Record Store Day 2009!!!!

Hey everyone,
The 2nd annual Record Store Day is taking place this Saturday! So get out to your local independent record store and get cool free stuff and support music!

If you're in Eugene, come down to CD World and see a free performance of the Squirrel Nut Zippers!!!!

Come help celebrate Record Store Day at CD WORLD on April 18th with a free live performance by the Squirrel Nut Zippers at 2:30. Pick up a ticket to their show later that night at the WOW Hall along with any number of the exclusive releases on CD and vinyl that will be available only at participating indie Record Shops starting April 18th!

Please come out and support record stores! We'll all be so sad if they disappear....

Updates and More

Hello everyone!
It has been a busy beginning of January. I didn't feel like I recovered from the holidays until well after the first of January. In fact I still feel like I am recovering in some respects.

I've been making lots of plans for crafts this year. We'll see what happens. I always have big plans and lots of ideas, but rarely follow through on all of them....not enough time in a day to do everything I want I guess.

Last year I had two opportunities to consign my work. My husband consigned a bunch of my music themed onesies at the record store he manages, CD World. So far I've sold 6 there and have plans to make more music themed onesies to sell there.

Then in November I was contacted by a boutique in Anchorage, Alaska, Bella Boutique. They saw my embroidered hankies on ETSY and contacted me about consigning some of those. I sent up 8 and so far have sold 3. I was so flattered to be contacted randomly like that. Made me feel so great.

I hope I can continue to sell some of my wares at these lovely establishments and possibly add a few more to the list.

I plan on doing the Meet Your Maker shows again when they start back up as well. And I want to really concentrate on adding new and exciting stuff to my ETSY site.

Anyway, I've got lots in store for the new year. I can't reveal it all right now. But check back in the next weeks and months for lots of crafty goodness and many more surprises!

Cheers :)

Keep on Rockin in the Free World

So, for those of you who don't know, W works for an independent record store in our town called CD World. It is a great record store, and he loves it. But admittedly, times are hard for record stores these days. There are so many different ways to get music today that the record store industry is struggling at times. Now, they are not all closing like the media would have you believe, but they are having to change and adapt and rethink the way they do business.

On that note, this Saturday is National Record Store Day. Lots of record stores across the nation are participating with live performances, events, and sales. Check out the website to see if your local record store is participating. Even it it isn't, go out to your favorite record store this Saturday and support music and local business. You'll be glad you did.

So, in honor of Record Store Day I'm going to share with you a rock n' roll onesie embroidery I did awhile back with Sublime Stitching patterns. I tried using a metallic thread for the symbols, but it was REALLY difficult to work with. I don't think I'll ever try to use it again. I did notice that Jenny sells some metallic thread on Sublime Stitching that is supposed to be better. I'll have to try that out next time I do this pattern.

I've posted more on Flickr as well. Rock on!