The Old North House Tour and Home Grown Street Festival - May 14 (from 10-4)

What: The Old North House Tour and Home Grown Street Festival
When: May 14, 10am-4pm





This info was found on Facebook from Holly Schroeder. She knows a LOT about the STL craft scene!

The Details: The Old North St. Louis House and Community Tour is expanding this year. Crown Square, formerly the 14th Street Mall (right across the street from Crown Candy), is a two-block area of refurbished historic buildings which reopened to street traffic last year. To celebrate, we are throwing a street festival, and are looking for arts and crafts people, as well as truly local businesses and those who would like to give some sort of demonstrations...cooking, gardening, artist demos, music, dance etc. Kids' activities would also be very much welcomed. Booths are free for neighborhood residents and $65 for those outside the neighborhood.

If you would be interested in participating, or know someone who would, please contact Kathleen Parvis at parvimail@sbcglobal.net.

See their BLOG too!

volume 25 - her first craft show was great!

these images are all from the volume 25 blog. she is an incredible inspiration to us all!!






See her awesome blog HERE. It is filled with TONS of great ideas for planning a craft show. Looks like this was for her first show, and she really did it right!



This is a credit card imprinter or "credit card kit" on Ebay for under $20. I guess you take the impression of the customer's card, then when you get home, you go and pay via Paypal. I think I would want to make sure Paypal is easy to use in this situation before I got the imprinter. But I bet this is a great way to accept cards at shows.

Craft-O-Matic Show - Registration Opens Today!! Event is June 4 from 11am-11pm in the Loop

APPLY HERE.

"Craft-O-Matic (Craft Show). A St. Louis Craft Mafia Production. Guaranteed to reduce stress, increase happiness, and fulfill all your handmade desires!

A St. Louis Craft Mafia Production. A department-store-style indie craft event on June 4 from 11 am to 11 pm at the Regional Arts Commission on the Loop.

This is a juried show - all local crafters are welcome to apply when the application goes live. The application will be up from March 1 to April 1 and it will be free to apply.

This show is sponsored by Tenth Life, a local nonprofit cat rescue organization, and MADE, a crafty community collective."

Wakarusa 2011 June 2-5, 2011

Held in Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, AK
Not exactly a craft show, but a big music festival
Their Site HERE.

Paper N Stitch {online} Vendors wanted for their Spring Showcase

Deadline: March 4th, 10pm
This upcoming exhibition will run from March 7th through April 3rd.

If you'd like some help promoting your work, become an exhibitor now. All the details on being an exhibitor can be found here. And you can read over our testimonials and press mentions to help you decide. Papernstitch was recently featured in Country Living magazine (March 2011 issue) and there is another pns feature in a magazine coming up very soon. Please note there is a small fee to participate and not all shops who submit are chosen to participate. We are seeking shop submissions in every category.

Submit now.



Already been an exhibitor on papernstitch before and want to return? Just respond to this email or email Brittni at brittni@papernstitch.com with a "count me in". No need to fill out the submission form again.

The submission deadline is this Friday, March 4th at 10pm EST. So, submit now if you're interested.

See Current Exhibitors
See their Home Page

Lou Fest in St. Louis, MO August 27-28, 2011

"On August 27-28, thousands of music fans from across the country will descend on St Louis for the 2nd annual LouFest Music Festival.

The all-ages event features 18 national and local bands on 2 stages, great food, cool retail, and a greening effort that includes recycling, composting, free valet bike parking, and a refillable water station.

For our youngest fans there’s the Kids Village, a special area filled with music, magic, kid-friendly food, a rock climbing wall, and more.

See you in August!"

A DAWF Vendor, Just Liv/Elizabeth Hahn-Lawrence vended at LouFest in 2010. That's how I found out about the event in the first place...

"RETAIL SCENE

How better to top off a weekend of great music in the park than with a little retail therapy? Need a new pair of sunglasses? A guitar strap made of recycled seatbelts? Check out the area's hippest vendors at the Retail Scene.

2010 vendors included:

CLEAR 4G
Fun in the Sun
Just Liv
LilyWhite Designs
Miss Ohio Vintage
Pairabelles
Retro101/CherryBombVintage
Souldier
STL-Style

Interested in being a vendor in the 2011 Retail Scene? Contact Natalie Lakeman". I bet if you have an edgy style that would fit in with their crowd, you could vend your hand-made wares there. I would imagine tshirts, cute dresses, hats, anything to keep you cool and the sun off you, and the like, would go over well there....

Later :)

Chatty Crafty Show in Chattanooga, TN on June 25-26, 2011

Or, find them on FACEBOOK...
Call for Vendors – Because it’s fun to be Crafty with Chatty. Miss Chatty requests the honor of your presence, nay, demands your crafty goods served at her waterfront location of the Tennessee River. Chatty Crafty is a juried bi-annual DIY/Indie craft show in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee – February 18, 2011 – Applications are now being accepted for the June 25-26, 2011 Chatty Crafty on the Chattanooga Green. Applications due March 6, 2011.

Miss Chatty prides herself on serving her community, and providing Southern Hospitality to patrons and artisans alike. To show her vendor love, Miss Chatty offers oodles for the $150 show fee:

* 10×10 booth for 2 days of awesome selling adventures – booth sharing allowed; guidelines on application
* Overnight security to protect your hard work! – insert obvious disclaimer here: use commonsense in what you leave in your booth overnight!
* Volunteers to help unload upon arrival and load up at the end of the show or just give you a moment to catch your breath and grab a bite
* Promotions galore – Miss Chatty will take Chattanooga by storm with a media blitz of print/radio, posters, fliers, internet campaign and promotion packets at downtown hotels – yes, even the Chattanooga Choo Choo!
* Complimentary breakfast and vendor VIP tent with healthy snacks and drinks for vendors. We know you need your coffee, water and a quick bite so it will be there throughout the show!
* A Party! Saturday night meet-n-greet with fellow crafters and local retailers – and Mojo Burrito will be on deck again this year to fill your belly before you collapse for a good night’s rest before a busy Sunday.

2010 marked the debut of Chatty Crafty, to the tune of 70 artisans exhibiting from 14 states. Vendors sold their wares from cities large and small, including the surrounding southern cities, Atlanta, Nashville, Greenville, Asheville, as well as Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Austin and Brooklyn. 2011 is expected to experience some healthy growth, with a few new nuances and perks.

Besides an ideal location in a city that loves the DIY/Indie spirit, what makes Chatty Crafty unique is the founders’ commitment to providing a memorable, successful and “sane” vendor experience. They, know firsthand what makes a harried show vs. happy show. Miss Chatty herself says, “Extra attention to detail and supporting vendors through personal service can go a long way in facilitating a successful, seamless show experience, or one of those super-duper stressful shows that leaves us overworked, cranky, or just plain hungry – we’ve been there!”

So why are you still sitting there? All this and service with a smile brought to you by Miss Chatty – truly an event not to missed! Hit that APPLY button.

Deadline is March 6th….get on it!