things to do :: The HEART-ON

The heart on is a celebration of what we do for what we love - art :: music :: dance :: design

A get together to revel in Vancouver's amazing mixture of creativity, originality and talent. Admiring the romance between arts and culture to celebrate what makes us heart.

What makes you heart?

Starts: Saturday, February 6th, 2010 @ 9:00pm
Ends: Sunday, February 7th, 2010 @ 3:00am
Box Studios - 1622 Franklin Street, Vancouver

Visit ' the heart on ' for more information!

Jolly Holiday Sale

Hosted by the lovely ladies from Woven Agency, a beautiful 2,000 sq ft studio which houses some of my favourite local designers including Adhesif Clothing, Blithe & Bonny, Dru’s, Identity Tees, Little Houses, Love Bobbie, Penniless Fashionista, and Third Floor Design.

Where?
Woven Studios
1275 Venables Street (at Clark)

When?
Friday, December 4th to Sunday, December 6th, 2009
11am - 6pm

* first 15 each day receives a free gift!
* minutes from downtown
* free parking
* transit: bus #22 to Clark & Venables

Crafty Happenings

Holy craft, Batman!

Here's a roundup of this weekend ....


Eastside Culture Crawl
Friday, November 20th - 5:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, November 21st and Sunday, November 22nd - 11:00am to 6:00pm
Click here for a printable map or visit the website for more details.


Maternal Creations
Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st:
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Little Nest - 1716 Charles Street


26th Annual Britannia Christmas Craft Fair
Friday, November 20th - 3:00pm to 8:00pm
Saturday, November 21st - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Sunday, November 22nd - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Britannia Secondary School - 1001 Cotton Drive Gyms A&B


Fab Fair
Saturday, November 21st and Sunday, November 22nd
11:00am to 5:00pm
Heritage Hall - 3102 Main Street


Baker's Market
Saturday, November 21st
11:00am to 3:00pm
408 East Kent Avenue South (enter through the back door at #115)


Craftacular
Sunday, November 22nd
11:00am to 4:30pm
Little Mountain Studios - 195 East 26th Avenue

Don't forget about Make It and Etsy too!

Blim October Market!

Blim's monthly market is taking place this Sunday, October 18th from 11:00am to 5:00pm the Cambrian Hall (197 E. 17th Avenue). It's never too early to start your holiday shopping, but if you are a last minute person like I am, at least head over there for a delicious lunch from Open Sesame exclusive to the Blim market.

Admission is by donation. Go check out some Got Craft vendors such as It's Your Life and A Farmers Daughter,

this Thursday!

More shopping news!

Spring Forward designer launch event is this Thursday at Shop Cocoon!

Scope out must-haves for Spring and enjoy a one day only SALE on New Arrivals.

Free goodie bag worth over $35 for first 40 customers.

Drinks and nibbles served

Shop Cocoon
3345 Cambie Street @ 17th Avenue
Thursday, March 26th
11:00 am to 9:00 pm
For more information, check out their website.

See you there!

weekend O' crafts

Here we are at the Etsy Spring Fling show yesterday! Lots of pictures over at Smeeta's blog. I think this was at the end of the show, because we look pretty tired.


photo courtesy of Smeeta

Of course, we also had to stop into Buy the Yard this morning to check out more goodies! I bought a bunch of fabric from Nicole at It's Your Life for $5!!! W00t! I also scored some brown thread for $1.50 for the sewing stations at Swap-O-Rama-Rama on April 19th.