Treasuries Ahoy!

And for anyone who's ready for some warm weather - Walking on Sunshine - by TheSomedayHouse

A sampling of some of the wonderful things that can be seen at the Dwell Downtown show this weekend in Fort Collins! By Brittany'sBest

And last but not least, some locally made goodies - Shopping My Beautiful Colorado - by Day Dog Designs.

Beltane Fires

The wheel of the year just keeps turning! This weekend marks Beltane, a transition between spring and summer. In many traditions this is a time to hang out all night around a huge bonfire dancing and singing and carrying on. That's right, partying all night is a spiritual event for some pagans, makes you want to play right? Top to Bottom - Beltane greeting cards (even more fun if you have über-conservative relatives) by FifthRealmPress. Camp never looked like this! Handsewn Alter cloth honoring the element of fire, from Linemor of Sweden. Fine silver reproduction of a Scythian Deer Brooch from those crazy Germans of Albae. Check out their full collection of metalsmithed goods based on anchient artifacts and techniques!



Beltane was a very important Celtic celebration, and a precursor to Mayday. The maypole and ribbon dance are traced back to it. Purifying and cleansing with the fires and ashes prepare one for the new life that summer brings!
Lovely yarn (with a hint of magic!) from SolsticeYarns in the colors of hot coals. A finely formed and well painted leather owl mask from Teonova, if you want to party all night in style. A bright and lively limited run print from NtheGroove called "Flame of the Dryads" reflecting the energy of the bonfire. Even if you don't enjoy the Beltane tradition, we can all rejoice in the growing blooms and coming summer months. Cheers!

Craft Fair Booths!

Well, I don't usually re-post things, it's not my style. But This post from the blog of the famous Renegade Craft Fairs is pretty much as good as it gets. I could have tried to write a big thing on it, and not quite pinned it down. Go look at their ideas for unique fair set-ups, and hopefully get some ideas for what to do with your own 10x10!

Kicking Off the Season

Nice to get things rolling! Last weekend was the first craft fair of the year for me. I spent a few days before it getting everything tagged and labeled, priced and sorted, clean and ready for showing! Now I just get to keep making stuff...
I'm hoping to have a busy fair season, Dwell market in Fort Collins, The Crafty Ballyhoo, Lucky Pearl Bazaar, The Boulder County Farmer's markets in Boulder and Longmont, Denver County Fair, Horseshoe Market, and Denver Handmade Homemade. Whew! I better get back to the sewing machine...

Find Crafting Bliss!

If you're on the Front Range consider coming out to my first fair this year! Operation Re-scrap will be all weekend with classes, demonstrations, used craft supplies and handmade goods! Thursday 5pm – 9pm Opening Festivities, Friday 9am – 7pm, Saturday 9am – 3pm at The Ranch First National Bank Exhibition South Hall
5280 Arena CircleLoveland, CO 80538 (Exit 259 off I-25, located next door to the Budweiser Event Center) Hope to see lots of crafty folks and have a good time!

And then I created water and land...

Finished up the Earth applique! plenty of hours and plenty of pin pricks, but I'm temped to make more...

Special Bag Project...

If you don't know, I'm a member of the Carried Away Bag Makers Team on Etsy. We have team challenges from time to time, it's a great exercise in pushing our craft, and it allows us to interact with each other. I'm often feeling too busy to participate, but I had to jump in on an Earth Day theme!


Since all of my work is eco-friendly I felt like I had to kick it up a notch! I'm doing an applique of the world pieced from lots of little bits of recycled fabric scraps. This is a bit new for me, instead of cutting large pieces into shapes I get to put it together like a crazy puzzle.

The toughest part was pinning everything down, I think I used every pin in y craft room! And then I had to be very careful not to grab too many pins in my hand while I was appliqueing, only a few pricks happened...



Voilá! Finished the ocean sections, tomorrow I will go in and fill the land with browns and greens. And with the time this has taken, I think I may just keep this bag for myself.