2009 Holiday Craftstravaganzaa - Day Two

Here are a few scenes from our second day at the ATHENS INDIE CRAFTSTRAVAGANZAA...despite the day being a bit colder, the time shorter, and the people less in attendance, we still managed to have a pretty good day. Maybe not as profitable as the previous day, but we only only missed that mark by a small margin. Not bad, all things considered...



I tried to make it look like Missy was in the cauldron full of "boiled peanuts":







One of the flying horses flanking the door of BETTY, a vintage clothing shop next to the Craftstravaganzaa:




Missy babysitted the GENEVIEVE GAIL booth across from us...and then later tried her hand at babying Genevieve's wiggly dog, BUSTER:









Missy bought these mini cupcakes from Stephanie and Emily's booth...mmmmmmm, it was a perfect way to cap off another successful day...

2009 Holiday Craftstravaganzaa - Day One

We're back home from a long cold day at the HOLIDAY CRAFTSTRAVAGANZAA craft sale, here in downtown Athens. We've got feet pains and back pains and we're just plain beat. And to think, we've got to do it all over again tomorrow! The forecast called for 30 percent chance of rain and earlier in the week there was even talk of snow. Luckily, there were only very few drops in the morning while we were setting up. The rest of the day was actually pretty sunny and people ended up coming out to the sale in droves. It was pretty much non-stop action from the time the sale officially opened at 11am...here are a few images from our day...

















































A lot of people decided to leave their tents behind...some even left their merch! We, however, took our time to pack everything up, knowing full well what kind of riff raff roam the streets of downtown Athens afterhours. For sure, there was someone there that was going to watch over the lot, but also for sure, he will be outnumbered by all manner of ne'er-do-wells. We celebrated our successful day with a hot meal at THE GRIT...it felt good to finally sit down and actually eat something other than left-over cold pizza and doughnuts...back for more tomorrow...

Hecho En Rancho Cocoa

Hey Folks! So today, Saturday, December 5th, Missy and I (and over 50 other crafters, makers, and artists) will be at the big 2-day ATHENS INDIE CRAFTSTRAVAGANZAA in downtown Athens, in the parking lot on the corner of Clayton and Pulaski, behind the 40 Watt. The event will be from 11am to 7pm on Saturday, and then from noon to 5pm on Sunday...rain or shine...or snow! If you're in town, stop by on your way to brunch, lunch, church, or whatever and get some of your holiday shopping out of the way! Missy has added some new items to our mix since the last craft show a couple of weeks ago...we pressed some buttons, including some new cute designs, and we made about 250 of them into MAGNETS:



Missy will also have these new COMPACT MIRRORS...they feature 2 different TOFU BABY designs (if you want to see the other design, you'll have to come to the Craftstravaganzaa) and Missy made a bunch of TOFU BABY POUCHES to put them in...sooooo, come out this weekend, head downtown, and say "Hi!" if you can...we'll have a little something for everyone at affordable prices...we got your STOCKING STUFFER needs covered!

Ohh, Boy!

Hey! There's a new shop here in Athens, Georgia called OHH, BOY! that specializes in vintage and handmade items...including items from yours truly, EXTRA CREDIT CRAFTS, and our very own MISSY KULIK!

OHH, BOY! is located at 585 Barber St., Suite E - in the D.O.C. building across the street from the Habitat Re-Store, just over the railroad tracks. They're open monday thru Friday from noon till 7pm, and then on Saturday from 11am till 7pm.

They're open today, Friday, December 4th, until 9pm as part of the RxR HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR that's taking place at the D.O.C. building and around the corner at the CHASE STREET WAREHOUSES. Missy and I will be there to represent (and to do a bit o' shopping ourselves), so come by and say "hey!", see the new store, and get some holiday shopping out of the way...Missy and I will probably get out to that area sometime after 6pm, so look for us...or don't!

Then, Saturday night, December 5th, is Ohh, Boy!'s giant LAUNCH PARTY, from 7pm to 10pm. There will be food, catered by FARM 255, beer, fire pits, and live music courtesy of Werewolves, The Pretty Faces, This Piano Plays Itself, and Spring Tigers...we're gonna try to be there for that as well, if we're not too wiped out from the big CRAFTSTRAVAGANZAA sale earlier that day. So much good stuff happening this weekend!










This is the same store where Missy and I got our awesome new (vintage) dining table and chairs. Here it is in the store before they cleared it off and delivered it to us:



They hauled back our old (vintage) dining table and chairs and we ended up putting them on consignment! (we liked the table and chairs, but after a while, we weren't feeling the tubular steel anymore and wanted wood table and chairs to better fit our decor). So, you can stop by Ohh, Boy! and buy our old dining room set as well as our crafts:



I had already brought them some Extra Credit Crafts items and Missy's stuff should be up by tonight, so keep an eye out for it. The cool thing about Ohh, Boy! is that they are planning on having a rotating stock of handmade and one-of-a-kind items, so the store won't look the same week in and week out...so stop by, do some browsing, some shopping, and get it before it's GONE:

Adopt A Tofu Baby

Me and Tofu Baby., originally uploaded by sugar-cookie.

Wow - check out this fabulous photo that I got at the photobooth at ICE Atlanta this year! It is done by LEAH AND MARK PHOTOGRAPHY! And look - I am holding a mini TOFU BABY doll that I made... and I have some for adoption now online at MY WEBSITE or SHOPPE SUGAR COOKIE on ETSY!