On December 6th and 7th, 2008, over 100 indie crafters will be selling their work at the fourth annual Urban Craft Uprising, at the Seattle Center in downtown Seattle…and you could be one of them!



Urban Craft Uprising’s third annual revolutionary craft fair, held in December of 2007, brought in a mass of talented vendors from all over the Northwest and over 6,000 fans excited to see fun, fresh, and funky urban crafts. UCU’s phenomenal success has captured the eye of local and national organizations alike.

Applications are available now!

Deadline: September 8th.

kick ass artist heidi kenney (my paper crane) is having a solo show at schmancy this friday, august 8, 6pm – 9pm.

i’ll be there and i’ll be gushing/shopping. if you can’t wait till then, or you can’t come to the show, get yourself to the online pre-sale!

come see a theatrical work-in-progress with me tonight. my friend nick is working his shadow puppet mojo and you don’t want to miss it. “The Lady Liberty Blues” will have two workshop performances at Live Girls! Theater so if you aren’t coming with me tonight, you can still check it out tomorrow.

velocity art and design‘s next lab is tomorrow night. kristen rask (of plushyou! and schmancy), hansi (of hansigurumi), and i will be on a panel to talk about plush, craft, business, etc. i need you there ’cause i’m scared. 6 – 8pm @ velocity.

also, i’m doing another basic needle felted bead class this saturday. the last one was unbelievably fun… we had such a good time that i’ve become buddies with some of the students, as if we had met at summer camp. once again, the class is being hosted by the wonderful folks at beadworld and there are only a few spots left. to register or get more info, give them a call!

i heart rummage begins anew:

sunday, march 1, 12pm – 4pm @ chop suey.

i wish i could be there to play, but paul and i are headed to canada for happy lucky fun times with tanis and friends.

but if you’re gonna be here, support the seattle craft scene and go to ihr!

heads up seattle people: i’m giving a needle felting basics class on saturday, with a focus on bead making! we’ll do lots of styles, shapes & sizes, embellishment techniques and more. there are a couple of spaces left and i hope you’ll snap ’em up so we can play together.

the class is being hosted by the wonderful folks at beadworld. they don’t have a website (!) so to register or get more info, give them a call!

if you’re in seattle, come spread your surplus with us:

Did you clean out your house for the new year? Have craft supplies you don’t want anymore? Don’t know what to do with them? We have an answer for you. Come meet Kristen, owner of Schmancy and curator of Plush You and Moxie, needle felting master and local artist for our first, Sunday Swap Smackdown.

We know how it feels to have tons of “potential projects” sitting around your house and taking up room. But is it really worth it? It makes you feel bad to see all those possibilities that are not being put to good use. Don’t feel bad anymore. We will be setting up along with other local crafts people to swap out the old with something new (to you).

It’s a perfect way to clean up your studio and not let things go to waste. You will each set up and then swap with someone you want something from. It’s easy and free and you get to meet some like minded people in the process! If you have a table you can easily bring along, bring it. Or just bring yourself and the things you want
to get rid of. We will also set up a FREE box for those that just want to get rid of things.

We will also be happy to take anything left over at the end of the meet to donate to Girl Scouts Beyond Bars. (GSBB keeps mothers and daughters connected face-to-face while providing girls a safe, supportive space to persevere through their challenges together.)

We will be meeting up at at Uptown Espresso (500 Westlake Ave N) on
Feb 3rd from 11 to 2.

taken at one of the ever-expanding malls in lynwood, wa. i had to pick someone up there and i got so dazed that when i saw this sign, i had to rub my eyes to make sure i was reading it correctly.

anybody want to come watch “they live” with me tonight?

this weekend marks the end of my whirlwind of holiday art activities with two cool events!

come out for “friday at the frye” – december 17, 7 – 10pm. i’m really excited to be doing a free workshop with my hero kristen rask (of schmancy, plushyou! fame) at my favorite seattle art museum. there will be other art activities too, and a guided tour of an AMAZING exhibition – hug: recent work by patricia piccinini. go to the frye website for more details. clicky.

and, for my portland people, we’ve got the big crafty wonderland super colossal holiday sale!
december 16th, 11am – 5pm at the historic norse hall. it will feature over 100 vendors, a full bar, recycled gift-wrapping with SCRAP at the DIY table, goodie bags to the first 200 shoppers,
a cool printed event program and so much more! come say hi and buy indie for the holidays! clicky. update: i got really sick on saturday and was unable to rally to make it to the event. i heard it was AWESOME…maybe next year!