Sweet and DELiCiOUS February Events!

We’re feeling the crafting love for February! Get ready, get ready to come on down to Craftville!

Thursday Feb. 2^nd - Hillsboro Village Art Walk. 

This month we’ll be crafting with our new friends at Sweet Cece’s!

We’ll have everything you need to make PomPom Friends pins and magnets (and whatever else you might imagine with pompoms!) What a sweet way to celebrate Valentine’s with all your sweeties!  

courtesy of Harugurumi@flickr

Friday Feb. 17^th – ART You Chili? Come Warm Your HeARTS: Lockeland’s Night of Related Arts and Craftville 4^th Grade Craft Market  

That’s right! Our months of working with the 4^th grade Lockeland Design Art Club is almost at a close with their big event! Our youngest Craftvillians have been making and crafting once a week since October and will be selling their items- jewelry, accessories, imaginative creations beyond your wildest dreams!

Thursday Feb. 23^rd - A DELiCiOUS Craft Night: Weave with Wine

We are pleased as punch to announce our partnership with TWO great endeavors!

We are having an old fashion Finger Weaving Party at the new creative facility Brick Factory to kick off their opening AND our partnership with the Deliciously Happy project!

Okay, we’re not sure it’s “old fashion”- but it’s crafting and food and wine and a chance for you to have your work featured in a major public arts project in Nashville!

finger weaving by Lockeland 4th grade Art Club

Craftville will be participating as an interactive segment of the Deliciously Happy art installation at Belmont University in March coordinated by artist Lindsey Bailey. This project features the work of students from University School of Nashville, Bordeaux Elementary, and Lead Academy. In Lindsey’s effort to transform the entirety of the gallery space, she wants to cover EVERY inch with community creations- and this is where YOU come in!

We will teach you how to finger weave, provide tons and tons (and tons) of yarn! Your weaving will then be used as part of the Deliciously Happy art installation AND we will show you some other DELiSCiOUS ways to use your woven pieces (très chic scarf anyone?)! This is also a great chance to check out the Brick Factory space at Cummins Station and all they have to offer! 

Thursday Feb. 23rd @ The Brick Factory, Cummins Station

7-8pm is our Free and Family Friendly hour, because we know some serious elementary school age finger weavers that will want in on the action!

8-11pm After Bedtime Craft Party For Grown Ups- wine, horderves, and DELiCiOUS sweets provided by Alexander’s Catering.  (suggested donation of $5)

So come mix, mingle and weave your way to a fantastic night supporting Craftville, Deliciously Happy, the Brick Factory and the arts & craft community in Nashville!

What a sweet and delicious month!

Looky Looky! It's Craftville at Lockeland Design

Craftville is just a little bit in love with Lockeland Design Center elementary school in East Nashville. It's the elementary school a lot of Craftvillians wish they had attended as crafty kids. It sits in a beautiful 1939 building tucked away in Lockeland Springs with a focus on literature, art and an increasingly green theme.

We also agree that Camilla Spadafino is an art teacher we would have LOVED when we were kids! Not only is she super crafty and creative and is an awesome teacher- she believes in giving her K-4th students not only the opportunity to create, but the opportunity to showcase their work in the community. They are artists and deserve a platform to be so just as much as the grown ups.

For a few years running, she has oragnized a whimsical student art show at Riverside Village in Inglewood, showcasing student art work in each of the local businesses and through out the courtyard (a place we love and thank for being the site of many meetings). This great project caught our eye, along with all those creative kids! We really wanted to buy some of the fabulous pieces from these young artists. But, alas, the kids' pieces weren't for sale. Which gave us an idea. We wanted a craft market for kids. No, wait...we wanted a craft market BY kids. Made by kids, marketed by kids, staffed by kids. So we went to Camilla and she gave us some kids!

More specifically, she gave us the Lockeland 4th grade Art Club. We have met with them several times to develop product ideas and discuss the project. Today...oh, today...we got to the crafty stuff! Over the next 2 months they will be making their items. In January we will have some guests coming in to help them with developing a business brand. After that, we will be planning their February martket event! Each business will have items for sale, staff their own vendor booths and keep their own profits!  There are some mighty things that are going to happen with this group! A fantastic group of crafty entrepreneurs! Stay tuned for more about this partnership!