Etsy Maine Team Raises Funds for Local Shelter

The good folks at the Etsy Maine Team will be donating 15% of all sales from participating seller's shops from 11/13 to 11/19 to a local shelter, Preble Street.

Preble Street is a Maine organization which provides accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty; and advocates for solutions to these problems. Watch their PSA here: http://www.preblestreet.org/home_for_good_video1.php

Help keep Maine women, men, children, & teens warm and empowered this winter! A complete list of participating sellers will be posted on our blog-- http://etsymaineteam.blogspot.com/

CozInk Cards in a new brick and mortor

Hashed out some details today, and shipping cards off tomorrow. You will soon be able to purchase CozInk Cards at Dalton Heritage Arts, which part of the Maine Heritage Village in Wiscasset, Maine.

CozInk featured on a Maine craft blog!

Peggy, who owns Three Bridges Sewing Co. also runs a great Maine craft blog called The Fabric of Time. Every Tuesday she does a Twos-Day Morning Artist Feature, where she features two artists from the Maine Etsy Team.
I'm totally flattered that this week Peggy featured my Etsy shop along side Paige/Knitster.

Blog feature is here, take a peek!

New Items on Etsy

Etsy Buy Handmade CozInk

Gelatin Plate Printmaking at Sweetland Retreat

Thanks to fellow Etsy Maine Team members Jamie and Joy, I'll be teaching a printmaking workshop at their artists' retreat in August.

Sweetland Retreat is playing host to "Gelatin Plate Printmaking", a one night workshop that will take place on August 11th from 6pm-8:30pm. I'll be teaching about making your gelatin plate and gathering materials, the basics of the printmaking process, storing and disposing of your gelatin, and we'll also try a few crafts that you can make with this process; everyone is going home at the end of the night with at least a couple note cards and post cards they've made themselves.

The cost is $50 ($40 class fee + $10 materials fee), and space is limited to 8 students so sign up fast! Visit Sweetland's workshop page here for more info or to register.

Show at Captive Elements

Saturday, June 6 at 7pm- save the date!

Captive Elements Art House in Lewiston is hosting a 3-person show that includes some of my photography, as well as printmaking, and some of the cards/bookmarks that I usually sell on Etsy. Come out, eat food, drink booze, support the arts!

Also, LA COMP is on sale for $6 instead of the usual $7 up in the Etsy shop, through the long weekend.

-Grace