By this weekend my work will be avilable for purchase at The Urban Gypsy in Polish Hill, right above The Strip District. The Urban Gypsy has a variety of vintage items and work by local Pittsburgh artists for sale, so if you’re into handmade or vintage, you HAVE to check it out. It’s fairly new, but they’re already doing great and drawing in a lot of local talent. You can read a write-up (and get a peek at the interior – fabulous!) on the shop that Pop City Media did here. There’s a festival in Polish Hill this weekend as well, so pop over and check out the action! Paulette, the owner, mentioned a wine and cheese event for shop patrons at the end of July – I’ll have some news on that when I get more details. ^_~

Also, you’ll be able to find me in person in The Strip District at the Artisan Market! ^_^ It runs on Saturdays from 9-3. If you’re familiar with the area it’s right across the street from that parking lot on the main drag. We’re even indoors so if the weather is bad duck in and see what’s for sale! There’s great glass and wire-wrapped stone jewelry by LZ and EJ, fabulous coin jewelry by Cha-Ching, and more. I won’t have any jewelry on me because, well – There’s a lot of it there already. What I WILL have are a few things not available on-line (yet) of the accessory and home decor nature. Also some crowd favorites, like D20 keychains, cel phone charms, and dreamcatchers.

So, if you want to check out some of my jewelry, head to Urban Gypsy, and if you want to see some non-jewelry items, hit me up in The Strip. Of course, I’ll only be in The Strip on Saturdays so keep an eye on my Etsy, as well.

See you this weekend! ^_^

Wow! I’ve been included in two Etsy Treasuries! ^_^ There’s a lot of other cool stuff in them besides mine, so please give them a look.

Knights and Ladies of the Realm – Medieval and Renaissance-inspired items. Includes jewelry, costumes, medieval trims, and even a luscious skein of regal handspun yarn. My Getting Medieval necklace was added.

Blue Maille – A treasury full of blue chainmaille! ^_^ Necklaces, keychains, bracelets, earrings… If it’s blue, it’s in there. My Turquoise Maille Flower Charm was icluded.

Please do my fellow Etsy artists a favor and give the treasuries a look. You won’t be disappointed!

These past few days I’ve been working on commissions and taking tons of photos, so keep a close eye on our Etsy Shop for updates. ^_^ I like to add at least one new item each day, although lately it’s been more like three as I work my way through the things I made for the Faire and didn’t photograph right away. And I finally got a few of the glow-in-the-dark bracelets up, including an option for you to customize your own.

Here’s a peek at some of the new items:

As far as my supplies go, I’m re-stocking everything I’m low on, and I’ve also ordered some cool new supplies: Anodized Aluminum Scales! ^_^ Expect colored flower hair clips and some sweet new jewelry once they get here!

Well, after the massive destruction of our old tent during the first weekend of the Wild Rose Ren Faire, I ordered a new one. The website I ordered it from promised that it would arrive in three days. Awesome!

Well, SOME of it arrived in three days. The solid walls, the screen walls, and the tie-down system got here last Thursday, but no tent or weight bags. Hrm… So we spent the weekend in the wooden booth like we did last Sunday. It wasn’t too bad, though. We have cool booth buddies and, well – We didn’t have to pack a tent! Having extra space in the car is always nice.

But for the last weekend of Wild Rose, we WILL have a tent. Because it arrived TODAY! And I couldn’t resist putting it up and taking rather boring pictures while I did so.

I don’t know about you, but the first picture of the tent with the canvas on looks like I’ve caught a Nazgul or something! ^_^

So… That aside, at future events we should be fairly easy to spot. Just look for the black tent with the white walls.

Finally! Took me all day, but The Gallery is done. I’ve got a much more cohesive layout, and you can sort through by category rather than wait for some slideshow to give you what you’re interested in. So go and give it a look. There’s a lot more there than what you’ve seen before, too, which is half the reason it took so long, but I think you’ll enjoy it. Plenty of eye candy for maille people.

On a side note, I’ve added a new section to the sidebar showing my upcoming events for those who want to shop in person and don’t feel like paging through the Calendar. Speaking of shopping, I’ve also updated our Shop page to give you a list of where you can buy our work, including local shops around our fair city of Pittsburgh. I also talk about the new Shop Now tab I’ve got set up on our Facebook Page. It’s not fully populated yet, just some necklaces, but people who follow us get a special discount. Thought I’d just toss that out.

Anyways, it’s late, and I’ve got to get to bed. G’night!