La Befana Bazaar – Bainbridge Island

Hi everyone, this is my first post as a member of the Olympic Peninsula Etsy team! I run my shop JohnMetBetty, where I sell handmade purses made from new and vintage materials. A few months ago I was invited to participate in the first ever La Befana Bazaar on Bainbridge Island. There are so many talented people participating and I’m really looking forward to it!

I’m offering a special discount to team members of Etsy Rain and the Olympic Peninsula Team, details will be available on my blog later this week.

La Befana will be held at The Grange Hall on Bainbridge Island;

November 21st & 22nd

Friday 1-6pm

Saturday 10-6pm

10340 Madison Avenue NE

Bainbridge Island WA

Hope to see you there!

There are a few spots open if you would still like to participate, contact kate at shatiekatie @ hotmail or through http://labefana.blogspot.com

Second Saturday of September in Sequim

Opulent Art Show sponsored by Burning Down the House Creative Business Support Group and Olympic Peninsula Team – Etsy Team

Saturday, Sept 13th from 10 to 5 at The Cutting Garden in Sequim at 303 Dahlia Llama Lane

Please join us for a celebration and sale of precious art by local artists working in cooperation on the Second Saturday in September.

Fine Arts

Live Music by Dan Lieberman Mountain Music 11-1, Shades of Green 1-3, Kevin Lee Magner and Locozonely 3-5

Wine, Cheese & Chocolate served by Damiana’s Best Cellars and Baked Goods by Bell Street Bakery

Opulent Art Show – optetsy.wordpress.com

The Opulent Art Show at The Cutting Garden will feature Sequim and Port Angeles artists of several media including painting, photography, jewelry, glass, mixed media, fiber arts, and music. This special art event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free to the public. Spend a splendid outing enjoying the gardens, fine wine and treats with live music, and an opportunity to meet local artist selling their wares and sharing their passion for creativity and comradely.

Featured Artists:

Marliese Bankert Artistic Hang-Ups artistichangups.blogspot.com

Mary Beth Beuke West Coast Sea Glass westcoastseaglass.net

Mary Beth Blake Irresistible Beadworks irresistiblebeadworks.com

Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond unique as you uniqueasyou.com

Amelia & Natalie Garripoli By Our Hands byourhands.etsy.com

Lisa Kendrick X S Baggage & Co. xsbaggageandco.com

Melissa Klein Osis Art osisart.com

Susan Kroll Thistlehill Farms

Dixie McAndrews Fiber Treasures fibertreasures.etsy.com

Tiffany Westlund Room 3 Designs room3designs.etsy.com

More Artists to be announced.

Burning Down the House Creative Business Support Group started in February of this year to meet once a month to network, encourage, and gain even more strength in numbers. All the members have creative home based businesses with the mission to cooperate and support the unique issues of pursuit of personal enterprise, develop artistic outlets, and promote the significance of local, handmade art. In the quest for improvement, each month a member or team of members presents a program geared toward small businesses selling to the global and local market. Most of the members of the support group live and sell in Sequim and Port Angeles, however many have an international audience from an active online presence. The name of the support group came from the instigator of the group, Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond, and her love of the Talking Head’s song of that name thinking the lyrics were apt. “No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin’ yet! Everythings stuck together.”

The Olympic Peninsula Team – Etsy Team contains the members of the creative support team and other artists who live on the Peninsula who also sell their goods on the online Do-It-Yourself sales gallery, Etsy.com.

Featured Artists for the Opulent Art Show

Marliese Bankert of Artistic Hang-Ups produces custom picture framing and photography of the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. Her motto is ‘framing that brings your art to life!’ artistichangups.blogspot.com

Mary Beth Beuke owner of West Coast Sea Glass and President of the North American Sea Glass Association creates one of a kind jewelry pieces made from naturally tumbled, rare, beach combed sea glass.  Using sterling silver, freshwater pearls and other fine components, Beuke creates some of the world’s finest sea glass earrings, rings, bracelets and more.  Beuke’s rare pieces glass have been featured on The Travel Channel and in Coastal Living and National Geographic magazines. westcoastseaglass.net

Mary Beth Blake of Irresistible Beadworks loves to share her passion for creating jewelry. Each piece of her jewelry is a one of a kind creation. She enjoys creating each piece using all different types of beads and stones. All the way from Swarovski crystals to natures beautiful precious and semi-precious stones. Mary Beth love mixing all different colors and textures to try to create something totally unique. irresistiblebeadworks.com

Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond of unique as you creates colorful one of a kind handcrafted art, apparel, and textiles with individual style that is as distinct as yourself. Renne’s mission is to enhance people’s presence with asking, “What Hue Are You?” Her designs are original from inception with hand dyed yarn, to hand woven fabric made into apparel, and silk scarves with the distinguishing process of digitally printing with hand painting. No two are alike. Renne embraces the empowerment of brilliant hues and individualism expressed in appearance. uniqueasyou.com

Amelia Garripoli and her daughter Natalie of By Our Hands create hand spun yarn and goods in abundance. Amelia is president of the local spinning and weaving guild, she writes and teaches fiber arts at workshops, conferences, and wool shows.  Natalie is an active third grader who plans to visit Paris after high school with her handspun earnings. byourhands.etsy.com

Lisa Kendrick of XSBaggage & Co designs and handcrafts all her items in small quantities. Lisa handpicks all of the fabrics herself and usually just makes a few of each. Her mission is to create fun and functional handbags and accessories to complement a woman’s personal style, while providing an alternative to mass-produced products, as well as providing an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. xsbaggageandco.com

Melissa Klein of Osis Art will be presenting paintings and collages for sale as originals, fine art prints, and cards. Her “Circus Posters” poke fun at social conventions and are based upon her experiences in the working world, and the people in her life – good, bad and ugly. Her nature-based work is inspired by her experiences of horse ownership and the fauna and flora of the Olympic Peninsula. osisart.com

Susan Kroll of Thistlehill Farm grew up sewing, knitting, and embroidering.  She has been involved in fiber arts (spinning, weaving, etc.) for over 20 years as both a student and a teacher.  She enjoys combining her fiber art skills to create garments and home textiles. thistlehillfarm.etsy.com

Dixie McAndrews of Fiber Treasures draws inspiration from close fellowship with others and nature. She explores knitting, weaving, and felting techniques for transforming plant and animal fibers into decorative and useful textiles. Dixie feels that creating with the human hand helps to balance the mechanized and computerized world and allows her to create textiles that machines cannot produce. Her explorative nature often guides her beyond the traditional techniques and insures one-of-a-kind creations. In addition to quality construction, her creations are imbued with respect and joy that make them true Fiber Treasures to be used and loved forever. fibertreasures.etsy.com

Tiffany Westlund of Room 3 Designs has been making jewelry for about 18 years. Her love of the craft and eye for shape and form shine through in the offerings on her etsy store room3designs.etsy.com

Opulent Art Show is coming!

Opulent Art Show

Announcing the Opulent Art Show sponsored by Burning Down the House Creative Business Support Group and Olympic Peninsula Team – Etsy Team

Saturday, Sept 13th from 10 to 5 at The Cutting Garden, 303 Dahlia Llama Lane, Sequim, WA.

Please join us for a celebration and sale of precious art by local artists working in cooperation on the Second Saturday in September.

Fine Arts

Live Music by Dan Lieberman – Mountain Music at 11 -1, Dan Lieberman – Shades of Green at 1 – 3, Kevin Lee Magner and Locozonely at 3 – 5

Wine, Cheese & Chocolate served by Damiana’s Best Cellars and Baked Goods by Bell Street Bakery

The Opulent Art Show at The Cutting Garden will feature Sequim and Port Angeles artists of several media including painting, photography, jewelry, glass, mixed media, fiber arts, and music. This special art event is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is free to the public. Spend a splendid outing enjoying the gardens, fine wine and treats with live music, and an opportunity to meet local artist selling their wares and sharing their passion for creativity and comraderie.