Crafty Ramble

NLD has finally gone international with my first overseas sale to someone in Norway. Yay!!!

It was a little nerve racking trying to decipher the USPS.com website, intl. first class, intl. priority, oh my! but my local post office clerks were very helpful.  I had always heard that it would be crazy expensive, but it turned out to be quite reasonable for the buyer, win/win.
Look out world you to can have something from NLD!!!

And as you can see to the left of the page I have added a newsletter sign up form box for yall to keep up to date with sales and possibly contests. 

I still get a little geeked up over spring since moving back east a little over 10 years ago. Growing up in the city and in apartments, it wasn’t too common to see blooming flowers or butterflies unless you went a park. I could do without the mosquitoes though. Los Angeles smog keep those down to a minimum, I miss that for sure!
I took some random pictures of what blooming and flying around the house.

Fellow Etsy seller, Stefania ( Gufobardo) included me in her Etsy Treasury featuring all things Scooters/Vespas.
Vroom! Vroom!!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=53416

as the James Taylor song goes and its not just in my mind. I’m heading down to be one of the awesome crafters/designers at the Handmade Market.

This is the Handmaidens 7th market and I’m looking forward to hanging out with my Raleigh friends.

Another Spring Bada Bing has run its course.  I’m soo proud of my fellow RCM members and all they do to pull off this show.  A steady stream of customers all day and lots of positive feedback on the show from vendors and shoppers.  There was even a line a half a block long to get in that morning!  It was awesome!  I’m just now fully coming out of my post show vegetative state. 

We had a really nice write up from the Richmond Times Dispatch follow the link and read it for yourself.  Its a first for us in the Times Dispatch which is a big coup.

If you are into unique, cool, kitschy, awesome handmade items, the Spring Bada-Bing (SBB) is the place to be!

This is the 4th year the Richmond Craft Mafia has been organizeing SBB and its shaping up to be one of the best. So what ya say? Come on out on Sunday and spend the day.

that last sentence rhymed, I didn’t plan that

Finally Spring is here and the craft train is starting to leave the station. I have two upcoming shows, Spring Bada-Bing, April 19th and The Handmade Market, May 3rd. Really excited about these two shows, SBB of course, its the one I help organize. But its the The Handmade Market in Raleigh, NC I’m geeked for. Its one show I’ve tried to get into for 4 years, with year 4 being the charm! Well, officially three, I didn’t apply last year. I didn’t want the face the rejection of another year (que the violins!)  and I was already signed up for craftshow craziness 2008.

More of the new!

I’m really grooving on toile this year. I have 2 more Urbanna bags in the hopper in other prints. And I’m thinking a nice toile print would look really nice in a dress design. Hmmmm, off to the sketchbook.

Yudu! Oh! The voodoo that Yudu, so well.

I lurve the crafty gadets! I have several, like my snazzy green Crop-a-dile and the Dremel stylus in my studio. Some I use more than others, for sure. I just like to have them when the inspiration strikes. And I am slightly mad at Joanns for not letting me use my 40% off coupon for the Yudu. I had been plotting on using it for awhile. Alas, I must wait.

Such as art! Yes, art. Jen Wallace, the author of one of my favorite blogs Indiefixx has started a new endeavor called Feed Your Soul: the free art project. Each month a selection of invited artists contribute one print, which is totally free and available for download for personal use. Awesome, yes? Artfully so. Brighten up your cubicle, add a little pretty distraction to your space.

Well, a lovely day if you don’t have to venture out in it. I went two rounds trying to clear the snow from my car, the porch and outside steps and did not win. As they say for March, in like a lion out like a lamb…I hope.