Collective Elements - The Blog: 7/1/09

>> Thursday, July 30, 2009

Listening to "When the Last Time" wondering what happened to Clipse?

>> Wednesday, July 29, 2009

If I'm slow to answer your call/text its not because I don't like you, its because I had to wipe my phone & don't recognize numbers. *sigh*

Flowers for the Tea Party

>> Monday, July 27, 2009

Of course there's some craftiness going on for this tea party. A dozen paper flowers for the table.

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Shop Brooklyn July 29th & 30th!

If you get a chance, you should check out my fellow NewNew peeps!

Sent to you by Danielle via Google Reader:

Shop Brooklyn July 29th & 30th!

via The {NewNew} - Indie Artists, Artisans & Crafters of the NY Metro Region by KimmChi on 7/27/09

On Wednesday and Thursday, July 29th and 30th, come out and support your local Brooklyn artists by shopping Brooklyn Boutique Fashion Nights! Boutiques throughout the borough will be open late to offer special deals, refreshments and in some cases, let you meet the designers!

On July 29th, drop by serimony (421 Court Street) for some wine, a chat, and a 15% off sale with KimmChi {me!} and while you're out, hop on over to BUMP Brooklyn (424 Bergen Street) for a Meegün Trunk Show on July 29th and July 30th.

Enjoy Discounts, Designers, and Refreshments at these other Brooklyn Boutiques:

444 Atlantic Avenue
You'll find loads of locally made handmade wares here! Bold jewelry in organic fluid shapes in silver and gold by Lingua Nigra, Brooklyn themed ceramics and more from May Luk, decoupaged necklaces, earrings and cuff links from WabisabiBrooklyn, silk-screened graphic ties from Jes Switaj, unique charms personally collected and unexpectedly assembled into witty and adorable story pieces by p*Charming, gorgeous bags in a all sizes and shapes by Meegün or shop Metalicious' Modern Rock jewelry collection, Better Than Jam's silk-screened totes, aprons and other accessories, and let me not forget unbelievable plush toys from Karen's Monsters.

Mongo - 246 Smith Street Find jewelry from Wabisabi Brooklyn, decoupaged on coins - both US and Foreign.

serimony - 421 Court Street {*trunk show on Wednesday and Thrusday July 29 + 30th}

Find silk-screened women's tee's and long sleeve shirts from KimmChi as well as block printed cards and stationary from serimony and herself!

Try Rae's First - 430 Court Street with more decoupage jewelry from Wabisabi Brooklyn.

BUMP Brooklyn - 464 Bergen Street - Find beautiful bags in all shapes and sizes by Meegün, and chat with her and both nights. {*trunk show on Wednesday and Thrusday July 29 + 30th}

Go out and enjoy all the shopping in Brooklyn!

-Kimm
KimmChi.etsy.com

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Resting and Regrouping

If you came out to see me today at Brooklyn's Eco-Art Fair, you probably couldn't find me. I was whipped and took a pass at vending at today's show. I'm ending my summer selling season a bit early to focus on the kid, rest before classes start, and regroup the business. I will be back selling in person beginning late September.

For now, I have a bit brewing.

First up, I'm planning a tea party for the little girl. My daughter is for the most part a real angel. She has a fresh mouth moments but she's a good kid. Her birthday falls in February and its really hard to plan a party at home during the winter months so I decided to throw her an end of the summer tea party. More details on that in another post.

Second, you may have noticed some changed back and forth with the design of the site. I've been wanting to redesign the look of the site, blog, and *new* store. Yes, I'm going back to having my own online shop off Etsy. Etsy is a wonderful tool but I think having a separate focused shop is essential to good business. My Etsy shop will still carry my overflow. Also you may also notice some non-paper products popping up. These are all changes being made for the fall. More details on that to follow.

And finally fall brings back the return of school for not just my daughter who's entering second grade but also for me. Second year grad student...it still sounds weird to me. That first year went by quick. This semester Java Programming and Enterprise Database Design. I signed up for two other classes but I won't be taking those. The database class I feel confident about. I'm a db admin now but that Java class... *sigh* I find programming soooo boring. I have to put myself on study schedule to make that happen.

So sorry for the delay in my catch up. My pc got a nasty bug a few weeks ago and is currently dead. I have only been able to ping. Don't want to tempt fate by posting during the day. My Blackberry is also acting funky so hopefully my new phone and XP disks will arrive this week so I can be back to work.

If you have contacted me about custom work, I will be available hopefully during August.

>> Monday, July 20, 2009

Etsy treasury love http://ping.fm/MfqI0

>> Friday, July 17, 2009

Tomorrow, Handmade Faire, Medford, NJ 10 to 4 http://ping.fm/gxlhh Let's hope my aunt remembers to put all my stuff back in the van

Etsy Greetings Craft Space Makeover - Update 4

>> Monday, July 13, 2009

I haven't forgotten about cleaning up my craft area. I just got a bit sidetracked. Well I put my extra art supplies on a little side table at my show this past weekend. I sold quite a bit but I still have alot left. As I was sorting through my supplies, I realized how often I buy things because they are on sale vs. really liking them. Out of over 20 skeins of yarn, I only kept three. Half of my stamp collection went in the clearance box also. And stickers...oh they need to have Stickers Anonymous for people like me, lol.

I'm planning on putting them out again for my show this week and next.

>> Saturday, July 11, 2009

Out at Maplewoodstock today. http://ping.fm/tp59f Music food activities and vendors like ME. Stop by and make merry! Memorial Park Maplewood NJ.

>> Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Follow me on the Handmade Highway http://ping.fm/scMCf

Sometimes life gets alittle blah...so I decided to spice things up

>> Monday, July 6, 2009

The past few weeks have been like that for me. I've had quite a few shows the past few weeks and have shows this weekend, next weekend, and the weekend after. Honestly the craft/art show circuit has been slow and has forced me to reevaluate my product offerings.

I love what I do but I want to branch out more so I've been quietly designing and redesigning my curvy girl line and I'm really starting to see where I want things to go. These designs are just a few of the new line launched at the recent Curves in the City Shopping Soiree.