I was SO excited when my copy of 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse arrived yesterday.

This week was spent building my craft show stock for the upcoming Crafty Bastards show, including these brooches! (I also posted a few to Etsy)
If you have not done so already, I would REALLY appreciate your vote as The Craftiest Bastard of 2009. Click this link to vote. I’ll wait for you…
Finished voting? Finished asking your friends to vote for me too? Thanks.
In other news, I will be featured on Guffly on Monday!! Guffly is a one product per day online store and community featuring eco friendly products and fair trade …

Hello World! I Just wanted to check in for a moment and let you know what I have been up to. My next show is not until Artscape next month, so I am spending time filling wholesale orders, finishing up some wedding sets and trying to get a bit more creative with my jewelry. The piece to the left will be in a show in November at Baltimore Clayworks along with 12 other pieces. I am having fun experimenting a bit and getting out of my little pendant making box. I …

Rachael Ray rocks a Broken Plate Pendant!

My interview with Gretchen of The Fashionable Foodie is live! It was such a fun interview, on an even more fun website. Make sure you poke around the site for lots of food and fashion fun.
Thanks SO much to Baltimore Magazine for naming the Baltimore Etsy Street Team as one of the Baltimore-centric corners of the web to see before you die. From Baltimore Magazine:
82. If the more than 100,000 sellers on craft site etsy.com seem overwhelming, check out the wondrous wares of the Baltimore Etsy Street Team (baltimore-etsy.blogspot.com), so you can buy handmade and …

The new issue of Maryland Life is out and features a little story about my plate breaking craziness! I did the interview back in November, and had no idea it was out until I started getting emails about my red hair. I don’t think it looks THAT red. Anyway, have scanned the article to my Flickr account, but you should go out and buy it anyway because Maryland Life is so great about highlighting local artists (plus there is a cute chicken on the cover!) Thanks Maryland Life!

Just as our 15 minutes passed, Baltreestimore Magazine decided to give us some extra love by dedicating a whole page to our magazine release party in the February issue. I am so proud of Tya for having her work published in B-more Mag, finally!
In related news, I had a photo shoot in Maryland Life Magazine today for a feature they are doing on my work. Word is that it may be a couple pages! I am still waiting word on when it will be published, but you know I will …

In case you missed it, check out this feature on Baltimore Crafters in the Etsy Storque. The Baltimore Etsy Street Team and Charm City Craft Mafia strike again! Congrats ladies (and gent!)

Baltimore Magazine’s December issue is focused on shopping local and handmade!

I was recently contacted through Etsy by an editor of Brides.com about doing a post on my work! I was so excited to see the post is finally up! I am working on getting some print press in bridal magazines, so stay tuned for that!
If you know any stressed out brides, please pass on my site. Despite their bad reputation, I have found that working with brides, is quite pleasant!
More press announcements to come…

“This “I’m so crafty I make people” tee is perfect for your weekend visits to your neighborhood hipster flea market or brunching with your friends who make their own placemats…

This model from the Baltimore Magazine Fall Fashion spread is sporting a broken plate ring! Thanks Jen for spotting that for me!

My Prego Rosie the Riveter is this Quarter’s cover girl of Compleat Mother Magazine!

Yes, that is a broken plate pendant around Rachael Ray’s neck!