new blog look ;)

thanks to emily hall's fabulous logo skillzzz, i was able to revamp the blog. woohoo! check us out!

AND her awesome design made it on to our biz cards as well :D

now go give emily a virtual pat on the back :D

hooray!

Saturday night's event was so much fun!

starting from the back left: andria, emily, valerie, sally.

front row: alejandra, roxy

Can you spot the etsy houston logo? ;)

Sally's valentine's garlands were such a hit!

And Cindy stopped by to help as well. :)

Andria, Emily, and I manned the bar area 

[with a LOT of help from a couple of very kind Lawndale Art Center Employees!]

If you came by for a beer you probably met us ;)

Handmade Nation was such an inspirational documentary! I'm not gonna lie - it was my first time watching it. The film was amazingly informative as well as hilarious :)

I think there were about 200 people...I know the chairs filled up and there were loads of folks standing around watching. The wall on the right of the photo below was completely lined with people once the documentary started.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by. I really hope we have more opportunities to volunteer at events like this :)

Find out about more events hosted by the Houston Center of Contemporary Craft

as well as the Lawndale Art Center.

<3

kickin' off 2011!

In case you missed the previous post, a bunch of us from Etsy Houston will be volunteering at an amazing [and FREE!] event located at the Lawndale Art Center and hosted by the
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Please join us Saturday, January 22nd, at 6pm at the Lawndale Art Center for some free St. Arnold's, our super awesome Valentine's Day garland DIY by Sally,
and a Handmade Nation book sale!

At 7pm the movie will play [about 1 hour] followered by a gallery talk by Jenine Bressner, an artist featured in Handmade Nation.

Please repost and share information about this event. We'd absolutely love to see your lovely faces there! :)

byebye 2010 :)

2010 was a year for growing here at etsy houston. we are still a new-ish group,

and hopefully 2011 will be full of exciting events!

our meet up site is going down for now. it is a tad too expensive to keep up with at this time.

anyone that is currently part of the group, please apply to join our group, officially, by clicking on the tab labeled "application."

upcoming events for 2011 include a member meeting towards the end of the month

[more information will be presented in the form of a facebook message :)]

and a special event open to the public:

Handmade Nation Film Screening / Jenine Bressner Gallery Talk

The event occurs January 22nd, 2010 [Saturday].

Reception, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Film Screening, 7:00 – 8:00 PMat Lawndale Art Center, 4912 Main Street 

"Come early for the film to enjoy a beer from St. Arnold Brewing Company and make a fun paper craft with volunteers from Etsy Houston. Handmade Nation books will be for sale from Domy Books.  The screening starts at 7:00 PM and lasts an hour."

"Jenine Bressner, a glass and mixed-media artist who is featured in Handmade Nation, will be present for the film. Immediately following the screening, Bressner will give a gallery talk about her new exhibition,  Inverted Harmony: A Handmade Environment by Jenine Bressner, at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (across the street from Lawndale Art Center). "

All information has been pulled from the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.

Please visit their website for more information and events. :)

Come out and support handmade!

we'd love to meet you all ;)

The Sew Craftiest Time of the Year [in photos!]

First of all - SUCH a big thank you to Sarah and her little elves at Sew Crafty for hosting such a fun night :)

and an ENORMOUS thank you to the lovely and talented Ellen, for photographing the event!

our photographer extraordinaire:

don't see your picture? no worries!

sift through the rest of the amazing photos taken by ellen.

if you use any - please make sure you credit her accordingly!! 

thank you to everyone who helped and came out to

The Sew Craftiest Night of the Year! :)