Saturday, November 24, 2007

Holiday Gift Guide

Fluffy Flowers was nice enough to include me in her Holiday Gift Guide. This is a wonderful list of Etsy shops she has bought from throughout the year. A great resource if you are going to buy handmade for the holidays this year! Thank you!

Sunday, November 18, 2007

First Craft Show

Indie Craft Experience Holiday Show Nov 2007


I participated in my first craft show this weekend -- the Indie Craft Experience Holiday Spectacular in Atlanta. It was a great time and went better than I would have thought. Having never done a craft show before, I really didn't know what to expect how or my work would be received. I got a lot of positive feedback, and found that the journals I have been printing on were the biggest hit of all.

I didn't have a lot of time to take pictures, as I was alone for part of the day and busy for most of it -- lots of people around -- but I have some of the event space, which is a very cool artists space made from an old industrial building, and my setup. I think I need to get some shelving for my displays next time, but this worked well for the first time.

Here is a second picture of the setup, notice the fine hand-painted sign! My husband does hand painted signs among lots of other things like pinstriping and airbrush work in the larger Papa Studios enterprise.

Indie Craft Experience Holiday Show Nov 2007


Here's the space, and a shot of the overall table:


Indie Craft Experience Holiday Show Nov 2007

Indie Craft Experience Holiday Show Nov 2007

Indie Craft Experience Holiday Show Nov 2007


I wanted to do more "reporting" and talk about some people I met during the show but I was kind of overwhelmed with talking to people and manning the booth. Next show I hope to do more!

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Business Cards & Postcards

Business Card


Here is a business card I just finished for myself in preparation for next week's craft show. The text was printed using a polymer plate, and the men are from some vintage letterpress items I picked up on eBay. No idea who the men are except that they came from Minnesota, and there were at least fifty of them! I've found it to be a challenge when I have been printing linocuts, and then I switch to printing with the polymer plates or the halftone plates like these. When I print linocuts I am trying to get as much ink as possible on those wide surfaces, and then I have to concentrate on getting just the right amount with the polymer or halftone plates.

Speaking of the contrast between polymer plates and linocuts, I also finished a promotional postcard for the show based on my earlier "resolve" design. Here it is:

Etsy Postcard