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Entries in Etsy 101 (2)

Monday
Mar262012

Put a Ring on It + Spring into Spring!

What a spectacular Spring season we have coming up with new friends, old friends and tons of crafty plans! Here's the rundown of upcoming events in the next month you want to be sure not to miss! 

 

Thursday March 29th 6-9pm
Closing Craft Night at DELiCiOUSLY HAPPY
Belmont University- Leu Gallery
1900 Belmont Ave. 
Suggested Donation
 

Awe, shucks- it's our last Craft Night at the Deliciously Happy exhibit at Belmont! 

To show our love, we're gonna put a ring on it and spring into spring with these lovely button rings and fabric flower accessories. And to do it up right for our last night- we will have a GIVEAWAY package of Deliciously Happy + Craftville goodies!! Come get your craft on and win stuff! Yay!

FREE parking in permit lots after 6pm! 

(Suggested donation of $5 to keep us craftin'.)

 

 

 

Thursday April 5th 5-8pm
Hillsboro Village Art Walk - Earth Day

 Suggested Donation

Hillsboro Village is hosting their 2nd Annual Earth Day Art Walk with the usual music, vendors, art and fun, and also hosting additional organizations and groups like The Land Trust for Tennessee, Good Food for Good People, and Tennessee Parks! 

Craftville will again be making Seed Bombs because THEY WERE SO FLIPPIN POPULAR LAST YEAR! We even found out later that one fine lady who made a bunch used them with an environmental activist group as the travelled across the country- spready Craftville seed bomb love along the way...how awesome!
(Suggested donation of $5 to keep us craftin'.) 

 

Saturday April 14th 1-4pm FREE
Community Education Open House
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film 

Yep, we're at it again with Watkin's Community Education Program! Craftville will be at their Open House and YART Sale with a hands on felting instructional and info about our 2 Summer Saturday workshops this June- Etsy 101 and Wearable Art! Felting. Stop in, make bunches of cool stuff for FREE, buy some art, and sign up for a workshop or class!

 

Tuesday April 17th 7-10pm
Wine+Beer+Craft Night at Brick Factory
$5 Cover Charge 

We're planning ahead and preparing for sultry summer nights...and mosquitos...with our DIY Wine Bottle Tiki Torches. We'll not only provide the wine bottles and materials...we'll provide the wine! And Brick Factory is bringing the beer! So put it on the calendar and bring yourself, your friends, your neighbors and chillax at the Craft Table! 

Saturday
Nov052011

Craftville is hosting another ETSY Workshop!

 

Has your love of crafting left your studio jam packed full of items and you don't know how to sell them? Have you thought about opening an ETSY store but find yourself overwhelmed with the whole process? Have you opened an ETSY Store but haven't gotten any further than picking your shop name? Do you have questions or need help? 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then our workshop is for you! We will be teaching you the basic how to's to get you Etsy suave! We will post the class schedule Tuesday November 7 on our blog and facebook page

WHEN: Nov. 19, 2011

1pm till 4pm

WHERE: Watkins College of Art Design and Film

Room 804

COST: $10 or donation of a handmade item from your ESTY store.

We will use the donatated items for silent auctions and/or to sell in our team Etsy store with proceeds going to support Craftville. 

 

For more information and to register for the workshop please email us at teamcraftville@gmail.com

 

This is the first of several ETSY workshops that we have planned over the next couple of months. The next one being a photography workshop where we will teach you how to photograph your store items with an iphone and/or point and shoot camera. Stay tuned for further details :-)