Happy Halloween and The Bloomington Handmade Market!

Happy Halloween everyone! I had a great time vending at The Irvington Halloween Festival yesterday, unfortunately my camera battery died, so no pictures. Of all the days for that to happen!

My next show is the Bloomington Handmade Market. I'll be Bloomington bound next Saturday!

Ohio Trip Wrap-Up

On Friday I headed to Columbus, OH for the 6th annual Craftin' Outlaws Alternative Craft Fair!

My drive was very pretty with the fall colors all around and crisp air. I turned up my music and enjoyed the ride!

After I checked in to the hotel, I made my way over to What the Rock?! in the Short North. While there, I met Heather and Mike the shop owners who were super duper nice people!

They have such a cool store as you can see!

The coolest baby onesies ever.


After that I headed over to Wholly Craft! Everything in the store is handmade and I had the pleasure of meeting store owner Olivera!

My favorite displays.

Saturday was the day of the show.

It was my first time having a show in a theatre, but it worked well!

This is the room I was in. (during set-up)

And my booth.

I really enjoyed Columbus! What a great city! And I was delighted to meet so many wonderful people and vendors. I especially enjoyed my booth neighbors Missi and Sarah for Toxic Shock Clothing (thanks for the Pixy Sticks!), Kim from L2 Design Collective, Brian from BMethe, and Jessica from Miss Chief Productions!

Craftin' Outlaws!

Tomorrow I will be Columbus OH bound for the 6th annual Craftin' Outlaws Alternative Craft Fair! I'm so excited. I have LOTS of new goodies coming with me, but my favorite are these skeleton hands in the spirit of Halloween! Some are pins and some are hair clips. I had so much fun making them!

With this new craft fair also came the challenge of fitting all of my goodies on a 6ft table! With the help of my racks and new packaging it will work out.

I plan to hit the road around noon tomorrow so I can check out some Columbus stores! Wholly Craft and What the Rock are two stores I definitely plan to hit. I also mapped an antique store or two. And then Saturday, Craftin' Outlaws!

I Love Skulls, Crafty Fun, Lynn Stevens, and More!

Okay, so I adore skulls! Some of you may know this, many do not. And Halloween is absolutely the best time to buy them! I have an outdoor craft fair on Halloween, The Historic Irvington Halloween Festival, so I bought a few things for my booth! The garland is just too perfect to put on my table! And I could't pass up the aqua glittery skull!

I also had to buy these adorable slipper socks which of couse I will wear year round!

And I love my new wine stopper!

To make my shopping trip even more enjoyable, I grabbed my first Pumpkin Spice Latte of the season.

Last night my best art buddy Bianca came over for a craft play date! We made buttons with my button maker, ate chocolate, and drank blueberry wine. Perfect. Bianca is also a fellow skull lover and gave me the tip about the skull garland! Thanks!

Last but not least I wanted to give a shout-out to the talented Lynn Stevens! Lynn had this gorgeous bracelet published in the latest Belle Amoire Jewelry magazine! Congrats!

Lynn used the Hello Dollie Collage sheet as one of her supplies. See the sweet dollie head?

Thanks for the mention Lynn!

Indieana Handicraft Exchange Fall Mini Wrap-Up

Friday night was the Indieana Handicraft Exchange Fall Mini! 32+ amazing crafters in one room. Here is my set-up!

The show was only 5 hours (5-10pm) but there was quite a crowd!

As always, I wanted to share a few customer photos. Here is the sweet Emma wearing her 'new' vintage owl necklace!

And Toni Carr rockin' another owl necklace. Toni is the author of Knockdown Knits and has a second book on the way. She and her husband Dan also own The Strange Brew Coffee House in Greenwood. Way back in the day when I was still painting I had a little gallery show there. Be sure to check them out!


Also, a big thanks to my friends Mike Meador and Chris Meador from Coffee Break Design. They gifted me with this amazing nostaligic candy before the show! It was basically my dinner on the way home :).

A Few New Supplies in the Shop!

I had a break today from my art/craft shows and listed a few new supplies in the shop!

There are wonderful new Extra Large Shelf Shrines available in pointed and rounded as well as some lovely new German Dresden. See all the new goodies HERE!

Rocky Ripple Wrap Up and Paper Crane!

Here is my booth from this past weekend's Rocky Ripple Art Festival. I was so excited to be put next to Melissa Bryant of My Wire Empire. Melissa is an awesome artist and we have been neighbors before at past craft shows! She is great company and we had incredible weather.

I also had a surprise visit from my Step-dad Mike. He purchased a "No Sale" vintage cash register necklace, which he is wearing in the photo.

We had a nice time enjoying the weather and the people together!

Last but not least, here is the adorable Grayson showing off her candy sprinkle ring that her Mom bought for her. I love how she's holding it like it gives her super powers! Super cuteness at least!



I also wanted to share some goodies that will be heading to Bloomington (IN) for a new store called Paper Crane. The grand opening is October 15th. Sally Harless is the store coordinator and I was thrilled when she asked for some Retro Cafe Art goodies! Here is the ring display that will be going. Sally is also the owner of Sadly Harmless and her illustrations are amazing. I recently bought her 2011 calendar and I love it! Be sure to check her out!

I also came up with some packaging for the vintage typewriter and cash register key necklaces.

More info. on the back!

And some similar packaging for the candy sprinkle necklaces.

What do you think of the packaging?

And finally, be sure to come to the Indieana Handicraft Exchange Fall Mini THIS Friday! I've been working like crazy to have plenty of new jewelry!

Indieana Handicraft Exchange Mini!

Next Friday is the coolest craft show around from 5-10pm! Click the photo to enlarge. I'll be there vending and I hope to see you there.

Tomorrow I'll be vending at the Rocky Ripple Festival from 11am-6pm. The weather is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL. 73 degrees and sunny!

Fountain Square Art Fair Customer Photos!

I wanted to share a few photos from the Fountain Square Art Fair yesterday! As you can see from the blue sky, the weather was perfect! There I am above in my booth. Many artists had not set up yet.

This is my friend Michelle aka "Busty" from "Bustys Fun Bags". She was wearing the skull goddess necklace that I made, which she had purchased at IndySWANK.

Busty has the most AMAZING purses as you can see, so be sure to check her out. I adore my Busty bags!



Here is the sweet Stephanie sporting a candy sprinkle necklace she just bought!

And Pam, who purchased a pink sewing machine bottle cap necklace. I was SO excited to meet Pam in person for the first time as we have been Facebook friends for a while now. You rock Pam!

This is Rose with her new "R" vintage typewriter key necklace. Rose is also an artist!

Layla was so sweet and showed up wearing her Shift Key necklace she had purchased last year! She bought more goodies too. Thanks for your continued support Layla!

Josie also came wearing her "magic" dictionary pendant from last year. I love seeing people still enjoying their jewelry.

And last, but never least the amazing and talented Nancy Moore! Nancy has been a huge supporter and customer for a while now. She is a fabulous singer and is also in the band The Born Again Floozies. She picked up a pair of gummy bear earrings. And yes folks, that is a wig she was wearing for the art parade!

What a fun day! Next weekend I will be vending at the Rocky Ripple Art Fair!