Crafty madness

It's been a while since I've written a proper blog post. I'm starting to think blogging is SO 2008. I've gotten obsessed with facebook and twitter and find microblogging to be so much easier. However that doesn't mean I'm not always thinking about things to post here. It's just a matter of never having any time. So here I am at 7:18 pm on Friday night, having spent eight hours sitting at my desk at the Trillium Artisans store, listing listing listing stuff in Trillium's shops on Etsy and World of Good, waiting for band practice to start, and thinking this might be a good time to update the blog.

So - speaking of all the stuff I've been listing at Trillium, may I share the new photos of my Roman Record Cuffs taken by Trillium's fab photographer, Lisa Gastelum of TQB Designs? Check it out:
Didn't they turn out great? Visit Trillium's shop to see more of the Basic Black Bracelet and Basic Black Classic.

I have just shipped out an Eye Pop Art wholesale order for an antiques, gifts, and accessories store in Memphis, TN called Le Cadeau. (They found me after seeing my work in the Viva Terra catalog, which, by the way, is SOLD OUT! I can't believe it.) I have an order of nothin' but Suncatchers getting ready to ship to Oop! in Rhode Island, and another order in the works for Sea-n-Green in New Jersey. I'm also getting ready to vend at the big, exciting Crafty Wonderland sale this Sunday - come see me! I will be up on the stage at the Doug Fir. (ha ha, before Chuck)

I'm also looking forward to taking Tangereen downtown tomorrow to see a screening of the new indie craft documentary, Handmade Nation, at the Museum of Contemporary Craft. With that on Saturday and Crafty Wonderland on Sunday it's going to be quite a madly crafty weekend. In fact, they are calling it "craftgasm."

Well, sounds like the band's all here so I'm gonna go make noise in the basement!

Easter front page

Many thanks to Megan for letting me know one of my Eggs was on the Etsy front page last night!

Featured on Ideal Bite - bite-sized ideas for light green living

I just wanted to share - my bowls have been featured by Ideal Bite for Today's Seattle Tip.

Here is a link to read the review:

http://www.idealbite.com/seattle/archives/pop-question

"Style in your house, and vinyl outta the landfill. Engaging."

Just one question, though: who is Bret Michaels?

Crafty Wonderland April 5

Come see me at Crafty Wonderland on Sunday, April 5!

Information from Crafty Wonderland:

This is a special show for two reasons: it's our 3rd birthday so we'll have some surprises...and that weekend is the Portland premier of Handmade Nation, the indie craft documentary, at the Museum of Contemporary Craft!

Faythe Levine (the filmmaker) will be at Crafty Wonderland to meet visitors and sign/sell copies of her book, also titled Handmade Nation. And we're having a special Handmade Nation themed DIY Table project! Some of the crafters featured in her film/book are going to be there as well! Read more about the film here: http://indiecraftdocumentary.blogspot.com/

Get tickets to see the film and find out about the other cool things happening at the museum that weekend here: http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/hmn/tickets.html.

Crafty Wonderland
Sunday April 5, 2009
11 am - 4 pm
Doug Fir Lounge
830 E. Burnside
Portland, OR

Look for the Eye Pop Art table!

More info here: www.craftywonderland.com

Eggadelic Egg Ornaments

I've added a bunch of colorful, hand painted Eggadelic Egg Ornaments to my Etsy shop.

I blew out the contents of real chicken eggs, cleaned them, painted them with acrylics, sealed them with a clear coat, and attached ribbons for hanging.

I tend to have a hard time with proper pastels so my eggs are a bit brighter and crazier than your traditional painted Easter eggs. Each one is unique and one-of-a-kind.

Check out some other adorable items I found while browsing items tagged "Easter" on Etsy.

Little Pumpkin Faux Fur Guinea Pig Plushie by Zygopsyche:

Bella Bunny-Salsa by urastarhouse:


Homely Little Chickie by humblebea:


High Flying Easter Bunny - Pink by BlissForest:


Pop Garden and Bijoux by Heather Baily Cloche Hat by lilyandrose:


Kitty Egg Molded Crayons by kittybblove:

Primitive Shabby Bright Color Paper Mache Eggs by thebrokenhouse:


Blue and Apple Green Chalcedony Earrings by bellabeadstudio:


Yellow Easter Egg with Trees and Birds by astashtoys:


Goose Egg by starless:

New animated web ad!

Check it out - my first fancy animated web ad! I had it designed by a great Etsy seller, sugarelli. It was cheap and fast and she was very helpful and willing to work with me and make lots of changes as I requested them.

This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time but I finally went ahead and did it when I saw Lana Kole's facebook post about offering free ad space on her new interior design blog. So I went for it! My ad is now up on nterior.typepad.com. I'm excited. Now I finally have an ad that I can use to do some more outside advertising.

Lana Kole makes really cool vinyl wall graphics like this amazing chandelier:
Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my groovy new ad!

Some Orangey Goodness

One of my favorite blogs that I love to read from time to time (I really don't have as much time to spend reading blogs as I'd like) is called How About Orange. It's awesome. So, yesterday, I took a brief break from lying in bed dying of "the plague" (as I am doing right now) to catch up on this groovy blog, and through it I discovered a great flickr group called Orangey Goodness. I immediately joined and tossed some of my orangey photos into the pool.

This led me to discover this awesome coffee cup from Peacock Modern, which I am coveting:

I actually have several cups like this one - four green ones with psychedelic oranges on them, an orange one with cherries, and a blue one with a pear. They are so cool!

Let me tell you that Orangey Goodness was exactly what I needed to cheer me up after being sick in bed like this. I missed work yesterday and even had to miss Sister Diane's class at Trillium Artisans on "Attracting Customers Through Social Media." I'm bummed. I'm now going to go eat a nice juicy orange and go back to bed.