2013 Etsy Craft Party - Seattle Edition

2013 Etsy Craft Party - Seattle Edition, a set on Flickr.

Take a look through the photos from the Etsy Craft Party 2013 - Seattle Edition. We hosted the event at Ugly Baby and La Ru with the help of EtsyRAIN, Unanimous Craft and School House Craft.

Of course, it rained on the day we planned a big community sidewalk chalk art project - but that's okay. We made the best of it. Seattle-ites aren't UN-used to rain so no one seemed to mind. Plus, the chalk clean-up was a piece of cake!

Enjoy!

Etsy Craft Party 2013 - Seattle Edition

We are thrilled to be hosting one of the many Etsy Craft Parties to celebrate Etsy's birthday on June 20, 2013. We are partnering with several local crafty groups: EtsyRAIN, Unanimous Craft and School House Craft. Ugly Baby and La Ru, our new shop in the Pike Place Market will be home base. From there, people can use some of the 500 PIECES OF SIDEWALK CHALK to chalk the sidewalk up and down Western Ave. Hot damn!

EtsyRAIN, one of our co-producers, will be setting up a tent where people can decorate tiny chalkboards, write a message on them and then hide them in the downtown area. It's fun to make a little magic appear in people's lives and we think teeny chalkboards will do just that.

Get all the details and RSVP here.

You're super great and I hope you can join us. It'll be super fun and stuff.

I Don't Feel So Good

I don't. 
It's true.
My throat is all swollen and I feel weak and terrible.

It's not being sick and feeling bad that gets me down though. When I'm sick, all I can think about are all the things I need to get done and how much time I'm wasting by not having any energy. You'd think that would inspire me to take better care of myself... but it doesn't. 

Basically, I'm an idiot.

I should buy this tonsil print on Etsy to remind me to drink more water and be a good person and stuff. Do you think it would work? 

How long, after purchasing this print, do you think it would take me to frame it and hang it up on the wall? I'm guessing 18 months. Anyone care to make a wager? 

Pretty Kitties in Portland for Crafty Wonderland

If Portland wasn't amazing enough as a relaxing, weird destination, we also get to bask in the wonder-ness that is Crafty Wonderland. This Saturday. We'll be slinging Shower Art. We'll be buying socks. We'll be making pancakes in the shape of butts. This weekend. Portland. Prepare yourselves. 

Mimi Kirchner's Tattooed Gentleman Make Me Sweat

Mimi Kirchner's Tattooed Gentlemen make me sweat. Every single time I see them, I fall deeper and deeper in love. One day, I will own one of these fantastic works of art.

Until then, enjoy some photos from her Etsy shop and drool along with me.

Okay, I'm Old.

We live in a time where graffiti artists can have Etsy shops. The rest of this post should go something like this, 

"In my day..."

"Back when I was your age..."

"Something, something, up hill both ways..."

"Something, something, youngster..."

I'm old. I get it. I fell down and broke my ankle instead of popping back up like a string bean wearing a halter top. I get it.

But I didn't realize I was so old that graffiti artists could have Etsy shops. That's new. It's sending me into a mid-life crisis. And not just because Netflix created a category for me called "Mid-Life Crisis Movies." It's more than that. 

I have to say - I have a huge crush on starheadboy's work. He has a unicorn combined with a burrito character. That should be all I have to say to win you over. 

Here are some pics of my favorite pieces: 

Um yeah. raccoon operated robot? Yeah!

These little guys is cutes, cutes, cutes.

This is the one I would like someone to buy for me please. I need some stillness.

Something I desperately want to be able to do.

I just like this guy's little stance. Go get 'em guy!

And a burrito unicorn in found in the wild. Sweet.

 In short: I Like. I like.

Opening a Retail Shop in the Historic Pike Place Market

Lauren Rudeck and I are opening a retail shop slash studio space in the historic Pike Place Market. We anticipate opening mid-late September. Lauren designed our first postcard. Whatcha think?