Downtown Art Park

Oh Sew Tru will be vending at the Downtown Artpark in Los Angeles.

The event happens every 2nd Thursday in downtown L.A.
KCRW DJ's spinning music, food trucks, and art.

What more could you ask for? The event has estimated crowds at 18,000!

Check out the website for more information:

www.downtownartpark.com

Alternative Uses for Coffee Filters

Found this helpful bit of information on Yahoo today.

If you really think about the items around your home and use a little imagination, who knows what you can come up with as an alternative use.

Click on the title heading and you will be redirected to the article.

New L.A. Fleamarket

Just a reminder if you are in the L.A. area the, please come to the L.A. grand opening event of a brand new flea market at Dodger Stadium.

Schedule time:
 9am-5pm Sunday July 18th.

Should be a fun event, bring the whole family. Have some food, listen to some live music, purchase some great handmade items from the vendors. Support the local economy. Hope to see ya there!

http://www.thelafleamarket.com/

Someone Hearts Me

Just thought I would congratulate myself for receiving 100 "hearts" on etsy! It's good to know that somebody out there appreciates my work. I will keep working hard to improve and hopefully receive many more "hearts" along the way.

Hard work and improvement are never done. Trying to get the site off the ground truely is a 24hr job. I could spend all day everyday working on the site and still not be done. Hard work and dedication will pay off one day. That is the goal to keep working hard, keep creating and make a few new friends along the way.

Why Not Reuse Everything

With all the sewing that I do I always have scrap pieces of fabric, embroidery thread, etc. I figured why not use all of it in some way. So, I made some cool fabric cuffs and some clear vinyl heart shapes, with thread pieces inside the clear vinyl, that I can use as  single ornaments or string together to create a decorative wall piece.

Go Green Means Think

Deciding to go green is a wonderful thing to do but you do have to remember to think and look at all products and realize that not all containers and plastic bags can be re-used safely.

If you must use a microwave think about the containers you are using. Take for example containers such as yogurt cups, butter tubs, or even microwave food containers these are meant to be used only once. Some microwave containers may be made for multiple use; check the container to see if it states "multi-use" on the packaging.

You can, after washing, reuse them for "containing" items such as buttons, paperclips, nails, etc., not for reheating as the plastic will break down and who knows what is seaping into your food.

As for plastic grocery bags, you can reuse these bags but be careful with the types of foods you are carrying in those bags. If you carry meat in those bags and later reuse that bag to carry other items you may risk cross contamination. Consider using cloth bags that can be washed inbetween uses. Cloth bags are much more stylish and why not show off your sense of style and imagination.

Now to styrofoam: we all like to order take out food every now and again, wish the restaurants would use something other than styrofoam, but alas that is a whole other issue to tackle. Do not reheat food in styrofoam as it melts rather quickly and may give off noxious fumes.

Going green does not have to be a health risk but please do "think" when going green.

Check out The Green Guide for Everyday Living:
http://www.thegreenguide.com/

Here is a piece on BPA and plastic containers:
http://www.uabhealth.org/61158/

New Etsy Treasury

I would like to thank Birder1 for including one of my "creepy crawlie" hand-twisted spider necklaces in her recent etsy treasury.

Check it out:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c2ba68231ac8eef62f5b176/someone-left-the-door-open

You can visit Birder1 at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/birder1

FB Fan Page Short Cut

This is the link to change your Facebook Fan Page Username to get rid of the long #'s at the end.

I thought I would share.


Go to:

http://www.facebook.com/username/

then at the bottom click "set a username for your Pages", and then you get a drop-down menu that lets your choose your fan page.

Apparently you can only do this once, and there is no fixing it after.

Wrap Up

Wrapping up ends for the July 18 Grand Opening of the L.A. Flea Market at Dodger Stadium.

Here is a sampling of the (pillow included) hand-embroidered pillows and the envelope back pillow covers (pillow not included) that will be available at the event:

Change is Good

Had some time to change the blog layout design.  So far so good, with so many options it is difficult to decide which to use. A work in progress...