Mississippi Street Fair!

It was a long day on Mississippi yesterday, but it was fun! Temperatures got into the 90's so it was really hot, but luckily our booth was snug against some bushes on the East side of the street so we were in the shade for most of the day. Here's a shot of our booth!

My friend and booth-mate, Danielle, organizing her earrings and stitch markers. At the end of the day I bought a stunning pair of her earrings--they are very dramatic, I can't wait to wear them! She has two great etsy shops--MissPurl and PoeticPurl.

Here's my half of the booth, with Nancy of Karma's Kreations sitting to the side. It is always fun to see her--I was happy to find that she was our neighbor for the day.

Here is a shot of Mississippi Ave. all the way down the street! The crowd is stunning. That lady doesn't look too happy that she's in my picture, though :) Across the street from us was the fabulous Fresh Pot coffeehouse, with a Starbucks under construction in the same building right next door!! Appalling. Apparently I'm not the only one to think so, as there was a group of people doing anti-Starbucks performance art in front all day long. I am sorry that I didn't get a photo of it. I'm also sorry that I didn't take a photo of my amazing sandwich--grilled portabello mushroom with pesto, basil, and feta cheese.....drool.... It was just too yummy to stop and take a picture.

Portland Goodness!

If you live in Portland, DIY Alert is THE place to get all of your crafty resources! It is a fantastic website with a calendar of crafty events around town, profiles on Portland artists (this week the feature is me!!), and loads of information about classes, creative hot spots and more. Run by the awesome and fabulously sweet Sister Diane of the Church of Craft, who also does a regular podcast. The best thing for me about DIY Alert is that you can subscribe to it, so all of this yummy craft comes weekly to your email. Perfect for those of us who tend to be distracted and forget about awesome websites unless reminded regularly :)

Sorry for all of the Portland-specific news (really, you all should just move here already), but for those of you that live here, you absolutely MUST come see me this Saturday at the Mississippi Street Fair! It will be hard for you to miss me with my new banner, which I just painted yesterday to match my LeaKarts websites (please pardon my couch in the background):

The event is all day Saturday, July 12th, from 10am to 7pm, with art, live music & entertainment, food, beer and margarita gardens (bring me one???), and more!