I'm Back!

Ok, so I haven't written since before Christmas. I kept wanting to post and the I would think gosh, it has been so long since I have posted what do I even say?! Well Christmas as usual got a bit hectic so I didn't have time to write. Then I spent January exhausted and simply trying to recover from Xmas. Then in the beginning of February I hurt my spine again. I was out of work for a few weeks and pretty much just laid up in bed so then I didn't post anything either. Well now I am starting to recover and I am back to work again so I have no excuse! I am not really sure I have anything important to say, but I figure just writting something was a good first step!

We had our monthly Craft Nite with the Craft Mafia last night. It was fun, saw some new faces and some old ones! I made a cute pair of feather earrings and I tried to make a cute feather hairband, but somehow the craft gods were not with me on that one and after an hour of trying to decide which arangement looked cutest, I just gave up!

We have a craft show coming up the first Sunday in May. It will be a mother's day theme. I am in charge of running this one so I am excited, hopefully all will go well and I will post more details when I have them!

Craft Night and TV

So tomorrow night (Tuesday, December 16th) is craft night where you can come craft with the mafia!! I will be showing people how to make cute glass ornaments! You don't need to bring anything, just your cheerful selves! And if glass ornaments aren't your thing feel free to come one by and work on whatever crafty project you are currently making, or even just hang out and have some coffee or tea!

Here's the details:

Tuesday, December 16th
7-9pm
Filter Coffee House
4096 30th St., 92104
Free Event

And here is a sneak peak at the ornaments I will be showing people how to make!

I will also be on "San Diego Living" on San Diego CW Channel 6 tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/16/08 sometime between 9-10am showing San Diego how to make a fun countdown to Christmas calendar using stockings, so tune in!

The Holiday Hit List was a Hit!

Well we literally had people lined up around the building waiting for the doors to open! So I would sure say that is the sign of a successful craft show!! It was a very fun but busy day! We had raffles every half hour, a fashion show which had some super cute things in it and the 70 vendors that were selling had some super cute stuff! They had iPod cozies shaped like monsters, some awesome jewelry, shirts, plushies, there was a little bit of everything! Well I had fun, and I am sad it is over, but I need a rest so I guess I am also relieved!

Holiday Hit List!

So I am putting on a HUGE craft show this Sunday, 12/7/08 from Noon - 6pm at the NTC Promenade at Liberty Station down in Pt. Loma.

If you came to my huge show last Spring, this one will be even bigger and better! This time we have 70 vendors! Also the aisles will be wider so there is more room to move around and shop! And we will have a DJ (live bands were just a bit too loud inside!). So hopefully we have improved on the Spring Show in every way!

We will be giving out free bags full of goodies to the first 100 customers again, people started lining up an hour early! If you want free stuff, I suggest getting there early! If you don't care about free stuff, then I wouldn't get there right at noon because that is when it will be the most crowded.

The website is www.holidayhitlist.com

Let me know if you have any questions! Hope to see you there!
~Amy

The Holiday Hit List will be held at the Corky McMillin Event Center located at the corner of Truxtun & Dewey Roads - 2875 Dewey Rd. S.D., CA 92106 . It's a large event hall with lots to offer.

UCSD Holiday Sale

It's time for the UCSD Holiday Craft Sale again!

It is a really fun sale, there is TONS of cool pottery, plus jewelry, handblown glass, paintings, ect... Everything at the sale is handmade! It is a really great way for some of the teachers at the Craft Center to also show off and sell some of what they have been doing. I am also blown away by how good some of the prices are! The pottery starts at $1!!! Can you believe that? And they have everything from $1 - $100 and every price in between. Last year I got a neat handblown glass cup for only $8, I ws so excited! Ans the jewelry is neat too! Especially mine, hahahahah!
The sale is Tuesday 12/2 - Thursday 12/4 from 10am - 5pm each day.

The sale is located in the UCSD Craft Center which is part of the Old Student Center complex, here is a map!

I am also getting ready for the Craft Mafia's Holiday Hit List which is this Sunday, 12/7 at Liberty Station in Point Loma. What a busy week! www.holidayhitlist.com

Tonight!

Tonight from 7pm - 10pm my Craft Mafia is appearing at the "Best of City Beat" because we were chosen as the best shopping event in town!

It sounds like a really cool event. It is $15 if you buy tickets online (and $20 at the door) but all of the proceeds go to benefit the Children's Museum!

For $15 you get to have beer samples from some of the City Beat Best local microbreweries (like Port Brewing Co, mmmm, my favorite!) And you get food samples from some of the City Beat Best restaurants (and there are some pretty upscale places included in here!). You also get a free CD of Best local music. And there will be entertainment including circus acts and music. So it sucks that it costs money, but a lot of similar things I go to (like a "Taste of Hillcrest") cost like $30 so this doesn't seem to bad. And it is for charity! It is being held at the brand new Children's Museum!

So if you are interested you can go to http://www.sdcitybeat.net/bosd/ to buy tickets.

You can plug an iPod into just about anything....

Today I saw this advertised on the JoAnn website and I could not stop laughing!


It is the "Rock Paper Trimmer" by Friskars. It is a paper trimmer (like for scrapbooking) and you can plug your ipod right into it and play music on it's speaker. It's $99, but it is currently on sale at JoAnn's for $69. I mean I guess that is cool if you like music and cutting paper, but for $10 you can get a regular paper trimmer and for like $15 you can get ipod speakers, so I am just not sure I would pay so much to get them combined, but hey, I am a cheap bitch.