weehah! heads northA Craft Attacker is on the move! Louisa, owner and designer at weehah! greeting cards and invitations, is heading north to the Boston area. Between packing and planning, though, she's still designing a few fun cards, including this wordy pregnancy card with a sweet sparkle on the top. She will miss the crafty women here but is excited to find some more in MA. The "shop" will only shut down for a week or so at the start of August but, otherwise, all will be available online and at local shops (find 'em here). She'll always be a Cville Craft Attacker in spirit and - who knows? - maybe she'll land right back here in the 'ville sooner than you think . . .
The cville craft attackers at the July meeting - wishing Louisa all the best in Boston!

Cville Craft Attack July News

Abundance
Lindsey Mears will be showing several mixed media pieces as part of the exhibition BookMarks: The Book as an Aesthetic Object, at the Gallery at the new Terminus building in Atlanta. All the works in Bookmarks incorporate parts of existing books, to create new book objects. In her pieces, she uses pages from 19thc. Victorian photo albums.

July 16 through October 9, www.gallerywalkatterminus.com
All are 8" x 8" x 2", mixed media, 2009.

Visitation

My Golden Hoarde (thorns)

ByCary had a great time at the Renegade Craft Show in Brooklyn, NY and is busy this summer attending the Cville Farmer's Market and updating her new Facebook page. If you aren't already a fan, please click on this link to become one: http://tinyurl.com/lyoyw2. You can stay tuned on when Cary will be where and see lots of pictures of her work.
Oh, and if you like Twitter, then TWEET, TWEET! ByCary is also now on this other social media site. You can find her by looking for "ByCary".

This Saturday, July 18th, Cary will be at the Cville Farmer's Market...come out for a little summer sale, one day only...for those who spend $25 or more, they will receive 10% off their entire purchase. Cary is excited to help produce more special custom wedding invitations and announcements as this is the season! The 10% also applies to anyone who starts the process of a custom invitation order as well. Hope to see you then!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and I look forward to seeing you at the market if you are local.
Otherwise, don't forget to visit: www.caryoliva.etsy.com.

Victoria Horner's show schedule in July is light, but she's been busy with sales of her Swim Cap Bags, which have been a big hit at regional shows, and are now gaining exposure in Spain & France, not to mention, Hollywood, where Perrey Reeves, an actress from HBO's Entourage, recently brought one back after stopping in Richmond earlier this summer. Check out her website for more info www.victoriahorner.com .

taviametal - There are many wonderful goings on with Tavia Brown and taviametal jewelry over these summer months so far. Locally, taviametal has been featured on many blogs, most recently on cvilleentremom.com, robgarland.com, and scoutcharlottesville.com. Nationally, Tavia’s work can be seen in the July issue of ELLE magazine – on the tips n trends page, and can be found on a number of blogs that are not Charlottesville-centric, but are just as cool. Tavia is also pleased to announce the addition of another gallery carrying taviametal jewelry – Seasons on St. Croix, an original fine art and contemporary craft gallery in Hudson, WI. Oh! One more note - Tavia’s show schedule is filling up for the fall and winter season, so be sure to check out her calendar to see where you can catch a visit and see her new work.

Magnolia Moonlight - A new print, "The Lost Islands" has recently been featured on Design Milk. Christina has also been spending lots of time with her new arrival - an amazing baby girl named Abigail!

Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, NY

So much fun was had at the Renegade Craft Fair this past weekend!

I met tons of great people, talked to many about custom work on coasters, invites & personalized stationery.

We lucked out with the weather both days and I did not want to leave!

I met another crafter who mentioned me and my cards on his blog today: http://nystarcards.blogspot.com/

YAYYYYY! Thanks to all my helpers!!! You know who you are!

Cville Craft Attack May News

taviametal has recently received some great press for her adoration bracelets on both coolmompicks and parenting.com. This past weekend she was at the Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival and her next show is the Taubman Museum of Art Sidewalk Art Show:
May 30-31
Sat. 10-5; Sun 11-5
Taubman Museum of Art Sidewalk Art Show
Downtown, Roanoke, VA
http://taubmanmuseum.org/

Louisa at weehah! has been busy in her studio with a lovely wedding job (save-the-dates, invitations, place cards, and the like) for a bride in Iowa (you know who you are!). She's enjoying doing lots of family cards - here's just one sample.

Martha Keith is having fun with her current commissioned jewelry projects, making sentimental pieces that include wedding rings and graduation gifts and using materials ranging from high-karat gold and diamonds to niobium and found sea glass. Here are her latest finished pieces: one-of-a-kind wedding rings in 18k white gold for a spring wedding in the country. Congratulations James & Shanti!

ByCary will be at the cville city market throughout the spring and summer. You can catch her there on these dates:
cville city market:
may 23rd
june 20th
july 18th
august 8th
september 26th
ByCary will also be heading to the Renegade Craft Fair June 6th & 7th.

Magnolia Moonlight is excited to launch her new line of art prints and invitations! The bold colors and modern graphics that Magnolia Moonlight is known for are here again, but the images are more organic as each one is hand illustrated by Christina and the images weave together to create mythical worlds with texture and depth.
In addition to the art prints, Christina has pulled some of the illustrated elements to create invitations and birth announcements. This collection has started small but will continue to grow throughout the spring and summer. You can check out the new prints and invitations here!
Magnolia Moonlight is also excited to be a part of the Poppytalk Paper Pops Market this month!

Lindsey Mears has a few artist's books in the exhibition "by the book" at Blue Spiral Gallery in Asheville, NC. April 30-June 27. From traditional binding techniques and altered books to pop-ups and sculptural objects - "by the book" is a celebration of book arts in a variety of media.

ByCary at Squidfire's Art Mart

It was a successful weekend in Baltimore at Squidfire's Art Mart!

The weather was perfect, except for the tail end we got caught with a little rain packing up...but by that point, it was almost welcomed as a little cool off!
I was overwhelmed by all the great artists there and look forward to going back to Baltimore already! Glad we got to stay today too to check out the Visionary Art Museum which was so much fun...
Next show will be Renegade in Brooklyn June 6-7th!

craft attackers on twitter!

A few of us from Craft Attack had a little meeting tonight and it seems that we're starting to tweet! (And guess what? We love to be followed!) Check out Magnolia Moonlight, Martha Keith, taviametal, weehah! on twitter.com. (Did I miss any, ladies?) Enjoy!