!

good thing this isn’t my size, or it would never make it to the sale rack…

ICE is Saturday!! come out and play!!!

 

Indie Craft Experience!!!!

Come on out Saturday for good times at the Indie Craft Experience!!!

Summer 2008 is our largest craft market to date with over 125 designers and artists from around the US! We’re calling it Lucky #7!

Join us on June 7th, in Centennial Olympic Park from 11-6pm.

Threadbanger is coming!! www.threadbanger.com
Hosts, Rob and Corrine will be on the prowl filming up and coming indie designers.

Our DIY Library Lounge will be furnished and styled by Waldenour…#1 in eco-chic design!
It will be stocked with the latest and greatest craft and design books for your viewing pleasure.

Get inspired! Make something!
We will have several hands on activities including wrapped bangle bracelets and stenciling on Organic tees donated by Alternative Apparel.

Live Music!
Enjoy live music from:
Missy Gossip and the Secret Keepers
The Davis Petterson Project
Blanca Noche
MC Zano
Piper Street Sound

A special thanks to all our sponsors:
Craft Magazine, Alternative Appparel, CraftStylish, Plaid, ThreadBanger, Janome, Duncan, Young Blood Boutique & Gallery, SuperCute!, Waldenour, SustainGroup, Wolfie & the Sneak, Atlanta Craft Mafia, Etsy and Yelp!

Hope to see you Saturday…

Shannon + Christy
*this is the new wave of craft*

 

why I need a new mannequin

So I made this dress to wear to a friend’s wedding, which is Sunday. It fits perfectly… if I was 3 inches shorter. *headdesk*
Ah well, into the Etsy shop it goes.

 

I have been crafting!

The last festival of the season is coming up in two short weeks! Eek! I’ve got a stack of custom orders here that are all in various stages of being finished/ready to mail. I should be sewing right now!
But, I thought I’d take a few minutes to document some of the stuff that has been travelling thru the craft room and out to awesome homes lately, so here!

whew. and that’s only what I remembered to take photos of. I seriously need to clean up the back porch so I can get more photos. It has borne the brunt of our bathroom tiling project, lol.

 

zzzzzzz

Saturday night we had a glorious storm - thunder, lightning, the works! All that has ushered in two days of unseasonably cool weather and a breeze so clean and crisp it feels like the first day of school. With the bedroom window wide open to the breeze and some fresh sheets, the bed was full of cats today, snoozing away happily. It was so hard not to join them.
I’m not sure why, but I’ve been so exhausted lately. Normally, spring makes me energetic, but the past few months have been just exhausting and all I want to do is sleep for a week!

The Kirkwood Spring Fling is next weekend, which is awesome. Last year, we had a cage of kittens in our tent! Lucie was just a wee ball of fur.

After Kirkwood, we get two weekends off before SuperCute! hosts the Indie Craft Experience pre-party on friday the 6th, and then of course the Indie Craft Experience itself is on the 7th. We’ll be screening the Craft Documentary at the pre-party! squee!

Speaking of ICE… the ICE girls are looking for volunteers to help during the festival with a few jobs like directing traffic (parking) and helping out in the on-site craft tent! Are you available? All volunteers are welcome to the party and get an awesome swag bag!

Man. I seriously think it’s bedtime. The rest of my errands will have to wait until tomorrow, I can barely keep my eyes open! zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

Herbivores, biodegradeable zippers and Athens, oh my!

Yes, this post will be random, you’ve been warned.

First! This weekend, SuperCute! will be truckin’ it up to Athens for the Craftstravaganzaa!!!

Then, we’ll be rushing back home for Youngblood’s Grand Opening Party!!

In sustainable sewing news, I ran across these the other day. So far, they appear to only be in Europe, but I’m still hunting.

First: Zippers made from recycled plastics.

Second: Biodegradeable Zippers! (break down in your compost bin, wow)

So.Cool.

And while I’m linking, here’s a great article that pretty much sums up why I’m mostly vegetarian, and how I feel about people who make fun of me for it: http://www.slate.com/id/2190872
excerpt:
“Please don’t try to convince us that being vegetarian is somehow wrong. … If you want to have an amiable tête-à-tête about vegetarianism, that’s great. But if you insist on being the aggressive blowhard who takes meatlessness as a personal insult and rails about what fools we all are, you’re only going to persuade me that you’re a dickhead.”

oh look, here’s a cute kitten picture!

 

Speaking of press…

My DIY bubble-mailer tutorial got written up in the GreenGirlGuides newsletter! Hurrah!
Thanks Courtney!

 

Notes from Inman Park

Remember these guys?

Well, Sunday it rained at the festival, and while we were wondering if it would ever stop, this girl came in and bought some skirts from me. She turned my day right around when she said our homeade shopping bags were so cool she thought she might cry. It just felt so good to know that the effort we put in was appreciated and that other people understood what we were trying to accomplish.
Then, just like that, the sun came out and the rest of the day was awesome.
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(There might also have been cupcakes and beer, but that’s a whole other post. )