Whimsical Women

Woohoo! The Whimisical Women show was a huge success...for me and for all. It was our largest show yet between artists and sales. Congrats to all. We have over 50 different artists represented. Some great talent! It was my personal best too so hooray for me. My blood, sweat and sticky fingers paid off. I posted a bunch of photos of my goods on my flickr account and included a few here. I sold a lot of my coasters, ornaments and sold out my trays! I grew a little attached to my ornaments so parting with some was hard - these are 3 of my faves. They are all hand-painted and embellished. My friends even named some of them. They felt they were so cute and deserving of names. We have Royalty, Cardigan and Santa Baby. I can't wait to do more. You can see more on my flickr account. Feel free to share your thoughts!
Happy Crafting,

Madame Craftsalot

www.madamecraftsalot.com

Cool site

I was surfing HGTV the other night for holiday decor inspiration and came across this link: Share My Craft. Crafters and artists post projects and others can rate and comment. I added one of my ornaments to try it out. I like to see what other people are making. Kinda fun.
Happy Crafting!
Madame Craftsalot

Upcoming shows

Where have I been? Locked up in my workshop every spare second Iget. I have three upcoming shows that I will be selling at, and 2are on the same weekend. Yikes.
Festival of Trees
http://www.brennerchildrens.org/FOB/fot.htm
Come see us at the "Embellished" Booth. I am sharing the booth with 3 other talented women. It is our first time doing this. Yikes!
LOCATION: Education Building on the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds
ADMISSION: TICKETS SOLD ONLY AT THE DOOR Adults-$6, Children ages 2-12 years old-$4
DATES AND TIMES: Saturday, November 17, 2007, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.Sunday, November 18, 2007, 12-5 p.m.
PARKING FREE: enter through Coliseum VIP Parking entrance off of 27th Street(entrance behind Goodwill)

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My second show which is the same weekend as FOT
11TH ANNUAL WHIMSICAL WOMEN FALL SALE
In beautiful downtown Pfafftown
Saturday November 17, 2007 Raindate: Sunday November 18
2233 Vienna-Dozier Road Pfafftown, NC
10 AM – 2 PM
Join us for a peaceful day of Whimsical Art, Fine Fellowship andFabulous Food & Drink. There are over 45 different female artistswho will be selling their art and whimsical creations. It is a veryFUN event. Admission into this event is free.(If you want directions or to be added to my evite list for this event, please email me directly)

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My final event (unless I decide to do more) is
The Holiday Market at New Philadelphia Preschool
Saturday, Dec. 8th from 9am - 2pm
4440 Country Club Rd Winston Salem, NC
336 768-4844
www.npmc.org
Approximately 13 vendors with great gifts for the upcoming holiday season.

I have been busy making a number of new items and hope to post some pictures soon. I have made handpainted ornaments, decoupaged mirrors, purses, coasters, memo boards, serving trays, jewelry and more.

That's all she wrote for now. I am off to go attempt to paint some baby shoes either to wear, for decoration or even to turn them into bookends or something. If you come to any of the events, please stop by and say hi. Introduce yourself if I don't already know you!

Happy Crafting,
MB
aka Madame Craftsalot

Flickr Photos

I just joined and posted some new pix at Flickr. It is so easy to use! I love it! Please check it out!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftsalot/

Happy Crafting,
MB
www.madamecraftsalot.com

Good news and new photos

I have great news...you can now find some of my collection at the new retail store called "Signatures by Carolina" on Trade St. in Winston-Salem. It is a great new store in the heart of the art district. It is located directly across from the fabulous restaurant Sweet Potatoes and kitty corner to the Millenium Center. She carries a variety of my creations from coasters, trays, love letter block, purses and more. So stop on by and tell her Marybeth sent you!

I posted some pix of my latest creations. If you see anything you would like to purchase, please let me know!

Happy Crafting,

MB

Madame Craftsalot

www.madamecraftsalot.com

Join the Craftsalot Yahoo Group

Calling all artists and crafters in the Piedmont Triad Area. Please join the new Craftsalot group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/craftsalot/. It is a place where we can go to share info. about upcoming event opportunities, new techniques, tips, etc. A fun and friendly environment where we can help each other grow and cultivate our individual talents.

Happy Crafting,
Madame Craftsalot

Yahoo Group

I am in the process of starting a Yahoo! Group. It is totally under construction, but please feel free to join in! The more the merrier. This will help the group become so much more resourceful, and that much quicker, with new member comments, questions, tips, etc. So, come on board! Just go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/craftsalot/ to sign up.

Happy Crafting,
Madame Craftsalot
www.madamecraftsalot.com