Holiday Craft season is creeping up!

I was accepted to ICE today! AWESOME!!!! So far my holiday craft fairs are:


Thursday Nov, 5. Kraftwork at Youngblood gallery
Saturday Nov 7, Cabbagetown Chomp and Stomp with Jay and the Belligernt Monkey
Saturday Nov. 21, ICE

All of December- Spruill gallery holiday fest.

I hope to make it into Asheville's Big Crafty but we shall see!

Pornentines

So this month and last month at craft group we made pornentines and other crafty items using glue, glitter, paper, and boobies. This one is the best, and I am going to use it to wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you all get to see some boobies and Claire I hope this doen't scare you too much.

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Love,

Me!

Happy Chinese New Year!

So, first let me start by apologizing for being slack lately. I know, I know.

Now, onto the real stuff...
Today we went to Chinese New Year Celebration at the Chinese Cultural Center in Chamblee (Chambodia). It was pretty cool but it was mostly food and crowds and pushy little ladies in orange.
We got there around one and paid our 5 bucks to enter and we received 2 dollars off our snacks. So we proceeded to scan all of the delicious food vendors. I got some sort of sausage wrapped in a noodle and fried and covered in sauce for a dollar and then a bowl of dumplings for 2.50. Olivia got some disgusting bean soup that tasted like saltless boiled peanuts with sugar water. GROSS. And then she got some boba tea/bubbletea which is also disgusting. Its like green thick sauce with sugarless unsweet gummy bear things floating in it. And they had all kinds of grody flavors. I don't know how I'll make it in Singapore but I plan to bring some snacks just in case I can't make it. Jane ended up buying a ton of food to bring home and eat all week. She's a smart lady.
While I was at this Chinese center we went upstairs to see some wares. Well, the little cut out man in glasses to the left was hanging on the wall and it was amazing. I love construction paper and I love this little kid's art. We also saw little dancing girls who were adorable. Even the unfortunate girl with the humungous ears was adorable but mostly because she was so serious about her dance moves.
Last but not least is this awesome little man. If I was a China man i would try to wear this every day. He reeks of wisdom.


This fest is going on tomorrow too so go check it out! Its down Buford Highway on Johnson Road or something like that. I'm sure you can google it but if you turn left after the Buford Highway flea Market you'll end up almost right there. Just listen for fireworks.

Movies with 3 year olds

So, as I sat sewing, trying to finish my quilt for myself, my friends and I watched a movie. If you haven't seen the latest Lindsey Lohan movie "I Know Who Killed Me" then you should rush out and rent it right now. So, we were watching this cinematic beauty with my friend's 3 year old daughter. I was assured it was okay and that she didn't understand so okay, we watched it. The little girl would ask "what's that?" and we would answer "crafts, its paint". "Why she is running?" and our response would be "Her cat got out and she's trying to find it". "why she has blood?" was "She's becoming a woman and got her period. You know how Mommy asks you to get her a tampon? Well, thats what she needs". Basically it was totally hilarious that we turned a horrible movie about stigmatic twins that don't know they're twins into a Disney coming of age tale involving a couple of your girls, their crafts, and their pets. Beautiful.

So I'm getting my bunion worked on tomorrow so I may be away for a bit. I know you'll miss me. But just because I'm laid up, doesn't mean you can't go shop! I wanted to do this craft show with my craft buddies but alas, it would be quite uncomfortable. And my sweet sweet boyfriend offered to do it for me, but I'm just not that cruel to make him set up shop and be surrounded by a bunch of cute single crafty ladies. So check this out on Saturday the 17th:

Indie Craft Experience This Saturday!
http://www.ice-atlanta.com/
Come on out this Saturday for the Indie Craft Experience! With 75+ vendors you can get all your holiday shopping done at this amazing event and save yourself a trip to the mall ... oh, and did we mention you'll have *fun* on top of it?! Need a break from all the great shopping? Stop and have a drink, listen to some music, dig through your swag bag and enjoy the festivities!
This event features local crafters from Atlanta & Athens as well as national crafters from Portland, Chicago & NYC! What's the Indie Craft Experience all about? Click here to find out! Scroll to the bottom to see a video about ICE created by PBA30's "This is Atlanta." Date: Saturday, November 17, 2007 Time: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Admission: $5*Location: The B Complex1272 Murphy AvenueAtlanta, Georgia 30310 http://www.thebcomplex.com/ *The Indie Craft Experience believes giving to the community is very important. The $5 admission fee goes to Hagar's House (a local shelter for women & children) and Handmade Nation (a self-funded documentary on the indie craft movement).

And if you need more crafty shopping, check out Paideia's arts fundraiser on Saturday AND Sunday. There's also the Big Angel Blowout at Whitespace gallery on Edgewood. That one goes on from Thursday evening til Sunday.

I feel so naked and craftless

So I dropped off ALL of my arts and crafts this weekend. I brought them to the Spruill Arts Gallery near Perimeter Mall on Ashford Dunwoody Road and they will sell all of my wares since I can't do any of the Christmas fairs this season (due to my impending foot surgery). They have a Holiday market starting next Monday through to Christmas Eve. You should go buy things there.

Holiday Artist Market
Nov 20 - Dec 24, 2007
Opening Reception:Mon, Nov 19, 6 - 8pm
Market Hours: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday - SaturdayClosed Thanksgiving Day
Unusual, hand-crafted gifts for your holiday pleasure. Items priced for any pocketbook!
On December 1, in observance of WORLD AIDS DAY, "Lost," artworks by Terry S. Hardy will be on exhibit in the Back Gallery.