Fall Handmade Cavalcade Video

This was the outdoor vendor space at this year's second annual Fall Handmade Cavalcade in Beacon, NY on September 12. Despite the imposing weather, we had a great turn out! Here you can see silk screened dresses, bags and other accessories by Better Than Jam, knit bags and accessories and jewelry by Knit Knit, handmade soaps, bath salts and lotions from Beyond The Picket Fence, jewelry from Blonde Chick Studio, silk screened tees and dresses from Kimmchi, paper goods including cards and ornaments by Paper Presence and hand cut sterling silver jewelry from Caja Jewelry.

Thanks to all those shoppers, sponsors and friends who came out to supprt their local handmade community!

-Kimm

KimmChi.etsy.com

Find us at Renegade!

That's right - application's in the mail and acceptances came in yesterday. You can be sure The {NewNew} will be well represented at this year's Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair at the McCarren park track on June 6 + 7th - 11am to 6pm both days - MARK YOUR CALENDARS (and your brooklyn maps)!

You'll find these LOCAL artists and their handmade goods:

Allene La Spina and Molly Shoelace splitting a booth with a slew of handmade wares - from paintings to prints, cards, notecards and even some handmade ornaments, jewelry and embroidery.


Peppersprouts partners with Dirty Loves Clean with hand cut diaramas and wood cut coasters paired with vegan soaps, lip balms and bath teas.


Wonderful crafted eyepillows, pin cushions and other crafty accessories form our own Kayte Terry of LoveForever sharing a tent with treehouse.


cakehouse with her upcycled vintage fabrics into housewares including pillows, napkins, placemats and tea towels, all embellsihed with the serious llama, wiley fox or comforting cat pairs with Miniature Rhino this Renegade

LusciousNaturals bring her all natural handmade beauty aids - soaps, shampos, masks, and scrubs.



Fun house inspired jewelry from J Davis Studio - in gold and sterling silver.



Prismpop and CajaJewelry have teamed up for Renegade this year - joining bold and colorful paper arts with handcut jewelry.


Metalsugar will be on hand with yummy, sweet treats made of metal for your wearing pleasure.



And representing geekery we'll have ikyoto, Look Closely Press and PCharming combining silkscreeend tee's, plush ninja throwing stars, witty journals, and unique charm jewelry.

Sewn fantasticness in the form of skirts, bags and pants from GoMonkeyDesign.




Better Than Jam, Waisze and KnitKnit have partnered together to bring their unique silkscreened apparel and bags, creative cards and keepsake tins and needle felted jewelry and bags under one tent.

And the Team will have it's own tent! We'll have saleable items from some of our most active members including KimmChi, Wabisabi Brooklyn, Fubabee, BlueStitch books as well as some team buttons and schedules so you'll know where to find us all summer long!

more to come as we know more, where we'll be and the handmade goodies we'll have!


-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

Decorating Gift Boxes with Vintage Holiday Seals and Beautiful Paper

I am a collector of many things. I always have been. Oddly however, I have these fantasies of living in a minimalist home or at least an impeccably neat one. To make matters worse, for the longest time I was also a hoarder. I would hold on to all of these little odds and ends because I liked them. Fortunately, with my new Etsy shop, The Craftarium, I am finally thinning out at least two of my collections - vintage holiday seals and pretty paper.

During the Thanksgiving weekend, I wanted to offer a holiday promotion, so I offered free shipping and unique gift packaging. I decided to collage each box with decorative papers, cut-outs, and shop labels. As I sorted through my collection of "collage-able items" (one of many collections) I found a babyfood jar filled vintage holiday seals that I picked up in 1998. Jackpot! The seals date from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.



With a glue stick and scissors I got to work and whipped out a bunch of boxes pretty quickly. My customers on Etsy and at my trunk show really seem to like being able to give their handmade gifts in a unique, hand-decorated gift boxes.

Although I picked up my seals a decade ago, you can find vintage holiday seals on Etsy, by searching under "Vintage: tags and titles" for "christmas seals."

If you do not have stacks of pretty paper lying about, check your recycling bin, your junk mail, old books (not valuable ones!), wrapping paper stash, piano bench, or really anyplace you keep paper that you are willing to cut up. All of those Christmas catalogs that spill out of your mailbox lately are filled with seasonal images - all yours ripe for the slicing.

Then pull out your scissors and gluestick and go to town. When finished you will have festive gift boxes as unique as you and your gifts are.

Although my holiday promotion is over, I am extending it for fans of The {NewNew} blog. If you order from my Etsy shop, The Craftarium, between Tuesday, December 9 and Friday, December 12 I will waive shipping fees and include a gift box for each item ordered (while supplies last.) Just add "newnewblog" in the message to seller during checkout.

Happy Holidays!