Handmade Holiday 2011
Time for holiday cheer! The Richmond Craft Mafia yearly Handmade Holiday Craft Show is this Sunday. I’m busily sewing away on more pouches and may make some new items to throw in the NLD mix. Here is a sneak peak of what I am working on.
pouches in progress
It’s that time of year again! Holiday season, shopping, and craft shows. Handmade Holiday to be exact.
Handmade Holiday Craft Show
I must say I’m a little bias, since I help organize this one. But it is really is awesome. Stop by and get your holiday shop on!
I love flowers but they don’t really love me back. Ya see, I have terrible allergies. So I admire from afar. I’ve been making the super cute flower pillows of late, new for fall and to appease my flower fix. A little daisy, a little sunflowery, very flowery.
pink flower eco felt pillow
burgundy flower eco felt pillow
Big news on the Richmond Craft Mafia front. RCM now has a local spot to shop at the Crossroads Art Center. Very cool. If you are in Richmond, VA stop on by! Also Richmond Craft Mafia’s Handmade Holiday is in the works. The date is set (12/12/10) and applications are being accepted (deadline: 10/20/10). For more information and to apply visit: http://www.richmondhandmadeholiday.com/
Richmond Craft Mafia's Handmade Holiday
wristlet progress
Nose to the grind stone. I have some sewing to do. I’m gearing up for the Handmade Throwdown at Crossroads Art Center!
The Richmond Craft Mafia is participating in the “The Art of Business Throwdown.” It is a competition between two teams (RCM and the Real Small Art League) competing to promote 2 visual artists of different styles. ( us = craft, them = art) The teams will be judged on: media coverage, overall sales, (from the gallery show) and the impact of the event on the artist’s platform. Think Donald Trump’s television show “The Apprentice.” and you have an idea of whats going on… HANDMADE THROWDOWN! Its going to be paint, clay, soap, beads, and fabric carnage everywhere! I kid, I kid! It will cool and you need to be there!! (did I use enough exclamation points!)
Wristlets
-Opening Reception is July 16th (6-9 pm) at Crossroads Art Center, 2016 Staples Mill Rd (we are in the Caboose Gallery) – The show run from July 16th to September 8th. 10% of opening night sales & 5% of sales thereafter benefit the Richmond SPCA.
Tell your friends about it on Facebook!
Handmade Throwdown
Its that time again! The 5th annual RCM Handmade Holiday craft show, our second year at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond at 1812 Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220. I’m going to be there, my peeps the Richmond Craft Mafia and 40 more awesome crafty Richmonders.
If you are there, you’ll get to see the new Nicole Lee Designs pillow line in person. Cute Eh? I think so. 
Pretty Birdie Pillow
Fun Fungi Mushrooms pillow
The details:
Preview Party Friday: December 11th – 7pm to 10pm, first dibs on fabulous local handmade gifts. No tickets or invite required, just a suggested donation of $10 at the door to benefit The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (formerly the Hand Workshop). There will be yummy holiday snacks and a cash bar for beer & wine with the music of Fan District Caroling Association.
Free & Open to the Public Saturday: December 12th – 10am to 5pm, Buy local & handmade from some of Richmond’s most talented indie crafters and designers.
Handmade Holiday
The Divine Design and Craft Boutique
Opening reception: Friday, November 13, 7-9pm
Gallery open daily: November 14-December 6
Location: Gay Community Center of Richmond
1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220
804-622-4646
Its a Ladies Night! Come for a night of an informal open house of Flower Peddler Bath and Beauty, complimentary spa mini-treatments, appetizers, free gifts and an opportunity to shop from me and other awesome businesses.
Where & When:
Friday, October 23, 2009 5:00-9:00 PM
Flower Peddler Bath & Beauty is located at 11138 Air Park Road, Suite H, Ashland, VA (in the Hanover Air Park). Please call us at 804-496-6381 for more information or directions.
For more details click on the flyer below!
http://flower-peddler.com/store/Ladies-Night-p-1-c-402.html
Its that time of year again to start gearing up for the holidays and the applications to Handmade Holiday are up!
Are you intrigued? Need to know more? Here is the 411!
What: A Juried Indie Craft Show in Richmond, Virginia.
Why: Buy Handmade, Buy Local!
Who: The Richmond Craft Mafia, The Visual Arts Center of Richmond and some of Richmond’s most talented indie crafters.
Where: The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (formerly the Hand Workshop) on Main Street.
When: Preview Party, Friday Evening, December 11th – 7-10pm
Open to the Public – Saturday – December 12th 10 am – 5 pm
Applications are open from September 5th to October 10. So, if you are a Richmond, VA artist, crafter, indie designer follow this link and APPLY
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.
The Handmade Market
This is the Handmaidens 7th market and I’m looking forward to hanging out with my Raleigh friends.