Sassyglass and Scarfitup Together!

Another bit of collaboration!

Sassyglass' Andrea Cumming and Scarf It Up have collaborated once again to produce some delightful designs in neckwear. These three distinctly different necklaces - fiber with dichroic glass pendants - will be available at our gallery, Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts in Wilmington NC, very shortly. They sell for $39 each.

Comment below or email scarfitup [at] ec.rr.com if interested or if you want additional information. More photos available here.

Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts Grand Opening!!!

The Grand Opening Celebration at Port City Pottery and Fine Crafts will take place on Friday, April 27 from 6 - 9 PM during the downtown Wilmington Fourth Friday Gallery Walk. We are located in the Cotton Exchange at 307 North Front Street, across from the Hilton Hotel.

The collective's artists will be on hand to meet and greet friends - old and new, to talk about our art, our vision for the gallery, and to welcome you. Please join us if you can.

Working at Port City Pottery & Fine Crafts

The Gallery has been open for a full week now! It has a wonderful clean and colorful look to it that entices people to come in. It was Easter Monday in NC and many families are on vacation, so there were many out-of-towners with children, and MANY people browsing. Many fine compliments were bestowed upon us.

My husband (the potter) has sold 3 of his signature pinch pots, and I have sold a scarf and a necklace with a dichroic glass pendant (SassyGlass).

The Grand Opening is 2 weeks away - we'll be sending an announcement via email and this blog shortly.

I'm addicted to Etsy Treasuries!

Creating them, that is! Oh....I like looking at them too, but I LOVE the challenge of first trying to snag one and then trying to create a beautiful, eye-catching and enticing whole developed around a theme. I turned on my computer this morning, ran over to the Treasury section, and one was expiring in 18 seconds! I jumped right on it, and lo and behold, here is the result:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury.php?id=1175743860556U15788 It's called KNOT, KNOT, Who's there? (with a typo in the title! - DUH!!!)

For those of you Etsyians who are similarly addicted, here are a few tips that I use to snag and create one:

1. Re-order the list so the next expiration times are on top on the first page.
2. If one is close to expiring, hang around. Sometimes the box never appears, so see when the next one is due to expire.
3. When the box appears at the bottom of the page, have a first letter waiting and type it into the box. That box will remain yours indefinitely while you come up with the rest of the title. Once you have begun the title, there is no need to rush. If you got this far, you've actually snagged an open Treasury!
4. Think about themes for a Treasury all the time, and even do searches accordingly to see if there are beautiful things to fill it with.
5. Start with the last pages of the search to give exposure to older items - it'a a plug for all Etsyians.
6. Leave comments on Treasuries that you love!

That's it! Please visit mine today and tomorrow - because then it will expire and BE GONE!!!!