Valentine's Artist Craft Fair!

I know I have been bad about posting, and I apologize. And here I am, posting!

I am pleased to announce our next Artist Craft Fair! It will be on Sunday, February 12th from 11-4 at King's Books!

You can always find more info on the King's Books website. (www.kingsbookstore.com)

That's all for now!

Thank You!

Thank you everyone who participated in today! And thank you to all of our supporters. We had so much fun, as always! See you soon!

xoxo

Artist Craft Fair! And Partial List of Artists!

Artist Craft Fair!

Date:

Sunday, February 13, 2011 - 11:00am - 4:00pm

Tacoma Is For Lovers, Indie Tacoma, and Kings' Books present a special Anti/ Valentine's Day Artist Craft Fair! Find a special gift for those you love! Find a special gift for those you hate! A multitude of artists will have tables feauturing arts, crafts, jewelry, letterpress prints, t-shirts and more! We'll also have a ridiculous Photo Booth for you to take lovely/lovelorn pictures. Your purchases help support artists in Tacoma! Below is a partial list of participating artists. More will be added as they become confirmed. After a day of inspiration, showcase you talents at our Awkward Love Poetry Open Mic at 5 pm!

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization that annually produces Artist Craft Fairs and monthly Craft Nights in order to promote the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

Indie Tacoma Arts & Crafts strives to promote, create, and enhance artist communities for the greater good. We empower fellow crafters through an Artist Craft Fair as well as uniting craftspeople into a supportive community.

Laurie Cinotto of La La Laurie (Tacoma) Flowers, cards, birdcages - all from paper

Laurie is a co-founder of Soil. She has also exhibited at the King County Art Gallery, at Tacoma Contemporary and the John Erickson Museum of Art, now located in Gainesville, FL. Laurie is the force behind The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee blog. A book of her paper creations is due for release in 2011.

Epiphany Couch (Tacoma) Jewelry primarily from bicycle parts

Epiphany repairs bicycles and makes jewelry utilizing bicycle parts.

Stella Crumpton of Stella Lee (Tacoma) Vinyl wallets & handbags and caramels

Stella is a former mechanic who repurposes auto vinyl to sew tough bags for tough girls. She will be debuting vinyl wallets and have on-hand vinyl clothing accessories and her always-tasty caramels.

Connie DeBruler of Lu Lu (Tacoma) Pewter pendants and crafty jewelry

Connie crafts pewter pendants with a variety of pictorial sentiments. She owns Lu Lu on Broadway in downtown Tacoma.

Audra Laymon (Tacoma) Prints, cards, t-shirt bags

Audra is a printmaker, illustrator, and artist working in a variety of mediums. Her work ranges from whimsical to profound and can most recently be seen in the Peanut Butter Space Jam show at The Space.

Miranda Pollitz (Tacoma) Felted jewelry

Miranda needle-felts a variety of creatures and objects, including jewelry!

Heather Rowland (Tacoma) Vegan baked goods

Heather bakes a variety of unique vegan delicacies. She is a baker at The Den at UrbanXchange.

Two Kings Confections (Tacoma) Baked goods

Two Kings is run by Meredith Hale and Marty Hale-Evans. They will be selling baked goods and other delicacies, including pie-on-a-stick!

Valentine/ Anti-Valentie Craft Fair!!! Sunday February 13th!

Well, I have done it again. I have been sleeping on the job! But I woke up just in time to alert you all the Sunday's Craft Fair! It will be at King's Books from 11-4. Lots of amazing artists, lots of good stuff!

After the Craft Fair, stay for the Awkward Love Poetry Open Mic. It will be amazing!

For more info on the Craft Fair, see here: http://www.kingsbookstore.com/craftfairfeb

See you there!

Upcoming November Events!

Don't forget about Craft Night coming up on Thursday November 11th. KC Potter de Haan is coming out to do Pochoir with us. Doesn't it sound fancy?

Come and join us! Just call sweet pea at King's Books to rsvp! 253.272.8801

Also, on Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th, we are having our 3rd (!) annual, holiday Artist Craft Fair! We are doing a two day event this year because we know you all want more!

Please come out and join us! Support your local community, artists, economy and bookstore!

We will be at King's Books in the Stadium District from 11-4 Saturday November 13th and Sunday November 14th.

See you soon!

xoxox

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Thursday & Friday 11-6
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Artist Craft Fair!

Tomorrow, Sunday the 19th, 11-4 at King's Books!

So much fun. Be there.

xoxo

Sunday Sept 19th! Craft Fair!

I am sure you have all heard already, but we are having another Craft Fair at King's Books this Sunday, Sept 19th, from 11-4! So exciting. And changes are afoot.

Read about it a bit here: http://spaceworkstacoma.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/tacoma-is-for-lovers-sept-19/

To read more about the artists involved in this Craft Fair, click here:
www.kingsbookstore.com/events.html#craftfair

See you Sunday!

September Craft Night!

September 9 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Fused Silk Design!

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night! Each month features an artist introducing a new craft. This month features Miki Hayes teaching Silk Fusion! This process creates a sheet of fabric that can be sewn, used as decorative paper, or sculpted into other designs. After separating strands of silk, one can interlace the fibers on a screen, dampen them, and add a fabric medium to set the work. Participants can bring small, thin, flat materials to work into their piece (flower petals, parts of feathers, etc) or use the ones provided. The $20 fee covers materials, plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books. Please pre-register with sweet pea as class size is limited. http://www.kingsbookstore.com/events.html#craftysept

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

Tomorrow! Ashley Mimura! Craft Night!

Holy cow, Tacoma! I've been sleeping on the job!

Please join us tomorrow evening at King's Books for Craft Night! Ashley Mimura is going to teach us how to take a big, boring t-shirt and make it amazing!

August 12 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Reconstructing T-Shirts.

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night! Each month features an artist introducing a new craft. This month features Ashley Mimura teaching how to Reconstruct T-Shirts! We'll be working on two different projects. Bring your own over-sized t-shirts to work with or use ours. The $20 fee covers materials, plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books. Please pre-register with sweet pea as class size is limited.

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

Read more here: http://www.kingsbookstore.com/events.html#craftyaug

Hope to see you there!

Thursday!

April 8 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Paper Flower Crafting!

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night! Each month features an artist introducing a new craft. The first 1 ½ hours will be devoted to learning the necessary techniques. After which, people can continue working on the activity or work on other projects. This month features Laurie Cinotto teaching paper flower crafting! Laurie will show you how to create several flower designs out of colorful crepe paper. In just an evening you will master the art, and leave with a lovely bouquet of blooms. The $17 fee covers materials (paper, floral tape and wire), plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books. Please pre-register with sweet pea so that we know how many materials to bring!

Laurie Cinotto is a crafter and craft writer. Her work has been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine and she’s currently working on a paper flower book/kit for Barnes and Noble. You can find out more about the things she makes at lalalaurie.com.

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

http://www.kingsbookstore.com/events.html#craftyapr

April 8th Craft Night with Laurie Cinotto!

We are so super excited to craft with Laurie Cinotto! She is going to be teaching us how to make several different crepe paper flowers!

The class is Thursday April 8th from 7-9pm and only $17!

For more information and photos of her beautiful blooms check out her blog here: http://www.lalalaurie.com/2010/03/paper-flowers-class.html

As always, please pre-register with sweet pea at King's Books 253.272.8801

Hope to see you there.

xo
TifL

Laurie Cinotto is an art maker, decorator, craft writer, flower arranger, kitty wrangler!

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

March 11 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Collage!

March 11 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Collage!

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents Craft Night! Each month features an artist who will introduce a new craft. The first 1 ½ hours will be devoted to learning the necessary techniques. After which, people can continue working on the activity or work on other projects. This month features Chris Sharp teaching collage. The project focuses on images from a 1980s book on breakdancing that participants will cut and re-compose to create a new work. The $15 fee covers materials plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books. Please pre-register with sweet pea so that we know how many materials to bring!

Chris Sharp works in letterpress, painting, graphic design, installation, and vintage sign painting.

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

The First of Many Craft Nights at King's Books!

Wow! What a great night we had.

Thanks you to all who came out and to Miranda Pollitz who led us in our felting adventure!

It was so great to see the 30 or so participants turn bright, cotton candy like wool into wonderful little birds.

With great anticipation we wait for March's Craft Night. It is not to be missed. Artist Chris Sharp will be leading a fantastic, break-dancing based collage workshop. Join us on March 11th at 7pm at King's Books. And be sure to RSVP to Sweet Pea. See you soon!

Craft Night!!

Check it out on the King's Books Events Website

February 11 * 7 pm. Craft Night: Needle Felting!

Tacoma Is For Lovers presents their first Craft Night! Each month will feature an artist who will introduce a new craft. The first 45 minutes will be devoted to learning the necessary techniques. After which, people can continue working on the activity or work on other projects. This month features Miranda Pollitz who will introduce needle felting. The $15 fee covers materials (needle, carded wool, foam pad) plus a small donation to TIFL and King's Books. The project will focus on creating the felted bird featured in the book Little Felted Animals by Marie-Noëlle Horvath. Please pre-register with sweet pea so that we know how many materials to bring!

Tacoma Is For Lovers is a community-based organization which annually produces an Artist Craft Fair which promotes the visibility of local artists and encourages reuse, intentionality, sustainability and high craft.

Dear Artists and Community Supporters,

Thank you all so much for your hard work, beautiful wares and continued support!

So far, we have raised about $1300 for Colleen Malone. I still have a few auction items floating about, so I don't have a final count.

I am so happy to have shared Sunday with all of you. I hope that you will all participate again next November. Spring is also a possibility. I will let you know.

Please contact me with any comments or suggestions you have for future events. Each one is a little different and we continue to learn things each time.

Hope you all had a great holiday and see you soon,

sincerely,
jennifer and katy/ Tacoma is for Lovers

Check out our press in Tacoma Weekly!

Tacoma Is For Lovers Returns to Commit Random Acts of Kindness

Thank you for the write-up, Tacoma Weekly and Dawn Quinn!

Join Us This Sunday for the Biggest, Bestest TIFL artist craft fair yet!

Hey all-
We are really excited to share all the amazing artists and their creations with you this Sunday. Please join us for artists' crafts, a super exciting drawing and an amazing slient auction. Many of your favorite artists from past TIFLs will be there plus more new talents to discover.

Come get a jump start on your holiday shopping and go hyper local, supporting art and community!

11.22.09

Tacoma Is For Lovers
at
Kings Books
218 St Helens Ave
Tacoma, WA 98402

12 - 5 pm