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Showing posts with label crafts. Show all posts

Friday, August 6, 2010

fly is open and ready for business!

i took a few pictures around the store today.

there are some really awesome things made by really great local crafters.
if you haven't been in yet you should go asap!

it's all amazing and incredibly affordable.

her hours are thursday- saturday, 11am- 6pm

go, go, GO!











Thursday, July 8, 2010

spaceworks tacoma

this is probably the coolest thing tacoma has done in a long time.

my good friend and crafting partner in crime, jen was just awarded a store front through spaceworks tacoma.
if you haven't heard about this go here and here and read up!

i'm very, very excited for her!
she's going to be selling artist and crafters handmade goods on consignment.
this is giv
ing us a great opportunity to see if we want to actually open our own store in the future.

to kick off the awesomeness of this project spaceworks is throwing a block party on thursday, july 29th directly in front of her store
at 904 broadway!

it's called fly.
i was so excited to help her design her logos.

you should all go check it out!
Thu, Jul 29 | 4:30-8pm
9th & Broadway | Tacoma
Free and open to the public





Sunday, June 6, 2010

thank you tacoma weekly

thank you to the tacoma weekly for the love and support.

dawn quinn from the weekly recently interviewed my friend, operator of TIFL, and partner in crime,
jen adams.

it is an amazingly kind and supportive piece
which you can read HERE.

jen's 2x yearly craft and artist show is not only amazing,
but also a fundraiser for causes she's behind.

i count myself very, very lucky that her and i have teamed up to put on our bi-monthly craft fair
starting in SEPTEMBER!!!
it's coming up fast!

we have so many great ideas that we're bursting at the seams.
and thanks to king's books all our dreams will be coming true.

no looking back now.
we're onto something great.

xo,meggers


Saturday, June 5, 2010

tacoma is for lovers

everyone should really consider going to this.

tifl, run by my friend jen, is a really great craft event fundraiser.
{for kings books}

20 artist and craft booths, raffle, auction and a poetry explosion.
could you ask for more?i can hardly wait for it!
you should get pretty excited as well.

TACOMA IS FOR LOVERS
SUNDAY JUNE 13TH
11AM-4PM
KING'S BOOKS

yay.

xo,meggers

Sunday, April 18, 2010

oops!

i guess i took a little blog vacation.
not intentional, of course.

my mind has been twisted and wrapped around so many 'to-do's' i can't remember what i'm supposed to be doing.

i've found it very meditative to start drawing everyday.
i used to do it all the time, but sometimes life can get in the way.
i think i'll use some of these to get back into watercolor painting.
i found some really awesome paintings floating around the internet and i got inspired.
i haven't used this medium in a very, very long time.
and even then it was for various art classes and not because i wanted to be using them.
they're difficult!
{not unlike me}

i'm just going to dive in.
what's the worst that could happen, right?

my indieTACOMA project is moving along!
it's all happening so fast and with relative ease,
but i'm not as scared or frantic about it as i thought i would be.

wait until i set the date of the first show and have to go through all the vendor applications.
i'll probably be singing a different tune. :)

i took a couple shots of the venue where the craft show will be.
quality is low because of the silly iphone camera, but you get the picture.

looking toward the back of the speakeasy

from the stairs to the front of the venue.
this space is great.
open and airy with tons of natural light.
if all goes well we'll probably be using half of the upper section for vendors as well.
my initial goal was 25 artist, but it may be possible to fit more than 30.
that would be pretty neat.

actually, this is all pretty neat.

xo,meggers


Thursday, April 15, 2010

cat's outta the bag...

alright, after days of making sure everything is set in stone
i'm finally ready to share my dream come true with you!

for a long time i've been waiting and wanting tacoma to start up a monthly craft fair.
{but it never happened}
it was frustrating because there is so much talent here in the city and not many regularly available places to sell and display work.

until now!

i've teamed up with tacoma's speakeasy arts cooperative to start a monthly craft fair for tacoma artist to sell their creations and the greater public to enjoy.

it's been an amazing experience so far,
but i still have a ways to go!

i probably should have waited to share, but if i had to hold it in any longer i would have lost my mind!

it's called indieTACOMA arts & crafts.


it has been an amazing experience so far if only because i have met so many enthusiastic, supportive and creative people who want to see this work.
if you haven't heard of/ been to the speakeasy art co-op i recommend you check it out.
(both in person and online)
www.speakeasyartscooperative.com

the fees for an artist to join are incredibly low and the opportunity to share your work is abundant.
i'm so happy i stumbled upon this great opportunity to work with like-minded people.

i hope everyone can share in the excitement of bridging the gap between tacoma's talent and the people who can appreciate hard work.

this is going to be huge!!!
{i hope!}

my mind, body and soul are completely focused on getting this off the ground so that i can focus more on my handmade projects.

i never expected everything to happen this quickly,
but i'm not fighting it.

i'll do my best to regularly update with my projects as i go,
but i will also be talking about iTAC here until the website is up and running.

i'm so happy to finally share with you all!
it feels good to share. :)

xo,meggers