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Today’s the last day for the Spring President’s Day Sale in my Etsy Shop, so be sure to check it out! Just enter “PRESIDENT10″ at check out to receive 10% off your order.
I can feel that spring is coming! I can feel that warmth just trying to break through in the air. I was so excited that yesterday I wore sandals, but to my chagrin, I regretted my decision half-way out to the car. It was just still too cold—BUT it’s coming!
To celebrate spring, and as a little President’s Day goodness, I’m having a sale in my Etsy shop, www.cepratt.etsy.com. Today through Friday, Feb. 25, enter the code “PRESIDENT10″ at checkout to receive 10% off your purchase. There a lots of lovely new cards in stock and a new journals being posted all this month.
Garden Party Journal in my Etsy Shop
Last year I posted about entering the Brooklyn Art Library’s Sketchbook Project. After months of having my sketchbook sitting around building up thoughts, I finally took it up and started sketching. Now my book is off to Brooklyn, NY to be catalogued with thousands of other sketchbooks being submitted for The Sketchbook Project. It was definitely a fun project to work on, and I am very happy with how it turned out. Thanks to Jeanne for letting me know about the project!
A sneak peak of my sketchbook pages
I can’t wait to see the other sketchbooks when the tour comes our way. Will any of you be catching it in a city near you? Check out the tour dates here.
I feel like I haven’t posted forever! A few highlights from the last few weeks: a trip to visit the lovely land of Lincoln (which was very cold), setting up our Christmas tree (a lovely douglas fir this year!), and getting ready for TWO ART EVENTS THIS WEEKEND!
Come see me at the following events! Several new journals, sketchbooks, cards and lovely new Christmas ornaments will be available for purchase at both events.
Tonight is AAF Greenville’s 6th Annual Art Show & Silent Auction. Admission is free, but a donation of either canned food or $2 at the door in support of Harvest Hope Food Bank is appreciated. The art show starts at 6 pm. and is at 802 August Street in Greenville.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 3 – 5, I’ll be in downtown Greenville for the Winter Art Market. The artists for Art Crossing at Riverplace (by Reedy River & High Cotton for you locals), are hosting their second annual art market sale & celebration! Enjoy handmade artwork, meet the artists, and cross some Christmas shopping off your list!
Times are as follows: Friday 5 pm – 9 pm :: Saturday 10 am – 5 pm :: Sunday 12 noon – 5 pm
Thanks to the amazing and wonderful Jeanne for providing us with a lovely guest post on Indie Craft Parade – make sure you stop by her blog, Drive-Thru Monologue.
The Indie Craft Parade was an ice cream sundae—all sorts of your favorite delicious treats poured or sprinkled or squirted on MORE of your favorite delicious treats. It really was the nicest evening of friends, family, food and love all in the name of handmade expression, colors, textures and mediums.
Before I delve into my experience, let me give you some background. I’m not an art show junkie, crafter, musician or designer. I’m fairly mainstream (as much as I’d like to think I’m not). I rarely create with anything other than words or pasta and tomato sauce. At times I have tried to discuss art, but my ears almost melted off my head in embarrassment for how dumb I sounded. Basically, I’m a consumer. All that to say, the event was NOT exclusive. It really was for everyone—connoisseurs and consumers alike. I believe the ICP accomplished its mission of presenting crafts to and interacting with the local community (community being a general term to emphasize the universal appeal of the ICP to all types of people, young and old).
Now onto the good stuff (picture my arms flailing and my mouth and eyes getting really excitable—this is how I’d look if I was verbally relating my story).
(Read more of the 411 and view pictures of ICP goodness after the jump!)
The first annual Indie Craft Parade this past weekend was definitely the event of the year for fine craft in Greenville. It was unbelievable that about 4000 people showed up, waited in line (sometimes in the rain!) to come and parade around the booths of so many talented artisans from the South East area. Thank you to Erin and Elizabeth for crafting such a spectacular event, and to everyone who came out and supported us!
Check back Wednesday for a guest post by my good friend Jeanne—she will be giving an attendee’s perspective on the Craft Parade! In the meantime, check out Jeanne’s blog, Drive-Thru Monologue.
I’ll leave you today with pics of the goodness I brought home from Indie Craft Parade—a beautiful brooch made by Heather. You can read her blog to follow her artistic endeavors in the fiber arts, here. This little art work reminds me of a cameo frame, and I haven’t be able to stop wearing it since I bought it on Friday!
I just got back from setting up at Indie Craft Parade! It’s going to be one STELLAR event! I can’t wait for tonight—I hope to see you there! If you come Friday night, you might win a handmade journal of mine in the giveaways!
I’ll leave you for the weekend with a few sneak peeks of ICP!
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So, it’s a little anticlimactic, but I’m going to wait to do something fun—like a giveaway!—until my blogiversary which is coming up soon! Keep checking back to see what will be going on for that.
In other news—I’m in the news! It was very exciting for me to be featured in Greenville’s LINK magazine article about Indie Craft Parade. You can check out the article online here.
The Craft Parade is coming up this weekend, so you better not miss out. Come see me and a ton of great other artists—76 other artists to be exact—this Friday and Saturday at the Hugenot Mill. There are giveaways Friday night, and one of my journals will be up for grabs! You definitely don’t want to miss that.
Come see me and say, “Hi!”
Photo by Mykal McEldowney, Greenville News
I suppose it would be more correct to say “Hard Working Crafter” than to suggest that the weekend itself worked hard. The only hard work the weekend did was to seemingly go by so quickly that before I knew it, Saturday was close to over and my accomplishments were fewer in number than I had hoped. C’est la vie!
I did manage to create quite a bundle of collage cards for the upcoming Indie Craft Parade. So looking forward to this and each one of you should stop by and say, “Hello!” on Sept. 10 or 11. Check out a these two lovelies that I pasted up this afternoon – I even was able to utilize the calligraphy that I’ve been learning from Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Craft. So glad to be able to put a new skill to use in a fun way.
I posted two weeks ago about the fabulous Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday. In honor of this day of celebration, a friend of mine decided to host a grand celebration to watch scary movies and eat and enjoy everything a rain-filled Friday the 13th could bring.
I decided that we couldn’t celebrate properly without a few festive accessories to celebrate Alfred. Thus, the Alfred & the Birds pin was born. Slideshow beneath!
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