Emily's June craft show pics...Wakefield, Eastham, Fairhaven & Plymouth

Ok, we will start with the most recent! This is Village Landing in Plymouth, on water st. It's a nice grouping of artisan's boutiques with a lovely brick courtyard. Every Thursday between 4 & 8 there is an artisan's fair there run by Mandi Fedele of Snuggle Time Embroidery. It's a new & growing market so if you are in the area come out and support all the hard working folks that have given artisans like me an opportunity to participate. Can't wait to see how it evolves! I will be set up at Artisans in the courtyard again on July 30th and on Aug 27th.My set up above, in front of the Winery.

Below Mandi's table of machine embroidered baby accessories. Sew cute!!

I loved my neighbor's all natural handmade soaps. Between all the lavender in my work and her soaps we had the courtyard smelling fantastic!

I am such a sucker for a French Bulldog. Maybe someday I will have one.

Fairhaven...

An old New England downtown setting, so pretty. I have to say I was really disappointed to see all the mass produced and imported CRAP that was in this show. Especially when the application & paperwork said that was a no-no. Emily's Vintage Cottage won't be making an appearance that show next year. The money was just not there. It was a beautiful day and the food at this show was the yummiest and most varied I have ever seen at any craft show/street festival. Fairhaven has incredible public buildings. It was worth the trip just to see the Town Hall and Church. That Raggedy Ann in the pic below was made by my neighbor. Just couldn't seem to get a picture of that table without one in it...

Busy street & pretty Town Hall

Eastham...Hands On The Arts!!!

Dirty pants and all....Before & after above, vintage fabric covered buttons belowWood cut scatter pins above, Czech glass button jewelry belowReally awesome free kid's hands-on arts & crafts tent above

Dr. Frankenswine does the best BBQ on Cape Cod. He's at The Oyster fest in October too. Can't wait for that show. It's the weekend after Columbus Day so, save the date!! Nifty BBQ meat smoker-trailer. Having a party on Cape Cod?? Frank does it right.

Wakefield Festival By The Lake

Another adorable town green setting. I usually have a nice shady spot under a tree.Met lots of nice dogs and people at this show. It's usually the first craft show of the year for me and one of my favorites.

This little guy caused quite a ruckus!

Well, That's the June craft show roundup. I am working on my July Brimfield post next.

I have a craft show on the cape this Friday & Saturday hosted by the Dennis-Harwich Lions club. It will be held on the old Melpet Farm property on Route 134 in Dennis.

More Soon...XOXO Emily

CRAFT SHOW PICS

Ok, so I have done a little website overhaul at the crazycakes.biz website. If you have come here looking for pics of my handmade goodies in relation to show apps jump over here

http://www.crazycakes.biz/id5.html

More soon...XO Emily

Clarice Cliff Harvest dishes

I bought these pretty dishes at the thrift shop the other day. I NEVER buy dishes but they were just too pretty to pass up. There are 2 nice platters I will probably put on ebay. All said I got 27 picess including dinner plates.

I am still editing my Brimfield pics so that post will be coming soon.

XO...Emily

Antique key necklaces

Whew! Putting the finishing touches on my Brimfield packing. There are already shows going on in town but J&J is a Friday, Saturday show with a Thursday night load in. I am so ready to go. Here are the necklaces.
XOXO...Emily

Emily's Spring show schedule

May 15 & 16 Brimfield Antique Show

J&J FIELD BOOTH C-12

Rt 20 Brimfield Ma

May 23 W.H.A.T. Craft show

On the grounds of the Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theatre

Rt. 6 Wellfleet, Ma

June 13 Wakefield Festival by The Lake

Craft Show Downtown Wakefield, Ma

June 20 Hands On The Arts Craft Show

Windmill Green, Eastham, Ma

http://handsonthearts.com

June 27 Fairhaven Homecoming Craft Show

Downtown Fairhaven, Ma

July 17, 18 Brimfield Antique Show

J&J FIELD BOOTH C-12

Rt 20 Brimfield, Ma

I am still working on July & August and the Fall is pretty much set. Looking for BUSY Early December shows. Any Ideas??

XOXO...Emily

More nifty junque for Brimfield

It's raining out on The Cape today but the sun is coming out through the clouds as I type. Funky yellow oak stand,m another fantastic yard sale score! I am tempted to keep it, it was such a bargain.

Have a so-so thrifted vintage plastic suitcase kicking around?? Why not dress it up with some "old" (reprinted) travel stickers? That's what I did here. The stickers cane from a fancy paper store. It cost me dollars for 15 big stickers. I love old luggage for storage and I use it a lot in my show displays at craft shows. A great way to store your craft show stock & supplies in style.

It's a crappy rainy day here on the cape. I am going back to my studio.

XOXO...Emily

A vintage suitcase full of vintage fabric lavender sachets!!!

I literally made a suitcase full of sachets this week. I have so much vintage fabric it's getting ridiculous! This is a mix of 30's and 40's fabrics backed with Vintage white coverlet fabric. Sew sweet!! Been booking shows like crazy and producing lots of handmade goodies for those shows. Just booked a Memorial Day show in Wellfleet, Ma. Details to come!!

Brimfield is in 2 weeks or so. I promise to get my show schedule up on the crazy cakes website. There is a clickable photo link on the right side of this blog page part way down. I joined twitter recently and I am loving it. Tweet Deck is a really cool feature!

XOXO...Emily

Crazy Cakes little emery pincushions

These came out so cute! Here is a peek at my latest offering. It's an emery filled small cake pincushion. Keep all your pins sharp and add some cuteness to your sewing basket. I've found some light colored emery grit so using light colored chenille is not a problem. They are lined to keep the grit in too. Poorly made emery pincushions can make a real mess.

More soon...XO Emily

Thrift shop finds and "Burniture"

Made up a new word today, burniture. Furniture not worth selling or taking to the dump. Also furniture you take home from the dump because you like fires.

Been hitting the thrift shops pretty hard lately. Always on the hunt for goodies, this is what I have found lately.

Shabby green plant stand on a super funky metal and Formica pink & black kitchen table. My favorite is the awesome pair of twin bedspreads. They have ruffles all around that go to the floor! So much great fabric!! I love the black and grey bows. They are in great shape too. More funky stuff like a child's satin bathrobe, a fisher price play stove from the 70's, a light up Jesus memorial art piece, lots of colorful thread on old wooden spools, vintage beads, little black plastic top hats, made in Japan pink oval floral planter, awesome matte glazed Asian boy lamp, glass amberina toothpick holder, sweet art deco print with poem, and set of 3 painted aluminium canisters which are just the coolest!

Almost forgot about these vintage glass Boston Terriers! I love these and I have found them in almost every color they were made in. When I find a matte black one with the rhinestone eyes still in tact I will keep it.
Brimfield is right around the corner. This is the 50th anniversary of the Brimfield antique shows. Hope you can make it this year!

More soon...XO Emily

Emily on Artfire.com & spiffing up the show goods

It was so nice out Sunday I got a lot done outside, painted a bunch of display stuff and did yard stuff. Bella was around to keep me company and sleep on the picnic table all day.

I have been spiffing up the way I display my buttons for sale. I altered the cards some cards I use for other buttons to card these vintage fabric covered buttons.

I am selling on a new website that is similar to etsy in a lot of ways. It's called Artfire.com. Something I really like about this site is the way you can link to your other sites from your listings. It shows up right on each listing that you are on etsy, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and other social sites. Very cool that buyers can find your other online shops, your blog and other stuff on each item! Another thing I like is the sidebar option to add a listing to Kaboodle, This Nest and a big list of social sites when you look at any item on the site. There is even a social networking hub where a beginner can hook themselves up with a whole bunch of social and promotional sites all in one place on artfire.com. I am very impressed with all the resources they offer their sellers. Hooray!!

Visit crazycakes's ArtFire Shop

More soon...XO Emily

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xo...Emily

Czech glass button brooches & dog love

I just love Bella so much. She's only 6 but she looks so much older. I've had her since she was 10 weeks old and weighed 5 pounds. Here she is all snuggled in for a nap. Such a good dog. Her best friend is a Pitbull Greyhound mix who weighs about 90 pounds and lives upstairs from us. This dog and this vintage cotton coverlet are 2 of my favorite things in this world. The buttons come in a close second or third. Just got some findings that work well for these simple button brooches. I am working on items this month that will sell for 10 or 12 dollars each. I know the economy sucks so I am making some new items in a lower price point to get mixed in with Emily's greatest hits.
I have been sending out all my show applications. This year I am doing a lot more craft shows but just sticking to the 3 Brimfield shows to sell my vintage and antique goodies. It's getting harder and harder to find antiques of integrity and nifty vintage goods. I can produce so much more stuff than can be found to put my (antique) show inventory. So, doing more craft shows just seemed to make sense.
A few of these may go on etsy.

More soon...Back to work...XO Emily

They're here!!!! New Czech art glass buttons

I have been waiting for this order since before Christmas. I don't mind the wait for such lovely designs and superior quality handmade glass buttons. There is so much work that goes in to each individual button.

What do you think?Black glass below with a midnight blue finish fired on.I LOVE these below. The glass is clear with gold and silver hand painted detail with an Aurora Borealis finish on the back for extra depth and sparkle. I have been buying from a few factories for 8 years now and I have never ordered this one before nor have I seen it for sale anywhere else in this paint and finish combo.

On the left is a frosted amber glass floral in another finish that I just adore. On the right is a highly detailed button with the ab finish on the back. This finish is hard to photograph but sooooooooooooooooo lovely in person. I've begun the listing process in my etsy shop but still have about 12 or 14 more designs to list.

More soon...XO Emily