Tea Time in Portland Or - Etsy Style

October Tea Time 2010

2010-10-05T16:16:00.000-07:00

Hi PDX Etsiers!

October 14th 11am

Rebecca's house!

click here for details on her address (scroll down to the bottom of the page to see Rebecca's address on the forum - its at her house, not Laurelhust park)

Laurelhurst Tea Time

2010-07-20T13:05:00.001-07:00

Ok it's sunny out! Time for us crafty ladies to take advantage of this rare moment and gather outdoors!

Location: Laurelhurst Park (picnic table in the NE corner of the park - near SE Ankeny)
Time: 10am-2pm
Day: Thursday July 22nd

See you there! Feel free to brings snacks and crafts!

June Tea Time at Autumn's

2010-05-28T20:53:00.000-07:00

Tea Time notice:

this week on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 11:30 Autumn is hosting a PDXEtsy Tea Time at her house! if you would like to come, log onto the forum to find her address and let her know you'll be joining us!

http://pdxetsy.usersboard.com/tea-time-f11/tea-at-my-place-t925.htm

See you there!

Tea Time Wednesday, May 12th

2010-05-07T11:38:00.000-07:00

Amanda and Sean of Bread and Badger are hosting tea time this coming week!

Wednesday, May 12th, from 11am-3pm

check out the forums to find more details
or her blog the Badger Sandwich to read more!

Tea Tim April 14th 2010

2010-04-10T22:40:00.000-07:00

Mary of LollyTots is hosting tea time this week

come chit chat about Etsy, PDXEtsy, our businesses and Mary's new apartment!

When: April 14th noon -3pm
Where: email Mary for details: click here

See you there!

First 2010 Etsy Tea Time!!!

2010-02-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

When: 2-11-10
11am

yeah for tea parties! come and chit chat about Etsy and meet Judi's new dog Koko... check out the PDXEtsy forum for her address and more details:

http://pdxetsy.usersboard.com/tea-time-f11/etsy-tea-time-2-11-2010-t841.htm#5594

November Tea Time

2009-10-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, November 4th
Host: Corinna (Piddix)
10:30am - 1:30pm open house (drop by any time)
I'll have snacks and drinks. People can feel free to bring something if they'd like, but totally not necessary.
Very kid friendly (as long as they are okay with a super-happy crazy dog)
I'll have some kind of free Make + Take craft set up. Probably glass marbles.

address can be found HERE

August Etsy Tea Time

2009-08-25T10:58:00.001-07:00

When: Thursday August 27th 11am - 1pm

What: Etsy Tea Time

Where: Laurelhurst Park (check out the map on the post below, information is still accurate)

Why: to chit chat about Etsy and meet other local sellers

I'll put an orange (its cheap and plastic so it sorta looks a little more yellow than orange) on a picnic table where we'll be seated. If you've never been, walk around the park to the NE corner (on the NE side of the pond) and look for a picnic table with a plastic orange-ish table cloth and giggling crafty etsy sellers and come on up and join us! Feel free to bring snacks and something to keep your hands busy (knitting, cutting, putting labels on packages...)

Etsy Tea Time in Laurelhurst Park

2009-07-14T19:00:00.000-07:00

Long time no see!

Etsy Tea Time is having a last minute summer get together out in the park, Laurelhurst Park.
Thursday July 16th, 1pm. Same day as the evening Etsy meet-up at the Doug Fir. Matt and Maria are going to try and visit us as well. Come and meet them and enjoy a little time with Etsy friends out in the park!

NE Side of Laurelhust Park, just off SE 39th... I'll put an orange plastic table cloth on a picnic table. Same as we've done in the past. If you've never joined us - please feel welcome!

View Etsy Tea Time in a larger map

Tea Time at Autumn's on Feb 19th

2009-02-17T10:42:00.000-08:00

Hi All!

This week Autumn is hosting Tea Time (thanx Autumn!) - check out the forum for address details

http://pdxetsy.usersboard.com/tea-time-f11/local-etsy-tea-time-starting-fresh-t647-15.htm

Tea Time with BreadandBadger

2009-01-28T19:20:00.000-08:00

It is due time to have a little Tea Time action in 2009!

Amanda is our hostess with the mostest! Thank you!

Please feel free to come join us for a little Etsy chit chat. It'll be wonderful to see friendly faces as well as new faces.

Click here to find out the location details

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Field Trip to Portland Store Fixtures!

2008-10-21T11:47:00.000-07:00

Field Trip!

Meet up at Portland Store Fixtures Thursday Oct 30th at 11am

This is a great place to get display stuff and packaging for the upcoming holiday season.

Tea Time at Autumns House

2008-10-13T14:12:00.000-07:00

Postponed! Kiddo is ill... rain check till another time

Tea Time will be at Autumn's house next week - October 23rd around 11am - pot luck!

check into the forum for details as to her addy and whatnot.

Tea Time at the Glass Studio

2008-09-30T00:04:00.001-07:00

October 9th 2008
11 am
Aquila Glass School in North Portland
click here for directions

Tea Time at the shop - just like last week! If anyone wants to bring lunch stuff, I won't stop ya :) so... pot luck style!

Tea Time Sept 18th

2008-09-18T10:28:00.000-07:00

Meet up at Stumptown on Belmont (SE PDX) right by Laurelhust Park. I believe the intersection is SE Belmont and SE 34th.

See ya there!

11am

Tea Time at Megan's - Sept 11th

2008-09-09T00:09:00.000-07:00

check out the forum here for Megan's addy

Sept 11th - 11am

Should be nice out so we can hang in the beautiful garden

See you there!

Tea Time in the Park

2008-08-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

August 7th Etsy Tea
Laurelhurst Park, Thursday, 11am

It'll hopefully be really nice out. I'm looking forward to getting a little crafting done outside... and its August now. Sheesh, the summer rolls along so swiftly. We gotta do tea time outside while its still possible!!

I'll bring the tea, and some of my work to keep me busy.

Heres the directions if you are unsure where to meet:
Laurelhurst Park - NE corner of the park on a picnic table on the North side of the pond - park on SE Ankey on the north side of the park and walk onto the grassy area and look for an orange table cloth (its just a cheap piece of plastic table cloth) on a picnic table.

Need Help With Your Photography?

2008-07-24T18:03:00.000-07:00

Thursday July 31st - Tea Time will be all focused on photography

Autumn will be our lovely and wonderful host (THank You!!) and you can look see on the forum for her address

Bring your camera, your laptop, perhaps a sample of your work... or just bring yourself (and none of the before mentioned items, oh - you could bring a snack if you would like, it is lunchtime)

I will try and take pictures and notes of all the ideas shared so that people who cannot make it can still reap the benefits.

Lets help each other out with our photography! There is always room for improvement!

Etsy Tea Time July 24th

2008-07-18T19:23:00.000-07:00

This week Tea Time will be hosted by Autumn of AutumnComfort.etsy

"Let's try and do Lunch, so if you want to bring something great, but no biggy if you can't.

My house is super kid friendly. (ok, except for all the cut glass wine bottles on my kitchen counter) If the weather nice we can be on the deck and I have lot's of water stuff (little pools, sprinkler, slip and slide) for the kids, or the kid in you Yay, I can't wait.

Oh, and I have a big patio table so should be plenty of room for crafts if you feel so incline.

I'm sure I'll want to talk about sampler stuff as well."

click here for directions to her house

Thanks Autumn!! See ya there!

Cherries!

2008-07-15T08:28:00.001-07:00

Hi Everybody

Due to the sheer wonderful-ness of last week :) lets do it again!!!

There are raspberries, blueberries and maybe some marion berries available at Kruger for us to pick.

And then there is a farm that has cherries available for U-Pick that is just between the bridge and Kruger, if you are driving towards Kruger its on the right, there is a sign that says "U-Pick Cherries" and you follow that road for about a mile.

Thats where you'll find me!

see ya there!

July 10th - Tea Time with Rasberries

2008-07-07T23:16:00.000-07:00

Okay people - tea time in the park is wonderful, I love it, last week was very productive for me and it was great to see everyone. My goodness, it was perfection.

This week I was thinking... and researching... and drooling...
lets go Rasberry Picking!!!

Sauvie's Island, Kruger Farm... according to their blog, the strawberries are winding down and Rasberries are ripe for the pickin'!!! I can't wait - and I am happy to use tea time as an excuse to go out and get me some. So come and join me people! I will be at Krugers around 11am, with the orange table cloth over a picnic table out by the parking lot. I'll wait till maybe 11:30 or so to head out and start picking.

If you've never done this before: dammit take the day off work and come join us! Its supposed to be 80degrees out and sunny. Wear sunblock and/or a hat. Bring cardboard or fruit holders if you want to be resourceful. Otherwise thats all you need. To get there head up Rt 30, its less than 1/2hr north of Downtown Portland. You'll see a bridge to Sauvi Island, take that bridge (its brand new!) and Krugers is the first farm on the right as you head straight down the main road. See you there!

Tea Time in Laurelhust Park

2008-06-30T11:58:00.000-07:00

So its supposed to be kinda partly cloudy on Thursday again, but I say lets have tea time in the park regardless. So I will be there :)

Last week was lovely. The sun came out just as we were packing up. But it was a beautiful day. Lots of photos were being taken. New Etsy seller Jonathan Poe (Poecreate.etsy.com) needed some shots of his beautiful lampworked beads on a model, so he took pictures while we were all out there. I was just snooping around his shop and its fun to see the results!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12846849
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12843527

And I am eager to hear about the Park Block Farmers Market show, so it will be good to get to chat. Same time and place as last week.

outdoor Tea Time this thursday!

2008-06-23T23:13:00.000-07:00

Tea Time in the park!

if the weather permits

Laurelhurst Park - NE corner of the park on a park bench on the North side of the pond - park on SE Ankey on the north side of the park and walk onto the grassy area and look for an orange table cloth on a picnic table.

Thursday June 26th at 11am

Tea Time June 19th

2008-06-12T16:21:00.000-07:00

Salmon Street Studio will be hosting Tea Time this coming week

Date: Thursday June 19th
Time: 11am

click here for more details (you must be able to log onto the PDXEtsy forum)

they have a trampoline! this will be kid friendly :)

Tea Time in Laurelhust Park

2008-06-11T10:17:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: Okay, its too cold today - maybe next week :)

this is a picture of Lea (LeakArts.etsy) using the natural light in the park to take some pictures!

Tea Time in the park! Last year we would have so much fun. I am stoked at the thought that we might have good enough weather to meet outside.

If the weather permits: tea time will be in the park this week

heres a link to Laurelhurst Park

park along Ankeny (the North side of the park) and look around the grassy area North of the lake ... I will bring an orange table cloth to put over a picnic table, so if you don't know me or if you've never been to Tea Time before, look for the orange table cloth.

Thursday 11am
Laurelhurst Park

And hey - bring stuff to get crafty while we chit chat!

June 5th Tea Time

2008-06-04T22:06:00.000-07:00

Old School Etsy Tea Time

around the big orange table at the glass studio

click here for directions

May 1st - Handmade NW Show

2008-04-28T23:09:00.000-07:00

Come visit Handmade NW at OHSU this Thursday (or friday), many of us will be selling there.

Heres a link for the location details.

Basically I understand we will be in the atrium at the base of the tram. See ya there!

April 24th Tea Time

2008-04-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

Tea Time will be hosted by Amanda of BreadandBadger

Next Tea Time: April 17th, 2008

2008-04-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

the next tea time will be April 17th

at Trillium Artisans
9119 SE Foster Road, just off 1-205 Exit 17 at 92nd & Foster

Christine, Mary & Amanda will be hosting (the staff at Trillium Artisans)

This is a great chance to check out Trillium Artisans as well as get to check out a Tea Time! Thanks ladies!

please RSVP on the PDXEtsy forum

No Tea Time This Week

2008-03-31T13:52:00.001-07:00

April 3rd - No Tea Time

stay tuned for next week!

Tea Time March 27

2008-03-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

Spring Break Tea Time!

Kid-Friendly at Ryan*girl* aka LittlePutBooks place

"Oh, I am looking forward to it.

Note, I have a large very sweet dog, a cat & two bunnies, if you have allergies please be prepared.

Hopefully the weather will be nice, I've got a big yard which is fun to run around in so we can lock the kiddos outside while we yammer :O)

No Tea Time This Week

2008-03-18T10:37:00.000-07:00

Thursday March 20th - NO TEA TIME

so sorry - but hey - stay tuned for Tea Time next week - it'll be a fun Spring Break kids welcome kinda thing!

March 13th Tea Time

2008-03-07T17:16:00.000-08:00

Megan of TaDah will be hosting tea time this week at her house. Kids are welcome.

Time: Thursday March 13th, 2008

Megan and her family have a new dog - I am overwhelmed with its cuteness! Shes put some pictures on Flickr, I'm sure she's even more cute in person!

Tea Time March 6th 2008

2008-02-28T20:03:00.001-08:00

Tea Time will be hosted by Amanda of BreadandBadger

Hope to see ya'll there!
-Amanda

Tea Time February 28th 2008

2008-02-27T10:05:00.000-08:00

This weeks Tea Time will be hosted by Lea of Leakarts.etsy

Will be at my place! I think it's fun to see where other people live & work, so now it's my turn to show off my little space It will be cozy--I'll see you all there!

Tea Time This Week!

2008-02-20T12:36:00.000-08:00

This week's tea time will be at Judi's place: CurlyGirlGlass.etsy

Please do come and join us - Thursday Feb 21st at 11am

Tea Time This Week!

2008-02-10T12:49:00.000-08:00

Tea Time will be resuming this week - come and join us!

Thursday Feb. 14th
11am
at the glass studio (directions to the right)

Valentines cookies and whatnot would be entirely appropriate!

Bring your crafty goodness, your smiles and any Etsy news/questions/business you'd like to chat about. We'll wrap it up by 1pm (you can come and go at any point).

Feel free to bring your laptops (there is free wireless available at the studio) - we could do some shop critiques and swap advice on photography and online PR.

Business Planning

2008-01-27T17:41:00.001-08:00

Sunday Jan. 27th, 2008

Hi Everyone -
I would like to host a teatime this Thursday, 1/31 at 11am
to discuss/brainstorm ideas about keeping our businesses going during these harder financial times, ways we can work together – besides sales (Jackie you rawk!), and other strategies for growing our businesses.
I realize that 11 on a Thursday is impossible for many, but I thought getting a discussion going would be good and perhaps having another in the evening for others.
Please let me know who is interested and can make it (so I know how many cookies to bake) either here or I can be reached at curlygirlglass@yahoo.com .

Judi

NO TEA TIME

2007-10-30T19:40:00.001-07:00

until further notice - there is NO TEA TIME

Trunk Show Preparation

2007-10-07T12:17:00.000-07:00

Thursday Oct. 11th

Prep-Tastic!!!

This bag you see has so much goodness in it!!! Oh my!

buttons, marbles, beads, bookmarks, a little ceramic dish, a window decal mandala, felty ballz, bath salts, a pencil and a mini Croq magazine...

We had a pot-luck table lunch - and a long discussion of the logistics of the show.

There are some major things we need to cover for the Trunk Show:
- Press Release: Aimee is helping us write this up
- booze rangling: Judi is helping to start a list of wine distributors we could maybe get wine from for the event - we may end up having to buy some there in NY - but we thought we go for the free stuff first - or maybe we can buy some local stuff that will be shipped to NY?
- Forum Promotions: we agreed that anyone that makes a forum promotion about the show should post in on Basecamp so that everyone else can rally and bump it up, keep em active and popular - this goes for treasuries too - announce it on basecamp so the rest of us can rally
- Article/PodCast for the Storque: if we are ever so lucky Aimee will be doing this for us (with her radio experience and bein a professional writer and all) THANKS AIMEE!
- PDXEtsy Sale Promotion in Etsy Shops: this is an opportunity for anyone on the team to get in on the promotions to bring in a few more sales - and we will be benefiting from the added hype! The thought is any shop that wants to participate will offer 20% during the week of the show (Oct 22-26) - Megan will be posting more details for this sale on the basecamp
- Online Give Away Contest: we will be doing some free give-aways before the show (of a few of the promotional bags we made up) - as contests online - we brainstormed maybe a "Where's Waldo" (where's Betsy!) kinda thing that could be advertised on the blog/websites/forums/storque...
- Portland Promotions: we are going to leave some PDXEtsy swag bags around town (maybe 5 of em - for instance one might get left in Powells books, one at OHSU - and someone inevidably will find it pick it up and check it out) with a clear note inside with all the goodies that says what we are doing and to check it out - so many Portlanders have East coast family - this will be fun! and maybe we'll just generate some more local hype about PDXEtsy - and we will advertise that we are doing this is... ALSO we will be sending out Press Release to some of the local media - just in case they care!!
- Media Gifts: there will be 2 filming crews (TV) and some magazines at the Halloween party (where we'll also be selling) and Etsy is making thank you bags... this is a great opportunity. AND as a team we are going to make up 2 special gift bags for the camera guys for the two filming crews. I'll tell ya - I've done a bunch of the morning show things here in Portland, and one reality TV show - and I must say that its consistently the camera man that is the one who comes back to take a class from me or buy something. The camera man is always watching, looking at what is cool. And the thank you gifts usually go to someone else on the crew - so we are going to make up 2 gift bags - that unless there is somebody better - the plan is to give these to the camera guys. So think about if you would like to contribute two samples from your business for this promotional opportunity - if not a few more for the Etsy bags, if we are so lucky :)

okay - sorry for any typos or confusion :)

SHIPPING: Don't forget to pack you bed! :)
monday Oct 15th - come by the glass studio any time between noon and 10pm to drop off what you need to be shipped. I will be numbering boxes and making a master list, and copies :) We all will be paying only for your individual shipping. If you work is good to combine in other boxes, by all means, come prepared. If you want to box it all up at home and come prepared, please do so!

At the moment the last thing I can think of is that I emailed Matt to ask him what the deal was with Sales Tax in NY - Ill get back to you all with the shizzy on that one!

We also talked about how there is going to be a lot going on the week we are there! Heres a schedule of events:

Monday, October 21st- Tuesday, October 23rd
In house design and production, open studio visits from 6:00pm-8:00pm both days

Wednesday, October 24th
Workshops online (http://etsy.com/workshop_main.php) and at the Etsy Labs:
* 3:00 - 3:45 : Collective Business Models and Creative Sustainable Business
* 4:00- 6:15 Sky Guy presentation and workshop
* 6:30-8:45: Reptilian costume workshop/Construction
* 9:00-? Parade on the streets of Downtown Brooklyn with reptilian costumes

Thursday, October 25th
Rug house at undisclosed public location.
All Day: Construction of Rug House
8:00 pm: Majestica enters Rug House for the night. Extended invitation for anyone to come to the rug house and meet Majestica and learn about Etsy.

Friday, October 26th
6:00 - 8:00 Northwest trunk show with Etsy's own Portland Street Team.
8:30: Screening of Rug house documentary as well as Nameless (ruffeo) music video.

Saturday, Friday September 27th
8:00 - 12:00: Majestica Performance experience at The Etsy Halloween Celebration, including: Anti Fashion Show, "The Zones We Put Ourselves In ; 1.1," Fantastical Puppet Rap Fashion Show including live drawing, gigantic puppet creations, back up dancers, sky guys and mayhem.

Tea Time at Aquila

2007-10-04T00:26:00.000-07:00

Tea Time - October 4th

We made beads at Aquila - we took over the torchworking table and had ourselves a good time!

Next week is the get together for NY EtsyLabs preparation! We are all stoked. The assembly line will be set up out at the Aquila studio - and we thought we'd make it POT LUCK so bring lunch stuff and 50 cool promos to put in PDXEtsy Swag Bags.

I believe we are also going to making up signs for the trunk show and possibly backdrops - come prepared to get crafty - and bring a lunch item - we're gonna be workin!

Heres the smiling ladies preparing to bead!

Sept 27 - Tea Time in Laurelhurst Park

2007-09-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

Sept 27th - the weather was great for an orange Etsy picnic!

We packed one little picnic table with all sorts of munchies and Etsiers.

present for tea: myself, Danielle, Lea, Jaynette, Judi, Aimee, Audrey, Fran and Kirsten

and Kana, Moose and Lolly (all beloved and very cute dogs) joined us as well! (sorry if I spelled any names wrong)

This time we had some carrots and apples to go along with all the brownies, cookies and popcorn - or and there was candy-corn (it is nearly October now, seems okay to indulge on candy-corn)

I must mention again that the weather rocked. We crafted, we chatted and we generally enjoyed ourselves thoroughly until some leaf blowers came around and made a big dirt/dust storm... so we went our separate ways then to get back to work.

Usually I am taking all the pictures, but there was a moment Danielle grabbed the camera and got a few shots of me -I prefer being behind the camera - but occasionally there is evidence of my presence in the pictures :) Here I am showing off one of my little computer mobiles holding it up to the side of a cup - I was assembling some. In front of me you can see ziplock baggies of freshly baked cookies that Fran brought and homebaked brownies (with tofu so they were low in fat yet tasty just the same!) that Jaynette brought.

And then the last picture is of Aimee - her dogs pulled her over and it was just a great shot!

Sept 20th - Field Trip!!!

2007-09-18T10:18:00.000-07:00

Portland Oregon Tea Time
Thursday Sept 20th - 11am

FIELD TRIP to Portland Fixtures!
This local place is an awesome resource to our micro businesses! Portland Fixtures is dedicated to selling used and new retail equipment at the best prices possible. They are self-described as crazy and I think they are a truly fun place to shop!

Aimee(Newroticgirl.etsy) gave us all free samples of minty bath salts - umm yummy! Thanks!

A whole bunch of us met up (myself, bluejayecrafts, mmmfiber, urbana, tinymeat, curlygirlglass, spinnerin, misspurl, and newroticgirl) and had an afternoon field trip that rocked our socks! :)

Joanne from Portland Fixtures gave us a tour - two full buildings (I had previously only been in one!) crammed with retail fixtures of all kinds. What fun. I like the odds and ends section the best. This was the first time I walked thru that section without buying something - patted myself on the back! They have everything....
We went out to Bakery Bar around the corner to continue to chit chat etsy and have a nice little lunch, but not without wandering the warehouse for a while... they just have everything... including hulahoops - just kidding, these are for clothing displays!And this is Briar - a very cool dog that the owners bring to work with them everyday. He is like a rug.

Sept 12th - Origami in Laurelhurst Park

2007-09-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

Amiee of NewroticGirl

hm... I think I ate too many sweets today :) hurt my tummy! There was cupcakes galor! Orange cupcakes(i ate two - they were little :) they had candy-corns on top! There were chocolate and vanilla cupcakes too! Oh and the warm cranberry orange bread (fresh from the oven!), home baked brownies, lemonade with frozen hand picked berries, chex mix and parsnip chips. what a party! yeah I know, the parsnip chips didn't really fit, I must admit I was the one who brought those, and they were pretty strange, kinda bitter.

Anyhow - Laurelhurst Park and origami. It was kinda overcast and rainy. Strange, the weather said it would be 80 and 0% chance of percipitation. Ah well, we tucked ourselves under a tree in the park on a picnic bench, busted out the orange table cloth and made a whole huge mess. it was great. thanx ladies for a great time as usual!

Molly of NyankoChan.etsy is leaving Saturday for Japan where she is going to be studying in Tokyo for a year! How thrilling. She mentioned there may even be an opportunity to study with a traditional woodblock studio or some other traditional art form there - how amazing! Well, I for one hope she has a great time - the party was lots of fun. I know she must be crazy busy with getting ready to leave!

Laurelhurst Park Goodness

2007-09-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

Etsy Tea Time in Laurelhurst Park

Sept 6th - it was a bopping good time - crafting goodness galore!

pictured to the left: Danielle making boxes for packaging (so cute!)

When I first arrived Lea was taking pictures in the perfect sunny yet cloudy outdoor light. I had to take pictures of her DIY setup - its brilliant. Cut the sides out of a box and tape on velum/tissue or some other semi-translucent paper, take outside for natural lighting:

I went and took some pictures of the lake in Laurelhurst... its just so beautiful, with all the ducks and Oregon lush goodness. Its particularily overgrown with algae at the moment though, so its kindof neon. And its roped off so people don't continue to throw bread to the cute ducks... thats what offset the algae balance problem...

Lots of people came today! Myself, Lea, Danielle, Judi, Mel, Jessi and her two youngest, Eliza, Sam, Audrey and her mom, Aimee and Mary. Whew thats a mouthful, and a lotta links! (please convo me reminders for links that i got wrong or forgot)

Crafting Goodness was happening right and left, there was felting and knitting, metalworking, paper-folding, popcorn eatting, lemondade making, trunk show planning... oh and I did a little mobile making.

Here you can see me showing off my brilliant new earrings from
MissPurl - and how they most amazingly and perfectly match the orange/red ring that I recently made myself. I am obsessed with orange. What better color of ring to make myself!

Making Promo Bags

2007-08-31T00:38:00.001-07:00

promo bags in a box 8-30
Originally uploaded by LeahPellegrini

Tea time was lovely - isn't it always!!! (especially Etsy style tea time!)

Today we met up in Laurelhurst Park. It was a beautiful day. We sat around the orange table cloth and chatted. Aimee brought the most yummy treats - much including lemonade turned purple with fresh picked (by her!) frozen Chester black berries... ummmmmm

We made promo bags for the exciting upcoming Etsy End of the Summer Sale out in Lincoln City. The bags are awesome! Pins and stickers and bookmarks and beads, moo cards and other business cards and fliers galor - oh these are some tempting little promotional bags to hand out. So many goodies - ah the traffic we will drive to our Etsy stores! We outdid ourselves if you ask me! And I picked up more cards and buttons to include from Mary on the way home.

It was also our honor to have the chance to celebrate for LittlePutBooks. We are all stoked for Ryan achieving a landmark in sales - 3000 - in under a year! She is an amazing and generous friend - its awesome that her goodness is rewarded on Etsy with such sucess. Kudos!

So... we are all very excited about the success of last weekend's BOGO sale and this upcoming beach sale out in Lincoln City. Its looking to be a great event - good luck everyone this weekend!

-Leah

Field Trip to the Museum of Contemporary Craft

2007-08-23T23:42:00.001-07:00

Myself (LeahPellegrini), Judi (CurlyGirlGlass), Lea (Leakarts) and Aimee(NewroticGirl) met up at the Museum of Contemporary Craft for a field trip.

New building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msWGhWl3m9I

the artwork was wonderful! Heres the group of us posing outside for a picture

We also went and checked out the museum next door - the Prints and Photography - awesome work displayed within! And there was this strange installation in the back that had a red button on it that said "END THE WORLD" and it was plugged in and sounding staticy... I couldn't help myself... I had to push the button! Its art for goodness sakes! And there was another button underneath that said "CHANGE YOUR MIND" I pushed that one too. :) I got Judi to take pictures!

U-Pick on Sauvie's Island

2007-08-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

Oh my what fuN!
Picking Fruit at Krugers Farm - we picked rasberries, strawberries and tomatoes

we wandered the big farm tasting the goodness

we even dragged around an old red wagon to hold our booty

no camera was involved though! Mine was out of batteries, Gina's was out of memory. Go figure. so then we got out out the cell phones and started taking shots with them.

If anyone else has any good shots from their phones, email them to me: artist@leahglass.com

pictured here is Gina's (sparrowfish) awesome son checkin out the cell phone camera action, and in the background you can see rasberry bushes and Etsians(curlygirlglass and newroticgirl) trying to take pictures with their cellphones:

and then before we left (and may I say - I took home over 6 pints of picked rasberries to make some jam and it only cost $5!!!!)

we went and picked some flowers - a whole bucket of them. it was awesome - Dalias mostly, and a few sunflowers - sorry about the fuzzy picture - again, it was taken with a cell phone :)

Picnicing

2007-08-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

We made acorn people at tea time this thursday - it was a blast.
From the far left, you've got Mr. Etsy and his fan club Betsy and Corney.

Carelia and her son brought the supplies to make acorn people.

And we made promo bags for the upcoming show this Saturday (for details check out PDXEtsy.com)

Picnic in Laurelhust Park

2007-07-26T21:20:00.000-07:00

Picnicing in the park with Etsy ladies (+ kiddos) was a blast!

Here some of us are - chillin' by the Pond
click here for a link to the forum thread to see who was there

There was a lot of great show n' tell...

Tasty picnic munchies (scones, popcorn, chocolate and both pumpkin and blueberry bread!)

And best of all - lots of crafting!

we had some good fun with wool (above there is a sock and a purse being created) I played with some felting - this was a first for me! what fun!

Elaine brought a whole huge bunch of lavendar from her farm to share with us!

now all our cars smell good!

I busted out a few pairs of pliers and a bunch of glass bits on wire - the kiddos got to make mobiles! It was good times for all - beautiful mobiles were handcrafted by mini hands (and a few adults) and each and every one was a masterpiece! I couldn't help myself from taking pictures of all the kids and their creations!

look at what fun these kids are having!

Masterpieces! I will try and remember to keep taking pictures - so to not be so lazy about this blog!

lazy bloggin

2007-07-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

Over a month has passed - many wonderful tea times have happened that I keep forgetting to take any pictures or blog at all!!! Ah how summer gets busy.

PDX Etsy June 9th Show

2007-06-09T20:04:00.000-07:00

PDX Etsy Arts n Crafts Sale - out in the park on the PSU campus - right next to the huge Portland Farmers Market. What an opportunity!!!

It ended up raining. It rained hard. Personally I was a soggy mess - but I got some great pictures before the rain started, I spent the day with fabulous company, we made good sales, met good customers - and we got to eat yummy farmers market food!!!

and then we got to come home and check our computers to see Etsy selling for us online simultaneously!!! woohoo

to see more pictures: click here

PDX Etsy on the Front Page!!

2007-05-31T18:53:00.000-07:00

May 30th, 2007

woohoo

how exciting - we were featured on the front page... the pictures are of work is made by an assortment of the artists that will be participating in the upcoming show!

Tea Time Discussion: Upcoming Show!

2007-05-31T18:38:00.000-07:00

Tea Time: April 5th 2007

Today we had a great turn out
myself, Mary(PrettyThingsJewelry), Ryan(LittlePutBooks), Kaitlyn(DiscoMedusa) plus Corbin and a friend, Beck(Daisy Chains), Jennifer(PunkyKids) and Kristen(Urbana) - if I am leaving anyone out - I am so sorry - I am writing this after the fact and trying to remember who was there... please let me know who I slipped.

lots of discussion for the upcoming show (June 9th!!! - PDX Etsy Street Team will be representing in the Portland State Park blocks that Saturday) Kristin gave us a lot of information. Big shout outs go to Kristen and Adrienne for planning the show - they rock!!!

-Leah

Helpful Hints for Etsy Sellers

2007-05-31T18:33:00.000-07:00

by our own most fabulously wonderful Etsy Cheerleader - LittlePutBooks (Ryan)

check out this great blog: LittlePut Tips

its filled with helpful hints, awesome photos, and its just generally a great read... gotta check it out

Field Trip: the Rebuilding Center PDX

2007-05-31T18:27:00.000-07:00

Tea Time April 20th, 2007

Field Trip!

Corinna(Piddix) gave us the most wonderful tour of the Rebuilding Center - Thank you so much!!! This was awesome, informative and inspirational. I even picked up this super cool wooden screen that looks great with my mobiles hanging in it. It makes a fabulous display for vending! isn't it sweet! It was a steal at only $5 (there is a hinge broken - but I love it none the less!)

To find out more about the field trip - or to check out tons of pictures:

click here

enjoy!

-Leah

Fabulous Tea

2007-05-31T18:17:00.001-07:00

We've been having the most fabulous tea at Tea Time!

Check out the pictures at flickr

click here

Skill Share #1

2007-05-31T18:11:00.001-07:00

Tea Time April 12th 2007

This tea time was so much fun! Danielle (MissPurl) showed us how to make these cute little boxes. I've been making them ever since! They are adorable - and the most fantastic use of old pictures!

I showed how to make greeting cards out of old calendars. It was a good time had by all. There is a post about it with a great skill share if you are interested in learning how to make either of these projects!

Recycling Old Calenders
Act 1: Greeting Cards
Act 2: Little Boxes

The First Tea Time

2007-05-31T17:33:00.000-07:00

Tea Time March 14th 2007

First ever Tea Time. What a blast. It was myself, Ryan (LittlePutBooks) and Mary (PrettyThingsJewelry).

The story is this: I love tea - I drink it all day. And I love Etsy. I saw the EtsyLabs has a Tea Time there in NY and jealousy got me thinking... we could have one here in Portland! And Ryan is my most amazing friend and Etsy Cheerleader - she urged me to post on the forums for a Portland Tea Time... that is how it all began.

My boyfriend is tired of hearing about Etsy (although to his credit, he has his own Etsy account- for shopping - and he buys me nice gifts like fudge) - so its a great pleasure to have get-togethers with other Etsy sellers who also find it a sheer pleasure to chit chat for hours about Etsy.

I am a glass artist/instructor, and at the studio I work in N. Portland one of the big crafting tables is covered in orange rubber. How fantastically Etsy is that!

The first tea time was wonderful!

-Leah