Weekend Guide: July 15-17




Dowdy Studio Wagon @ Bolsa Cafe
date: Sat+Sun. July 16-17time: Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-2pm
location: Bolsa Cafe's parking lot, 614 West Davis Dr Dallas, TX
more info: dowdystudio.blogspot.com



ReGeared at 2011 ART CON SEED - Better Gnomes and Garden Show
Date: July 15th
Time: 7pm - 12pm
Location: The Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm Street, Dallas, TX 75226
Cost: $10
More Info: SEED will raise the “seed money” to enable Art Conspiracy to put on its major fundraiser in the fall of 2011. Live auction. Live music.
http://artconspiracy.org/

Summer Sales from Etsy Dallas


CutOut and Collect
Moving Sale - all items marked down
Use promo code FREESHIP for free shipping on domestic orders over $40


Tefi
Free gift* with any purchase,
*select a magnet set, mirror, or bookmark.


K8made
Shop's 2nd Anniversary Sale from July 25 - July 30.
Buy any 2 items, get free shipping.


Signifying Not
Last Chance Sale - certain styles marked down for clearance



La Alicia
Christmas in July Sale - 20% OFF
July 15-31
Coupon Code: 20CIJ2011


ReGEARED
Christmas in July Sale
20% off entire shop
coupon code - sizzlesale11

Mark your calendars!! The Jingle Bash is coming!


We are thrilled to announce the 4th Annual Jingle Bash! Mark your calendars for November 19th, and plan to have some handmade holiday shopping fun!


ABOUT THE JINGLE BASH
For the fourth year in a row, the Jingle Bash - Etsy Dallas' handmade holiday shopping event, will offer up the very best in handmade apparel, bags, jewelry, home décor, accessories, art, pottery and more from over 60 hand-picked artists, crafters and designers. Again this year, the Jingle Bash will be held at The Palladium’s South Side Events Center (within the Gilley’s event complex just south of downtown Dallas at 1135 S. Lamar), utilizing more rooms for even more shopping space this year!


Let's get ready to party with:

• Over 60 handpicked artists and crafters selling their work from a variety of styles and mediums
• Free DIY crafts
• Two full bars
• Tunes spun by our in-house DJ
• Photo booth by Etsy Dallas, benefiting a local charity
• Free admission, wheelchair and stroller accessible
• More shopper space!
• Plenty of secure parking

Member Spotlight: The Ruffly Owl


Get ready to fall in love! Today we're talking with Dacia Sigler of The Ruffly Owl. Dacia makes the cutest papergoods - I love her clean, simple aesthetic and inventive use of materials (garland made from hearts cut from a map of Paris? Yes, please!!)


Etsy Dallas: So Dacia, what inspired you to start selling your awesome papergoods?

Dacia Sigler: I started my shop in June 2010 after spending the previous 1-2 yrs planning my wedding. I DIY'ed most of the paper goods and basically fell in love with crafting, paper, and typography.

ED: What kind of items do you sell, and what materials do you work with?

DS: I sell an assortment of tags that can be used for embellishing gifts, favors, scrapbooking, etc. I work with card stock, envelopes kraft, stamps, ink, twine, bakers twine, stickers, paper punches, printer, illustrator and photoshop...


ED: What inspires you?

DS: All things pretty and whimsical inspire me. The unexpected and smallest of details is what fascinates me and inspires me to make what I do. I work from my little circa 1940's desk in our downtown apartment at all hours of the day, night, and morning. My wheels are CONSTANTLY spinning and I'm always dreaming up new products.

ED: Tell us a little about yourself...

DS: I live in Downtown Dallas with my husband Art, and two dog-children Emma and Hiro. My hobbies (besides crafting and being creative) are going to antique stores, vintage stores, thrift stores looking for my next find, and watching movies. I have two other jobs: substitute teaching for DISD and medical billing for a co. based out of Florida (been working for them for almost 10 years!). I moved to Dallas from Ft. Lauderdale 2 years ago to be with my fiance then, husband now. We had a long distance relationship for a year before that.


You can find Dacia's work and contact info here. Happy shopping! (PS - she is always willing to do custom work!)

Weekend Guide: July 8-10







Four Seasons Evening Market 
date: Friday, July 8th 
time: 5-10pm
location: West Village (Uptown)
Shop Etsy Dallas: Both Hands Studio
more info: fourseasonsmarkets.com
White Rock Local Market
Free to attend, local growers and artists
date: Saturday, July 9
more info: click here
 Shop Etsy Dallas: Dowdy Studio





I Never Say No original painting on canvas

The Cameron Gallery's "No Trespassing" Exhibit
date: Saturday, July 9
time: 5-8pm,
location: 1414 Dragon Street - Dallas 75207.
more info: thecamerongallery.com
Shop Etsy Dallas: Napkin Art Studio





Dowdy Studio Wagon @ Good 2 Go Taco and Goodfriend Beer Garden Party
 Tacos and Tees + much more! See you there friends! Join us from 2-6pm for a Patio Party at Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House next door. Free beer and good times my friends!
date: Sunday, July 10 time: 7am-6pm location: 1146 Peavy Rd, Dallas
more info: click here
Shop Etsy Dallas: Dowdy Studio

Supplies Me! Success



This last Saturday was the annual Etsy Dallas "Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale." Just shy of a dozen vendors set up tables in the Blue Room at South Side on Lamar and put out their personal stash of art and craft supplies. There was plenty of fabric and crafty doodads to be had. Besides the Etsy Dallas members' tables, there was also a mega-table of donations from ED members (and a few non-members, thanks!). The proceeds from the sales at the ED table are going to Captain Hope's Kids, a non-profit that helps homeless children. We also collected craft supplies to donate directly to the charity. 



We had a great time and went a little bow-silly thanks to a stash of giant ribbon bows from Silla of silla soup. Thanks to everyone who was involved and helped us clean our closets while raising money for a worthy cause. In total we raised $200 and many, many boxes of supplies for Captain Hope's Kids.


Personally, I'd like to thank the vendors, volunteers, everyone who donated goods, and the shoppers for supporting us. Thanks to the following: Amanda/Loop and Lil, Amber/Red Tile Studio, Bonnie/bonny beads, Chau/DCimaginations, Cheyne/Cut Out and Collect, Kate/K8 Made, Maggie/maggie may i, Patricia/Karma Crochet, Rosemary/Paper Beats Rock, Silla/silla soup, Stephanie/tefi, Pamela and Dylan/Dowdy Studio, Laura/ChildsPLAYdesign, Erin/Haute Hardware, Alicia/La Alicia, Sabrina and Jenny/The Pig and the Peacock. Bonus thanks to Leanne McIntosh at Gulfstream Aerospace and Lauren Ray from House of Lovely for their item donations.

Until next year!

P.S. Check out our Flickr page for more fun photos!

Supplies Me! Tomorrow!!



Are you ready for the Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale tomorrow? This is a very short sale, only 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., so you had better plan to get there early. If you haven't been to South Side on Lamar, you'll find it at the corner of Belleview and S. Lamar Street across from a Dallas police station and near the Cedars DART Station. The building is the former home of Sears and features a huge red "South Side on Lamar" sign visible from the freeway.

If you're familiar with South Side on Lamar from the Etsy Dallas Spring Bash, you probably know how to find the Artist's Quarter where that event has been held. From there you would go half-way down the corridor and take the stairs on your left at the bridge up towards the glassed-in Janette Kennedy Gallery. The Blue Room is down the hall on your right just on the other side of the dry cleaners next to the wall of mail boxes. If approaching from the main entrance you would pass the concierge desk, go through the double glass doors then take a sharp turn to your left. Look for the powder blue room with the big dark brown wooden doors.

Don't miss this opportunity to shop art and craft supplies from Dallas' craftiest!

Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale
Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Blue Room, South Side on Lamar
1409 S. Lamar, Dallas, TX 75215


Related posts:
The Goods
The Charity

Weekend Guide June 25 + 26

Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale
Date: Saturday, June 25
Time: 11am-2pm
Location: Blue Room, South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar, Dallas, TX 75215
Cost: Free to attend
More Info: http://etsydallas.blogspot.com/2011/06/supplies-me.html

Ross Ramblas - The 72 Hour Project
A Part of the Better Boulevard Project
Date: Sunday, June 26
Time: 11am-4pm
Location: Ross Avenue, from Pearl Street to Washington Street - Dallas
Cost: Free to attend
More Info: http://betterblock.org/2011/06/09/ross-avenue-to-be-turned-into-a-ped...
Etsy Dallas Members Participating: Dowdy Studio, Regal Cottage, The Ruffly Owl

*While your here, don't forget to stop by and enter our awesome giveaway!

Supplies Me!


Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale is less than a week away! In addition to offering our crafty supply goodness to the public for sale, this event is a chance for our Etsy Dallas members to collect supplies and raise money for a good cause. Again, this year our charity of choice is Captain Hope's Kids .

"Captain Hope’s Kids has one goal in mind, to help those who cannot help themselves, children. Through the collection of donations, supplies and fundraisers, we intend to give homeless children their best chance at living a normal life." ( From the CHK website.)

Last year we collected over 10 bags of quality art and craft supplies from our members and donated over $200. You can read more about last year's event here. In response to the news that we were repeating the event this year, Brad Boss, CHK Program Director wrote, "The items donated last year were wonderful and the groups we gave them to loved them! I can't wait to see this year's result."

Let's see what we can do!

Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale
Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Blue Room, South Side on Lamar
1409 S. Lamar, Dallas, TX 75215
Questions? suppliesmeartcraftsale@gmail.com

P. S. For more about the types of awesome items to expect, see this blog post.

Weekend Guide June 18 + 19

Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 11am-5pm
Location: 2820 Indiana Blvd, Dallas
Cost: Free to attend!
Etsy Dallas Member Participating: Dowdy Studio

Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 2pm-6pm
Location: 6337 Prospect Ave, Dallas
Cost: Free to attend! Live music, Free snacks and drinks + more!
More Info: click here
Etsy Dallas Members Participating: Dowdy Studio, Tefi, Cut Out and Collect, La Alicia

Win This! Entire Treasury Giveaway!


Yowza! It's Giveaway time! One lucky winner will win this entire treasury from Etsy Dallas. And here's how that lucky winner could be you!

Three Easy Ways to Enter:
1) Comment: Sign into your Etsy Account and comment on this Treasury.
2) Share: Share the love on your blog, facebook page, or twitter account.
3) Let us know: Post in the comments below all the places you shared this giveaway.

The winner will be chosen through random.org and announced on June 29, 2011. Sorry, this giveaway is open to US residents only.

An extra special thank you to the very generous Etsy Dallas shops who contributed to this giveaway. Please stop by their shops to see all of the other awesome handmade goodies they have to offer:

And thank you to JaneJoss for curating this collection.

Supplies Me!

For the second year in a row Etsy Dallas is presenting a supply sale in the summer. What is a supply sale, you may ask? It's an opportunity for you, the public, to buy the things that we, Etsy Dallas members, use to craft the amazing things that we make. Maybe we have too much of something or decided we no longer want to make that kind of thing anymore--what to do with all of the supplies left cluttering our closets?

Here lies the genius of the supply sale. We clean out our stash of crafty goodness and you get direct access to our supplies. Whether it's excess Japanese fabrics, colorful beads, or papercraft items you're sure to find something to inspire your next project.

Here's just a sampling of what to expect at the sale next Saturday: fabric, patterns, ribbon, craft magazines, beads, jewelry findings, paper mache products, wooden boxes, scrapbooking supplies, rubber stamps, papercraft goods, photo matte boards, buttons, cigar boxes, sewing notions, pillow forms, display and merchandising items, canvases, and yarn.



Who knows what else we'll dig up! Come find out for yourself at Supplies Me! Art + Craft Supply Sale, Saturday, June 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Blue Room, South Side on Lamar, 1409 S. Lamar, Dallas, TX 75215.


Etsy Dallas Craft Party


We hope everyone had a blast at the Etsy Dallas Craft Party on Friday night! Crafters from all across the city came to Oil and Cotton to party down.


The fabulous decorating team from Etsy Dallas decked the halls of Oil and Cotton with paper bunting and pom-poms.


Refreshments and homemade desserts kept the party people's energy up for all of the festivities.



There was a free raffle and everyone had the opportunity to win prizes like a Holga camera, a gift card to Oil and Cotton, embroidery sets and more! The winners got their hands on some good stuff.



The party-goers got to put their crafty chops to the test and make some rockin' leather cuffs.


Etsy Dallas team even made a photo booth wall so everyone could strike a pose and have a memory of the greatest craft party ever (we're still editing the beautiful photos, but we'll let you know when they're online for your free downloading pleasure).


All in all, we had a great time and can't wait to do it next time. Join Etsy Dallas soon for the Supplies Me Sale. Etsy Dallas members will be cleaning out their craft closets for you to shop. So if you're into crafting and want to buy from some talented artists, come on over to the Supplies Me Sale, Saturday, June 25th, 11am-2pm at South Side on Lamar's Blue Room.

Super special thanks to everyone who helped put the Etsy Craft Party on!

Etsy Dallas Members - Silla Soup, Hi-Fi Jewelry, Paper Beats Rock, Modest Ambition, Red Tile Studio, Both Hands Studio, the Kessler Craftsman, Cut Out and Collect, Bonnie Beads, Sheepish Knit, Art-T-Dolls, Maggie May I, Napkin Art Studio, Jenni20, & Dowdy Studio

Anita Mills for weaving on the loom
June Covington for spinning the night away
D.B. Higgins for demonstrating rope making
Society Bakery for supplying sweet cupcake treats
Tamale Company for rolling in the tamale cart (Yum!)

Big thanks to Oil and Cotton for co-hosting with us!

And another big thanks to Paper Beats Rock, and Modest Ambition for planning and putting together such a great party

Getting Ready to Party!!

We're getting ready for our big Craft Party tonight at Oil and Cotton in Oak Cliff Dallas (map)!! Here's your sneak peek at some of the behind the scenes work we're doing to get ready for you!

Designer decorations by Paper Beats Rock

The beginnings of decorating. Trust us, this is going to look completely different tonight. Razzle dazzle!


So Join us for free crafts, free food and drinks, and let's craft the night away.....or until the keg runs out and we're out of supplies. Also, come and see what we plan on doing with this below.
You're invited! Party with us!
837 W. 7th Street
Dallas, TX
7pm-9pm
Friday June 10th



Worldwide Craft Party 2011



This Friday Etsy Dallas is partnering up with Oil and Cotton, Dallas' favorite location for traditional and contemporary craft classes and exhibition for the second annual Worldwide Etsy Craft Party. We'll be crafting up landscape necklaces along with collaborative collage and weaving projects. Local artists will give spinning demonstrations.



For inspiration, a screening of documentary film Handmade Nation will be held during the event... and of course we'll have our free Etsy Dallas photo booth, as well as free beers, snacks, and desserts for party-goers to enjoy!



If you'd like to RSVP and invite your friends, just jump over to the Meet-Up Site. RSVP is not required. Everyone's invited - This event is free, for all ages; open to the public.

Join us Friday, June 10th at 7pm.

Oil and Cotton
837 W. 7th Street
Dallas, Texas 75208

Member Spotlight: Signifying Not


Magical, creepy, beautiful and mysterious: those are the words that pop into my mind when I look at the amazing work of Signifying Not. Summer's gorgeous illustrations are not only available as prints, but t-shirts, accessories and cool gifts. Read on as Summer Ortiz answers a few of our questions...

ED: How did you get started selling your art?

SO: I had taught myself to screen print and had been making shirts for myself and friends since high school. People had been encouraging me for years to sell the shirts, but I never took their advice until last January when I had a little bit of extra cash and took the plunge into running my own business.


ED: What kind of products do you sell, and what materials do you work with?

SO: Clothing, prints, magnets, plush creatures, really anything we have the time and imagination to create. Work with all kinds of materials, but mainly tees and paper.

ED: What are your future plans for Signifying Not?

SO: We are always expanding and creating new things, but this year I am hoping to have some new tee designs and think of some new ways to display our designs - more prints, bags, etc. We are also looking to expand and sell our wares in more shops around Dallas and possibly elsewhere.

ED: What are you most inspired by?

SO: I am inspired by all things weird/odd/strange - Victorian traditions and fashion, unusual historical figures and events, wunderkammers, fairy tales (original versions), literature, vintage illustrations and prints.



Summer lives in North Deep Ellum with a chihuahua named Oliver, and works as a designer for the Texas Woman's University. You can find her products on Etsy as well as Dolly Python.


Weekend Guide June 4 + 5

Date: Thursday, June 2nd through July 31st
Time: Shop hours: Wednesday-Saturday 12-7pm, Sunday 12-4pm
Location: Make + Made (previously Make Shop & Studio), 313 N Bishop Ave, Dallas
Cost: Free

More Info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206004559437550

Etsy Dallas Member Participating: Butter Design Lab


Date: Saturday, June 4th and Sunday, June 5th
Time: 7am-3pm
Location: Good 2 Go Tacos Parking Lot, 1146 Peavy Road, Dallas, TX
Cost: Free
More Info: http://dowdystudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/dowdy-studio-wagon-goes-to-go...
Etsy Dallas Member Participating: Dowdy Studio