Posted on March 25, 2010 by amelac

In springtime, the only pretty ring time
Birds sing, hey ding
A-ding, a-ding
Sweet lovers love the spring—

I’m so ready for spring to settle in and stay in these here parts, how about you? With the coming of spring also comes the excitement of craft fair season, and I am having a ball (and just getting slightly overwhelmed) preparing for everything that is going on!

I was one of the many artists selling last weekend at The Blue House in Ann Arbor. I’m really excited about this space; it boasts not only a retail area but also lots of workshop space (with some great looking classes coming up) and studio space available for rental. Please check it out and support handmade!

We gals at Handmade Detroit have our first event of the year coming up on April17. Craft Revival will have over 25 local (and a few not so local) vendors selling their wonderful goods from 11-6 at The Loving touch in Ferndale.

Here are some of the new items I have been working on, and will have at Revival for you and yours:

Celebration banners made with new and vintage fabrics, linens, and doilies

Vintage doily wall art

Lots of vintage doily wall art!

And oodles of new Michigan framed shrinky dink goodies.

Hope to see you there!

Birthday Banner

Posted on February 4, 2010 by amelac

For Ramona’s birthday this year, I used some gifted fabric (thanks Lish), and leftover bias tape to make a Cronkite Birthday Banner. I loved how it turned out, and it was so simple!

We are pretty into having some future family heirlooms to be handed down through the years (The Cronkite Family Flask, for example), and are hoping this new banner becomes another one of those things for us.

New work

Posted on September 12, 2009 by amelac

I have quite a few new things about halfway done, but here is a shot of one of the finished pieces I will have next at the Ferndale DIY Street Fair:

barrette

The button cluster is a mixture of new and vintage, and it has a metal clasp barrette. I will have some of these as brooches as well. These will not be going on the Etsy site until after next weekend, but will be for sale at the DIY Street Fair next Saturday and Sunday, in the Handmade Detroit tent. Come on by to see these and lots more great handmade items!