PGE Craft Bazaar

Next week, November 16th and 17th at the World Trade Center here in downtown Portland!

This will be my 2nd craft fair of the Fall/Winter season, and I am excited! There will be pics to come, of course. Last time, I was so overwhelmed, I forgot to take pictures. Also a the last fair, I broke even. I made back my booth fee, and a little extra. That was in September. This month, i'd love to do better!

Anyway, tons of new items in shop. I've been a crafty little bee the past couple of weeks, preparing for this month's fair, next months, Christmas gifts, and of course, Etsy!

Happy Mid-week!

A Little Space.

Well, i'm about a week away from moving into a creative live/work space here in Portland. Excited and nervous, yes, but i'm more anxious than anything else. I cannot wait to have more space for a Little Card to grow!

Ironically........this will actually be the smallest square footage I have ever lived in, AND the first time that i've inhabited a work/live space. This gives a whole new meaning to a Little Card....ha.

I was at Ikea with a friend last night, and a quote on the wall, that I am about to screw up, said something like :

"SMART STORAGE CAN ACTUALLY DOUBLE YOUR SPACE"

Something along the lines of that. Anyway, that is going to have to be my motto when I get in there. I love challenging spaces though, I always have. They have more character, and it seems Portland has tons of offbeat style apartments, duplexes, etc.

Anyway, I will be posting many pics soon. Stay tuned...

Rain or Shine Craft Fair!

A Little Card will be there, as well as other wonderful vendors, live music AND a giveaway!
Mark your calendars and come to Beaverton!

Cityscape.

I'm a city girl, bottom line. I love the beauty and majesty of the countryside,  I periodically NEED to be near the ocean, and I love the mystery of the woods. The beauty of Oregon is we have all of that.

No, seriously.

An hours drive can take you to any one of those locations.  And I love them all.

But i'm a city girl.

Gimme cozy bars and coffee shops. City shopping. Oversized shades for people-watching..."No she didn't wear that".

I've accepted our 8-9 months a year "rainspell". I didn't realize that until I discovered I could not stop drawing or painting rain, clouds, coffee, overcoats, books, umbrellas.  Let the. City obsessing begin again....

Cityscapes coming soon. Yay!

Blog Love for A Little Card!

Please read and join this great blog, which features a Back to School GIVEAWAY from many items in my Etsy shop.

http://mrsnespysworld.blogspot.com/2011/08/back-to-school-blowout-little-card.html

Last Thursday on Alberta

Wow! What a ride.

Free street fairs in the dead of summer are exciting and exhausting!

I had great help from my dear friend and my nephew, introduced many to A Little Card, learned a lot and even sold a little!

New in the shop - vintage paper cards!

I have this tattered, OLD english/spanish dictionary that I am in love with. I've been ripping out each page, and delicately upcycling them has confetti, garland, etc.

I'm already to the N section.

Anyway, I adore these pages. I've used them to make tiny notecards, stamped with birds.

I love vintage, I love cards, and of course I love birds!

Happy Friday!

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