$10 for 2 Tickets to Christmas at Hycroft – Winter Wonderland ($20 Value)

Hey there's a crafty deal out there -- If you are planning on going to Christmas at Hycroft then this one's for you!

It's 2 for 1 admission but only available for the next 4 days -- I'm in -- anyone else?

Check it out $10 for 2 Tickets to Christmas at Hycroft – Winter Wonderland ($20 Value)

Calendar updates

First of all I want to say thanks for all your support. For those of you who don't know me, I have been going through a very stressful time in my personal life and everyone has been very supportive (and patient) with me.

Now on to fun stuff -- Check out the website calendar -- I've been busy updating it with all the upcoming shows and there are a lot of them! This is going to be one busy fall and holiday season! Yay! I will be updating the call for artist section in the next few days so check back if you are still looking for opportunities to sell.

I am going to endeavour to blog about the shows that I attend and would love to add your reviews, comments  and pics to both shows that I have written about and the ones that I don't make it to. Believe it or not people read this blog and even listen to what is posted! :)

As always -- please send me any info on events I have missed -- especially if you live in Northern BC or on the Island -- I just don't get as much info from those areas and the shows are not as widely advertised.

Oh and if you have an item that you would like featured in the local artists slide show section send me your photos and a link to your website and I would be more than happy to add them to the gallery!

Famer's Markets

So who has been to a farmers market recently? Were there any crafts there? Any worth selling at?

I've had several e-mails asking me if I know of any good places to market crafts right now.  I have passed a few Farmers Markets in the last few weeks but never seem to have the time to stop and browse.

Would love to hear which ones you guys have been visiting and what you think of them. I am thinking of planning a Farmer's market marathon in a couple of weekends where I'll visit a whole bunch in one day.

Are there any I should make a point of visiting? I look forward to hearing what you guys think!

Phew -- finally back!

So last time I posted I was on my way to 2 craft shows in one day. Make it Vancouver and Got Craft (I'll let you know how they were in a separate post).  I made it to those shows and then that eve I got really sick.

I have been fighting health issues for a ling time now and am really frustrated with the mainstream health system. I get sick, doc gives me a medicine to make it better but can't tell me why I keep getting sick in the first place. I've had 3 courses of antibiotics in 4 months. So I decided to take things into my own hands and went to a natural path. I am so glad I did! Apparently all the issues I have stem from food allergies! Who knew? So I await the tests to see exactly which foods I am allergic to. The natural path has told me I have to cut out all caffeine. Those of you who know me, know I don't like chocolate of coffee (gasp -- its true) but I have a serious Coke Zero addiction. It has been a long several weeks!

I have started taking the supplements that were given to me and cut out all drinks but water and I am slowly starting to feel better. So I decided to update the website as it was long overdue . . . . fast-forward to next disaster!

In our new house I have set up a wireless network. Everything has been going smoothly since we moved in until I sat down to update the website and I couldn't get an Internet connection. I am pretty tech-savy but I couldn't figure it out. So I called our friend Gord (who has a mobile computer company) to come and help. He fixed it. I came home checked my e-mails and lost the connection -- couldn't get it back. Gord came again (poor Gord). He fixed it. It went down again. He came back -- he worked some new magic on it and here I am -- keeping my finger crossed! Unfortunately during the reconfiguration I lost the settings to access the website. I really should have written them down somewhere! Oh well -- I finally figured it out and the website is now updated and has a bunch of new calls for entry and craft fairs listed. The summer is looking very good for us crafty people! Thank you for all the great e-mails letting me know what's coming up -- I promise I wasn't ignoring you -- I was just having serious problems!

So stay tuned -- I will post about my visits to Got Craft and Make it Vancouver as well as the progress on my new crafting room. 

Oh and I am looking for some new pics of local crafts to feature on the website so if you have a good pic of your work send it on over so I can showcase it!

Till next time,

Tamsin

Make it! Vancouver

Pretty psyched about going to Make it! Vancouver this weekend.

Its been a long time since those Christmas craft fairs and I am in withdrawl! Hope to see some of you out there -- and as always will blog about the event after I visit.

Looking forward to being inspired and hoping it will kick start me into getting my craft room in the new house set up. I've been googling images of other craft rooms for ideas and trying to decide if I want to revamp furniture on Craigslist to my needs or if I want to go to Ikea and have a "new" room custom made -- oh the choices! What do you all have as a crafting space? Any must haves that I might have not considered?