In The Studio: Bubbly Baubles

Just sharing a little peek at some special pieces I've been working on especially for our December craft shows. They're tiny bubble necklaces filled with delicate and gorgeous feathers. Simple & stunning.

They'll be available at our shows this weekend, Urban Craft on Saturday (10am-2pm at The GCTC, Holland & Wellington) and Shanghai & Daily Grind Craft Shows (Somerset St. West) on Sunday! Pop by & say hello!

Where You Can Buy Urbanite Jewelry this Holiday Season!

Photo by Anne-Marie Bouchard of AMBPhoto

Shows
We will be at the following shows with tons of jewelry--including new and never-before-seen styles for you to shop from! Come say hello to us!

Urban Craft
Saturday, December 3, 2011
10am - 2pm
GCTC @ The corner of Holland & Wellington
Ottawa, Ontario

Shanghai Winter Craft Sale
Sunday, December 4, 2011
10am - 3pm
Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset St. W.

Craftalicious
Saturday, December 10, 2011
10 am - 5 pm
St. Matthew's Anglican Church, 217 First Ave.

Stores
If you aren't local to the Ottawa area, or donèt have a chance to come out to the events above, our jewelry is now available in 13 stores across Canada (and one on St. Louis)! Pick up some jewelry and support your independent, locally owned store while you are at it!

CANADA
Workshop Studio & Boutique
242 Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, ON

Flock Boutique
1275 Wellington Street W, Ottawa, ON

Steel Style Garage
21 King Street E, Gananoque, ON

Relish Vintage
6 Cannon Street E, Hamilton, ON

With Love Bridal Boutique
1501 Stittsville Main Street, Stittsville, ON

General 54
54 St. Viateur Ouest, Montreal, QC

twigg & hottie
3671 Main Street, Vancouver, BC

Frakas - Kelowna
#20 3155 Lakeshore Road, Kelowna, BC

Frakas - Saskatoon Downtown
#1 - 183 2nd Avenue S, Saskatoon, SK

Frakas - Saskatoon Erindale
#9 - 410 Ludlow Street, Saskatoon, SK

Dots & Loops
183 Lincoln Street, Lunenburg, NS

Love, Me Boutique
1539 Birmingham Street Halifax, NS


U.S.
Charm Boutique
7312 Manchester, Maplewood (STL), Missouri

First Snow.

Just a little snapshot of the first snow of the season here in Ottawa, Canada. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. :)

In The Studio: Holiday Prep

November and December are hands-down the busiest season for me--and indeed, for many small businesses and crafters out there. So although we're barely past Halloween, the reality is that I've been gearing up for the holiday season for weeks now. This season I'm not only gearing up to stock the 10 stores that carry our jewelry, and preparing wild amounts of jewelry for the craft show season...but also running four craft shows and producing Ottawa's first Craft Crawl. Thank goodness I have so many wonderful people helping me out; otherwise I probably wouldn't sleep for the whole month of November!

The busy season kicks off for me this weekend with Urban Craft here in Ottawa and Handmade Harvest, a fantastic show out in Almonte. Two shows in one weekend? Whew! I spent this morning preparing over 100 pieces of jewelry to ensure we have enough stock on hand for both shows! I also spent this weekend ensuring we had enough packaging ready for the whole holiday season, which meant preparing nearly 500 polaroids (pictured above). My little fingers are tired, but I'm feeling quite accomplished!