Black Friday and Cyber Monday and what-nots...

Hi there.


'Member me?

Yeah, it's been awhile....


Sorry. To show I'm sorry, I thought I'd let my blog readers first know of my next sale going on.
Yup, it's that time of year again, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales galore.

Now, if you're anything like me (and I'm assuming you are, since you read blogs), you hate going out in public on Black Friday. And I mean hate-hate. So why bother getting up at 4am, driving around in traffic, getting screwed on the last good parking spot, and stand in line for aticket when you can just go make some coffee, cozy up to your computer in some flannel PJs and shop online?

That's how I roll, and this is how you should too.

So, my Etsy Shop will be having another Black Friday thru Cyber Monday sale:
Buy One Get One Half Off (plus free US shipping.)


My items are now all made with the new style with the removeable (and washable) exterior cover for the bags and eye pillows. Yes, the sale will apply to custom orders as long as the order is place between Friday November 27 and Monday November 30th. The sale will not apply towards gift certificates. Sorry, it's just a pain, and I'm all about pain-free Thanksgiving Weekend.

Speaking of November 30th....



Have you heard of 30 on 30?

No? Oh. Well, let me enlighten you. It was started on the Etsy forums (I think) and I have decided to join the movement.

Basically, you spend $30 on November 30th to help support Handmade items. What better day to make a pledge of support then on Cyber Monday? The one day of the year that is notorious for online sales!
Simply go to Etsy and search for "30on30" (no " " needed), then have fun shopping while in the comfort of your home :)

Any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments!

Ahhhhh


Black Friday.

Come show support of local Seattle area artisans by checking out these shops with awesome Black Friday sales:

LoveMeKnotCreations
*Buy ONE (at retail) Get ONE Half Off! (Item must be equal or lesser value.)
*Buy TWO (at retail) Get ONE Free! (Item must be of equal or lesser value)
*Plus Free USA Domestic Shipping, and discounted International Shipping.
A revised invoice will be sent via Paypal or if customer has already paid, money will be refunded via Paypal. 11/28-12/1

ABiznessDigital
*FREE shipping with purchase of $20+.
*FREE MAGNET (my choice) w/ any purchase for items under $20

ArtbyNorm
*50% off ArtByNorm original paintings Fri-Mon

Entangles
*Free Shipping on orders of $15 or more

GBaneyx Designs
*20% off jewelry (reduced price reflected in listings)

GlassElements
*BOGO Sale involving my Fused Glass Christmas Ornaments.
*Buy one ornament, get any one other item in the store (equal or lower value) half off.
*As well as free shipping for any jewelry items!

Haute Goat
*Free recycled Nt'l geographic gift box w/ purchase of wide scarf

NueToMe
*All Recycled Tshirt dresses 30% off (reduced price reflected in listings)

Pepo Park
*Free lip balm (flavor of my choosing) with every order.
*Free soap ball (scent of my choosing) for the first 20 orders over $20

Scary White Girl Designs & Counting Stars
*Free shipping on any purchase of $30 or more (which can be across the two shops), and it'll run from Nov. 27-Dec. 2.

Sew Cherie
*Cloth napkins:$1 each AND Buy 10 Get 1 Free (free item will be chosen at random)

Stark Horizons
*November 27 through December 1 - 20% off everything in the shop *Free Shipping to the US.

Sucree
*Thanksgiving Day thru CyberMonday first paid sale of the day gets a free pair of "Fine Hoops"earrings.
*Thanksgiving thru Dec 6th free shipping and gift wrapping/gift card if wanted.

Wire Tree
*Free shipping anywhere with purchase of $30 or more

WorldofWhimm
*All Quilts, Burp Rags and Bibs 20% off (reduced price reflected in listings)

Holiday WishList #2

The second post of my Holiday WishList...

Here are a few more of my faves from Etsy:

For the Traveler in Your Life....

Custom Vintage Map Cuff Links by sherrytruitt

For the BookWorm in Your Life....
Personalized Copper BookMarks by wiretree

For the Guitar-Player in Your Life...
Sterling Silver Guitar Pick by androscreations

For the "Dilbert" Lover in Your Life...

Blue Geek Kitty plushie by amyjoshandmade

For the Friend/Family Member You Can't Bear to Tell Them to Their Face.....

Holiday Ornament by tinaseamonster

*trust me, go to the listing and see what the back side says :) *

For the Newly Married Couple....
Small Dotted Vase by marymeestudio

For the Carnivore in Your Life...
Broccoli Print by cleverviolet

Trunk Show tonight!

Yayyy it's finally here!


Come visit me and other EtsyRain members in the Virtual Labs on Etsy tonight at 6pm PST/9pm EST !!

*Click on the big green square titles Treehouse*

We have tons of great discounts and sales going on!

For a sneak peek of what sales will be happening click HERE

Today thru Sunday the 16th all items in my Etsy shop are Buy One Get One Half off (of equal or lesser value).

Holiday Wish List #1

Thanks to Skully on the Etsy Forums for bringing up this great idea :)

Here are a few of the items I have favorited/hearted on Etsy. Etsy has a huge variety of handmade items, vitnage items, and supplies. Men, women, young, old, you can find just about anything on there for anyone.

For the "Green" Person in Your Life...

Produce & Bulk Food bags by goodkarma
*I actually did buy these and love them, perfect sizes*

For the Person Who Is Constantly Cold in Your Life...

Peace & Love scarf by Happiknits

For the Man in Your Life....
Green Bottle Opener buckle by Metalogical

For the Chef in Your Life...

Colander w/ Dish by RedHotPottery

For the Animal Lover in Your Life...

Pacman Frog by WeirdBugLady

For the Hopeful...

Hello I am Tin by mikeatron

For the Stinky Person in Your Life...
Lumberjack Crack soap by soapwithballs

This concludes today's list...

Look for Wish List #2 soon!

Also, let me know if you have your own WishList on your Blog in the comments!

T minus 7 Days...

One week until the Etsy Trunk Show!

And I just learned other teams are participating that entire day! Make sure you check it out!

EtsyRain Trunk Show

Why hello there...

Sorry for being absent for a couple weeks, it's been busy with school, work, etsy, etc...

I have been trying to re-take photos and list items into the Etsy shop because I was invited to be one of the people in the EtsyRain Trunk Show on November 13th!

Here are the participating shops:

Anne (Seattle Sundries)

Beth (Wire Tree)

Heidi (Haute Goat/Art By Norm)

Jonah (Maluhia Designs)

Karen (FeltedStyle)

Laura (LAS Designs)

Lindsey (Love Me Knot Creations)

Nora (Norik/Kinor David)

Roz (Roz's Saz Seattle/Scarf City)

Trina (Woven Chains)

EtsyRain is the Etsy street team located in the greater Seattle area of Washington state. I'd really appreciate it if you stopped by the Virtual trunk show on Thursday Nov. 13th at 6pm PST (9pm, EST/etsy time). This will be a great kick-start to your holiday shopping!

I do believe the Trunk show will be held in the Virtual Labs on Etsy.com, but I'll post more info as I know it :)

Items above:

1. Peppermint muscle relief from LoveMeKnotCreations

2. Sterling and Gold Fill Open Circles bracelet by WovenChains

3. Sanata Soap by Seattle Sundries

4. Pure Cashmere scarf- Christmas tree by HauteGoat

EtsyRAIN Handmade Arts Show 10/12/08

So tomorrow is The Big Day.... the EtsyRain Handmade Arts Show....

St. Edward's State Park
Kenmore, WA 98028
10a-4pm, but come early to get one of 50 FREE swag bags if you are one of the first 50 people in the door!


Here's a list of vendors (hopefully its the most current, if not I apologize!)

I Make Cute Stuff (Tote2Go)
Dancing Monkey Jewelry
Maluhia Designs
Wire Tree
Revival Ink
Sweet Pea Cards & Gifts
Baubles by Hand (It's Made at Home)
World of Whimm (NueToMe)
Roz's Sax (Scarf City)
Entangles
Witts Wicks
Ugly Baby
A Craft Arab
Woven Chains
Felted Style
Sima Bella
Weaving One
Paddy Litvak
CheyLo Creations
Scary White Girl (Counting Stars)
Paper Pam
Love Me Knot Creations
Rivka's Mom
Original Cyn Studios
LAS Designs
Seattle Sundries
Kinor David
Marin Knits (Tangled Strings)
Happy Jack
Haute Goat


Feel free to browse their online Etsy shops and pick out what you want to buy at tomorrow's show :)
It is a great way to get a head start on HOLIDAY shopping, no need to fight the blustery traffic on Black Friday... get it all doen tomorrow! Tons of variety!
Shower art, soap, jewelry, handbags, wallets, keyfobs, pottery, paper goods, eye pillows, candles, and MUCH more!

Plus, a bake sale! You know I LOVE food...

So come one down tomorrow, 10-4, right next to Bastyr University... which by the way has a reflexology path and a great vegetarian cafeteria, so after shopping at the Show you can go walk down the reflex path and grab some awesome grub!

T Minus 5 Days....

There's 5 days until the big EtsyRain Handmade Arts Show on Sunday the 12th, holy cow how time flies!!

Here's a link to the blog with all the awesome artists that are participating (including yours truly...)


http://etsyrainevents.blogspot.com/


And if you have no clue what I'm talking about, then scroll down a few posts :)

EtsyRain Handmade Arts SHow!

Hi Everyone!

September's been a busy month, with personal things (I'm taking a Chemistry class at the local college! This is one of the pre-reqs I have to finish up!), Etsyrain things (Puddle zine we are making, October show, local meetups), and of course trying to figure out why my computer won't let me load photos to Etsy... *sigh*

Mainly I'm stoked about our EtsyRain Handmade Arts How that is in EXACTLY 3 weeks! October 12, 2008 which is Sunday (and two days after my birthday...ahem) we'll be at St. Edward's State Park!

I'm really excited because this is my first craft show, not including the farmers markets.

There will be a Bake Sale going on, and all proceeds from that will help benefit the VSA Arts of Washington (which is a non-profit that helps bring the arts to people with disabilities), not to mention the INCREDIBLE Swag Bags that the first 50 people that walk thru will get for free! These nifty swag bags will include mini samples of all the shops that will be at the Handmade Arts Show.

And did I mention that I'll be BAKING stuff for the bake sale? I'm a good cook, so that's more then enough reason to show up....

Feel free to come on by if you are in the nieghborhood on October 12! (St. Ed's park is located in Kenmore, WA off of Juanita Dr and next to Bastyr University) Admission is free!

yum... Jeff Dye...

Ok, so this is totally not business or craft related whatsoever but...

I must profess my love for Jeff Dye. He is on Last Comic Standing on NBC and he is friggin' HILARIOUS! Plus, not too shabby to look at... right ladies???

And, for an extra brownie point, he is from Seattle! I should take him out for a tall vanilla latte... (if you saw him on LCS then you would so get that joke...c'mon..)

Anywho, go get a bib so you can start drooling over his picture...

How to Install a Magnetic Snap

I am by no means a veteran at sewing, in fact I'm kind of a novice/amateur...but I had to learn how to install a magnetic snap, and here is how I did it. PLEASE read the entire post there are some notes I made at the end that are helpful :)
* Make sure you install a magnetic snap BEFORE sewing the lining into the outer fabric!








1. So to begin, make sure you have the male part, the female part, and the two "plates", as seen in the above picture.

2. Mark on the fabric where you want the snaps to go, but make sure it is the same on both sides of the lining of the purse so when it is all finished, the snaps will match up and close correctly. Now make small slits where the marks are, and you can use a no-sew glue or fray-check on the slits after you cut them to make sure they don't fray or rip.

3. Now poke the prong side through the slits, you want the prongs on the Wrong side of the fabric, and the smooth snap side on the Right side of the fabric, see my seams....:)

4. I cut out 2 small pieces of heavyweight interfacing, cut the same size slits in it, then placed it on top of the prongs on the Wrong side of the fabric. I also use a little fabric glue to hold the interfacing down.

5. Now you can put the 'plate' part over the prongs. In this picture I bent the prongs outward, away from each other. I actually NOW recommend bending them INWARD, facing each other. This is because after I finished this purse I could feel the prongs and am wondering if they will rip the lining fabric....so, Note To Self: Bend inwards. You can also see my fabric glue on the plate, this is just so the interfacing won't rip...not a necessity.

6. So here is one side of a finished magnetic snap....

7. Here is me testing out my magnetic snap for a lining of a purse...

So here are a few things I learned along the way...

* Heavy interfacing was NOT enough, I actually went back and re-did the lining and ADDED a small piece of regular fleece ontop of each prong piece. This added extra security for me, knowing that every time I opened, and closed, and pulled apart the snaps I wasn't going to worry about the lining tearing or ripping...

* Bend the prongs INWARD, as to try to prevent them 'sticking' out if you bend outwards and to not rip the fabric.

* Fabric glue gets everywhere and if it gets on fabric it is very visible. So... use caution!

I hope this helps someone out there :) Feel free to add any of your tips also!

Market's opening day...

I had my booth up at the opening day of the Mukilteo Farmer's Market yesterday! I think it went pretty good, for being my first ever market/fair/show.

Here are a few pics of my table....

Website up & running!

LoveMeKnot Creations very own website is now up and running everybody!
I will still blog on here, but I now have a calendar on my own website under About Me section, and on the main page you can subscribe to my newsletters that will be full of great info (like discounts....)

And the Farmer's Market starts in TWO DAYS! whoo hoo!

New items!

I will be introducing some new items to LMKC, starting at the first Farmers Market June 4th!

I will now be making key fobs, 3" and 6" sizes. Here are a few pics of ones I have made for the Market....

Enjoy:)