HANDMADE ARCADE PICS

Here is a pic of my table:





I also had Tina's Zombie shirts and cards:






And Caitlin's pins:



The drive was longish - four hours each way. But the HANDMADE people were great. Friendly, helpful and encouraging. They even had veggie dogs and vegan treats - yum!

I've been accepted to the BUST Holiday Craftacular!!!

This is arguably the biggest indie craft fair around, so I am super psyched. I gotta start making more stuff - with all the shows upcoming. To find out more, click: this .

Charming Vices in PA newspaper UPDATED

HandMade is in one week! Never been to Pittsburgh before, but people say it is nice nice nice. Today, I gave an interview with a reporter from the Pittsburgh Herald-Tribune. She asked me about the craft revolution and being a DIY crafter.

Of course, I talked all about the Crafty Mutiny. Stay tuned.

11.12.06 UPDATE

The article was published and you can Check it out here!

I really appreciate the mention but and the fact that I was one of the featured crafters. Unfortunately, the pic attributed to me is not of my work. It's cute, but not mine. Sigh...

So many new shows!

The Mutiny has so many new shows upcoming. I have applied for so many that I think I will be busy until 2007. Yikes! Check our CM blog for more info.

Bad sitch with eBay

So, I have been on eBay for years and I just got my first broken item. Yuck. The seller was totally nice and refunded my money. But, I really wanted the item to work. Thinking about my next show, I ordered some new earring racks. This is how they arrived. poop.

Halloween Rock N Romp was fun fun fun!

Well it was! Debbie knows how to put on a great show. It was well attended and the kids seemed to have a ton of fun. The decorations were fantastic and the place was lively. Unfortunately, I did not know it was a costume party and I was one of the few people not dressed to the nines. But it was a crazy, windy day and my hair got all crazy from the wind. So, I told people that was my costume. Like the mug shot?




Hopefully, Debbie has some pics that I can post. Forgot to bring my own camera, but I took a bunch with her camera. Yay! Normally. I am not a "kid" person, but the little ones at the show were way rad! I actually saw one kid do a total face plant and he did not cry. At all. He just got up and started running around again. Wow!

To be so resilient!

HANDMADE ARCADE!

A bunch of us Mutineers are heading to the HANDMADE ARCADE in Pittsburgh, on November 11th. It shares the DIY aesthetic of fairs like DC's Crafty Bastards and promises to be fun fun!!!

Check out their website http://handmadearcade.com/!

My Etsy shop

So I finally created an Etsy shop. I don't know why I waited so long, but Tinaseamonster convinced me that I should go for it.

I made some new necklaces, specially for Halloween. Check it out here!

You are here!

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Rock N Romp

Debbie of 60bugs.com (click: this ) , rocknromp.com (click: this ) and craftmutiny.com (click: this )
is moving her legendary show series to McGinty's for Halloween. Yay! Hope to see you there!

Hope I get into the Sampler

I really wanna get into The Sampler - for a few reasons. It would be rad to get cool indie stuff, but more importantly, the business model is SO great. A lot of big biz companies are revoluntionary, but started off small (like netflix). The Sampler could have the same staying power.

Tina the Seamonster encouraged me to contribute earrings and here is how I plan to package them.

What is the best Sampler sample you have gotten? I am excited for the day that someone sends a tiny tiny little piece of art. I would frame it and hang it on my wall.

The best part of being anonymous

Is that you can say anything. And no one will know. Except the random people who you see from high school or whatever and then you give them yr card. Suddenly, it's all, "you make crafts?" "Do you make any money?" yeah--just ask me about my profits and then tell me I look really thin. What the fuck? My all pizza diet has actually added few. What can I say, I craft and I have a "day" job. No time for grocery shopping.

Check out the Mutineers

Hola world wide web! Check out this! It's our group site and has links to all the Mutineers!

Craft Mutiny Pictures

Here are some pics of Craft Mutiny peeps at Crafty Bastards 06.

New Necklace

Being Crafty VS. Crafting

I wonder how these things relate...Am I crafty as in "devious" or am I crafty as in "ingenious"? Maybe both. Yes, both.

Western Market is in a few days and I need to get ready. I am soon to meet my new crrrafty friends and want to sell some - um stuff.

What is the best word for DIY merch? Stuff, inventory, art, craft? I make things I want to keep forever but must sell them because I am poor. And because I want other people to see them, love them and tell me they want my creations for themselves.

Spontaneous Body Modification?

Is there such a thing that could be cool? I have always doubted it.

I went to Ambrotos Tattoos today to drop off some SILVERDOCS fliers and there were no customers, so I decided to go for it - finally. I have always wanted to be alone when I commit to the ink and design. (Lately, my dreams increasingly center around getting up early one morning and just going for it.)




I have the same exact tattoo on my other wrist but, obviously, can't take a pic of both at the same time. The weird thing is that both tattoos have the letter "E" in them. I haven't gotten them filled in yet. I think "E" is for "EVIL".


So, there was NO pain. My tattooed little bro asked me if it was a "henna" tattoo. Better not be - since I risked my rent money for it.

Hope it turns out well. I can be a real killer when someone or something gets in my way. (Just like in my dreams.)

There is a first time for everything

A privacy freak probably shouldn't blog, right?