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Call for Vendors–Merry Mart 2013

Creative Alliance, a non-profit multi-purpose arts center located in Highlandtown, is pleased to announce that vendor applications are now open for its annual holiday craft show, Merry Mart. Merry Mart will take place Sunday, December 1 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and will be held at the Creative Alliance, located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, right in the heart of Highlandtown.
Merry Mart is an annual juried holiday craft show that is looking for high-quality handmade arts and crafts from indie crafters. Applications can be found online at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEhZWWtrb0tDalIwMVRJNUVFS0VkVXc6MA#gid=0
The application process must be completed and submitted no later than 11:59 PM on Tuesday, September 13th, 2013. Vendors will be notified of acceptance by Friday, October 4th.
For more information visit our facebook page at: www.facebook.com/MerryMartBaltimore
Or email us at MerryMart@creativealliance.org.

Pile of Craft this weekend!

Come see me and a group of other great crafters at the Charm City Craft Mafia's annual Spring Craft Show!
This year I am located in the back room...come and see me!
PILE OF CRAFT
June 22, 2013
10am - 5pm
2640 St Paul St, St John’s Church

Don't buy it...make your own Anthropologie headband!

While doing a little online window shopping (because I can't afford Anthropology) I noticed they had this headband for $38:

So of course the bells and whistles in my head were binging away because this headband has a very strong resemblance to a tutorial that I posted in August 9, 2009! Instead of buying this expensive headband, save yourself some money and make one for less than $5. For the full tutorial for the headband below, click here.

Come see me dis weekend hon!

Come visit me (Design by Night) this Saturday and Sunday at HonFest in Hampden. I will have a table in front of the fabulous Kiss'n Makeup. Come visit me and get your hon on by getting a lovely piled high bee hive hair-do by the wonderful ladies in Kiss'n Makeup.

Bawlmer's Best Time!

June 8: 11am to 10pm
June 9: Noon to 6pm

I will be located on the Avenue in front of Kiss'n Makeup, 827 W. 36th Street

For more information visit the Honfest website.

Painted Saddle Shoes

Want a cheap way to have some cute summer shoes? Turn a cheap pair of white canvas tennis shoes (I got mine for less than $6) into cute saddle shoes! Usually saddle shoes are black and white, however since you are creating them you can paint them in any color you want. I picked a tiffany blue.

Supplies
Canvas tennis shoesTulip soft Matte PaintPaint brushes (I used two, one was a quarter inch flat brush and one was a round finer point brush)PencilPaper towelScissors
Download and print this template for the front of the shoes. Since shoes are 3-dimensional I cut my template out of a paper towel. This will allow you to mold it to the shoe.
Remove the shoe laces. After you have cut the template out of a paper towel, place it on the shoe. The point should point to the center on the shoe's laces. Trace the outline using a pencil on the shoe. Note: Since your shoe might be larger or smaller depending on the size you might need to tweak the template a bit.

Using the smaller round brush sta…

Gunpowder River Artfest 2013

Come visit me at Artfest 2013!

Nelly's Echo, contestant of the reality television program, The Voice, Midlife Crisis, and Ruut will play music this year.

New food vendors include: Groovy Girl Cupcakes, Prigel's locally owned and organically farmed creamery will offer hand dipped ice cream, Food by Fire will supply the main fare, and of course, Brickers Famous French Fries will again serve up plentiful helpings of fresh, hand cut fries.

This year all wine tastings will include a gifted wine glass! Make art matter in Maryland and come to the show!

For more information, visit www.nbcaf.com/artfest.html

When: Saturday, June 1, 2013 Time: noon-7pm Where: Boordy Vineyard (rain or shine).

Spring Thing this Saturday!

Enjoy a DC Spring day with an arts & craft show! Design by Night and Jill Popowich Designs will have a space at this wonderful show this Saturday.

Get a gift for mom while you're with us! This DC Craft Mafia’s Spring Thing craft show is just around the corner! This year’s show will feature over 40 local vendors showing off their creative DIY house wears, baby goods, jewelry, silk-screen t-shirts, art, photography, pet wares and more.

Food! Music! Give aways!

So come out and pick up some unique crafts while enjoying the Spring weather and supporting local artists and crafters!

When: Saturday, May 11, 2013

Where: 1514 15th St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20005 (get directions)

Time: 11:00am until 5:00pm

www.craftmafiadc.com

Faerie Festival this Weekend!

Come visit Design by Night this weekend at the Maryland Faerie Festival.

Celebrate the faeries and enjoy the pageantry, magic, music, and mischief. The Maryland Faerie Festival provides an atmosphere and entertainment inspired by Faerie folklore and literature, and, of course, by the Faeries themselves. Yes, we believe in Faeries. Maryland Faeries promote the stewardship of nature, outdoor education, and sponsor faerie artists, merchants and entertainment.

When: May 11 & 12, 2013
Where: 2564 Silver Rd. Darlington,MD 21034

For more information, visit the website at www.marylandfaeriefestival.org

Highlandtown Wine Festival

What could be better than wine and feathers! Come see me this weekend at the 10th Annual Highlandtown Wine Festival.

Drink some wine and help celebrate the tradition of home wine making. The wine festival features a homemade wine competition, wine tastings, children's activities, arts & crafts, food, and music.

When: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Time: 1 - 6 pm
Where: Corner of Conkling & Claremont Street

Craft Faeries!

This weekend I had the privilege to teach a group of girls and their parents how to make faerie skirts and crowns at Baltimore Threadquarters. It was a blast and all the faeries looked fabulous! I thought I would share some of the photos.

Mom & me Fairy Skirt & Crown Class!

Join me and the ladies of Baltimore Threadquarters for a spring time Mom & Me no sew Fairy Skirt and Crown making workshop for ages 6-9. Fairy princess Kolleen (me) will be sprinkling fairy dust and waiving her magic glue gun to help transform your little girl into a crafty fairy princess!

Create a custom made colorful whispy skirt using grosgrain ribbon and fluffy tulle. We'll make a matching fairy crown to top it off!

Where: Baltimore Threadquarters
When: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

To sign up for the class, click here.

Teacher Appreciation Flower Brooch Tutorial

Every time I go down the ribbon aisle at the local craft store I am amazed at the variety of cute ribbons they have. Well when I saw this measuring tape ribbon I knew I had to get it and make a flower. This flower pin would be a really cute gift for teacher appreciation day. It is easy to make because it doesn't require and sewing and the ribbon it pretty inexpensive.

Supplies
Approx 9 ft. of Measuring Tape Ribbon*
Scissors
Glue Gun
Felt 2-small pieces in two different colors
Pinking Shears (optional)
1" pin
Button for the center

*I used a spool of Offray 5/8" ribbon that I purchased at AC Moore. I did a search on the web and there seem to be a lot of ribbon options. I would suggest that you don't use anything wider than .75".
Cut a 1.5" circle out of the felt using the pinking shears. If you don't have pinking shears normal scissors work just fine.

Using the ribbon, cut twenty to twenty-four 3" strips and five to six 2" strips. Note: this can…

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No Sew Zipper Flower

February 15, 2013

This zipper flower is easy and quick to make and best yet...no sewing! It would make a great hair accessory, brooch or maybe an adornment to a purse or bag. I will leave the final project decision up to you. But if you do make any of these I would love for you to contact me and send your pictures of what you made the flower into!
Plus, if you want to make this with your child but don't want to use hot glue you could totally use fabric glue. It would just take a little longer because you would have to hold the petals until the glue dries.

Supplies:

12" of zipper in two colors (24" all together)ScissorsGlue GunFeltHeadband
Separate the zipper, pulling apart the teeth to make two pieces, you should have four 12" strips of zipper pieces now. If you bought a packaged zipper, you will have to cut bottom end off of the zipper and remove the sliding “zipper” piece.

Out of the felt cut one 1.5" circle. Out of each color cut ONE SET of the following:
• Three 4" piece…

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Doing Valentine's Doggie Style

February 12, 2013

It wouldn't be Valentine's Day for me if I didn't come up with a anti-lovey dovey card. My husband and I aren't the teddy bear romantic Halmark card type of couple so I have to think up of a card that is "us". This year I came up with my doggie style card...it's a little romantic if you are a dog person.

Click here to download a pdf of this card.

The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

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