Got Craft? - this Sunday!

Dear craft lover,

Just a friendly reminder that the next Got Craft event is this Sunday, May 3rd from 11:00am to 5:00pm at the Legion on Commercial Drive – 2205 Commercial Drive at E. 6th Avenue across from the JJ Bean.

Got Craft is Vancouver’s largest indie craft fair featuring 55 local and handmade vendors! Check out our new website at http://www.gotcraft.com for more information about the event and for a sneak peek at all of our vendors.

Admission is $2.00 (kids 10 and under are FREE)

First 30 people through the doors receive a FREE handmade swag bag with goodies from all of our vendors.

See you Sunday!

xo the Got Craft team

Swag Bag - Sneak Peek

I promised you some pictures, so here they are. After looking at these pictures, you may want to set your alarm nice and early to make sure that you score one of these bags!


Pile o'swag that has been building up in my apartment


A closer look at the left hand side ...


the right hand side ...


and the middle.

last weekend at Blim

Here's my table display at the Blim show last Sunday. Supposedly, it wasn't as busy as April, but it still brought quite a few people out. Amy from Down Home Amy was my table mate. Her items are so cute! Go check out her etsy shop!

Got Craft is this Sunday and I am hoping to post some swag pictures tomorrow! Praying for sunshine and blue sky for Sunday and hoping for the post office to bring me the Moneris machine that is supposedly in the mail. Have to make a trip to Staples tomorrow to pick up the cool vendor passes we made up this year and will spend the afternoon assembling those. Other than that, things are coming along nicely. We had a nice post on Scout Magazine as well as Style Finds plus a little something something in the Westender that is coming out this Thursday.

Did I mention that Got Craft is turning 3 this May? To celebrate, I just ordered a few dozen mini cupcakes from Coco Cake Cupcakes for the show. W00t!

workshop #1

The Vancouver Craft Mafia is proud to present the first workshop from our monthly series ....

Learn how to needle felt with Stephanie from Fibre Manipulator!

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Vancouver Public Library - Firehall Branch - 1455 W. 10th Avenue
6:30pm to 8:30pm

Register early! Space is very limited.
$25 in advance and $35 at the door.
Supplies included
Ages 10+, all levels welcome.

Register by emailing vancouvercraftmafia(at)gmail(dot)com your contact information.

Sunday

Lots of crafty things to do this Sunday. Check this out!



Blim Monthly Community Market
Sunday, April 26, 2009
11:00am - 5:00pm
Cambrian Hall - 215 e. 17th ave

I will be at this show, so come by and say hi! For more information, please visit blim.ca.



Little Miss Vintage Spring Cleaning Sale!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
12:00pm - 4:00pm
Grandview Legion
2205 Commercial Drive

For more information, please call 604-255-3554

Portobello West Fashion and Art Market
Sunday, April 26, 2009
12:00pm - 6:00pm
Rocky Mountaineer Station
1755 Cottrell St

For more information, please visit portobellowest.com.



... and don't forget that GOT CRAFT is next Sunday, May 3rd at the Legion on Commercial Drive from 11 am to 5 pm!!!

swag

Just a friendly reminder that swag items are due today for the Got Craft event on May 3rd.

Some sneak peeks of swag items from little red caboose.



Make sure you get there early. First 30 people through the doors receive a free handmade swag bag full of goodies such as this. People have been known to line up 2 hours in advance for one of these bags!

Yay!! Cupcakes!!

Yummy cupcakes baked by the wonderful Lyndsay of Coco Cake Cupcakes. If you have never tried one of these little tasty morsels (what's wrong with you?), Lyndsay will be at the Blim Market this Sunday at the Cambrian Hall from 11 to 5pm.

a BIG thank you to J & C!!!!

Minature Knitter

Wow!

Swap-O-Rama-Rama!

Swap-O-Rama-Rama took place yesterday and it was so much fun!


Follow the chalk!


QMFM Street Team was broadcasting live at "the" event in town.



Workshops throughout the day!

Still recovering from all of the festivities, so I am keeping this short with lots of images!


Before the doors were opened.


... and then it starts ....




DIY sewing stations where experienced sewers can teach and guide you to transform your new finds. Some examples included napkins made out of pants and a pair of jeans were transformed into a skirt!


If sewing wasn't your thing.. then bring your finds to Blim and have them silk screened!


Check out Julie, Lia, Becka and Richard at the front desk! Ready to take your $$, stamp your hand and sort your clothes!


Me with my 'new to me' scarf. SCORE!

Earth Day

Saturday was spent at Metropolis at Metrotown for Reuse. Recycle. Reinvent!, the Earth Day event in partnership with the Vancouver Craft Mafia. The blurb says "Join a new wave of DIY designers that are taking recycling to the next level. From contemporary cardboard furniture to vintage fashion creations, they'll show you how to give your old items a second life." Designers included:


Rita from Smeeta
Astrid from Fire Ice Creations


Rebekah from Bliss in a teacup
Stephanie from Fibre Manipulator


Nicole from It's Your Life
Lia from Goodmorning, Morning!
... and me as Roxypop


...and Robert as Paper Boy.



After the Earth Day event, we headed over to check out Foux De Fu-Fu over at the Cambrian and somehow ended up on Main and 20th for free hot dogs and pop? W00t! Thanks to Vancouver Special for the tasty treats!