Craft Fair at Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden!
This Saturday April 4th is the first day of the year that the Bohemian Beer Hall in Astoria will open their outdoor area! And what would make a more perfect Saturday than a cold beer, some delicious goulash, and an awesome craft fair! I’ll be selling my wares with other local artists from 1 to 4:00 inside the Beer Hall. Come check it out!
A mention in Time Out New York!! Hooray!
Pictures of my work are featured in this week’s Time Out New York Magazine, and on their website! Yay! Here’s the text from the online article:
For the DIYers who never leave Williamsburg
There’s more to the Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden than booze this opening weekend. Splurge on indie goods at its inaugural Spring Flea Market (29-19 24th Ave at 29th St, Astoria, Queens; 718-274-4925; 1–4pm, free), benefiting DA Sokol, a space that offers low-cost gymnastics to Queens kids. Organizer Jessica Bardy has assembled a diverse collection of artists for it, including Anne Messley, who makes stuff out of felt, and jewelry designer Felicity Stiverson (work pictured).
My Vintage Beaded Nile Necklace is featured in the print magazine, and my Marseille Necklace is featured online!
Marseille Necklace
Check out the whole article here:
http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/own-this-city/73006/the-best-events-on-saturday-april-4-2009
Thanks Time Out New York! Woo hoo!
The Brooklyn Flea – Dumbo Edition!
This Saturday, March 14, I’ll be selling with fellow {New New} York Etsy Street Team members at the Brooklyn Flea in Dumbo. It’ll be my third time selling there in the past month or so, and if you’re in the neighborhood, you should stop by and check out all the cool antique sellers and other handmade vendors – and especially the awesome food vendors, like the famous Papusa guy! And I’ve heard a rumor that the equally famous Red Hood Taco Guys will be there this weekend!! Tacos, papusas, and cool handmade stuff – sounds like a good Saturday to me! 
The Dumbo Brooklyn Flea
Rub a dub dub
I started using handmade soap a few months ago, and now that I’ve started using it I’m totally obsessed. I just hit 100 sales on Etsy today (someone bought 5 necklace from me last night – woot woot!) and I’m tempted to reward myself with some delectable handmade soap from some awesome Etsy sellers. Specifically, I’ve been eying soaps that look and sound edible – Coconut Mochi? Fig and Black Pepper? Delicious!! Here are some soaps that I’m dying to try:
Mint Chip Ice Cream Soap from EpicallyEpicSoap
Black Pepper Fig Soap by FlourishBathBody
Coconut Mochi Soap by Savor - Yum!!!
The Poor Boy Beer Soap by Dennisanderson - I'm getting thirsty just looking at it 
Vintage bead-mania
So I’ve been on a tear creating new necklaces from the amazing vintage beads I’ve been amassing lately. Here are a few of my newest designs – I already sold the South Beach necklace over the weekend at the Valentine’s craft fair (which was kind of a bust, but at least it was abnormally warm out, since we ended up vending OUTSIDE! It’s February in NYC!! Geez!) I’m going to be crafting up many more designs this week, since I’ll be vending at the indoor Brooklyn Flea this Saturday in DUMBO! Yee haw!
Smoke and Mirrors Necklace
South Beach Necklace
Urban Artifact Necklace
Your lips are so . . . cheesy??
So I was just looking at my WordPress blog stats, and was checking out the different search terms people have used to get to my blog. And one of the search terms that someone entered was “Cheetos lip gloss”. Um, I mean, who would even think of typing that into a search engine? But the bigger shocker was that when I actually did type “Cheetos lip gloss” into a search engine, this popped up:
It makes me happy just knowing that Cheetos lip balm exists. Or used to exist – it seems like there wasn’t such a big market for cheese puff flavored lip balm after all, because when I went to the company’s website, they no longer list Cheetos lip balm as one of their products. The company does make all kinds of other weird and tantalizing lip balms, however, including a totally delicious sounding Cinnabon flavored lip balm:
Mmmm, sweet cinnamon bun lip balm!
Gobble gobble gobble . . .
Woo hoo – it’s almost Turkey Day! Any holiday that centers around eating is great in my book. So in honor of the impending holiday, a turkey tribute:
Turkey Soap Party Favors by SpecialtySoapSh
Good for washing away the guilt of eating 80,000 calories in one meal.
Turkey Leg Baby Rattle by MayaBella
Great for keeping the little ones busy while you’re mashing the potatoes.
Walkers Roast Turkey with Paxo Sage & Onion Flavour Crisps
Arrgh, why do the Brits get all the best flavored chips? Seriously, they’ve got Prawn Cocktail chips, Pickled Onion chips, Worcester Sauce chips, and now this? What could be better than turkey and gravy in the form of a light potato crisp?
Sour and sweet
Maybe I’m inspired by my blog’s name, or maybe by the completely strange and fascinating Pickle Soap that I featured in a previous post, but I’m all about pickles right now. My blog name, by the way, popped into my head after my husband and I ordered BBQ for takeout the other night, and when we opened the delivery containers we realized they had forgotten to send us sweet pickles, and instead sent us a double portion of dill pickles. Actually, they also forgot to send almost all the meat in our order, but that’s another story (beware Hill Country BBQ delivery). Anyhow, I love all kinds of pickles, so the double order of sour pickles was definitely not a tragedy.
A quick search of Etsy for pickle products revealed a crazy plethora of items - felted pickles, clay pickles, magnet pickles, pickle photography, angry pickles. Even real pickles! Deeeelish.
Pickle Cat Toy, Kosher Dill Size, by Casbahkitten
Atomically Hot Garlic Dill Pickles by Sardineandnchovy
Angry Pickle Magnet or Brooch by Bittersweets
If you’re hungry AND dirty, I would probably just stick with this . . .
DirtyAssSoap's Super Bacon Cheeseburger Soap with Fries and Pickles
Thankfully, it doesn’t actually smell like a cheeseburger.
Smells good enough . . . to shower with?
Ok, so my interest in licorice scented bath and beauty products has turned into a full-blown obsession with weirdly scented, food inspired soaps. Here are a few more weird and wonderful soaps from my fellow Etsy sellers MollycoddleSoap, amandalouise, and DirtySanchez (who just might have some of the funniest descriptions on all of Etsy). Oh yeah, and one more irresistable-sounding soap from Savor. Yum!
Another licorice soap, this one by amandalouise
Dammit Soap by Dirty Sanchez - scented with gingerbread and brown sugar, yum
Polenta Soap by Savor
And last but certainly not least, In a Pickle Soap by Mollycoddle Soap. It's even has a pickle scent!!! Must. Have. This. Soap.
