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These are some photos snapped at the Etsy Crafty Party that was held by my hometown. It was put on by the Hollywood Craft Mafia and it was at my favorite craft store Pearls . When I was little my mom would take us there and it always felt like Disney world. It is a huge craft store filled of treasures. This event was on June 18th ( Etsy's birthday) and was meant to get crafty folks together to celebrate and be crafty together with those in your town and around the world. It was a great idea that was promoted on Etsy's storque and using Meetup.com to track the different meetups around the world. The top 50 received a goodie box from Etsy/ Readymade/ and Meetup, and we made the top 50! Woot, that was exciting. We had tons of fun at this party, the craft projects were create your own stamp, or sew a wristlet purse. The crafting supplies were picked up at a neat place here called Trash to Treasure a creative re-use center. I made the party hats and my friend Hollie of Blueberr...

Find out more here: Etsy Storque- Throw an craft party in your town. Support the crafty revolution - join a Etsy craft party June 18th in your hometown - and if you are in south florida join this one brought to you by Hollywood Craft Mafia . The craft party is tonight and I cannot wait. I made some party hats for this special occasion. It is a special time to join together with your crafty community, create together, and enjoy the crafty friends in your hometown, all for the love of etsy and crafting. Peace & Love!

here is a peak at my booth during Odd Duck Handmade Bazaar . This craft show was a real success greatly due to the Hollywood Craft Mafia who put on this lovely craft show. They did a great job promoting this show and put a lot of heart and craftiness into the whole show. It was an eye opener for alot of us of how special this handmade movement is and how special we are to have so many unique crafty lady and gents to create such a variety of things to make our lives and homes happy places. I wish I had a camera to snap photos of some of the crafty friends and neighbors that were at this show but you can see some on the Hollywood Craft Mafias facebook fan page . Here is one of my favorite crafty ladies Hollie's (Blueberryshoes Art & Vintage) booth. It is full of treasures. She started the Etsy team I am in the Indie Free Spirits. I am so happy to know this lady she is full of sunshine and is a great friend and crafty lady. Her sister helped her out at this show and the two of th...