Yay! I've been featured on the Kansas City Etsy Street Team's blog.....thanks to KCEtsy & its talented artists and crafters!

This weeks artist spotlight on the local Kansas City Etsy Street Team blog is all about me! I'm very thankful to fellow Etsy seller aj's country cottage for compiling the lovely article. My local group of Etsy artists and crafters is really a wonderful thing to be a part of. Be sure to check out KCEtsy.com to find out a little more about me and the Kansas City team.

I'm a vendor at Friday night's Kansas City Etsy Street Team Trunk Show! Go Green with KCEtsy!

This Friday evening, I'll have a table full of felted goodness at the KCEtsy "Go Green" St. Patrick's Day Trunk Show! I hope you can drop by to browse and shop!


The Kansas City Etsy Street Team is teaming up once again with Shiraz Restaurant this month, to participate in the Crossroads Art District's First Fridays.

Where: Shiraz Restaurant, The Gallery Room
320 Southwest Blvd., Crossroads District, at Southwest Blvd. and Broadway

When: First Friday, March 7th, 2008
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Admission to the KCEtsy "Go Green" Trunk Show is free and open to the public. Buy a glass of wine at the bar and join us in the Gallery Room to talk with the artists, and shop their amazing handcrafted items.

Read more about the show and all of KCEtsy's lovely artisans at www.kcetsy.com!

**content text contributions from the KCEtsy blog & tinystitches, image contribution by karenkayartworks**

Come feel the felted goodness in person! KCEtsy Trunk Show this Saturday!

Don't miss out on some fuzzy felted goodies at the Kansas City Etsy Street Team’s Artist Trunk Show. Come buy some holiday gifts (or some goodies all for yourself) at this local KC area indie arts fair. Browse and buy unique, quality, handcrafted items and support your local artists and crafters!

Here's all the juicy details:

Date: Saturday, November 10, 2007
Location: Bella Dance Studio
Address: Bella Dance Studio, Westport Center, 508 Westport Rd. Suite 102, KCMO, 64111
Admission: FREE
Hours: 3pm – 8pm
URL: kcetsy.blogspot.com

Description:
Shop local and shop handmade from local artists and handcrafters in the Kansas City Area who sell their wares on www.etsy.com. A wide range of high quality, unique, handcrafted items will be available. Here is just a glimpse at what this show will have to offer. Amazing wool felt creations; stunning mixed media and digital art; beautiful ornaments, stationary and pendants using vintage art; chic handmade wearables; classic accessories for babes and tots, and much, much more!

During the show enjoy music by DJ Labeaugot, and sample foods by Personal Chefs.

For a list of all our local Etsy artists, visit our KCEtsy blog. View pictures of our recent work at our KCEtsy Flickr group.

Text description of show contributed by member of KCEtsy - tinystitches.etsy.com.

Another fiber festival . . . all about Alpacas!

Now that my husband has become interested in the animal side of fiber, he's willing to go to all the fiber festivals that are within driving distance. On Saturday, we went to an Alpaca festival just outside of Hiawatha, Kansas. It was a very small affair with local (mostly Kansas) Midwest Alpaca farmers or breeders.



There was an array of beautifully colored alpacas there of all different ages and sizes. I snapped a few photos of them. The baby alpacas sitting down are from Prairie Harbor Alpacas in Chapman, Kansas. And, of course, since I *always* have to buy some fiber, so I bought some gorgeous, unprocessed Alpaca fiber from them. It is a lovely deep dark brown color with a hint of maroon. I hope to make some items with it soon for show and tell, but right now I'm in the process of cleaning it. Oh, and the other photo is of the local host farm's Alpacas having lunch.

My husband is now convinced that he wants a fiber farm some day with Alpacas, some sheep, angora rabbits and goats. It wouldn't be any time soon (probably years away), but it is very nice that he is so supportive and we have an interest in the same thing. Now we both learn about the different fiber animals together, and I think that I've actually learned a lot more about the animals and fiber types since he's taken an interest too. Well, we never know what the future holds, but it would be nice to have a fiber farm some day.

For now, we'll just go the festivals and have a great time and buy a little fiber along the way. If you know of any good fiber festivals within a day's drive of Kansas City, Missouri, I'd like to know about them. Just post them in a comment or contact me via my website . . . thanks in advance!