Well, ready or not, Artscape is coming up this weekend. Starting on Friday at noon, I will be camped out on North Charles St. across the street from the Man/Woman sculpture at Penn Station. Festivities go on until Sunday at 8pm.
Artscape is America’s largest free arts festival featuring 150+artists, fashion designers and craftspeople, including DIY/new wave crafters; visual art exhibits on and off site, outdoor sculpture, art cars, photography incredible live concerts on four outdoor stages.
New this year, if you check in at my booth on Foursquare, you will get either $5 off …
I was SO excited when my copy of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse arrived yesterday.
Rachael Ray rocks a Broken Plate Pendant!
Thank you for considering The Broken Plate Pendant Co. to break your plate!
Baltimore Magazine’s December issue is focused on shopping local and handmade!
Join us, Friday, June 18 @6pm
Roosevelt Park (falls road & 36th street)
Hampden, Baltimore, MD 21211
Bring your craft supplies, Picnic Basket & blanket and come craft en mass with a crowd of other Baltimore crafters to celebrate the birthday of Etsy.com!
Help us make a big banner to show Baltimore’s Crafty Pride!
No experience required. Only enthusiasm!
RSVP HERE
Help us promote the event on FACEBOOK HERE.
The craft meetup that gets the most attendees wins Etsy awards & prizes!!
It has been a great week here at The Broken Plate! I completed 4 fabulous custom wedding orders and received my advance copy of this summer’s ReadyMade Magazine, featuring my coasters! To top it all off, I am proud to announce that my work is now available, in my favorite shop, Red Tree in Hamden!
Now off to enjoy a show-free 3 day weekend. Please visit my friends at Handmade Mart this weekend! I am hoping to make it out there to ATTEND my first craft show, not as a vendor. ohhh, exciting.
Although not quite as productive as I’d like, today has been a great day! I made it into The Baltimore Sun’s fashion section this morning. You can see a scan of it here. It is always fun to see your name in print. THEN then awesome folks at Etsy included me in their Repurpose blog today! If that wasn’t cool enough, my copy of Craft Corps arrived in the mail today too!
Craft Corps is officially due to be released on May 10th, but they seem to be available on Amazon now. …
The SPCA March for the Animals is coming up this weekend! I am collecting donations with the Baltimore Etsy Street Team Pack in honor of Bella’s late boyfriend Beauman and her cousin Nixxie. I’d be honored if you donated to my effort. The BEST Pack has already collected $570 and I would love to make it even more.
If you’d like a goodie in exchange for your donation, I am offering this necklace on my Etsy page. Half of the selling price will go straight to the Maryland SPCA.
nothing new and exciting happening in broken plate land except that my shift key is not working and i can not capitalize anything. i don’t think that story will make the newsletter. i have been able to add lots of new stuff to the shop including a few beaded necklaces like this one.
craft show season starts in less than a month with squidfire in baltimore up first. to see a list of confirmed upcoming shows go to my show page.
that is all for now because my keyboard is making me …
I break a lot of plates. A lot. I really wish that I kept track from the beginning, but who knew that this would be my full time job a few years ago? I sure didn’t. I tell you this because I have a confession. I get tired of breaking plates sometimes. It’s true. (remember my brief thing with doll arms?)
Enter: porcelain thimbles!
I love them. They are so much like plates in that you never know what bizarre image you will find on them. I have found cool advertising images …
I have been busy posting some of the leftover work to my Etsy shop. I still have a ton of pieces to photograph and post, so I am trying to do a little bit each day.
In press news, I have a belt buckle in this months Boho Magazine. This is an awesome new magazine which focuses on stylish eco-friendly goodies. It is even printed on recycled paper. Definitely worth checking out if you see it on newsstands.
In fun news, Deborah Weiner of WBAL TV was spotted rocking a broken plate necklace! Thanks Deborah!
That is …
Five years ago I went on a college field trip to the American Craft Council show at the Baltimore Convention Center. I remember having two distinct thoughts, “Holy cow, this is the most amazing show that I have ever seen!” and “Wow, I would never want to do a craft show.” We all know that I changed my mind on the latter thought, but the first impression remained.
In 2006, I did my first craft show, Handmade Arcade in Pittsburgh. I had a TERRIBLE set up, no cords for my pendants …
When Coleen of the Howard County Arts Council asked me to create a recycled plate purse for the Power of the Purse auction for The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County, I was extremely honored and said yes right away. Two minutes later, I thought, how the hell do you make a purse out of recycled china? After a few brain storming sessions, I decided on making a stained glass style purse out of broken plates. I jumped in head first and quickly realized that that was not my best plan. Suddenly …
Can you tell I am having fun with my circles? I am. Everyday J comes home and I bombard him with all of the new ways that I want to assemble them. He kind of looks at me like I am nuts, but I might just be.
My new favorites are this necklace and this bracelet. I really like combining a few different patterns in one piece. I will be adding them to my Etsy shop and taking what does not sell to ACC with me in February.
