Posted by albanyevents on 2008-02-11 15:02:31
Post Subject: Call for crafters - Albany NY Tulip Festival 2008
Albany, NY - The Albany Tulip Festival Committee is seeking crafters for the Craft Show at the 60th Albany Tulip Festival May 9, 10 and 11, 2008, outdoors in Washington Park, Albany, New York. Annual attendance for the weekend event is approximately 80,000.
EXTENDED application deadline for craft vendors is Friday, February 15, 2008.
Standards: Work must be original, handcrafted and expertly executed and completely finished. Unacceptable work includes: ceramics from commercial molds, cut bottles, kits. No representatives or stores representing artists or craftspeople may apply. No manufactured products or art and craft supplies may be displayed or sold at this show.
About Photos: Each applicant must submit 4 digital photos on CD. All images should be a minimum of 300 dpi, and sent as a .jpeg file.
Three (3) digital photos must be representative of the work you plan to show and (1) digital photo of your booth is required. The photos will be used in the jury process to insure the highest quality show possible.
Booth Space: 15'' long by 10'' deep
Fees*: $350.00 (booth fee) + $10.00 (jury fee)
(*Additional $10.00 fee applies if you are selling/sampling any type of edible product. You must include this fee for your health permit.)
To request an application contact the Office of Special Events:
Cathy Kosa, Vendor Coordinator
Phone: 518 434-5415
Email kosac@ci.albany.ny.us
For additional information on the 60th Albany Tulip Festival, call 518-434-2032 or log on to www.albanyevents.org.
Posted by totinette on 2004-11-19 13:19:28
Post Subject: *Crafting for a Better World!* holiday craft drive
Crafting For A Better World
Portland Super Crafty has set out to save the world, and we need your help! We’re collecting donations of handmade items and craft supplies to give to some amazing organizations around Portland and could use your crafting superpowers. Please help us brighten the holiday and warm up the winter for some less fortunate men, women, and children by giving them the gift of craft!
Types of items to donate:
This is a comprehensive list of what the organizations could really use, but feel free to be creative and send in other items as well!
Donations must be received by Monday, December 15.
Please send your items to:
Torie Nguyen
One Centerpointe Dr., Suite 550
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Questions? Email us at pdxsupercrafty@yahoo.com. If you live in the Portland area and would like to submit your donation in person, please drop us an email to make arrangements.
*If you would like a receipt for your donation, please include a note with your name, address, and the retail value of the item.
About the organizations:
The Goose Hollow Shelter
The Goose Hollow Family Shelter is a temporary emergency shelter for homeless families in the Portland metropolitan area. They take in anyone who has a child under the age of 18, as well as pregnant women. The shelter currently operates from November to May and is hoping to one day have the resources to stay open year round. In the evenings, they have “kid time” where volunteers lead the kids in various activities, one of which is crafting.
p:ear
http://www.pearmentor.org/
p:ear builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives.
Community Action Organization
http://www.communityaction4u.org/
Community Action exists to ensure that low-income families have a place to turn for help as they strive to get back on their feet and achieve a better life. They offer the following services: A Kid’s Domain: Before and after school care, Early Head Start/Head Start Preschool, Energy and Emergency Services, Homeless and Housing Services, Opening Doors: Maternity outreach and pregnancy support.
Buckman SUN School
http://www.sunschools.org
http://www.buckmansite.teacherhosting.com
Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School is one of the community schools serviced by the SUN Program (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods). The mission of the SUN program is to improve the lives of children, their families and the community through partnering with local school communities to extend the school day with a variety of classes and develop schools as “community centers” in their neighborhoods. We are specifically asking for donations for their Winter Craft & Gift-making Night on Wednesday December 15th at Buckman Elementary School. Families are invited to return to school in the evening and create unique handmade gifts for the holidays with the help of parent volulteers and local artists (including the girls of Super Crafty!)
One more organization collecting craft supplies and handmade gifts is La Casa de las Madres, a San Francisco-based group that offers emergency services to women and their children escaping domestic violence.
They have women of all ages there, and children from newborn to age 18, so items of all sizes and colors would be welcome. They would take blankets, scarves, hats, mittens, gloves - all the standard handmade stuff. If you do not knit or crochet, you are welcome to sew any donations. Machine washable is good, so is warm wool, but they are not picky and would take anything. You are welcome to wrap stuff if you want, but please put a tag on the outside indicating what is inside, and the size, etc., and attaching a tag indicating the fabric content, care instructions, and maybe a little pick-me-up message would be wonderful.
They are also looking for donations of art and craft supplies - fabric, yarn, needles, paper, crayons, hooks, glue, markers, etc. NO magazines, they already have plenty.
About La Casa: La Casa de las Madres offers emergency residential shelter to battered women and their children while providing counseling, family-based services and referrals. Our Emergency Crisis Shelter has the capacity to shelter and support 35 women and children per night. La Casa's downtown San Francisco office houses our two 24-hour Crisis Phone Lines, a Drop-In Counseling Center, the Teen Intervention & Prevention Program, and the Community Education & Outreach Program. All services are offered free-of-charge in English and Spanish.
Please send donations directly to the shelter by December 17:
La Casa de las Madres
1850 Mission Street, Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94103
PDX Super Crafty won’t be delivering these gifts, we’re just handling donations for the Portland organizations! Thanks for your generosity this holiday season!
Posted by Athos on 2004-10-29 18:20:04
Post Subject: Craftivism:shelter for battered women & their children (
hey crafty peeps,
i've decided to make a donation this year to la casa de las madres, a san francisco based group that offers emergency services to women and their children escaping domestic violence.
i've spoken with the donations coordinator, and this is the information that i received.
they have women of all ages there, and children from newborn to age 18, so items of all sizes and colors would be welcome. they would take blankets, scarves, hats, mittens, gloves - all the standard handmade stuff. if you do not knit or crochet, you are welcome to sew any donations. machine washable is good, so is warm wool, but they are not picky and would take anything. you are welcome to wrap stuff if you want, but please put a tag on the outside indicating what is inside, and the size, etc. i also suggest attaching a tag indicating the fabric content, care instructions, and maybe a little pick-me-up message.
they are also looking for donations of art and craft supplies - fabric, yarn, needles, paper, crayons, hooks, glue, markers, etc. NO magazines, they already have plenty.
they accept donations year-round, but if you would like to have your gift as a holiday thing, they need it by dec. 17th. if you live in the area, i would be happy to coordinate a drop-off for gifts. i will be leaving for ohio on dec. 18th, so i would need donations by DECEMBER 11th to get them over in time. if you are not in the area, you can mail a donation directly to the center (address below). if you would prefer to send it to me, let me know and i'll give you my address.
any questions, please let me know. i know many of us are making gifts for our families and friends this year, and i encourage you all to find time to make a little hat for a baby or something else. the war against women that goes on every day (especially in this political climate) is something we can fight with our votes, and with our tangible support of women in need.
thanks for everything!
http://www.lacasa.org/index.html
http://www.lacasa.org/wish_list.html
About La Casa: La Casa de las Madres offers emergency residential shelter to battered women and their children while providing counseling, family-based services and referrals. Our Emergency Crisis Shelter has the capacity to shelter and support 35 women and children per night. La Casa's downtown San Francisco office houses our two 24-hour Crisis Phone Lines, a Drop-In Counseling Center, the Teen Intervention & Prevention Program, and the Community Education & Outreach Program. All services are offered free-of-charge in English and Spanish.
La Casa de las Madres
1850 Mission Street, Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94103
Posted by DJules on 2005-11-16 13:00:16
Post Subject:
I almost always make all of mine. I'm usually finishing up one or two on Christmas morning, of course. :) Money is tight, really tight this year, and while I don't really have money available to go buy gifts, I do have a huge stash of art and craft supplies. I try to do something that I can set up a production run sort of thing - everyone gets ornaments, or covered pen sets, or bookmarks, etc.
Posted by Athos on 2004-10-29 18:37:34
Post Subject:
here's my craftivism conclusion! i also posted this in the craft-up section, hoping to entice some local people into donating.
i've decided to make a donation this year to la casa de las madres, a san francisco based group that offers emergency services to women and their children escaping domestic violence.
i've spoken with the donations coordinator, and this is the information that i received.
they have women of all ages there, and children from newborn to age 18, so items of all sizes and colors would be welcome. they would take blankets, scarves, hats, mittens, gloves - all the standard handmade stuff. if you do not knit or crochet, you are welcome to sew any donations. machine washable is good, so is warm wool, but they are not picky and would take anything. you are welcome to wrap stuff if you want, but please put a tag on the outside indicating what is inside, and the size, etc. i also suggest attaching a tag indicating the fabric content, care instructions, and maybe a little pick-me-up message.
they are also looking for donations of art and craft supplies - fabric, yarn, needles, paper, crayons, hooks, glue, markers, etc. NO magazines, they already have plenty.
they accept donations year-round, but if you would like to have your gift as a holiday thing, they need it by dec. 17th. if you live in the area, i would be happy to coordinate a drop-off for gifts. i will be leaving for ohio on dec. 18th, so i would need donations by DECEMBER 11th to get them over in time. if you are not in the area, you can mail a donation directly to the center (address below). if you would prefer to send it to me, let me know and i'll give you my address.
any questions, please let me know. i know many of us are making gifts for our families and friends this year, and i encourage you all to find time to make a little hat for a baby or something else. the war against women that goes on every day (especially in this political climate) is something we can fight with our votes, and with our tangible support of women in need.
http://www.lacasa.org/index.html
http://www.lacasa.org/wish_list.html
About La Casa: La Casa de las Madres offers emergency residential shelter to battered women and their children while providing counseling, family-based services and referrals. Our Emergency Crisis Shelter has the capacity to shelter and support 35 women and children per night. La Casa's downtown San Francisco office houses our two 24-hour Crisis Phone Lines, a Drop-In Counseling Center, the Teen Intervention & Prevention Program, and the Community Education & Outreach Program. All services are offered free-of-charge in English and Spanish.
La Casa de las Madres
1850 Mission Street, Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94103
Posted by Autumnelayne on 2006-05-09 23:53:57
Post Subject: Strange Folk Arts and Crafts Festival 9/23/06
Hi everyone! I'm making the rounds telling everyone about the craft show I'm spearheading.. I've lurked on here a bit, but tend to hang out more on craftster, anyhoo, here goes the shpeel...
When: Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Where: O'Fallon Community Park; O'Fallon, IL (just 15 minutes from downtown St. Louis)
We are inviting indie artists and craftsters to set up shop in our beautiful expansive green-space, but that's not all. We have assembled a "shock and awe" arsenal of interactive activities and events that are sure to captivate patrons throughout the day. You can open a can of whoop craft whilst competeing in the Mad Crafts at Thunderdome tournament, or send your handmade garments strutting down the runway at our Fierce Suburban Fashion Show!
Booth Options:
Option #1: Bring Your Own Tent - $35 Entry Fee
This is the obvious choice if you own, or can borrow an "art fair" type pole tent any size up to 12ftx12ft. These tents are also available from many rental companies. You may bring any displays you wish for your space, and tables of various sizes are available for rent at $5 a piece.
Option #2: Rent a Sheltered Table - $35 Entry Fee
If you are selling a small amount of items(or just small items), renting a table is a great option. The tables are approximately 2.5ftx6ft, and you will have at least a 4ft space behind it for your chair and personal belongings. Participants will be set up next to each other under tents that the festival provides.You may decorate your table and display your items on top of them any way you like, but floor displays will not be permitted.These spaces will be filled on a "first come first serve" basis, so apply early!
Online applications are being accepted through July 31st, 2006 at www.StrangeFolkFestival.com.
These applications will be juried every wednesday. We will be looking for a variety of handmade items, artwork, even art and craft supplies or baked goods might be game. We will not allow mass produced items or antiques to be sold at the festival. Unless of course, you are decoupaging magazines or gluing AOL CD's to the antiques..that could be cool. The bottom line is, we'd like as many indie vendors as possible!
Our website has alll the details,maps, applications, FAQ's, printable flyers,and even a message board!
www.strangefolkfestival.com
If you have any questions, PM me or send e-mail to autumn@strangefolkfestival.com :)
Posted by DJules on 2005-07-12 02:17:01
Post Subject:
LICORICE SNAPS!
Swedish fish
Coffee and chocolate, preferably combined
art and craft supplies
Containers (bags, boxes, tins, you name it - but especially old suitcases)
