Yesterday was my first craft fair ever! For my patterning and licensing class we all had a semester long craft project to sell on Etsy and at a fair. The fair was at a middle school near my house in Bayview. It was a pretty tiny fair, but pretty awesome! We got to meet Faythe Levine, author of "Handmade Nation" and Christina Ward, leader of the PlushTeam!
For the project I made a set of monster stamps! The stamp set is called "Make Your Own Monster" kit. There are 8 rubber wood block stamps of different monster features; 3 mouths, 1 set of eyes, 2 individual eyes, and 2 horns. Alot of kids stopped by and rearranged the stamps to make little faces! I was also selling a few books at the fair. In the end, I made the most sales of the class!!! I sold 3 sets of stamps and 4 books! It felt really good to sell my stuff! I would have even been happy if is didn't sell anything but saw interest in my products! Wow, Leah, way to go!
As of now, I don't have any real solid work plans after school. I had a really great time at the fair and my sales really boosted my confidence in my creations! Hopefully I'll be able to crank some monsters and monster related crafts! What I am really hoping to do is make as many crocheted monsters as possible to prefect them and hopefully join the PlushTeam!
Leah Illustration
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Buy a book!
Here is a link to buy a hard cover version of my thesis book, "The Truth About Monsters"
http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/the-truth-about-monsters/15207047
http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/the-truth-about-monsters/15207047
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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