A day at Craft2.0

by admin on March 7, 2010

Yesterday was full of sunshine smiles and a rather enjoyable Craft Fair.

It was a quieter fair than normal, but I wasn’t too bothered as It’s just lovely being at Craft2.0

It also meant that i got to spend a bit more time hanging with friends i only see on fair days, and also i manged to find some time to take a few photos.

This photo is my one is my absolute favourite for the Day.

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Words cannot describe how much my mum helps keep SuperVery ticking along. This is her, looking fantastic and doing what she always does, which is smile.  I’m incredibly lucky to be doing what I love in life and to have mum there to help me out. She keeps an eye on my financials, is a sounding board for new designs and ideas, is the voice of reason when i feel overwhelmed and biggest of all, Mum punches out all the badges and magnets  i keep designing.

I keep coming up with new ideas all the time, so trust me there is a lot of badge making happening at SuperVery HQ.

So this post goes out to all our fair and shop helpers, I’m reasonably sure I’m not the only person out there who has someone else they depend on to keep things going.

Occupied till Sunday

by admin on March 3, 2010

I’m busy making up chain, tweaking designs, going crazy with hot glue, punching out badges all for this weekend. Which is the very marvelous Craft2.0 at TheNewDowse

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I created Craft2.0 and run the fair with help from Tash2.0, who happens to be launching her very own range of yarn at The fair under the name knitsch. Knitsch happens to be her not so secret anymore outdoor knitting name. So obviously I am extremely  extremely  biased when it comes to how wonderful an event Craft2.0 is.

But the magic of Craft2.0 is not  in the things i do, which is organise the crap out of it, but in the lovely people who make things and sell them at the fair. Because trust me a craft fair is only as good as it’s crafters, yes i think we have the most beautiful venue in all of NZ for the fair, and the promo is quirky and fun, but without good craft, it would just be a shabby old market.

But equally what makes Craft2.0 work is all the lovely people who come along. For many it’s a bit of a trek out to TheNewDowse but nobody complains. I love that I get to meet my  customers each fair, and nothing makes me smile more than seeing a former customer who brought a pendant from me at a previous fair.

anyway i need to drop back into making mode, i have some wonderful new alice in wonderland magnet sets  and badges – based on the original Tenniel drawings. Plus some lovely new jewellery designs, but more on those on friday.

Being SuperVery

February 27, 2010

In the last 12 months I’ve slowly begun to realise something very core and very crucial about  attempting to one day make a living from this crafty life of mine.
Good craft, making beautiful things is not enough.
To be successful you need to have some other reasonably core skills like – marketing, selling, photography & net [...]

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Webstock Week

February 18, 2010

Webstock is for me a life changing experience

After my first webstock I realised i was in a dead end job that while i was really good at it, it was not something that made me want to wake up in the morning. My health both mental and physical was suffering something had to give.
Then i [...]

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ruby red is rather rad

February 18, 2010

One of the new matrials i’ve been playing around with at ponoko is their red tinited acrylic. It’s a subtle warm red that isn’t too shouty, I’m not big on shouty colours for my jewellery, or for the jewellery i currently make.
A year ago i played around with limes, yellow, orange, pink and i came [...]

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The Year Begins

February 16, 2010

I know it’s February so technically the year has been around for oh, about 6 weeks.

But i took a post Christmas crafting break that kind of continued on a bit longer than planned.
But i seem to back in full speed dreaming up new ideas.
As you can see by this pile of new things I’ve toiled [...]

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Give a little

December 18, 2009

so right now it’s Christmas, and those of us who don’t have to think about where we are going to sleep tonight, we are doing ok.
We might be stressed about shopping, and holidays, but we have roofs over our head and beds to sleep in and we know where our next meal is coming [...]

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Last of the Specials

December 13, 2009

Today – Sunday marks the end of SuperVery sales Week
after this i get to curl up in bad and have a lovely long nap
I’ve decided to end this special week with possibly 2 of my favourite pendants of all time
the unicorn in rimu
and my Día de los Muertos Pendant
yes both pendants can be [...]

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Saturday SeaHorse

December 11, 2009

This wee cutie mas created last year for a design competition for the lovely lovely people at ponoko
it was a runner up and one of my craft idols Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club had this to say about it
“Jennifer: I love the blue acrylic, summer to me means bright fun colors and the beach [...]

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turn the key

December 11, 2009

or in the case of today turn many keys,
because my range of keys is on special today and this special is exclusive to felt.
yup the are four specials on today each a different key laser cut with the help of those lovely folks at ponoko. who do all my laser cutting for me
So click on [...]

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