Rockin In the New Year - Cleveland Handmade Style

Thanks simpleelementsdesign for creating this beautiful Cleveland Handmade collection!

just announced!! :)

these are the special show-only discounts and incentives being offered at the Cleveland Handmade Last Minute Market on Dec 20th:

{ Free gift wrap/bag with purchase from The 4 Rs }

[Free fused-glass item ($12 value) with every $50 purchase from Katie Echle ]

{ Free zipper pouch for each bag purchased from London Purple }

[ All ceramic ornaments by Gina DeSantis are on sale ]

{ All items from Blue Orchid Bags are on sale }

[ 10% off all prints $20 or more from Colleen Fitzpatrick ]

{ 10% off all items from La Petite Libellule Handknits }

[ 10% off all items from Teresa Crompton ]

{ Special pricing on all items from Alamaison }

[ Special closeout sale items from Valerie Tyler ]

{ Photographic mandala calendars are only $15 from Playnature }

[ Free pair of resin earrings with $50 purchase from erika laine hansen ]

{ 10% off purchases over $50 from Lori Paximadis }

[ all proceeds from CBF Designs go to children's charities ]

{ a donation equaling 30% of sales made at the Last Minute Market by Smashing and Sweetness by Marthumpa will be made to the Help Foundation in Cleveland }

Handmade for the Holidays

Handmade for the Holidays
A selection of gifts from Cleveland Handmade. Search "ClevelandTeam" on Etsy for more festive gifts of the season!

the rumors are true!

Cleveland Handmade will be enabling holiday shopping procrastination by offering a Last Minute Market! Saturday, December 20th from 5-9pm in Westlake.

YAY! THE VENDOR LIST IS UP! :)

(sign-up for vending is closed, but please be sure to stop by for fun times!)

the cleveland handmade market was great!

super big thanks to all the people who stopped by Mojo's Coffee in Bay Village on Sunday for the first Cleveland Handmade Market! the weather was perfect and sunny and so was the great response we got from the friendly visitors.

thank you also to Mojo's for hosting us and to Nicki of Handmade for organizing this wonderful event!

more events to come...stay tuned :)

Great Trunk Show Tonight!

The Cleveland Team trunk show was great this evening.
Etsy gave us front page glory while we were meeting....
Thank you virtuallori
for hosting the show so beautifully!

Around the World Trunk Show Tonight

Visit Etsy's Virtual Labs for a virtual Trunk Show tonight at 7 pm Eastern.

Cleveland Handmade Trunk Show!!

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008 10am-4pm
at
Mojo's Coffee
600 Dover Center Road
Bay Village, Ohio 44140

printable PDF flyers and web badge codes are available here.

rsvp and invite people to the event on Facebook here
please help spread the word. we hope to see you there! :)

you can visit these shops for a preview of what you will see at the market:

Jill Slaby * Lake Erie Beach Glass * LaPetite Fleur * Virtual Lori

Lazy T Crochet * HandmadeGoods * Beautiful Era * Ramona

Petite Libellule * Stargazer Designs * Smashing * Leah Ana Designs

A, O, Way to Go Ohio

Testing Danielle's clickable treasury blog... It works! Thanks daniellexo

Chilly Blue

Thanks to Valerie Tyler for creating this lovely list, perfect for a chilly day in Northeast Ohio! Treasury expires 5 pm Friday, Oct. 31st. Stop and check it out!

carrrrrrds! get your team carrrrds! :)

we still have team business cards available. they are great to have handy at shows or in your wallet if you meet someone who needs to know about our team. beautifully designed by our own sarakate, they make a handsome addition to any business card collection ;)

available in packs of 25 (if you'd like more or less, just contact smashingsupplyco) they are free, but we ask that you cover the shipping/packaging cost of $2. GO TEAM!

Challenge Voting!

The time has come to vote vote vote for The Orange and Black Challenge entries! Check out all the cool stuff our team members have created.

Call for Artists

I received this bulletin from the Cleveland Handmade Myspace page:

The Pop Shop Gallery is looking for artists for it's 4th annual "True Value Vintage" Show. This is our Christmas show themed for childhood memories. (Ex.works featuring- Video Games, Toys, stuffed animals, etc...Not Santa's and Snowmen!) Samples of your work should be sent to thepopshop@gmail.com Send up to 10 jpegs.NEver heard of the pop shop? www. popshopgallery. com Artists who submit work should be in the cleveland area for drop off and pick up. The opening will be on Nov. 29th. Cut off for accepting artists will be Nov. 13th or when space is full.Space is limited! Can't wait to see what you all have!

Save the Date

I thought I would post this in case anyone wanted to go check out Gina Desantis' work:

Hello Everyone. I will be hosting an open studio event on Friday, Oct 17th from 6-9 in Lakewood, OH. I have a ceramics studio in the Lake Erie Building (Lake Erie Screw Factory). I will joined in my space by painter Anne Linsky and jewelry artist Ruth Sholtis-Furyes . My studio neighbors will be opening their spaces as well. Please stop by and join us. All the info including participating artists and driving directions can be found on my website . I hope to see you there. Forward any further questions to artzy_grl [!at] yahoo.com.

Autumn in Cleveland Treasury...

Great items from our team!
Clicks and comments welcome!
Treasury expires Saturday, Oct 11 at 7:00pm