holiday show schedule 2011 + swag peek

every weekend from now until the middle of december you'll find me setting up camp at a vancouver area craft show. i'll be at:

sunday november 20: BLIM community market

chinese cultural centre

west pender @ carrall streets

12:00 - 5:00

thursday november 24 - sunday november 27: MAKE IT

croatian cultural centre

3250 commercial drive @ east 16th

thursday 4:00 - 9:00

friday 11:00 - 8:00

saturday 11:00 - 6:00

sunday 11:00 - 5:00

sunday december 4 - GOT CRAFT?

royal canadian legion 

2205 commercial drive @ east 6th, vancouver

10:00 - 5:00

saturday december 10 - sunday december 11 - GOT CRAFT at river market

810 quayside drive, new westminster

saturday 9:00 - 6:00
sunday 11:00 -6:00

friday december 16 & saturday december 17 - NICE BALLS xmas market

little mountain gallery

160 east 26th street @ main

friday 5:00 - 10:00

saturday 11:00 - 5:00

and a sneak peek, while we're at it:

the first 45 people in the door at the got craft show on december 4th will score free swag bag of awesome goodies from each vendor! my contribution this year is a hand-stamped hudsonny button and a mini aromatherapy mist from my new line, feest. you've got to get there early to get one of these much coveted bags, but you not only get the goodies - also, bragging rights (and a tote to carry home your handmade finds!).

more on feest soon! had better pack the car - leaving to set up for blim in a couple of hours!

sneak swag peek

lately it's been work, work, work around here - building up my stock of tooth fairy pillows, gnomes, bunnies, pincushions and pins for a very good reason. i'll be at the upcoming got craft? spring show!

i'm so stoked to be a vendor at this event - it's vancouver's best indie craft market and it's my first time doing one of their big shows. one of the best things about this event is the swag bag - it's becoming a much sought-after score. the first 30 folks in get a bag containing goodies from each vendor.

i hemmed and hawed about what to put in. i have been meaning to try out an order of custom 1" buttons for an age, and finally this moved me to take a crack at it. i'd heard great things about a local shop, six cent press (they ship everywhere!). ordering was easy, they provide a template to help you set-up your files and the turnaround was amazing. i'm so, so happy about the results:

bunny faces! woodgrain! cuteness! love them. they turned out so perfectly and i keep looking at the little bags full of buttons and smiling. i'm pairing up one of each button on a little card, and i'll have a few extras for sale. check out some of the other recent designs on the six cent press blog.

photo: six cent press