Holiday Craft Shows Today!

A bunch of Artisans will be at the LaHabra High School Craft Show today from 9:00am to 3:00pm, including Tia's Treasures, Tangocatgems, and Yolanda's Clay.

Joie Studio will be participating in "Gifts from the Heart," a charity craft show benefiting Lou Gehrig's Disease, at 23330 Park Hacienda, Calabasas, CA, from 11:00am-5:00pm.

Tia's Treasures Featured on More Than We Know

Our Tia of Tia's Treasures was featured on More Than We know as Woman Entrepeneur of the Day on December 7th.

Congratulations, Tia!

Craftmas Bizarre is Today!

Knittergirl of HappiCommiPress and Kelly of Takeiteasy are participating in Craftmas Bizarre 3 today at the Fake Gallery.

Info:
Craftmass Bizarre 3
December 9, 11:00am - 7:00pm
The Fake Gallery
4319 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90029

Print out the flyer above and get in for free!

Holiday Showcase 2007: More Jewelry

From Bibelots: Faux What Polymer Clay Pendant Necklace - A large round teardrop polymer clay pendant combining black, pearl, silver and gray hangs from a loose spiral descending from a coil of silver wire. The pendant is strung on a quadruple strand of thin leather thongs with a hand made coiled silver wire hook and eye clasp and a silver chain length extension.





From Eve's Garden: Custom, award-winning designs of heirloom-quality lampwork jewelry sets, including necklaces, bracelets and earrings. All sets incorporate completely unique, one-of-a-kind lampwork beads of the finest quality, and are 100% satisfaction guaranteed.





From Yolanda's Clay: Earthy and warm porcelain pendant. Glazed with hints of brown and little bits of green in a free form square hanging from suede and silk cord. Adorned by other clay beads and copper spacers. Simple, casual and yet elegant is how I define my pieces of ceramic jewelry.

Holiday Showcase 2007: Magnets and Buttons

From Circles Are Forever: Big o'buttons are two bottle caps, hand painted, glossed and crafted completely. It receives a 3/4 inch pin back on the back. O'magnets are hand painted and glossed bottle caps. Each bottle cap receives a 3/4 inch magnet on the back.

Holiday Showcase 2007: For Your Walls

From Karine's Art: This is a framed original watercolor that I painted from a session with a live model. Sometimes the most simple strokes capture more than many elaborate efforts.

November 30-December 1: Handmade Gifts for All!

Tomorrow and Saturday only!

Don't miss the opportunity to do some Christmas shopping, hang out with some friends, have some snacks, and feel GREAT about supporting local artisans and their fantabulous handcrafted gifts! This is NOT your typical craft fair, no doilies to be found, so come on down!

Friday - 10am-6pm
Saturday - 9am-4pm

14127 Kittridge Street
Van Nuys, CA 91405

Holiday Showcase 2007: Wearable Art!

From Sparklebee: This super fun and pretty cotton candy swirl bracelet combines soft color in an interesting way. Beads of different shapes, interesting color combination, and top quality materialsmake this one a perfect addition to your accessories.




From Tia's Treasures: What could be more beautiful or reflect your own personal style better than a custom-made Barrette? Let your imagination go wild or let me help you design something that you’ve always wanted!

Call for Vendors: December 15 La Habra High School Craft Show

Holiday Showcase 2007 Kick-Off: Jewelry

I'm kicking off the Artisans of Southern California Holiday Showcase with these two fabulous jewelry pieces!


From Very Vintage Designs: These adorable little gingerbread men studs measure approximately 3 cms tall and 2 cms wide. They are so adorable, yummie and festive!




From Tangocatgems: Pendants are hand-coiled and woven into free form pendants.

See You at Handmade for the Holidays!

Lots of AOSC members will be at the fair! See you there!

Holiday Showcase

Hi everyone! I'm going to start the Artisans of Southern California Holiday Showcase shortly! Let's make a great effort to support all the awesome artisans this holiday season!

Tina

Happy Holidays are coming to town :)

Welcome to new member and hello again to old members :) Well with winter coming up its a BIG time for holiday shoppers to spend money looking for different kinda of things for family and friends. This means some new potential buyers for us!

I know personally I will be doing some of my shopping for the holidays on etsy and through my fellow Artisans (I would love to do 100% BUT that cant happen with some of the people on my list i.e boyfriend haha) but I cant wait to get my list together and start looking through everyones shop.

As a question....does anyone give holiday discounts or are giving fellow artisan discounts??? Just a thought and wonder.

Anyways back to my rambling about nonsense...... so this holiday season when you put YOUR list together and think of what you want to get your loved ones..... look through the other members first. You may be surprised at ALLLL the talent we have in our group. And be sure to post your LOOKING FOR ads in a post in our forums at etsy....FYI our current one is http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5305647



Have a good night and happy buying :)
April from SuerteMia

Artisans in the News!

Joie Studio's calendar was featured in decor8: Calendar Round Up 2008: Part One on November 1st.


Tia's Treasures was featured on Indie Pretty on November 5th!

Eddyizm's First Photography Exhibit!

From Eddyizm:

A photograph of mine has won a contest along with 11 other contestants and will be displayed at the California Museum of Photography in Riverside from Nov. 1st to Dec. 5th as part of the "Extreme Places - new visions of landscapes" exhibit.

For more information:
Press Release
California Museum of Photography
Winning Entry

November 4: Patchwork Show

AOSC member Amanda Lockrow Jewels will be at the Patchwork Show on November 4th!

November 3: Holiday Boutique

Circles Are Forever invites us to:

November Events

Support our members! Members of the Artisans of Southern California will be at the following events in November (link to members can be found on the right):

November 3, 2007

Holiday Boutique
10:00am - 4:00pm
5922 Anthony Ave., Garden Grove, CA 92845
Member: Circles are Forever


November 4, 2007

Patchwork Fair
10:00am - 4:00pm
A Road Less Traveled Store in Santa Ana
Member: Amanda Lockrow Jewels


November 9, 2007

Holiday Fair
9:00am - 4:00pm
Pacific Hospital of Long Beach
2776 Pacific Avenue, Long Beach, CA
Member: Bear Chick


November 10, 2007

Anaheim Ballet's Nutcracker Home & Craft Show
9:00am - 2:00pm
Anaheim Art & Cultural Center, 280 E Lincoln Ave., Anaheim, CA
Members: Bibelots, Eve's Garden, Joie Studio, Medley 123, Quilting Mama, SuerteMia, TangoCatGems, Tia's Treasures

Craft Republic
11:00am - 7:00pm
Pomona Fairplex
1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA
Member: Amanda Lockrow Jewels


November 15, 2007

San Francisco Solano MOPS Holiday Boutique
9:30am - 12:00pm
San Francisco Solano Church
22082 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita
Member: SparkleBee


November 23-24, 2007

Handmade for the Holidays
11:00am - 6:00pm
Fairfax High School
Fairfax & Melrose, Los Angeles, CA
Members: Allegrae, Amanda Lockrow Jewels, Chaos Art, Joie Studio, Mincing Mockingbird, Tia's Treasures, Very Vintage Designs


November 30-December 1, 2007

Handmade Gifts for All
Friday 9a-6p, Saturday 9a-4p
14127 Kittridge St., Van Nuys, CA 91415
Members: Quilting Mama, Knittergirl, Mincing Mockingbird


November 30-December 2, 2007

Harvest Festival
Friday 9a-7p, Saturday 10a-7p, Sunday 10a-5p
Pomona Fairplex
1101 W McKinley Ave., Pomona, CA
Member: Surly Ramics

Welcome to the Artisans of Southern California Blog!

Welcome to the Artisans of Southern California Blog! Here, we will be sharing business resources and experiences, spotlighting different members, promoting events that our members are participating in, and showcasing the wonderful products that the artisans in this group make!

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