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INDIEana Handicraft Exchange

Mama Kate — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:37:13 +0000

It’s coming up soon! I’m really excited to vend at this show, again. It was the coolest arts/crafts show I’ve ever seen, and I was lucky enough to be apart of it. This year should be even better! I’m actually prepared for this show fairly early this year. I could use a few more days for sewing and getting everything tagged and ironed, but that should be easy with 3 weeks left. Here is a peak at a few things you’ll see at the show that may or may not have made it into my Etsy shop yet.

The Market!

Mama Kate — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:33:46 +0000

Well, The Bloomington Handmade Market was great! I had a lot of fun and would definitely describe it as a success! The amount of people that showed up was amazing and fairly steady throughout the day. The sales were nice, the conversation was nice, the networking among other artists was nice, and the sincere compliments were also very nice. If they’ll have me, I’ll definitely vend at this market again. Loved it!

Thanks to all that came, I hope you enjoyed yourself!

The Bloomington Handmade Market!

Mama Kate — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:24:23 +0000

Ok, so I’m going to post one last time about The Bloomington Handmade Market. It’s this Saturday April 3rd from 10am – 4pm. If you like contemporary artwork and/or unique and modern handmade goods, you really should go. Visit their website to get an idea of what you can find there. They’ve been holding interviews with each vendor, so you get a little of a background story on where the artist gets their inspiration and how they got started. My interview is here.

I’m glad I’ve had experience with craft shows, because I feel so much more prepared and relaxed about this one. Last year when I went to the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange (which, by the way, I will be at again this year!! I just got the approval to vend!!) I had no idea what I was getting into. I had most everything I needed, and the show went well, but I think this time things will be really smooth. I’ve been able to get all my sewing done, which is REALLY good because cramming to sew is not fun. I’ve got my tags on all the items, minus the slings. Friday while John is off of work he is going to take the boys out on a bike ride while I iron, tag, and nicely fold all my gorgeous slings! Other than that, everything is packed and ready to go. I don’t really have much to bring, so setting up should take no time at all. We did a practice run of setting up the table in our driveway last night. It looked really good. The neighbors were probably wondering what we were doing, though. Ha!

I hope see some of you there!

PostSecret

Mama Kate — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:50:00 +0000

After doing my normal internet ’rounds’, I looked at John’s bookmark folder and found a really cool blog.

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people
mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.

I loved this particular confession:

I work in a college admissions office at a preppy private college as a student worker. Whenever I stuff the rejection letter envelopes, I slip in a piece of paper while my co-workers aren’t looking that says, “you will be amazing wherever you go. I believe in you.” I hope that the people who get them know I mean it.

Awesome.