Craftstravaganza Featured Vendor: Creative Blessings

live in Falcon, CO with my husband and our 4 children.  I have been sewing for nearly 30 years, & have a passion for designing new and unique inspirations.  You will not find any two like items; there is something different about everything I make.  I love sharing my God given talent with others.

 

Creative Blessings Blog

Creative Blessings on Etsy

Creative Blessings on Facebook

We've Moved!

With the exception of one piece of furniture that is too big for me to lift by myself, the Siouxsiequeue's studio is officially moved into to our new location! I've even managed to get some work done in the new space this week. We're super excited to be starting a new leg of the Siouxsiequeue's journey. So excited in fact, that I feel the need to celebrate with a sale. From now through Friday, July 15th enter code "MOVINGSALE" at check out to receive 20% off your order from our Etsy shop.

Craftstravaganza Featured Vendor: La Samara Studios

With our second Craftstravaganza event right around the corner we wanted to introduce our featured vendors. Today we're going to start with our friends at La Samara Studios. 

 My childhood spirit sought quiet beauty…the unfurling of the fern leaf, or watching a vine delicately seek a nearby limb. Although individual sprigs of life…we are inherently connected and need each other. The name Samara speaks of the winged seedling that floats along the wind to start life anew. I am eternally enchanted with Victorian gardens, artisanal ironwork, songbirds, fossils, and the plethora of gemstones that inspire my jewelry design that is then lovingly wrought with my little olive hued hands.

 Materials I adore…

 Drusy*Garnet*Emerald*Amber*Tibetan Quartz*

La Samara Studios on Etsy

La Samara Studios on Facebook

We're so excited to welcome La Samara Studios to Craftstravaganza and we're really looking forward to the show! Don't forget to visit our Facebook page and website for more Craftstravaganza updates and information.

July at Siouxsiequeue's

We've got a ton of stuff going on right now. As you have seen here on the blog, in our newsletter, and on our Facebook page, we're moving the studio; and everything is in total chaos. Actually, it isn't that bad, but we've been doing show prep, packing, and organizing the next installment of Craftstravaganza during the move. I didn't think we had that much stuff, but 10,000 boxes later....

Besides the move, we're also getting ready for Craftstravaganza! We've got 10 exciting vendors joining us for the July show. Check back here for sneak peeks of the show and of  course our Featured Vendors!

And if moving and planning a show weren't enough we decided to have a fundraiser too! Last summer our book club, Epic Lit, held a fund raiser to benefit the local food bank. Last year's sale was so successful we decided to do it again! This year we're raising funds for Kids Need to Read, a children's literacy program co-founded by Nathan Fillion (of "Castle" and "Firefly" fame). Siouxsiequeue's & Stash are sponsoring the event and if you would like information on donating money, time, baked goods, or if you are interested in being a sponsor please email me at siouxsiequeue@me.com

Moving on up...

There has been so much going on around the studio lately. In the last few weeks we ran the "Three Shows in Three Weeks" marathon, hosted Craftstravaganza, started planning another Craftstravaganza event, taught some classes, and now we're working on moving!

That's right, I said moving! Beginning in July the Siouxsiequeue's studio will be moving out of our house and into a new studio space! Jeremy and I have been running Siouxsiequeue's out of our home studio since we first started in 2006. I have really enjoyed working at home, but I think everyone is going to enjoy reclaiming the house from Siouxsiequeue's.

Siouxsiequeue's has grown a lot since we first started, but especially in the last two years. We've started doing more shows, our Etsy shop has been thriving, and we've been fortunate enough to find homes with some amazing retailers here in the Denver area.

I'm so excited to be moving into a new workspace, and I'm looking forward to seeing where Siouxsiequeue's goes from here.

All Quiet on the Blogger Front

We had so many posts leading up to Craftstravagnaza I thought I'd take a little blog break, too much of a good thing and all that...

Since Craftstravaganza was a great success and we're already planning a second event for July. To see photos from our May event or to apply to be a vendor for our July event please stop by the Siouxsiequeue's website.

We've been busy around the shop as we've been preparing for the next round of shows, working on some top secret projects, and taking field trips. We're expecting to post some new listings in our Etsy shop this week, and I'll be visiting both Stash and The Mac Spa to update the Siouxsiequeue's displays, but in the mean time you can get a peek at one of our new collections over at our Facebook page.

Craftstravaganza Vendors & Friends Part 3

With only hours to go I would be remiss if I didn't introduce our friend Megan of The Peacock Bead Shop. 

Raised by a family of Magpies, and having honed her shiny-finding skills as the Manager of Beadlush in Charlotte, NC, Megan Savors has amassed an impressive array of treasures over the years. When she moved to Denver in 2007, she used her procured baubles to create limited edition and one of a kind jewelry and accessories for other magpies. Two years of fervent creation left barely a dent in her hoard....something had to be done. The Peacock Shop began in March 2009 as an Etsy store meant to be an outlet for Megan to share her collection of pretty things with the world. Over the next year, it grew from a desk in her bead room, to a seasonal kiosk, to its first shop front location, then a larger storefront, where it's becoming well-known for its unusual selection, and inspiring surroundings.