Etsy Holiday Shop: Embroidered Card Workshop Pt. 2

Etsy in real life + Me!!
Teaching at the Etsy Holiday Shop was a blast.  The shop was insanely cool. No nook was left un-bannered, glittered, decorated and untherwise, Etsyified. There were people letter pressing on the spot, drawing your portrait, creating one of a kind jewelry right in front of you, artists creating all day in the storefront window, workshops all throughout the day, AND music in the evening. I even got to attend The Moth at the shop!

Oh, and did I mention there was a swing? I took it for a spin after my day as a featured artist in the window. Read about it here.

My workshop, Embroidered Cards & Gift Tags, came straight from the pages of Stitched Gifts.  People stitched holiday cards with laurel wreaths and snowflakes.  Some went rouge with hot air ballons and one girl even embellished her backback with embroidery thread.

Definitely get a creative high from teaching, love meeting new people, seeing what they make and sharing my love of making with them.....

They did really good huh?

Thanks to all who came out! & Thanks Etsy! It was such a great time & I'm so honored to have been involved with such a rad project. THANK YOU!!

Etsy Holiday Shop: Featured Artist Pt. 1

ETSY in real life!

            I know this event was awhile back, but I had to share some images of my day as the featured artist at the Etsy Holiday Shop. From 10 am to 10 pm that day I furiously stitched the largest embroidery piece I've ever made, a 4 x 6' canvas, inspired by the intricate and delicate crocheted doilies made by my grandma Helen (left).

For the ten days the shop was open there was a different artist working in the storefront window creating a live portrait of a person that has inspired them. I was honored to be one of the ten people chosen and so glad to honor the memory of my inspiring, creative grandmother, who passed away this January of pancreatic cancer.

Wish I had gotten a better picture of the finished image, but it was such a crazy day. I'll be posting about my workshop at the Etsy Holiday Shop later today...

Hope you're having a wonderful holiday so far!