Etsy Trashion Summer Sale and Giveaway!

I'm offering 10% off all purses, bags, and zippy pouches this week!

Summer Sale & Giveaway

The Etsy Trashion Team is having a Summer Sale and Giveaway

to promote Environmental Awareness!

For just one week... July 20 – 27
.
Click to find participating Trashion Team Etsy shops
To save on fine and funky upcycled goods.

To enter the giveaway, visit one of our participating shops
then click to comment on an item in the original summer sale post
http://etsytrashion.blogspot.com/
You may make up to five entries.

Or…Make purchases in participating shops to receive
additional chances for every $10 you spend!

The prize winner will be randomly selected on July 28th.

Nicaragua

I just got back from a fabulous vacation in Nicaragua - and before you ask, it's a very safe place to visit. It's a democracy, and 99% of the people that I interacted with were so friendly and helpful.
I stayed in San Juan del Sur, a small town about 2 hrs south of Managua on the Pacific Coast. It's filled with surf shops and Spanish-language schools, and is a truely beautiful place.

I may even end up having some work for sale down there! An American living down there loved my "Oh Sheet!" bag so much that she wants to sell them in her spa.

Anyway, I had a fabulous time. We did a zip-line canopy tour, a full-day sailing trip, fishing, snorkling, surfing, a trip to a two-volcano island in Lake Nicaragua - and then spent lots of time chilling by the pool, reading books, napping, eating guacamole & salsa, enjoying the local rum, and wandering around town.

Now, I suppose, it's time to get back to work.

Artisan Sundays

Tomorrow is my July Artisan Sundays show at the North Market. I love this show for a few reasons - the first being that I've spent an a lot of time there over the years, hanging out on Saturday mornings, enjoying breakfast (or dessert), and spending a little QT with my parents. I also love having a consistent place to show my work, and getting to chat with the other fun vendors, particularly Amy N., of Sweet Stella Designs, who is my consistent neighbor.

Basically, I love the North Market. It's one of those amazing and unique things about Columbus that few non-Columbus-ite would ever suspect that this town is cool enough to have/support.

My new Studio

Mmmmmm . . . belts!


































Here it is in all its glory - my happy little studio space.

Studio Update!

Things are coming together! I'm starting to feel vaguely organized - I've got all my ties and belts hung up, some preliminary lighting - and I even made stuff today. More Wanderlust buttons!

The only problem was that before everything was in one space, I had NO idea how much fabric I had. It's kind of crazy, actually. I am definitely on a strict, no-new-fabric diet until I make a bunch more stuff.

So, I don't do very well at this blogging thing, but I'm going to give it another shot.

I'm moving into a studio space! I'm really excited to have space to spread out - and to leave half-finished projects out. Also, not having a small poodle come stand on top of anything I'm working on will probably be a step up.

Pictures coming soon!

Recovering from Comfest

ComFest is always a fun but exhausting weekend. This year, the exhaustion was exasperated by frequent rainstorms, and the stress of sharing a 10' x 10' booth space with 8 other sellers. I made little mantras to chant to myself - "learning experience, learning experience, learning experience" & "patience, patience, patience". My guess is that 3-4 people is the most that really work comfortably in that space for a weekend.
Still, it was a good way to do my first major show - and I appreciated the fact that there wasn't anyone selling Tupperware next to me this time.