If you are looking for some crafty fun on this chilly, rainy Sunday check out the Intergalatic Bead Show at the Richmond Raceway Complex. The bead show has always been pretty good...I've never walked out with nothing! Oh - and don't forget copies of your VA resellers license if you have one. Vendors give tax discounts and other discounts to professionals. The show is open until 5pm. See you there today!
Necklace by Lark Studio with sterling findings from bead show
Yes, yes, I know I'm no longer a member of the Richmond Craft Mafia. However, I do like a good show and I do like to support great organizations!
The Richmond Craft Mafia is pleased to announce it is collaborating with GayRVA.com to bring you a fabulous holiday event. The Divine Design and Craft Boutique, is a holiday gallery to benefit the Gay Community Center of Richmond (GCCR). You’ve probably seen or even visited the GCCR and not even realized it: Diversity Thrift, Thursday night Diversity Bingo, and the GCCR Gallery all share space in the rainbow-bedecked building on Sherwood Avenue, right by The Diamond. Please visit us during the opening reception Friday, November 13, 7-9pm for some great shopping for a great cause.
Opening reception: Friday, November 13th , 7:00-9:00pm
Gallery open daily: November 14-December 6
Location: Gay Community Center of Richmond
1407 Sherwood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23220
804-622-4646
For the past several years, LINC (Legal Information Network for Cancer) has hosted a handbag auction here in Richmond to raise money for their organization. This year's event is this Thursday November 5th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the new Westin Richmond Hotel. General admission tickets are only $25 and gets you plenty of tasty treats, cash bar, and an official auction number so you can bid on one of around 100 stylish, creative handbags.
LINC is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping cancer patients and their families deal with the financial and legal side effects that arise from the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Through its network of volunteer attorneys and other professionals, LINC helps cancer patients understand the intricacies of health insurance, protect their jobs, secure disability benefits, arrange for care and custody of children, forestall debt collection efforts, and plan for the future by drafting wills, powers of attorney and advance medical directives. Even if cancer hasn't directly affected you, I'm sure we all know someone who has been hit with this terrible disease. The work that LINC does is so essential to those who are navigating our current health care and legal systems while trying to focus on beating the disease. So please, grab your best girlfriends and make an evening of it by supporting the auction! Even if you don't bid, the event is very exciting and lots of fun.
And if that wasn't enough to get you to come out - Lark Studio has donated a bag to the event! Our Urban Tote Bag is made from a recycled vinyl banner from The Science Museum of Virginia. The bag is fully lined in durable black denim and bidding starts at only $45. I will have some additional goodies for whomever wins the bid on the bag!
You can purchase General Admission or Premium Party Passes online at http://www.cancerlinc.org. See you there!
November is National Blog Posting Month or NaBloPoMo for short. During this month the goal is to blog everyday, including weekends, to help set the habit of blogging. Needless to say I 've gotten out of the habit a bit, but I'm participating in NaBloPoMo again this year to get back in the habit. If you are a blogger, consider joining in. Marathon blogging is a very good excercise and it can be quite fun! Feel free to leave a comment with a link to your blog if you do.
Next Thursday I will be participating in Richmond's first Girls Night Out! event to benefit Autism Speaks. Autism Speaks is the nation's largest autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatment and a cure for autism. The organization works to increase awareness of autism spectrum disorders and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. I don't have a personal connection to autism, but I do have several friends who are dealing with this disorder. I see how they struggle and it needs to stop.
Girls Night Out! will be a crazy, fun event held at The Colony Club in downtown Richmond. There will be shopping from over 40 vendors, salsa lessons, food, wine, mini spa services, door prizes and more! Tickets are only $15.00.
I would love to see each and everyone of you there so I'm making ticket purchase easy-peasy. You can purchase them here (via Paypal) and your ticket will be waiting for you at the door. For more information on the event or to purchase tickets or VIP packages, please check the website at girlsnightoutrichmond.webs.com.
Girls Night Out! to benefit Autism Speaks
Thursday September 17, 2009
6:00 - 9:00 pm
The Colony Club
Sorry for being so quiet lately. I've been relishing all the love my recycled eyeglass lens and security envelope necklaces and pendants have gotten over the past few weeks. You can read about them here, here or even here. Thanks!
It's that back to school time of year and I'm gearing up for some craft classes I'm teaching at the new JoAnn's superstore in Midlothian. You can sign-up at the store or you can click the Pay Now buttons below and sign-up here. If you sign-up here please note that there is a $1 online processing fee attached to the price of the class, and you will need to get to class approximately 1/2 hour early to receive your supply list and to purchase your supplies at the store.
Speaking of supplies - have you ever wanted to learn to crochet? Well now is the time! Thanks to Lion Brand Yarn you can get FREE class supplies for the Crochet 101 class at JoAnn's in September and October. Sign-up for my Septeber 2 Crochet 101 class and receive a free Lion Brand Yarn tote filled with the yarn and hooks you need for the class.
If you want more yummy yarn you can stop by Lettuce Knit in Richmond this weekend for their "BIG SALE". The sale is August 22 & 23 only - Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 1-3. Lots of goodies and all sales are final. They are located in the original Stony Point shopping center: 3030 Stony Point Road.
Upcoming Classes:
Jewelry 201 - Chunky Necklace Wednesday August 26 6:00 - 9:00 pm
$40 (One 3 hr session)
Crochet 101 - No cost for supplies! Wednesday September 2 6:30 - 9:00 pm
$35 (One 2.5 hr session)
What you learn:
Craft Night - BYOC (Bring your own craft) Saturday September 5 6:00 - 9:00 pm
$10 (One 3 hr session)
The founder of the San Antonio Craft Mafia, Katherine Brown, is fighting glioblastoma otherwise known as stage 4 brain cancer. The San Antonio group has been touched deeply by her illness and are holding a benefit for Kat and her children. Please help in any way you can. Have friends or family in San Antonio? Please tell them about the the event and encourage them to go. Have a blog? Feel free to repost. For more information about Kat and her illness you can read articles in the San Antonio Express News and The Handmade News.
Hello blogosphere! Long time no hear from, eh? I'm busy clearing out the studio, attic and any other space I can find around the house this week in preparation for a yard sale next weekend. Crafty maven Kelly McCants (Modern June and Oilcloth Addict) and I are having a huge sale to clear out the excess. We will be selling fabrics, tons of display items (baskets, risers, hat stands, etc.), jewelry findings, finished crafts and more! Come on out for some deals and a few steals and bring a friend or two!
