Craft-O-Matic craft show in The Loop!

Oh yeah, baby. It's almost time! Pinch your pennies and block out your calendar for Saturday, June 4 from 11 to 11. This is where the fun will be had.

Here's a little merchandise preview!

See you there!

Supporting Handmade!

It's always such an honor to make it on someone's blog. Thanks so much Paige for helping promote our upcoming show this weekend, Indie Craft Revolution, and for supporting me (see my St. Louis necklace - wee!) and my crafty peeps. Muahhh!

Paige is a fiber artist that makes super duper cute stuff and her prices are oh so reasonable. Go check out her Etsy shop! I'm currently coveting the purple spring wildflowers scarf. Don't forget to give her some love on her blog too!

I hope to see all you crafty lovers this weekend. I'm so excited about this show I could burst. I'm taking the day off from my regular gig as Administrator Extraordinaire to do some last minute tagging and get ready for the big show.

I'll be on the second floor sharing a gallery with some of my favorite Mafia pals:

April "The Tater" Tate - Miss Lemon, sweeter than pie, visionary and head cheese in charge of the Craft Mafia. Crafter of fabulous upcycled goods.

Karen Miller - C. Bunny Binx, keeper of wit and sculptor of fantastic pint-sized critters in ceramic and paper clay.

Allison Rabbit - Squaresville, master of sarcasm, sewist supreme, digger of dirt, grower of pretty things and teacher of tweens.

Courtney Chesley - Twisted, wire twisting fireball, blogger, giggle box and mama to a Clifford-sized pooch.

Laurene Franco - Superchick Studios, bean counter, super chick and plushie mastermind.

Cara McKinlay - Mermaid Garden Party, bundle of joy, graphic artist and maker of chic geek paper goods.

This is a show not to be missed...hope to see you there!

Join the Revolution! Indie Craft Revolution

Three cheers for the indie craft scene! Just say no to geese in clothes, crocheted doll head toilet paper cozies and plastic flower arrangements. Join the Revolution and support crafts with some attitude!

The next big show is only a couple weeks away and I'm totally flippin' excited. Right about now is when I start to panic and craft around-the-clock. So, if you see me on the street and my hands are covered in glue, there are stray threads clinging to my shirt and splatters of paint in my hair - you'll know why.

Indie Craft Revolution will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 13 & 14 at the St. Louis Artists' Guild in Clayton. Located in Oak Knoll park near the corner of Big Bend & Clayton, it's central to darn near everything. If you make it, please come by my booth and say hi! I'll have a special treat for anyone who mentions my blog :)

High on Crafts

I am high on crafts and positively worn out. What a great weekend with some of my favorite people on the planet. Crafty kids, y'all rock my socks off! Artropy was such a blast and I got to see some of my favorite customers and catch up with my Show Me Etsy girls. Renee and I even squeezed in a little dancin'. Sunday I did my shift at Big Ass and had a freaking fantastic time. Thanks a heap to the Big Ass crew for all your hard work and to The Mafia Family for being my favorite relatives and 100% hysterical.

I'll be taking a smidge of break and catching up on some family time with the kiddo (Senorita Cranky Pants) who is feeling oh-so-poopy from being sick. We both have been battling some sort of germie crud for the last week. I'm feeling a bit better, but my Boo isn't improving much. She's going to get some face time with the doc today and hopefully a big fat bottle of antibiotics.

I'm sure she's not too sick to put together a whopper Christmas list. I'll be hitting the dreaded mall soon. It seems that teenagers don't appreciate handmade the way I do. I'm hoping for a 100% handmade holiday and she's hoping for a 100% all designer label bash. We might have to split the difference.

So, I've been thinking...I do a lot of crafty projects and I'm pretty good with a camera, I could probably throw up a tutorial now and again. Any special requests?

I hope you are all having a FANTASTIC holiday season and get to squeeze some R&R in soon if you haven't already. Big giant bear hugs to you all!

Go! Go! Go!

I feel like I'm always saying that things around here are busy, but lately, it's been insane. My day job has been keeping me late on the regular and my weekend/evening crafty gig seems to be a flutter with activity in the few gaps between. Don't mistake me, I'm not complaining, I'm grateful for all the new opportunities that the universe has offered up! I am truly blessed to work with so many interesting and wonderful people; it makes hard work a lot more fun!

Last weekend was Indie Underground with my Craft Mafia ladies at the Lumiere Hotel. Although sales weren't what I'd hoped, the people watching was FANTASTIC. I've never seen so many cougars and wacky shoes in one location in my life. The amount of posing and admiring of self that was going on was gut-bustingingly hilarious. About half way through me and one of my crafty girls in crime started keeping a list of famous nearly-look-alikes - there was Phyllis Diller with her cowgirl boots and giant pink feather boa, Posh Spice in her ass-bearing short shorts, Erkel in giant black rimmed glasses and hitched up pants and oh so many more. There were fabulously dressed and sophisticated too, but they weren't nearly as fun to gawk at.

This week has already started off with a bang. Last night I taught a class on polymer clay at Paste, which was super-duper fun. Tonight was my glass class at Third Degree Glass Factory and I got to play with fire! We made beads with polka dots, square ones, round ones and flat ones. I can’t wait to snap some pics to show y’all. Tomorrow is the Wine Tasting…Craft Making event at Paste where I’ll be teaching some lovely ladies how to paint and wire wrap wine glasses while they sample vino. This weekend is the big event I’ve been chattering about forever, Needles for Newborns …Crafting with Purpose. A bunch of knitty chics will be gathering to whip up some goodies for the preemie babies at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. On Sunday I plan to practice lying down horizontally on my couch. All day. Possibly changing channels once in a while.If I don’t bump in to you in my travels in the next few days, here’s to you and hoping you have a great week! Stay crafty!!