May Giveaway

We are almost thru May and barbecue season is beginning.  I can hardly believe it! I have been prepping my back yard every free minute.  Planting new flowers, veggies and herbs.  And I just cut the grass today, yes we have a small area of grass and I own a push mower.  I have never really used a push mower.  It's not that bad.  Quite easy and I find it enjoyable.  Relaxing.  The other day we started up the grill just to give it a little test run.  This Saturday will be our first barbecue and Harper's First birthday and I don't want to run out of gas.  Or the grill run out of gas.  Do you grill? Do you wear a grilling apron? One of those that have some sort of funny sayings?  Well in May one of my aprons is part of a give away on the Etsy New York blog.  Just click here to see the whole post.

Butcher Style apron with Liberty of London pockets

And while you are cooking, keep your hair pulled back with this bandanna.
Made of Liberty of London Tana Lawn and finished with bright neon pink stitching.

Basically all you need to do is visit my facebook page and like it.  Then in the comments write #maygiveaway.  You have two more days, the raffle closes on May 23.  And if you love free things you should check out the Etsy New York blog often because every month there will be a give away! How sweet is that!

Good luck!

Holiday shopping this weekend

The postcard is ADORABLE!

Today I am guest blogging over at the Etsy NY Team blog, formerly the newnew of NY.  Today's blog post I am talking about the fabulous and very unique artists and crafters you can find in the Etsy NY Team. This weekend is the 2012 Handmade Holiday Cavalcade, 35 crafters selling their wares in Williamsburg. If you have the time check it out.  You will be sure to check some gifts off your list!

above terrarium from Roots in Rust

flax and lavender eye pillow from ADornmentsNYC

Be sure to check out the post for other beautiful holiday items.  I will be working at Purl this weekend selling to all of the crafters for the holiday season. Hint: yarn is the busy section now! But I am hoping to swing by the Cavalcade Sunday afternoon.

Have a great weekend!

Tracey

Tremont Toiletry Bag at Celebrate Brooklyn

Silent Cat

My latest venture is Celebrate Brooklyn, Instead of working in the occasional market this summer I decided to partake in this summer long event; sharing a booth with the Etsy NY Team. A group of 16 artists have been chosen to sell in the General Store at Celebrate Brooklyn. Ok so what is Celebrate Brooklyn?  An arts, music and movie festival that takes place in the Bandshell in Prospect Park. My first visit was last Saturday and it is such a fantastic space! The event is organized and run by BRIC Arts and media.  June 5th was the first night and opened with Jimmy Cliff.








I will be selling 2 new items at the festival, the Tremont Toiletry Bag and the Liberty Scarves.
The Tremont T Bag can be used for toiletries, knitting or food.  It just makes a nice travel bag because it is water resistant and sizes run about 13" x 6".  Personally I use a few of them for my current knitting project and my toiletries, not at the same time, two different bags are used.  However, I gave a friend one and she uses it to carry her lunch to work with her.

The shell is laminated cotton or oil cloth with a pretty ribbon trim on the inside. Some of the bags have pop colors for the zipper. All bags have a zipper pull. I've been using an awesome turquoise cording I found at Purl Soho.

Glasses

Grey Daisy

Vintage Cycle

Sweetpea

 If you can't make it to the General Store at Celebrate Brooklyn, don't worry, some of these are for sale in my etsy shop or you can custom order one! But for a lovely time outside this summer in Brooklyn check out one of the many concerts or movies showing at Celebrate Brooklyn.

And the winner is.....

Overwhelming majority to Shooting Star! Thank you to everyone who voted here and on the Etsy NY Team blog.

This is a flat sketch of the dress from the book. A flat is basically just a black line drawing.
A few friends and colleagues want to join in on the fun of making this dress so I will be reporting on their thoughts of this pattern and progress.

Stay tuned!