HOLIDAY SALE, this SAT. the 22nd.

This Saturday, the 22nd we'll be having a 10% off sale all merchandise in the shop. So, come on in all of you last minute shoppers!

IT'S TIME

to show you all some new stuff. We finally took some pics and even dowloaded the ones from the craft fair back in September. So, get ready!

Monster hats by Anne. They come in tons of colors and sizes, from babies to adults.





Our mascot Dandie ladies dressed with scarflettes by Ashley, a Baby E headband, a knit hat by Kelsey, and big blue earrings by Ali. They're a bit crazy.



A wall full of accessories from button necklaces and earrings, shrinky-dink necklaces and earrings, tweed pins, etc.



Some dolls and creatures, ReWAX candles, an origami mobile, cupcake pincushions, and felted cake boxes.



A case full of Punkette dolls, Paddington Sweet's Mod-ern Chocolates, and origami gift boxes.



Orange monsters stuffed with lavender! Do you see the moustached one?



A variety of plants by Ben.



Then some more stuffies and cuties.




Next, onto the Mass Market craft fair. Our table was layered and layered with so many items from many of the artists in the shop. I think we pulled it all together though, it has the look of the shop but just on one surface.

That is the adorable Ashley, who helped us out the whole day and informed us about the fair. She's the sweetest. She's one of our wonderful volunteers and is the face behind the scarflettes.



There are cards and Cara Taylor recycled plastic bag purses. Cherry Winter's animal creatures, and button necklaces. Wallets and ipod holders. Bookends, crayons, and notepads made from recylced paper. Earrings, mirrors, and monster kits. Soap, bath salts, and aprons. Sleep masks, hats, and cuffs.
The list goes on.









Then here's a pic of the space with some shoppers.

teeny.tiny.cute

One of our awesome volunteers, Carrie, makes the cutest felt items among other amazing things that she sells with us. She has a blog, teeny.tiny.cute, where she shows some of her items.

Here are the stuffed candy corns that she made, some act as zipper-pulls. I think this is such a great idea. Then there's the little bats. Unfortunately, we sold all of these, but she does work on commission as do many of the other artists selling with us.

They were intended to be with us only for Halloween, but why can't candy corn be a year-round love, right?

BEAM STOCKINGS

We just got a batch of holiday stockings made by Kristen Beam. Here are pics of a few of them. They're very beautiful and unique, perfect for gift-giving.

FOR MEN

One of the biggest challenges we've found is that most of the items in our shop are for women. There are a few unisex things, but primarily people get the sense that it's gender-specific. Many of the artists selling with us try to come up with products for men but it's more difficult.
Hopefully this will change.

Saying that, I posted about the Handmade Pledge a couple weeks ago that is floating around the web. I really want to sign it and hope all of you do too to support indie designers/crafters. But I know for myself, I was having a hard time committing to signing it because buying handmade for the men in my life is a bit more difficult.

So to my happiness, the Modish blog posted a great handmade gift guide for men today. Check it out.

And, then take that pledge....look to your right and click on it!