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The Craft Mafia has come to town...

We had a great time at the Holiday Craftacular in Petaluma, California last weekend.  This was sponsored by the Petaluma Craft Mafia and they put on a great show.  We had a very successful day and really enjoyed getting to meet people.  We did a little "make & take" gift tag that everyone really seemed to have fun doing.  We met so many great vendors while we were there (it was hard not to spend all our profits on the adorable hand-made items!).  Our booth neighbor was JeynReyn with some really cute felt and fleece items.  Check out this ATM/Credit Card holder from her Etsy site: 

Jeyn had all kinds of designs and several other sizes for mirror holders, etc.  She also had these very soft fleece scarves that are sized for babies to keep them cozy in winter.  It looks like she is out of stock on her etsy site, but I will bet that more will be available soon. 

One of my other favorites was Forest Whimsy.  I have a soft spot for Fairy items and Lucille is making some of the most beautiful fairy dolls, houses and furniture that I have every seen.  The fairy houses are amazing works of art complete with tree branches, leaves and moss.  The photos on her site do not do them justice.  These houses are absolutely amazing in person!  I adopted one of her little felted fairy dolls (an elf) that is now helping my Woodland Santa get ready for Christmas.  Look at this adorable fairy sized couch that I found on her website: 

Those are some very lucky fairies to have such wonderful homes and furniture! 

You can see some more of the vendors that were at the show at the Petaluma Craft Mafia's blog. 

Hope you are all enjoying some creative time as we wind down to the last few days of Christmas! 

Lily and Tulip (what a great name!)

I came across this lovely blog the other day... Lily and Tulip  (http://blog.lilyandtulip.com)  She features some wonderful etsy artists as well as other great shops, fun crafty things and clothing and just lots of stuff that you don't want to miss.  I love finding these design blogs that at first I think will cut down on my surfing time, but in fact give me way to many things to go and look at, but at least they are really fabulous things I am looking at!   Here's an image of vintage fabrics from her blog post about Sew Mama Sew!: 
 

Then I found this person who left a comment on Lily and Tulip and I couldn't resist clicking on her cute little birdy illustration...  Second Sister blog  (http://suaviloquy.blogspot.com/)  And here is her etsy shop with some very lovely jewelry:  Second Sister Jewelry 

You see what I mean!...there is just too much great stuff out there!  Enjoy

 - Judi

Love softies...

So you know by now, that even though we are starting our business in the paper crafting part of the world (our clear polymer stamps are coming very soon... more to post on that later), Judi and I have a total love of things sewn or knit. So every time one of us finds an amazing Etsy artist, we just have to share. Felicia of Fluffy Flowers (love the name), was so nice to comment on our "Bling Your Birdhouse" post that I had to visit her blog and ended up at her amazing Etsy shop. I just love this little owl named Gardenia. (Judi loves owls too... that's a hint for our new stamp designs).

Felicia also has the cutest little bunnies made from sweaters and gloves (not cute in the easter way, but cute in a funky way). As I was looking at more of her creations, this little guy caught my eye. I think I used to have some slippers that looked like him! Felicia calls him a tree sprite. Visit Felicia's store and maybe you will be inspired to adopt one of these adorable creatures.

Hope you all have a very creative day! Let us know if have any fun Etsy artists that inspire you.