Super Cutie Custom Goodies....

By popular demand , the initial T's are ready to be custom made just for you.
You can get capital or lowercase letters. Maybe even a number for someone's birthday!
You can even order a pair of matching Josephine pants....hmmmm
T-shirts are $20 each
Check back in the next few days for a sample of the birthday T-shirt too!!

Eastern Market Artisan Village

Last Saturday was my first ( of hopefully many more..) Saturdays as a vendor at the Detroit Eastern Market Artisan Village

The Artisan Village is located between shed 5 and the Market Offices . Off Russell Street and Wilkins.

http://www.detroiteasternmarket.com/page.php?p=1&s=50

We will be at this location in the market through Oct then we will be moving to Shed 4 through December.

In April we will open again behind Shed 5 near the offices..

It was a great , but cold, day. Met lots of great people. Traffic was fair and will hopefully increase as awareness of our presence increases.

Here are some pics of last Sat.

Stop and check out out!! Tell your friends!!

Ribbon Blossoms

Detroit Eastern Market Artisan Village

Exciting news! I just signed up to participate in the Eastern Market Artisan Village.
I am most likely going to start mid-Oct and be there once a month through the holidays- maybe more often come spring..
Look for exact dates coming soon!!
http://www.detroiteasternmarket.com/index.php

They are still looking for vendors so if you are interested, follow the link on the main page...

Craft Challenge- Day 25

I have a few items to post from days 21-24.. but here is what I was working on yesterday!

A custom order messenger bag.

Craft Challenge Days 10-20

Snack and lunch sacks

The SKIRT- Girly Twirly Skirts- Holiday prints- $20 each

Red/Green Disco Dot- size 2/3-SOLD

Black Damask- size 4/5-SOLD

The SKIRT- Pink/Brown Eiffel Tower size 2/3- $20





The SKIRT- Pink/White Damask - size 2/3- $20





Small Snack Sack- $5

Sadie's Messenger Bag - $40

The Everyday Tote- $30

The Everyday Tote-$30

The Everyday Tote-$30

Craft Challenge Update..

I have soooo not been slacking in the craft challenge, I promise.;-)
I had a huge show this past weekend so I didn't have time to post all my goodies that I have been making.
I will be updating all my goods asap!

Craft Challenge Day 8 - Handbag

I loved how this fabric looked on the snack bags so I had to whip up this cute little handbag too.
I had this great little Kate Spade bag that I LOVE- perfect size and shape- so I made up a pattern of my own version of the bag.

I think I am going to do a few more this week too. I just love how it turned out!

Craft Challenge Day 7 - 3/8 inch headbands

I made about 6 or 8 of these for the challenge, but these were the best of the lot. They are a new size for me and I am still tweaking the ends. But these turned out ok enough to show.
Looks like my girls are going to get a few new ones.;-)

CraftChallenge Day 7- more headbands

A few new colors and patterns of headbands

Craft Challenge Day 6- hair bows galore

For Day 6 of the challenge, I finished up some hairbows for my upcoming show in two weeks....

Craft Challenge Day 5- another woven headband

For Day 5 I whipped up one more headband similar to the last but with some light orchid ribbon instead of pink...

This is a woven 1" headband in brown, antique white, limejuice, and light orchid.

Headbands are $6 each or 2/$10.

Today we are driving across the state to spend the day with family, so I charged up my portable glue gun so I can make a bunch of new headbands- in 3/8" width. New size for me. I think I have the weave down so I will see how many I can do while my dear husband is driving..

Next week for the craft challenge I should have some fun bags and totes to show you!

I designed a new messenger bag pattern the weekend before the challenge started and I want to try and get a couple done next week!

Craft Challenge Day 4- skull hair bow

For Day 4, I whipped up about 8 of these fun pinwheel bows -again for my upcoming show- with a brand new ribbon print! Love it!

Each bow is approx 3" across.

They are attached to lined double prong aligator clips.

All of my bows are $3 each or 8 for $20

Craft Challenge Day 3- woven headband

For Day 3 of the challenge, I whipped up a headband for a show I have coming up.

I just love the color combination..

Craft Challenge Days 3 & 4

I appologize for the delay in posting my Days 3 and 4 craft challenge items
We have been busy around here with a yard sale.
I do have two darling headbands that I made for these days and will post pics later today.
Check back soon!;-)

Craft Challenge Day 2- reusable snack sacks

For Day 2 of the Craft Challenge, I whipped up a set of these reusable snack and sandwich sacks.
They have a cotton print on the outside and water resistant nylon on the inside.
I will soon have these in my Sadie's Room shop.
$5 for small, $6 for medium, and $7 for large.
$15 for all three....

Craft Challenge Day 1- Girly Essentials

For Day 1 of my challenge, I fulfilled a custom order. Two darling appliqued bodysuits with matching headband and bow made for a set of twin girls.

One appliqued bodysuit is $12. Add a bow and headband for only $3.

These can also be personalized with the little girl's intial- as seen below.

I am up for the challenge..

a craft challenge, that is.

Thanks to the Challenge put out by fellow MICETSY member, Ashley from

Ashley Amanda Designs and Peacocks and Dragonflies

I am going to make a new item every day for the month of Sept. and post the results here.

I had been thinking of doing this for a while. I thought it would be a good way to stay focused on my crafting and give me a reason to update my blog.( which I have been very bad about doing lately)

So, thanks to Ashley, for getting me in gear.

Look for some fun new things coming up soon!

It's a little like Christmas...

One of my fabric suppliers sells off their short ends - usually for a great deal.
You never really know what you will get. You just know how many pieces you will recieve..
I always love opening these packages. It is just like Christmas. The anticipation of what new fabrics I may get leaves me feeling quite giddy.
Here is today's order...

I am not quite sure what I am making with all of it. But that is part of the fun!

Civic Duty and mice

I got called for jury duty yesterday in downtown Detroit. I didn't get picked but I picked up some of these darling mice for the kids from Astoria Bakery in Greektown. mmmmmmmm

http://www.astoriapastryshop.com/

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The Katherine Dress

Sizes 12mo- 8. In cotton fabrics and corduroy.
Custom orders welcome.
Will be featured in the etsy shop soon!

The Fiona Peasant Dress

Shirred at the neck, arms and bodice.
Can be worn as a dress or top.

Available in sizes 12 mo- 8
Intro Prices:
$30 for sizes 12 mo-3
$40 for sizes 4-8

Custom orders welcome!

Save Small Business from the CPSIA

Vote To Ammend CPSIA at Change.org

A great video from Rob Wilson at Challenge & Fun
Please vote!!

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia

Help Save Handmade

graphic copyright Goldtone Designs http://goldtonedesigns.etsy.com


The EtsyBaby and EtsyKids Teams have joined together with special promotions to bring awareness to the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act or CPSIA.

From the HandmadeToyAlliance website:

"The issue:In 2007, large toy manufacturers who outsource their production to China and other developing countries violated the public's trust. They were selling toys with dangerously high lead content, toys with unsafe small part, toys with improperly secured and easily swallowed small magnets, and toys made from chemicals that made kids sick. Almost every problem toy in 2007 was made in China.

The United States Congress rightly recognized that the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) lacked the authority and staffing to prevent dangerous toys from being imported into the US. So, they passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in August, 2008.

Among other things, the CPSIA bans lead and phthalates in toys, mandates third-party testing and certification for all toys and requires toy makers to permanently label each toy with a date and batch number. All of these changes will be fairly easy for large, multinational toy manufacturers to comply with. Large manufacturers who make thousands of units of each toy have very little incremental cost to pay for testing and update their molds to include batch labels.

For small American, Canadian, and European toymakers and manufacturers of children's products, however, the costs of mandatory testing will likely drive them out of business.A toymaker, for example, who makes wooden cars in his garage in Maine to supplement his income cannot afford the $300 - $4,000 fee per toy that testing labs are charging to assure compliance with the CPSIA.

A work at home mom in Minnesota who makes cloth diapers to sell online must choose either to violate the law or cease operations.

A small toy retailer in Vermont who imports wooden toys from Europe, which has long had stringent toy safety standards, must now pay for testing on every toy they import.

And even the handful of larger toy makers who still employ workers in the United States face increased costs to comply with the CPSIA, even though American-made toys had nothing to do with the toy safety problems of 2007.

The CPSIA simply forgot to exclude the class of children's goods that have earned and kept the public's trust: Toys, clothes, and accessories made in the US, Canada, and Europe. The result, unless the law is modified, is that handmade children's products will no longer be legal in the US.

If this law had been applied to the food industry, every farmers market in the country would be forced to close while Kraft and Dole prospered.

How You can Help:

Please write to your United States Congress Person and Senator to request changes in the CPSIA to save handmade toys and children's products. Use our sample letter or write your own. You can find your Congress Person here and Senator here."

Please vote here http://www.change.org/ideas/view/save_handmade_toys_from_the_cpsia