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Phil from InexplicableConfetti.etsy.com

Well today is Mardi Gras in the “Big Easy“, and we had some inside scoop that a few sellers on Etsy might happen to be marching in the “Krewe Do Craft”.

Krewe Do Craft New Orleans - a group of Etsy sellers decided to march in one of the Mardi Gras parades this year…see more pictures below.

Ze of Jazzyknits on Etsy.

The source for all the photos above - thanks to rustchic on Etsy. You can see more by visiting her Flickr site.

Speaking of the “Big Easy”, DIY City Mag’s next stop will be New Orleans! DIY City Mag will launch on Feb. 14th - so spread the word! Our first city is NYC. We will feature over 75 designers and countless shops in NYC. We will have all details here at DIYthing the day of the launch.

DIY City mag will officially launch on February 14th…our “love gift” to the indie community! For now here is a little sneak peek of what to expect. DIY City mag’s first issue will feature over 70 artists - and countless shops in NYC where you can find DIY supplies. Pass it on and help us launch this great mag on V-Day! Feel free to copy and paste the sneak peek on your blog or community.

We invite you to join us as we build a community - DIY City Guides. This will be an ever growing community where you can upload photos of your favorite shops in your city.

Sign up at http://diycityguides.ning.com/. We will help you find DIY resources in a city near you and you can help share the scoop on the shops and resources that you know and love.

heidi burton is one of those artist that brightens a rainy day. her illustrations are carefree and bright. flickr is such a great source to find artists - heidi has been one of our contacts on flickr for some time now. have you experienced flickr? - if not it is a whole world within itself.

if you happen to be looking for a unique handmade V-Day card then check out Heidi’s selection at her Etsy store.

Description: What about this sweet necklace from serahangier on Etsy. All jewelry is handcrafted by Serah.

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Indie Fixx has a great Valentine’s Day gift guide. It even has great gift ideas for guys, like this She Loves Me (Not) Tie for $40 at Cyberoptix Tie Lab. I just love the Love Bird Pendant with customizable color and words from Jessica Jane for only $10. And the price range is certainly in everyone’s budget. So check it out, and buy a handmade love token for your sweetie.

Promoting yourself as an indie designer can be tough sometimes but thanks to sites such as Poppytalk, a place that showcases designers, their wares and even an option to purchase the items pop up. Poppytalk charges $60.00 a month to house a virtual table.

Poppytalk handmade is a curated monthly online street market to showcase, buy and sell handmade goods of emerging design talent from around the world.

The site features a limited number of tables/pages (sellers), each seller has one image on the home page. Imagine a site with virtual tables holding images of special designers, for a one month period. Each Poppytalk Handmade Street Market is a month long allowing designers to showcase their wares in a more focused and quality platform and to increase awareness of their product more effectively. All items are tagged and categorized for the buyers to be able to find preferred items (e.g. papergoods, art, etc.).

A link from the image goes to the designer’s table (page) holding 9 items. Each page introduces the designer and why they were picked or what Poppytalk loves about them and each item has a description along with a link to their online store (be it Etsy, Mintd, Dawanda or personal online store/site). All monies exchanged is between the buyer and the seller much like a real street market). And just like a regular street market, there is a charge to rent a table (or in this case a page) which will cover administration and web hosting fees. Once an item sells, you are able to upload a new item at any time.

Poppytalk Handmade Market Schedule

February 11 - March 8, 2008 - Peeps & Hoppity-Pop! An Easter and Spring Market, (Submissions Deadline - Jan. 21/08)

March 10 - April 11, 2008 - Green Pop! An Eco-Minded and Green Market, (Submissions Deadline - Feb. 21/08)

I love the saying on this silked screened replica Vintage poster by sfgirlbybay on Etsy.

Right now, more than ever, Deb and I can relate to this poster. As most of you know, we are hard at work getting ready for the launch of DIY City the mag. You will find over 60 designers featured on the mag and countless shops and resources. Join us as we continue on with the DIY spirit when we launch in February 2008.

Create in ‘08 at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn! One of our favorite places for artists, 3rd Ward, has some new resources for the new year. 3rd Ward is adding more benefits to their membership plans to encourage people to “Create in ‘08”.

New Trial members (3-month term at $60 per month) will receive a complimentary 4-hour block of time in the photo studio or day pass in the wood and metal shop. Photo studio time will be great for you to take photos of all of your great work. And don’t worry, new Annual members (12-month term at $30 per month) receive one month of free membership and the same a choice of a complimentary 4-hour block in the photo studio or day pass in the shop.

And if you want unlimited access to all of 3rd Ward’s facilities you should check out the I Heart Brooklyn members ($300 per month) as it offers the best savings.

Find out all the details at www.3rdwardbrooklyn.org.

What Can You Dream Up? “Create your dreamiest quilt block and win big prizes!” Here is another great contest for DIYs. This one is sponsored by Babylock. If you are familiar with, Baby Lock you know that they have been creating machines for sewing, embroidery, quilting and serging for the past 40 years. I think you will love the open-ended design of this contest.

Simply create a NEW 12-1/2″ x 12-1/2″ quilt block — it’s your dream so you select the color, style, fabric, etc.

Fill out the entry form and upload a photo or snail-mail a photo of your quilt block to Baby Lock. This contest is super easy. Deb and I both have done some quilting and may have to enter this one. The 12 semi-finalists’ quilt blocks will made into a quilt and it will be raffled off at the annual Paducah, Kentucky quilt show. And another nice note, donations will go to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. You and your friends will have a chance to vote on the best quilt block and the grand prize winner will win a trip to Paducah to play the I’m Dreaming of a Quilt game with a chance to win $10,000.00 cash! So what are you waiting for, start dreaming now.

AMACO and STAEDTLER, Inc. are proud to announce the joint sponsorship of the latest in a series of designer challenges to support “Bottles of Hope,” a grassroots national polymer clay craft movement. This movement seeks to increase awareness about charities and hospitals that deliver services to people living with cancer, through the distribution of decorated bottles (once used in chemotherapy) to patients and their families.

There is still time to get in on this great designer challenge, deadline for entries is January 12th! All mini-bottles created for “Hope on a Rope Designers Challenge” will be gifted to cancer patients and their families.

Requirements: Each mini bottle must be decorated with Fimo® Soft or Fimo® Classic clays with a minimum of 10 beads hand-rolled with any AMACO Bead Roller™. Mixed media adornment is strongly encouraged, but the beads and bottle embellishment must be 80% clay. Finished pieces should be created with kids in mind. The entire necklace length does not have to be beaded.

Categories: Winning entries will be selected for the following Categories: Best Expression of Hope, Best Use of FIMO®, Best Use of Bead Rollers™, and Best of Show to be chosen by editors from an on-line gallery at amaco.com; and People’s Choice (to be chosen by attendees at CHA).

see entry form here

Any questions regarding this event can be directed to Lisa Pavelka at: lisapavelka@cox.net.