illustration by The Beautiful Project

Vancouver’s largest indie craft fair is kicking off the 4th annual Spring show with 55 local, handmade vendors and a DIY table hosted by Spool of Thread Sewing Lounge to make your own crafts.

Got Craft?
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
10:00am to 5:00pm
Royal Canadian Legion – 2205 Commercial Drive (at E. 6th Ave)
Admission $2.00 (kids 10 and under are free)

Did I mention there will be swag bags? The first 30 people through the door will receive a handmade tote bag filled with goodies from all of our vendors! Here are some sneak peeks from hudsonny, Owl + Pussycat, telly designs, kove handmade and Bliss in a teacup.

** Also, there’s a FANTABULOUS prize of a YUDU screen-printer package to be won! All you have to do is take photos of the Got Craft posters around the city and post them to the Got Craft Flickr group for a chance to win. Check out this link for more info:  http://blog.gotcraft.com/2010/04/contest-win-yudu.php

Here’s one of mine featuring Boog the Bad Ninja!

Hope to see you soon! :)

Congratulations to Kelly and Ryan who’ve won a Mr. Jerry brooch!

Kelly loves the holidays because: I love presents, both giving and receiving! Holidays always cheer me up, love the festive decorations!!

Ryan loves the holidays because: I love sucking on candy canes until they are dangerously sharp. Oh, and family. Not to mention meditating on the best Gift of all… the reason for Easter.

And I love the holidays because: There are so many reasons! I love that we get to celebrate the faith, hope, and joy symbolized by the birth of Christ. I love the effort that people make to reunite with family and loved ones to enjoy the holidays together. I love the excitement in the air as people bustle around the city shopping and spending time with friends sipping on warm drinks between toasty mittened hands. And of course, the FOOD. mmm…. fooooooooooodddd….So, in short, everything you all like too. :)

Thanks again for participating! I will be contacting the winners via email to send them their prizes.

Keep in touch to hear about other random things and giveaways. ;)

xoxo,

Ritasmeeta

psst. here’s a random and completely silly video from last Christmas…

It’s a giveaway!

I love the holidays and I’d like to share some holiday-cheer with you.  I will draw TWO names on Thursday, December 3rd  at 9pm PST for Mr. Jerry brooches. International participants welcome!

Leave a comment with the following for a chance to win (each is worth one entry and you can do all of them if you want)
1: Tell me why or what you love about the holidays
2: Blog about the upcoming Got Craft Fair or Lilli’Q fair (see below) and include the link to your blog in your comment
3: Link your favourite handmade holiday item  (e.g. stockings, ornaments, cards etc)

If you’re in the Vancouver area, don’t forget to come out to the Got Craft show on December 6th! I’ll be there with bells on. Well, maybe not bells, but I’ll be all cheery and stuff.

Also, I’ll be participating in Lilli’Q Cafe’s first Christmas event! Lilli’Q is a family friendly space that features a children’s play area, lots of comfy couches, a stroller parking area inside, as well as a space on the 2nd floor for activities such as mom and tot classes. Come on down! :)

Cheers and good luck!

Update: Guess what? Since only 5 eligible people entered the draw, you all won! lol ;) I guess our moms were right… we’re all winners! I’ll be emailing everyone now for instructions on how to claim your free passes. Thanks for playing along!

WHAT: make it! craft fair
WHEN: Nov 20-22 (Fri 4-9 / Sat 11-6 / Sun 11-5)
WHERE: Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC
HOW MUCH: $5 (go to the website to get a $2 off coupon)

If you’re looking for something to do next weekend in Vancouver, you’ve gotta check out the Make It! fair taking place at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The event will have over 90 vendors selling pretty much any hand-made item you can think of (and probably some that you didn’t!). And no offense to your grandmother, but this aint no granny’s craft fair!

To help you get there, Noticle is hosting a give-away for 5 pairs of free tickets! That’s right, you and friend could be enjoying a day full of fantastasmic shopping while dancing around the aisles to some sweet beats spun by Vancouver’s own up and coming DJ’s!

HOW TO ENTER: Easy- just leave a comment with a link to your favourite blog and why you like it (craft related or not, it’s all good!) Don’t forget to include a valid email in the comment form so that I can reach you if you win.

DEADLINE: The draw will be done for 5 names (2 tickets per winner) on Wednesday November 18th at 6pm so just get your comment in by then.

Thanks to Jenna of Make It! for providing the free passes!

Go to the Make It! website by clicking here.

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And… while I have your attention I’d just like to give a shout out to my friend Dr. Choy who will be at November and December’s Portobello West show! Check out this post here for some pics of his recent work. Dr.Choy will be selling his wares and wears along with Maggie of MaggiePieCreations who makes the *cutest* knit hats.

Thanks and stay tuned for more crafty news and also a giveaway!

Two of three winners from my blog giveaway responded by the deadline so I got to pull one more name from the entries… and the new winner is Kaycee! :)

Thanks to everyone who entered and checked out my blog and shops. Smoooooches!

OK, so three days to get back to me is too short I think… I’ve given the winners an extra week (until April 11th) to respond to my emails. If I don’t here back from them then I will redraw names.

I don’t like these uber short blog posts so here’s a very random video for your viewing pleasure. heh.

xo
Rita