Needle Craft, Fabric Arts, & Recycled Goodies

Carrie from the Making Lemonade blog is having a month-long Stork Report on her blog. She is focusing on all things baby; including many many great giveaways. I am happy to annouce that The Point is giving away a great bib & burp cloth set like the one shown below:

Simply go here and follow the instructions to enter. I’m Giveaway #8 – Bib and Burp Cloth Set from The Point!
Thanks for checking it out and good luck!

Yellow Bear is my daughter’s favorite buddy. Along with his bandaid, arm cuff and head band, she insisted he needed some new pants. I promised her I’d make him some while she was at Day Care yesterday. With 30 minutes until I had to pick her up, I came up with these.

I think he looks pretty smashing, don’t you?

If you know me, then you know I love bacon.

Last year, I combined my love of bacon with my love of recycling packaging into cards and postcards. Out of this came the Bacon Love Card, as featured on Bacontoday.com.

I can also be corny and a bit cheesy. From that came the Owl Love You Forever card, which luckily, instead of being corny or cheesy, is just cute (imo). The card is now available as a magnet and framed too!

To prepare for Valentine’s Day, I’ve added some of each of these items to my shop.

Just want to help spread the lovely bacony goodness..and ensure that your partner knows you’ll love them forever.

A fabric lovers dream…that is what I was able to experience  this past weekend. My hubby is from Philly, so we headed east for this Thanksgiving. My sister in law had a great surprise for me…4th Street – Philly’s Fabric Row!! For those of you who don’t know me, I have an um, er, problem when it comes to fabric. So, you can only imagine the heaven I was in! I’ll let these pictures speak for themselves. yum.

We’re in the thick of Holiday Craft Show prep right now. I’m lucky enough to be selling in THREE great shows this fall season. (see this post) As well as working on stocking all of the wonderful brick & mortar stores where my wares are available.

So, I’m busy sewing and drawing away here. Just wanted to post a little sneak peek of what I’m doing…

Chicken on a stick from the Lemongrass Cafe: $3.

Two tickets to the Steelers Game: $140.

Going the the game with your 64 year old mom in her bling-ed out gear: PRICELESS.

(mom is a little shy about having her photo posted)

yup. it is official. I was accepted to Handmade Arcade (12/12)along with the lovely Ana from Wren & Rita. Folks, this is a big deal. I have soooo much to make and do between now and then. Not to mention the  two equally awesome  I Made It! shows: I Made It! Jr (11/22)and I Made It! Holiday (12/5).

Life has provided my little family with some bummers these last couple of  months – it is nice to have some awesome things to look forward too! I’ll be stitching and drawing up a storm in the coming weeks. Sah-weet – I have tons of pent up creative energy just dying to get out… stay tuned.

And please stop by!!

Sah – weet. That is all I have to say about the new shop opening SOON in Lawrenceville. Rebecca Morris, WildCard’s proprietor extraordinaire, has put together a fantastic collection of local handmade wares; with a sprinkling of awesome commercially produced items. A big feature of her shop is paper products. Huge rolls of specialty papers are available, as well as about a million greeting cards.

When I dropped my goods off there a couple of weeks ago, the shop was clean, shiny and had freshly painted walls, but not one bit of inventory displayed – yet. So, when I stopped by on Saturday morning to drop off  few more things, my ulterior motive was also to be nebby and see what was going on! Boy, was I in for a treat. The shop was literally “humming” with activity – Rebecca,  and assorted family members were stocking, hanging and arranging inventory. I was blown away. The shop looked great – and it was also super cool for me to be able to look around the shop and see so many of my friends & acquaintances handiwork.

The Grand Opening is set for November 7, but don’t let that stop you from stopping by and saying hi! I’ll keep you posted with hours and any other info.

WildCard is located at 4209 Butler Street in Lawrenceville.
Directly across from the public parking lot (very handy for those with rusty parallel parking skills).

As someone who proudly displays MLIS after their name, I would be remiss not to post about the upcoming benefit for the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. A group of proactive & awesome librarians have decided to do something to help the place and the jobs they love! They’re  hosting a dance party & art/craft auction benefit this Thursday, September 24 at Remedy, 5121 Butler St. Lawrenceville. 8pm. Live entertainment by DJ Mary Mack, projection artist Blissy & rocker Dean Cercone. Suggested donation: $5-$10.

Hey Crafty Folk, for information on donating an item for auction, please send an email to taragoe@gmail.com.