frederick art walk — this saturday

dont miss your chance to shop from over 40 artist and enjoy the wonderful outdoor setting that fall brings. Saturday November 7th is the annual Frederick Art Walk, and this year they have twice as many artists involved. myself of course will be selling at 21 Samuel st, but new this year is the KidKraft group. Children of the arists got together to make gift items of their own like cards, wrap, tags and ornaments to sell. in good holiday cheer they will then donate all their sales to cancer research. i had to choke back a tear when i heard the oldest child talking about their decision, and her explanation for the younger kids as to what cancer was — and that one day there will be a cure.
join the facebook event to meet the artists, or check out the shows site

need something to do this weekend?

many wonderful and talented artists have gotten together to offer studio and home tours… and you get to shop from their goodies too!!
this weekend is the Kissing Bridge Studio Tour around Elmira, West Montrose and Wallenstein.

(on their site is a list of the artists, the brochure and a map — across the top)

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also this weekend is the Central Art Walk

dont just sit inside this rainy weekend — grab your umbrella and christmas lists, and get a jump start on things

	Saturday Oct. 24	Sunday Oct. 25
	Cloudy with showers	Isolated showers
P.O.P.	40%	40%
High	13°C	10°C
Low	8°C	2°C
Wind	SW 25 km/h	W 15 km/h
24-Hr Rain	close to 1 mm	less than 1 mm

Long Term Forecast Updated: Friday, October 23, 2009, 8:00 EDT

vendor call: Church of the Good Shepherd

This year’s Christmas Market is set to go for Saturday November 21, 2009, 9:00 to 1:00.  We will be opening up the upper hall as well this year to accomodate more tables. Please confirm your intention to participate as soon as possible to make sure you have a space.

Spaces are $10/spot plus a $2 table rental if you choose to use our tables.

More advertising has been booked to support the event.
If you would like your particular business’s name mentioned in any ads we ask that you donate a craft  item to a raffle being held to benefit the church.  Larger items will be sold by silent auction, also to benefit the church.
Thanks , looking forward to hearing from you!

…if you wish to participate contact Jean and Lynn at the Church of the Good Shepherd,

shepherdsmarket@sympatico.ca

(i participated in this show last year. there is a mix of vendors as it is a small show. great for beginners and thats why i personally went… to get some experience under my belt at a really low cost.  but then again, a great fee is good for anyone. the more great artist we have, the more shoppers we could pull in, and the more income we will all make. either way… UROCK will be there. hope to see you too)

Guelph Arts Show is almost here

looking for something fun to do?

visit the Guelph Arts Show

so many talented artists in a such a unique place.

OCTOBER 17-18 and 24-25
10am to 5pm, Old Quebec St, Downtown Guelph

PLUS…

They are still accepting applications from Painting, Photography, Glass, Pottery and Wood artist

CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTRY FORM

another option is the Friday Market

FRIDAY MARKETPLACE

VENDOR REGISTRATION FORM

CLICK HERE

NEW etsy group looking for KW artists

Do you have an etsy shop? Do you live in Kitchener or Waterloo? Are you looking to meet other talented artists… join forces… learn from eachother … grow stronger… better… and radically change the world of handmade? ……. okay maybe its nothing radical …since there is a lot of handmade action already taking place, but everything is better in a team right?!

SO JOIN THE NEW KW ETSY TEAM and be a part of something great for KW!

The team is looking for artist of all kinds.  Your goods must be handmade (by yourself) and you must live in kitchener/Waterloo or surrounding Area. We encourage our memebers to join Etsy, but it’s not a necessity.

• Each month Melanie will pick 3 artists from different categories and post their bio on the front page of the website.
• Allow shoppers to search the whole team by adding KWteam to your etsy listings (under catagory)
• Flickr KWteam group with postings of local shows, stores
• Soon there will be a forum for project talk, tips and methods.
• PLUS imadeit will be lending a hand in creating local craft shows for the artists. it going to be great!!

For info or to join the team email : MelanieMiljan@yahoo.ca

Current team:

Jewelry by Melanie Miljan lorieamoon designs silver lace weddings Kind Stones New Prehistory Orion Designs Zougeebean Gingham Skies RDM Designs PSodhi Two cent Sparrow Burlesque BabeJewelry by Mia Quingawaga Kelicious unbeige Kailey Hawthorn Kiki Bargain Boutique Anatomy of a Skirt urock EterKnity woman of the cloth Cherub Glass Works ErosDIY Sew Oiseau Roving Spinners Dark Sugar Boudoir Just a Little Creepy/a> Pick Stitch Black Orchid Designs Sewsemsem46 Nesting Emily Mostly Sundays Dessigned by Mere Peachy Creations My shabby Heart Ashley Marie Paperie Cutes and Turtle Craftabulous Deco Alley Frog Pond Collective Loving Heart Kitchen Table Absorbed Photography APGurl In Adams Fall Homestead Herbals Twilights Fall Pocomama Oh Sew Soft Little Ones Baby Shop

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there is a lot more coming with imadeit too…

have to go back for a little more training (icky school) but hopefully my brain will suck up knowledge quick-time, and i can grace you with the rest of the plan.

its a thrifting time of year

Upcoming Sale at Salvation Army Stores…

i have been super shopping lately, building on my collection of clothing to recycle as usual. the large laundry hampers where i store the collection is starting to overflow, so much that i went and bought two more hampers. so i have to stop shopping… and start working. (self plug: checkout my work here) BUT thats not saying YOU have to stop. shop! shop FOR me! and until the salvation army president starts drinking that selfish money hungry tea on his private jet as the the value village president does… the salvation army remains the best shopping deal spot. oh and the little unknown thrift shops too. tell me if you have discovered a great one in your area.

summer hats

… for the days the sun actually comes out. Not sure what the weather is like where you are from but Kitchener ON is rather cold, and constantly rainy for middle of summer weather. but thinking positive will bring positive results. right?!

found these super cute tutorials for hats

Kids Bucket Hats :: Punkn

Eddie Cap :: Mushroom Villagers

if you are not skilled with ‘the sewing’ you can always take a look thru the wonders of etsy…

Brown Leaf Print :: McHats

Rainbow (with interchangeable flower in variety of colours) :: mamafamilias

Summer sweets bucket hat :: Cocollo

Green Crochet Cloche :: Sweetbriers