Crafty Wonderland Spring Show!!!!

This weekend is the big Crafty Wonderland Spring Show here in Portland at the Convention Center. Saturday and Sunday (2 days!!!) from 11-5. It is going to be a great show with over 200 vendors and much much more. Come and check it out. The first 200 people through the door (each day) get a goody bag full of artisan goods.

A bunch of my friends will be there with booths.
Clack Studios..... amazing papercuts
Darling Savage..... cute bags, cards and various sewn things
A Tea Leaf..... original artwork, jewelry and cards
ASA custom Jewelry..... gems, crystals and beaded jewelry

and many many more.......

Rieke Art Fair

This weekend I am going to be take part in the Rieke Art Fair at Rieke Elementary in SW Portland.

It is from 10-3 on Sunday at 1405 SW Vermont St. There are going to be different 40 artists showing off their creations. Come and check it out.

Felt Food...the dirty truth.

One of few (and only) perks to having plastic toys is that they are easy to clean. Though it is not quite as easy to clean felt food, it is probably easier then you think. I found a great website that details all the steps to keeping your felt food looking clean and delicious. Instead of retyping the steps, I am just going to refer you to the page at the American Felt and Craft blog on how to wash felt food. There are also a lot of other interesting articles about felt on this page.

Valentine's Day 2010

My roommates and I are not all that into Valentine's Day so this year we wanted to do something different to celebrate. We decided to put messages in bottles and throw them into the Willamette River with hopes they would be found later.

We had to sneak around a little bit since the city does not look that favorably on people throwing things into the river. Normally, I am against littering in any form including into a river but it was a special occasion so what the heck.Instead of a message in a bottle, I decided to write a letter to my Grandmother who passed away a few years ago. Since it was a letter written specially for my grandma, I decided to skip the bottle because no one else really needed to find it. I just threw the envelope into the river with a rock inside to help weigh it down. Happy Valentine's Day, Grandma! I miss you.

Craft Fair Next Month.

I have a couple of craft fairs coming up next month. One of them is at Arleta Elementary School in SE Portland. I did their craft fair last year and everyone there was super nice. 25% of the proceeds go to supporting the school so if you are in the area on the Friday March 5th you should come and support the school.

More Blog Spotting

I am always so excited when someone talks about my felt food other then me. Here are a couple of sites that have featured my stuff lately.

Purr Petite

This is a really cute boutique in Calgary Alberta Canada that carries my felt food in their store. They just got their website up an running and are starting to post some of their cool products. For example this hot dog shirt which I love. If they made this shirt in my size, I would wear it.



Indie Mom Blog

Aside from felt food she also talks about some other cool finds that she likes like these cute crocheted flowers.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 5 - Ode to Grandmas everywhere

I have a number of fabric that I have collected over the year that I have loving coined my 'Grandma series'. These are fabrics that make me think of furniture, curtains, or tablecloths that if not in my own grandparent's comfortable warm rooms are in someone's. Here are two of the fabrics (one in the form of a coin purse that I made): Side note:
I have another very pretty floral fabric that I found a number of month ago. I would not have naturally included this fabric in my grandma series. The funny part is that last time that I went home to visit my family, I realized that this was the same fabric (slightly different color) that was used for the curtains in my grandma's bedroom. I had never noticed it before.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 4

What can I say about this fabric but so super cute. I would generally not say that I am a girlie girl but something about these cute pink and purple prints just gets me. I think that loving these prints is as close as I will ever get to anything princess-y. I feel ok about that because these are still miles away from princess-y. Now if I ever decide to post fabric that is pink glittery and has the words "girl power" or "sassy" written on it, then I am in trouble.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 3

The truth is that I really do not know if this is vintage. I found it at a thrift store and it looked brand new. So this may just be vintage inspired instead of actual vintage. That is one of the downsides to getting everything second hand. You do not know how old it is and it is near impossible to get more if you want more.

I really like this fabric. It makes me think of the 60s. It says flower power to me. Of course, I was not born then so my instincts on flower power may be way off. Maybe, it is not psychedelic enough for the 60s. I don't know. Thoughts?

Vintage Floral Fabric Week Day 2

Part of the reason that I like floral fabric so much is my background in Horticulture. It creates the illusion that I am still using my degree. It makes me feel better to think that all that money was not spent in vain. I know that is a stretch but allow a girl to grasp at whatever straws are available.

In truth, I think that there are a lot of really ugly or boring floral prints out in the world but I really like this one. I think that it might be a bit much as curtains or covering a couch but in small doses I think it is quite nice.

Vintage Floral Fabric Week (aka The holidays are over. Time to get back to work)

I have come to realize that I am not the world's best blogger. Ok Ok... I am really bad about it. The first thing to admit is that you have a problem then try to change. This year my goal is to be better about blogging. (I realize that we are already 3 weeks into the year but that is not the point.) I decided to start off with another fabric week. I like showing off all the cool fabric that I am luck to come across.

This week I am going to show you some of my vintage floral prints. Bare with me, the photos are not that great because I use natural light and it is January in Portland. Not the sunniest time of the year.


The first fabric is a really pretty lavender and blue floral. This fabric is dated 1971. (I love when they have the date on fabric.) I think that this will make a really pretty bag. It would also make nice curtains but the walls in my room are orange. With a lot of confidence I might be able to fool people into thinking this is a good combo but I doubt it.