Day 6 – Organizing a Craft Fair

Today marked Day 6 of my new life and I can’t say this loudly enough – I LOVE IT. I am relaxed, uber content and I feel more productive than ever. This afternoon I joined forces with Megan Lee Designs and Subversive Seamstress once again to continue planning the first art show and craft fair combo we’ve ever organized. 50/50 Pilsen will take place during the 40th anniversary of the Pilsen Art Walk this October. It is our attempt to examine the lines where art and craft intersect. More details will be coming soon, but I’m very happy with our work so far and Meg’s clean web design (which incorporates a certain someone’s embroidery talents…ahem).

Weekly Finds 8.1.10

Happy to also return to sharing my weekly finds with everyone, this time on a true weekly basis. Hooray! James Hopkins’ Vanitas fall under the “how did he/she/they think of that?” category. Other finds this week include:

• New, happy blog: Creative Kismet
• After returning on Wednesday from a beautiful destination wedding in Hawaii, I was instantly smitten with these photos of an Icelandic destination wedding
• And the clear winning trend this week in my RSS starred feeds? Ice Cream. Choose your poison: PB&J ice cream cone, Homemade Magic Shell, Simple Banana Ice Cream
• Embroidery Love: Praying Mantis, Cupcake Cozy

Weekly Finds 4.18.10

After several months of not blogging, I am more than a bit excited to resume it once again. And without further ado, here are my weekly finds for this week. If only I had a Smitten Stick Kit – blogging would be even more fun a la moustache…

New Blogs: I’ve been spending some time sifting through all of the blogs that have highlighted my embroidery at some point and found some gems in the bunch so far. The Violet Hours, Sakura NYC, Little Ocean.

Music Downloaded: Sarah Borges and Broken Singles/The Stars are Out, Ha Ha Tonka/Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, Nellie McKay/Normal as Blueberry Pie.

Ideas/Inspirations: Postcarden, Victory Garden of Tomorrow, Floating Shelves