It's flea time again- UPDATE!

and i've been sewing sewing sewing like crazy. Hopefully people are still in need of gifts for giving, because i know i'm not anywhere near done my Christmas shopping.

The R5 Punk Rock Flea Market is this Saturday and i just got done sewing a huge batch of keyboards and boomboxes. "Huge" as in almost the same amount that i had to make for Fred Flare huge. Crazy!



I'll have some new bags, six new keyboard and boombox colorways, mini pouches, piano key/heart ornaments, and lots of other stuff.

Here's all the info:



***Jan. 26- The flea market has been postponed! It will now take place on February 1st at the Electric Factory, from 10am to 4pm. This is a much larger venue, so there will be lots more vendors...130 in all!

While sitting behind my mini fortress of a display at the Punk Rock Flea Market last Saturday (the photo above was the view to my right), i realized that out of the 5 times i've been a vendor, i've never actually attended as a shopper. Or browsed, for that matter. So, as i sat and peered out from behind my space, i noticed a woman walking around with ice cream cone salt and pepper shakers that i totally would've bought if i wasn't so tethered to my spot. There's nothing better than going through piles of someone's old junk, so i couldn't help but wonder what else was i missing out on. I did manage to score a sweet lamp from the table behind me, and for a mere four bucks.

Overall, the day went pretty well, but it was hot as balls for sure!

ILIKEITTOOTOO & Philadelphia Citypaper!

Citypaper hearts my Keyboards!
www.citypaper.net/articles/2008/01/31/what-we-heart

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Failed keyboard player? Yeah, silly story. When i was really little i took a keyboard class with all of these older people, and i sort of chickened out when we had to do the recital. At least that's what i remember!



(I also did the same thing when i took a dance class!)

Somebody Call the WAHmbulance!

Saturday.
Punk Rock Flea Market.

This was the first time i was super prepared for an event and i actually managed to get some sleep the night before. I thought things would go smoothly, but of course, i get thrown a curve ball.

In the end, the flea market was definitely worth it. I did almost as good as during the holiday edition of the PRFM, which was a shock considering that summer just isn't a major shopping season. I met and talked to a lot of new people who were really impressed with the quality of my bags and sewing skills in general. It's incredibly rewarding to know that there really are people who can appreciate handmade things and it almost sort of makes me feel like i know what i'm doing. I got asked my most favorite question of all time- "Do you have a store?????????" And I recognized a lot of my customers from last year who stopped by, so that was nice, too.

Here are pictures of my table/setup. As you can see, i like displays. And bright colors. Duh.

Edit: I was just on Flickr and found the pictures that this kid from UWISHUNU took of me and my stuff. I look like i'm either mid-blink or high!