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!!!

 

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.

 

Youngblood Gallery! New Space!

My favoritest place in the whole city to go see awesome artists and shop for amazing things from some of the best indie artists/designers in the world is finally reopening in their new location!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark it on your calendars: May 1st! I’ll be there, will you?? (Oh, and since May 1st is Lucie’s Birthday, there will also be a stop at the Cupcake Factory, which is next door)

(click image to go to their site)

In even better news, they’re going to be stocking some of my recycled sweater softies and snakes, as well as the new candle cups I’ve been making AND my skirts! squeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!
(I would have photos, except I’m an idiot and had the camera on the wrong setting. Of course. *sigh*)
Anyway, they’re also carrying Becky’s bento kits!!! rad!

 

Etsy insanity

I just spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out why on earth the item I had just finished listing wasn’t showing up in my shop.

And then I realized it was because it had sold…
*headdesk*

It’s been that sort of day

 

SuperCute! News

As many of you know, I partner with two awesome other crafters, Becky of Glue and Glitter, and Liz of Lizerati under the name SuperCute! for local events. We each had similar ideas of what we hoped to accomplish via our crafting, and also share a similar vision of how we’d like to encourage a more sustainable world. Running a sustainable business presents some challenges, however, and we decided to start a blog on our site to talk about some of the issues we encounter, as well as share news about other people who are meeting these challenges head-on and succeeding.
There might also be a cupcake recipe or two thrown in, as well as some crafty tutorials and probably at least one photo of Liz wearing a fake moustache.
So, if you’re so inclined, stop in and see us!
http://www.shinyandfuzzy.com/blog/

(yes, it says shiny and fuzzy, see Liz and I started this a year or so before Becky popped out of a cupcake and decided to join us. Well, Liz makes shiny stuff, and I make a lot of fuzzy stuff, so… the name stuck. We hope you’ll understand. Besides, supercute dot com was taken…)

oh, and by the way, today, we’ll be here: I think there’s free beer?

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Candler Park Festival!!!

Squee!!!! This is next weekend… Supercute! will be there, in a double tent with ScurvyDog Photography. They’ve chaged the hours of it this year, it’s 12-8pm both days, which means we don’t have to be there before the sun comes up. *whew* I might even be coherent this year!

sneek peek! of some scarves I’ve been piecing together for the fest. I love these because they use up all the little bits and bobs of the sweaters and fabrics I use in my other projects, even if they do take forever to stitch together. I hope my Gramma would be proud, I’m trying to use every little bit of loveliness. She was such a good recycler, still is!

 

In The Yard

I rounded the corner behind the garage today and found 3 new showy blooms on my rosebush. I should really replant this bush over somewhere I can enjoy it.

Three wise men came to visit:

and stayed for tea

 

East Atlanta Farmer’s Market… this Thursday!

Thursday I’m going to put up a tent at the East Atlanta Farmer’s Market. It’s in the lot next to the Earl for those of you who might be local. No, I’m not selling my tomatoes, they have a small area for other vendors =p.

Anyway, since there are a lot of parents in the hood, I’ve been focusing on making more softies. These guys are all made out of recycled sweater bits, with new stuffing. I’m making a batch with all sewn-on details so they’re baby-safe. Some of the older ones have buttons and things on them and are more for grown-ups/older kids.

Lucie is a good helper, she likes to help me unstuff stuff them. Of course like everything, this is exhausting work and requires a nap afterwards:

She is also part of QC:

I’ve been meaning to make a few owls for a while now, this was my test pattern. Meet Mr. Wise Owl:

I think I’ll make a few more today. At least until I run out of stuffing.

I also made another couple ex-boyfriend dolls. Yes, they come with their own tie and stick pin. =D

 

Poetry!

http://www.jumpsjournal.com/welcome.html

A new quarterly poetry journal edited by my super-awesome friend Becky.

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In Supercute! news, we’ve got a show this weekend, along with several other of our friends, at the SoapBox Derby at the Starlight. The Derby sound hilariously fun, I’m looking forward to a day of silly. We might even bring a baby pool.
check it out! http://www.myspace.com/downhillchallenge

new supplies are in the mail, have been in the mail, I’m going crazy where are my supplies?!?!

/patient.