2011 Etsy Global Craft Parties

This year, Etsy Houston will be coordinating/hosting the Houston-area 2011 Etsy Global Craft Pary at Kitchen Incubator, on Friday, 10 June 2011 from 7-10 pm. We will have several fun craft activities for peeps to participate in and of course, refreshments!

I'm planning to lead Make Your Own Pompom Monster:

Over 5,000 people participated in over 500 meetups from Dallas to Romania last year, and it is Etsy's goal this year for 15,000+ people to participate!

Check out Roxy's awesome video from last year's Etsy Houston Craft Party:

It looks like everyone had a great time!

If you are planning to attend, please RSVP on the Etsy Meetup site
I'm really excited to see that out of 920 Etsy Meetup communities worldwide, we are the second largest group, right behind Dallas. Hopefully not for long...

Hope to see ya'll this Friday Night!

2011 Etsy Craft Party
Houston area

Friday, 10 June 2011
7-10:00 pm

Kitchen Incubator
907 Franklin St, Suite 150
Houston, TX 77002

For further information: Etsy Houston Blog

Motivation!

All I can say is "Wow" after seeing Handmade Nation this past weekend! It was so thrilling to see hundreds of people turn out for the screening of this documentary and many of them stopped by our Etsy Houston table to make our Valentine's Day paper craft too. Yay! I just LOVED how the beginning of the film showed a bunch of people schlepping all of their boxes and containers from their apartments to the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago, IL. Just like all of us! It was so interesting to see the workshops of many of the artists and most of their interview responses were pretty funny- it was a fantastic night! In case you missed the screening, both the book and the DVD are available for purchase at BUYOLYMPIA.COM

After being so motivated, I thought I would include a sneak peek of some of the Year of the Rabbit pieces I am currently working on. I've become rather fascinated with the signs/critters of the Chinese Zodiac... More photos to come soon!

Handmade Nation

Etsy Houston will be assisting this Saturday evening with some very crafty events! First, there will be a reception from 6-7 pm and then a screening of the documentary, Handmade Nation, from 7-8 pm at the Lawndale Art Center:

"Handmade Nation is a documentary about the new wave of art, craft and design that is capturing the attention of the nation. Director, author, artist and curator Faythe Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators and community members for her feature film debut..."

At 8:15 pm at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Jenine Bressner, one of the artists featured in Handmade Nation, will give a gallery talk about her new exhibition at HCCC, Inverted Harmony: A Handmade Environment.

Come early to enjoy a beer from St. Arnold Brewing Company and to make a cool Valentine's Day paper craft with us Etsy Houston gals! Handmade Nation books will be for sale from Domy Books as well.

Lawndale Art Center
4912 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
713.528.5858

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
4848 Main Street
Houston, TX 77002
713.529.4848