I am getting so busy! It sounds maybe a bit crazy, but I gave in and have started listening to Christmas music, to get me in the mood for crafting up a storm for the upcoming craft fairs I’m taking part in. Yes, that’s right! Little ol’ me will be selling my wares at some upcoming crafty venues!! This is exciting, and also a little scary. I have sold my work (in places that are not the internet) before, but it’s been a very long time (probably since I was a kid at my mom’s craft store, actually) that I was standing there watching people shop my stuff. I know they won’t all like it, that’s the point — but I’m still a little terrified. But also very excited to hopefully bring some joy to somebody’s holiday shopping experience! (sale/fari advice/suggestions are welcome and appreciated!)
The first fair is THIS WEEKEND, and therefore you can probably imagine I am quite busy making making making — I didn’t know about it/sign up ’till last week, so I will probably not be posting again until after it’s over. The Richmond School Craft Fair is Saturday November 1, from 10am to 3pm. It’s on Rte. 41 in Richmond MA (click the link above for map/directions), in case you want to visit me there (please visit me there!). It’s a super cute fair and I think only a dollar to get in, which gets you a ticket to the Chinese auction, which ever vendor donates to. This is the school I went to for Kindergarten through 8th grade, and also where I was a theatre teacher for a very short time and where I directed the school musical in 2004. Crazy. It will be fun. I’m sure I’ll see some kids I know, their parents, and also a few of my old teachers and classmates, which is always crazy and odd but fun, too.
The other event I am seling at is the Design Hive market in Cambridge, MA. I’ll be there December 6 from10am to 5pm. The next day is the Bazaar Bizarre in Boston, which I had been planning to shop at anyway, so the timing worked out perfectly. Design Hive is happening every weekend through the holidays starting Nov. 1. But of course I suggest that the best time to come is Dec. 6, as that’s the one and only weekend I’ll be there.
There are also plans in the works for a small one-night fair at Mass MoCA in early December, and perhaps a mulit-weekend event at Crispina’s Church/Workshop on Mellville St. in Pittsfield, MA. I’ll let you know when I hear more about those!
In the mean time, my dinner break is about up and I best be getting back to work. Did I mention that I have to do homework, too? UGH. Oh well. I signed up for it, right? I better put some Carpenter’s X-mas on if I’m going to get thru this!
OH! I’m getting my 2009 Calendar printed this week — So if you’re on the hunt for a calendar be sure to check back next week (unless I am really fancy and get it posted this week — fat chance!) to my etsy shop and see ‘er. It’s a long vertical design this year, 11″x4.25″, with a fabulous (if I do say so myself — thanks, Kari!) food/kitchen theme, perfect for hanging in the kitchen (or anywhere else, for that matter)! They’ll be $20 each.
In the mean time, here’s a sneak peak of what I’ve been crafting up today:
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you are going to soar girlie!
i need to get one of your birdies!
Congratulations! I have been following your blog for a little while now and I just wanted to take a moment to let you know I am cheering for you. I am going to open an Etsy shop this week and I am so nervous. And I have thought about craft fairs and Brooklyn Flea but I am just too nervous to SEE people looking at my stuff.
Your work should fly off your table. BTW as a former MA resident (Western, MA and Cambridge) I am jealous of your list of fairs. I miss MA quite often.
Thanks for the kind words, ladies! Very encouraging.
Kelly, want to do a bird-for-print trade??
Lu, can’t wait to see your shop — let me know when you get it up and running!
Lmay — so proud of you, and all your blossoming crafting! Thanks to you, Etsy is in my life and I LOVE browsing on their site! Oh, and I think those stuffed birdies are fantastic…