VENDORS WANTED---Second Annual Christmas in July Show

Hello ladies and gentlemen!

Just a quick reminder that we are now accepting applications for our 2nd Annual Christmas in July show on July 9, 2011 at Los Prados Golf Course on Ann Rd and Bradley. This is an ALL INDOOR SHOW!

Our advertisments will be featured in:
     -the Centennial View (which is rec'd by over 65,000 homes!)
     -the Summerlin View (which is rec'd by over 71,000 homes!)
     -The Los Prados Golf Course newsletter (which is rec'd by 1,328 homes!)
     -Craigslist
     -Facebook (several vendors will also be advertising on their Facebook page)
     -2,000+ printed flyers
     -20+ large foam board size (16"x20") put up in the area surrounding the community with arrows       directing clients from several different directions
     -Fox5 News (local bulletin on the air)
     -Ed Bozarth electric sign on Ann Rd and 95
     -AND MORE!

We do our best to produce a quality show and we pride ourselves on variety. WE WANT YOU!!! :)

PLEASE EMAIL US FOR A CONTRACT.

If you have any questions, please contact Brandy (702)523-8197 or email Julie at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com.

We're BBBAAACCCCCKKKKKK!!!!

Hello my wonderful creative friends!

We took a few months off from craft shows (Brandy just HAD to have a baby!) BUT we are in the midst of setting up our next show for July 9th. This is an ALL INDOOR show at Los Prados Golf Course on Ann and Bradley. We will be advetising in TWO newspapers (The View for two different areas), craigslist, facebook, Handmade in Vegas, Ed Bozarth Chevrolet, Fox 5 News, 1,000+ flyers, and MORE! We will have 20+ signs (large, easy to read signs) posted in the area with the times and arrows directing shoppers to our show. We will be sending out an email to all of our friends but if you are unsure if you are on our email list then feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com.

Spaces will be 6 foot by 4 foot and available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis. Once we receive your COMPLETED application and payment, we will forward you the room layout and you will then be required to email us your top 3 choices for location.

We are looking to fill this event with 50 vendors! We have room for approximately 60 but 50 will allow our vendors some breathing room.

Please allow us time to send out our intro email and application. This event is open to ALL Handmade in Vegas team members, handmade vendors, and approved home-based businesses. We ALWAYS try our best to ensure that our vendors are spread out and away from similar vendors which is why we need your top 3 booth picks.

If you have any further questions, feel free to email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com or call us at 702-523-8197.

<3 Brandy and Julie

P.S I will upload a picture of baby Logan soon!

Heads-up ladies...

 

 Receive 50% off 

your entire order instantly

when you use the code "Holiday2010"

at checkout. 

Black Friday through Cyber Monday
AS ALWAYS - FREE SHIPPING TO LAS VEGAS!
CLiCK HeRe and LeT the FuN BeGiN!!

Handmade Holidays & More Show

Hello Handmade team! Above is the flyer for our November 20th show. We are almost to 40 vendors! Our July show only had 26! We have had an excellent response and want to thank all of you! We are still accepting applications however, we are full on jewelry vendors unless it is recycled jewelry, etc. We would love to see some more baby items (my first baby boy will be here in less than 10 weeks!) or any other unique craft! If you have any questions, please email us at spillthebeansetc@gmail.com or give Brandy a call at (702)523-8197.

Thank you all for your support! We hope to see you there!

Art in the Park is coming up this weekend!

That's right!  One of the biggest and best outdoor shows in the west is in our own backyard.  Art in the Park will be held this coming weekend, October 2-3 at the parks in Boulder City.  For a close parking space plan to be there early...like by 8am...but don't let parking bother you.  You can ride the CAT busses that will be running every 5-10 minutes and make your day much easier and less stressful.  They drop you off right at the parks and pick you up when you're finished.  All fees for the busses go to a local charity for the weekend.   There will be a handful of our Etsy Team members showing at this event...stop by and say hi to them. 

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...

Chocolate anyone?

Handmade in Vegas with so much love...



For you to click and share...


Blessings,


Susy
Proud member of Handmade in Vegas Team

Craft and Gift Boutique Sign-Ups!

Hello Crafters,
We are holding our second Craft Boutique of the 2010 season.
We would love to have you join us! Please read the following and if you
are interested, email us a photo example of your work, and your
location preference, and we will forward you an application. If a photo
is not possible, we would love to set up a time to meet with you and see
your goodies!
Items: All items MUST be approved by us! NO EXCEPTIONS!
Liability: We are not responsible for any lost, damaged or
stolen items. We will take the utmost care of your beautiful
handcrafted items.
The craft fair will take place:
Date: Sat. November 20th, 2010 11am -4pm
Location: Lamplight Village (95 and Durango) 7900 Meandering
Path Las Vegas, Nv. 89131
Entrance Fee:
Indoors: $50.00 which includes advertisement, one 6-ft
table (if needed) and no percentage of sale fees to us!
Back Patio: $25.00 which includes advertisement, one 6-ft table (if needed) and no percentage of sale fees to us!
Grass Park Area: $35.00 (bring your 10x10 EZ-Up) which includes advertisement, one 6-ft table (if needed) and no percentage of sale fees to us! Feel free to jam pack your 10x10 space with all of your handcrafted goodies including shelves, grid rack, etc. (Please contact us for information on sharing your EZ-Up space with an additional vendor.)
Please have payments in by Tuesday, October 12, 2010 to allow time for advertisements and reservation fees. We accept cash, check, money orders and paypal.
Set Up: Set up will be Saturday, November 20st. 10am – 11am
Sales: You are responsible for payments and sales at your booth.

Thank you for your interest in the Holiday Craft and Gift Show. Feel free to contact us for more info and we hope to see you there!

Brandy Decker 702-523-8197
Julie Mirth 702-586-0193
spillthebeansetc@gmail.com

Tweeting Team Treasuries

This was in yesterday's Etsy mailer:
"Play the Etsy Team Treasury game on Twitter! Make a team-themed treasury and tweet the link with the tag #EtsyTeamTreasury."

No mention of any particular prize, though as HappyBug explains below, there's certainly value in the promo!

I've yet to make a treasury myself, but since 3 of my pieces have been curated by other Handmade in Vegas Team members, I tweeted those links.

Here are tiny urls I secured for each (in case anyone else included would like to tweet, too):

http://tinyurl.com/onyxinvegas - by StellaPearl
http://tinyurl.com/vegastheme - by FlakyFriends
http://tinyurl.com/yellowvegas - by CarolynsJewelry

Thanks, ladies!
-Cybele
Cybelesque

Recycled Paper Pendants by Earth Expressions

Hello dear Team!

Nothing like bring a new life to my old recycled magazines turning its pieces into lovely pendants, encasing their cute images in shiny glossy resin... fun to wear and great for any jewelry collection :)


Handmade in Vegas with so much love and dedication using my special collection of images from old recycled magazines, pieces of wood and jewelry grade resin .... Inspired by the colors, themes and beauty of them, they are very unique, I can't remake identical ones unless I put my hands on another identical magazine ;)

You will love them...

... And you can find them at Earth Expressions

Peace & Love,

Susy

Picking your brains...

...Eeewwww.
No it's not that bad really, we just need your input before we buy our domain name...thanks!!

What's your definition of "home decor"? What sort of items come to mind?

Team member featured on our blog...

Learning is fun...that is if Megan of Etsy's FFTF&B has anything to do with it. Megan's shop, "From Fragments To Furniture & Beyond"  is a shop for kids of all ages. She specializes in fun educational toys with special needs kids in mind and creates fun ways to encourage speech, motor skills and sensory stimulation. She also makes things for kids in general and those who are a kid at heart.

We are especially pleased to show of her latest project, these colorful numbered dominoes, not only because Megan is a fellow Handmade In Vegas Team member but because she commissioned a custom domino mold from Ametista's Clay Shoppe to craft these little lovelies.

 Her entire store is an explosion of color and excitement and well worth checking out. 

 

 

 

Carrie & Kathy 

"Ametista"

Pictures from our Etsy Craft Party on June 18th

More Arts and Crafts Articles For The Team

Be sure to read about team members and subscribe and share this with all your friends. Promote, promote the team, promote yourself, I am doing all I can to help so don't forget to promote all the new articles I write. Share them with everyone you know on all your websites, thats how we roll! Who knows, the article could be all about your etsy store!

Supporting Our Handmade In Vegas Team

Just published this latest article about who is doing what shows and where. Keep me posted on where you are selling outside of Etsy.com.

I will be happy to publish articles to help draw attention to the event. This is a give and take relationship, support my writing so I can make the most of it for everyone on the team!

Subscribe to my site on the Examiner so you can read all the things I write about arts and crafts out and about the Henderson/Las Vegas area.

Happy Sales to everyone! C.S. Alexis

Meet Your Team Mate (and Team Creator) Sarah Flake of Flaky Friends

Las Vegas didn’t have an Etsy Team 2 month’s ago.  Now we have a team with over 180 members.  Sarah is our fearless leader and the inspiration behind the team.  It is only fitting that the first team interview be with her.
 
Tell us a little about your shop: What do you make and sell?
I make my cartoon doodles into 3-D, super huggable, incredibly silly stuffed animals.  I've been doing these doodles ever since I could hold a pencil but it wasn't until 3 years ago that I made my first "Flaky Friend."  Having children really made me want to create something more tangible.  I'm no expert seamstress, and can't follow a pattern to save my soul, but luckily there is no wrong way to make these guys so however they turn out is how they are meant to be.  While I'm creating them, I also try and figure out their personality so by the time they are listed in shop, they're all packaged with all kinds of emotional baggage, life stories and dreams of their own.

 
What was the first "Flaky Friend" you made?  Describe the creative "spark" behind the your "Flaky Friend"’s.
I have six sisters who are all crafty and had just spent two weeks over Christmas break creating all sorts of creative goodies with them.  When I got home from that trip, I had caught the craft bug in a serious way.  I loved my doodles, and my kids loved toys, so I went from there.  My first toy I attempted was a manatee.  I wanted to get some practice making a stuffed animal before attempting my real goal, a purple pony for my daughter and the manatee design I had come up with seemed simple enough.  The manatee is a certified disaster.  When I showed my husband and friends, they all gave me the same feedback - "sewing is not for you."  But it was such fun that I stuck at it and in no time, I had created a pony for my very appreciative 3 year old daughter.   I would go into toy stores to "feel up" their toys, to see where seams were and how they were made.  After a while, I'd gotten the hang of it and people actually started asking how much my items were selling for.  Thus my Etsy shop was born!
 
Do you have a favorite piece of work, that you would like to show to us?
I do.  I used to always have a lucky rabbits foot on my backpack when I was in elementary school.  Of course these aren't p.c. anymore, but I do kind of miss the idea of them.  So I made a stuffed rabbit's foot plush accessory.  But along with that, I had to make the rabbit it came from so I ended up with the "Lucky Rabbit's Foot, Unlucky Rabbit."  I showed this piece in a plush show in St. Louis in 2008 and it was a real hit.  I have pet rabbits so this particular piece really makes me laugh.


What prompted you to form this team?
I didn't have anyone in all of Vegas to bounce art ideas off and was looking for some kind of art support group.  I'd moved here only a year before and felt utterly devoid of any artistic inspiration in Vegas. I went to join my local Etsy team, found there was none, and decided that unacceptable.  I'm the kind of person that needs to act on my ideas otherwise they drive me insane.  Honestly, I wasn't thinking long term. I just thought I'd get 10 or 12 locals together, enough to call a "team" to make Vegas look less pathetic on the Etsy Teams page!  But 100 millions ideas later, we've got a real force on our hands!
 
This team went from non-existent to huge membership in a short amount of time.  How quickly did the team form from the idea?
I decided to start the team at about 10pm on April 29th and began contacting Las Vegas based Etsy sellers asking if they would be interested in joining me. By May 1st, we had close to 30 members and I scheduled our first team meeting for the 25th.  On May 18th I ran into the coordinator for ArtsWalk at a community arts meeting, told her about our team, and she asked us to provide crafters for their event - they had none and wanted to create a monthly craft fair. On May 20th, after a small but impressive showing our our crafters at the new ArtsWalk event, we were asked by the Henderson Business District to partner with them to create a vibrant monthly craft fair using mainly our team members.  By our meeting on the 25th, we had 181 members and I had stopped actively recruiting.  At our meeting, team member Robi from NevadaWoodsWearables presented plans to hold our first team craft fair on August 8th.  On the 26th, we won our Etsy grant for $150 for team promo items.  We currently have 195 members.</P< strong>>

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?
I've always had a strange, romantic dream of New Zealand.  The fjords, the ocean, the open land - I'd love to live on a farm there and live the good life  in the wild beauty of it.  I'd spend the hours of 4pm to 9pm staring blissfully into the sunset with the wind blowing through my hair.  Someday I'll actually visit - but I almost hesitate to because I don't want to ruin my dream!
 
Is there anything else you would like to share?
My mom made sure all seven of her daughters ended up Renaissance women.  She encouraged me to learn violin (a hobby I still dearly enjoy), got me excited about art history, taught me how to make my own solutions using whatever resources I have on hand, how to use a sewing machine, how to connect with my soul.  I always have to mention her when I talk about my artsy side because I owe all my crazy passions to her education of us girls.  She's an amazing woman.  She always encouraged all of us to "bloom where we are planted" and I think we've made the most of that.  I love to think I can make a difference in this world.  I can think that because she believes I can.  I've got two daughters of my own now, and hope to pass down her legacy of artistic passion self assurance.  So I guess I just want to say I love my Mom!  

I want to thank Sarah for visiting with us and for creating this team.  

These are the places you can find Sarah and her Flaky Friends.


Website: Flaky Friends
Etsy: Flaky Friends
Blog: Flaky Friends
Facebook: Flaky Friends-plush-with-issues
Team: Handmade In Vegas
    

Handmade In Vegas, an online team of artists and crafters

Please take a look. If anyone has news I should write about please let me know. Want to make a suggestion? That would be good too!