May 16th - The SpringLine Up at the North Park Festival of the Arts - Vendor Applications Now Being Accepted!

That's right! The NP Craft Mafia will be hosting our Spring Line Up (SLU) at the North Park Festival of the Arts for the second year! Last year we partnered up with the North Park Main St. to combine our SLU event with their Festival of the Arts. Two great events that came together to be even better! The SLU is a combination of artisans, crafters, and entertainment. The Festival of the Arts brings a ton of musical and dance entertainments along with food and more artists. We'll be bringing together a fabulous collection of artists with fantastic products for sale. The 14th Annual North Park Festival of the Arts will place on, Sunday, May 16th, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. This FREE neighborhood event takes place in downtown North Park, along University Avenue between 30th and 32nd Street. Past year's events have seen more than 35,000 visitors coming to see the more than 100 specialty booths. Think you might want to have a booth this year? We are now accepting vendor applications! Get in on the "early bird" discount - offer ends Jan. 31st! Visit the NP Main Street's website for more info. about the event at - www.northparkmainstreet.com and use this link to get the Spring Line Up Vendor's Application!

Sunday, May 16th
10 am to 6 p.m.
University Ave. between 30th & 32nd- 92104

Sunday Crafty Sunday, Valentines Edition, Jan 31st

Our crafty gift bazaar's return in January with a shopping event especially for your Valentine! Come and see us at our new venue - Queen Bee's in North Park! Find some fabulous gifts and meet the members of the Mafia.

Please http://sandiegonorthparkcraftmafia.com/events.html for the latest info. on which vendors you'll find at this event!

Sunday, January 31st
12 noon to 5 p.m.
*New Location!*
Queen Bee's Art & Culture Center
3925 Ohio St.- 92104

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