Design by Night

Find one of a kind  gifts, clothing, handbags, plushies, ceramics, soaps, kids’ toys, mixed media, amazing jewelry, and great art at this year's Merry Mart! Support handmade (like me) and shop local this holiday season.

Merry Mart will take place Sunday, December 2nd from 11-5 pm and will feature the areas most talented artist and crafters in the Baltimore area. Merry Mart will be held at the Creative Alliance, located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD right in the heart of Highlandtown.

Merry Mart showcases high quality handmade arts and crafts from indie crafters, such as, members of the Charm City Craft Mafia, the Baltimore Etsy Street Team (BEST) and fine artists and crafts people from Highlandtown and across the region.

Merry Mart is also please to have two worthy artistic non-profit craft organizations at this year’s Merry Mart, Mother Made Baltimore and the Baltimore Love Project. Enjoy a brunch in Clementine’s and do your holiday spending locally!

Drop off and Shop…

Come visit me at the Greenbelt Festival of Lights Art and Craft Fair this weekend. Fabulous and funky! Featuring juried professional artists and crafters selling their own, handmade wares.

Where: 15 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770 (click here to see a map)

When:
Saturday, December 1, 10am-5pm
Sunday, December 2, 11am-4pm


Hope to see you their!

Come see me this Satruday at the Charm City Craft Mafia's Holiday Heap!

December 1, 2012
10am-5pm 2640
St Paul St, St John’s Church

To see a full vendor list click here.

I have a bunch of cheapy long bead plastic necklaces that I have picked up over the years. You can usually find them at yard sales and thrift store for a quarter. I often put them on then take them right off, until now! Rework your necklaces with a few minutes, some ribbon and a pair of scissors. Here's how:

Obviously I can't have enough felt flower pins in my wardrobe for this winter because I have come up with yet another felt flower tutorial. I can't help it, I love to add them to outfits in the winter for a little something extra. Hopefully you feel the same way too.

Supplies:
Hot glue gun
1/8 of a yard of three colors of felt
1" pin
Scissors
Pinking Shears
Needle & Thread
Printer


Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size).

Cut six of each size petal from the felt. I used three colors so I cut 6-large petals from one color, 6-medium petals from another and 6-small petals from the last. Cut one backer.

Take all of your petals and organize them from large on the bottom to small on top.

Pick up one set of petals and pinch them together at the end. Using your needle and thread, sew threw all the folded layers on the bottom of the petal. (I used a light thread color just for the sake of this tutorial so you can see wh…

And the obsession with flowers continues. I don't understand I was such a tom boy as a child and now all I think about are flouncy, flirty, girly, fabric flowers. I blame it on the time a brick was dropped on my head and my mom thought it was hysterical...from tom boy to tutus!

Anyway here is another no sew flower. However, this one is a bit trickier because of the light weight of the fabric and the hot glue. So BE CAREFUL not to burn yourself, it if very easy. No one wants hot glue gun burned fingers!

Supplies:
Hot glue gun
Butter Knife (I used a plastic one so I didn't ruin a good one)
Small piece of felt
Chiffon (about an eighth to a quarter of a yard)
Tulle (about an eight of a yard)
Medium to large sized decorative shank button


Print out the pattern below. (Use the scale to make sure the print out is the correct size). Out of the felt cut one 2.5"circle. Using the square, cut 30 pieces of chiffon and 10 pieces of tulle.

Take a square of the chiffon and fold i…

Come see me and Mike this Saturday, October 13th at Festival on the Hill!

It takes place on the 1300 block of Bolton St. and Lanvale between Jenkins and Mason. Music and Festival activities will begin at 11 am and run til 5 pm. Come and enjoy the music, food, drink, and artists.

And for the young Festival go-ers, the Kid Zone is the place to be. Funds raised from the Festival go to support Memorial Episcopal Church and local non-profit organizations.