Sunday, November 20, 2011

One Day Only, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Not yet totally pumped up for HOLIDAY CRAFTERINO?  Watch this video created by one of our organizers' sons...

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Friday, November 18, 2011

Vendor Profile - Blue Ribbon Salvage

Blue Ribbon Salvage is designed by Melissa Abercrombie; another of our hardworking event coordinators! She has a curiosity for the ancient, a passion for the hunt, a complusion for collecting, and an aesthetic for the odd. It's jewelry made with you in mind. Just let her know which is yours. Taking parts of the past and bring a modern flair. Vintage bling... found and redeemed.

Check out her website here!




Vendor Profile - Moonpath Designs


 Moonpath Designs create funky and original blockprinted clothing for   infants, children and adults as well as hand crafted bibs and accessories for kids. Carrie and Keoni's designs are inspired by their daughter, nature, identity, positive life choices, and all things quirky.  And coffee. They hand-carve each lino block, and then hand-press their original designs onto sweatshop-free/fair-trade cotton onesies and tees; they use organic fibers whenever possible. Besides being super talented and crafty, Carrie is one of our show organizers!

Check out their website here!


Thursday, November 17, 2011

Vendor Profile - Vinyl Frontier

Vinyl Frontier makes recycled record album journals and crafts in Petaluma, CA. Nicole Vasbinder (one of the event founders and producers) and Vince Pacheco started Vinyl Frontier because they love vintage records. Each journal is made from unplayable records that they have saved from thrift stores and garage sales. They
discovered that records that don't sell in thrift stores are thrown in the dumpster. Vinyl Frontier rescues those discarded albums and gives them new life! Check out their website here! 

Vendor Profile - Blockhead Press

Blockhead Press offers a variety of cards, gifts and items for the home all of which are created with and inspired by Jennifer Paisley's original linocut illustrations. Jenny is also one of the organizers of the Holiday Crafterino!

While she loves many types of media, Jenny specialize in linocuts - prints made from carved linoleum. She has been carving and hand printing for more than 20 years - skills taught to her by her father - and this continues to be her favorite creative process (though screen printing has become a near obsession). She enjoys creating various objects from a collection of images, so you will find cards, prints, and large paintings that use common graphics.

Check out her website here!




Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Vendor Profile - The Felt Baron


The Felt Baron (AKA Tami Lovett-Brumfield) resides in the Land of Feltopia where everything is soft and fleecy, especially the food. Hand sewn fruits or vegetables are harvested from the gardens daily and plush sweets are baked in a felt oven.  Besides being the purveyor of all things cute, Tami is one of our Crafterino organizers this year!


Check out her website here!


Vendor Profile - Patti Lou Designs

Patti Lou Designs, a Crafterino favorite and one of this year's organizers, offers a unique collection of greeting cards, stationery, Petaluma novelties, whimsical art and more created by mixed-media artist Patti Looper. She also works in collaboration with her grandma who creates beautiful hand embroidered dish towels and sends them with love from Minnesota!

Check out her website here!








Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Vendor Profile - Moondance Cottage

Summer Smith creates bright and fun children's clothing, most of which is created by recycling adult clothing. Summer finds inspirations every where. An avid reader and lover of movies, she is inspired by such themes as Faeries and Harry Potter.  Her three favorite things?  Recycling, found objects, and books.  You can see more of her work here.




Vendor Profile - Mangosteen



Gabrielle Lessard is the jewelry-maker behind Mangosteen - she hammers, solders, shapes, and designs.  Her objective? To make pieces her clients will love, and really wear, for years to come. 


Her favorite material is sterling silver. She also works with semi-precious stones and precious metal clay made from recycled silver. Many of her pieces use botanical elements, matte finishes and organic textures. All pieces are one of a kind and designed to be worn in real life.  See more of her work here.



Vendor Profile - Random Nicole

Nicole Stevenson (aka random nicole) hails from the little city of Orange, California where she started crafting things at an early age. She started her first crafty business at age 9, selling handmade stationary out of an old refrigerator box (decorated to look like a shop) on her front lawn. 

Nicole now divides her time and creativity between creating and selling one of a kind things for her line, random nicole; co-producing Patchwork Indie Arts & Crafts Festival (a bi-annual southern california event featuring emerging makers of art, clothing, food, music and more with her aunt delilah snell); teaching DIY workshops and teaching crafts privately for everything from birthday parties to corporate team building; consulting and doing custom design work for individuals and businesses; and writing short stories for her in progress MFA in creative writing. Whew!



Check out her wonderful site here.








Monday, November 14, 2011

Vendor Profile - Blaise Boutique

Blaise Boutique is the creation of Catherine Blackwell Vignale, who creates furniture and gifts from reclaimed and recycled materials, all of which are "ready to be reLoved."


She creates a variety of items including vintage postcard wallets, fun loving quote plaques, sets of vintage inspired LOVE postcard sets, and funky woodblock key and photo holders - all of which she fits in between a full life with a new baby, marketing work for Amy's Kitchen, and co-owning the "small but mighty" shop RooTs in Mill Valley.


We are thrilled to have her join us this year!





Vendor Profile - Harlequin Feltworks

Harlequin Feltworks is an artisanal felt studio located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Established in 2005, our studio produces a limited annual series of high quality, hand-made fashion accessories. Whether discerning shopper or casual collector, Harlequin Feltworks is your destination for stunning personalized fashion statements or that unique gift for loved ones.


Harlequin Feltworks is part of the growing number of businesses that are dedicated to the philosophy of earth & eco-friendly (green) practices. All wearable art pieces are made from 100% all-natural, renewable materials and organic, biodegradable soaps. In addition, understanding that water quality and waste is an issue of growing global concern we have made it a primary goal to conserve water in the making of our feltwork.


You can visit Harlequin's website here.