Winter Fling this Saturday!

<div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548097974961808786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59yhIjAFScugyjlbokKAsk9tncs2UN9DtebZYOGqfdDSVDL9Wwr7oZVy_AwlIzdPLZVw9d5ga9mFyCER6Rn865WNOHxe6qTtmz3zD6mpiGOxhdFB75Cw4Xblsu0P8aeabBl1KWGLd1nM/s400/155098_10150331515225346_801410345_15520649_7041918_n.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div align="center">All the vendors are stocking up and getting ready for an awesome show in downtown <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ferndale</span> this Saturday at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">AJ's</span> Cafe. And check out the <a href="http://acraftthing.net/2010/12/03/winter-fling-music-meet-the-djs/">Winter Fling <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">blog's</span> </a>feature of all the awesome <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">DJ's</span> that will be spinning all day! Come down and support your local artists and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">crafters</span> (and friends!) by buying local/handmade for your holiday gifts, listen to some sweet music from the area's hippest <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">DJ's</span>, have a coffee and some yummy snacks, and enter some raffles for crazy cool prizes! How could you not have fun???</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center">Here are some of my new items I'll be bringing:<br /></div></div><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548124470321861042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhloYVtYAJ9ZW12pKHM6JpEuhGJ0XKbODwRK77z0h_rZ_2p7WgJOg1YCs3TiRS4O7zQcwW-WpUdrckS7Fb2SbPdqgUksir4VW5uelX_hHwl_5IxxkjkKvwGRPwuPHlnXQtRoUfxW3K3CFQ/s400/snowglobes.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><br /><div align="center">Detroit Snow Globes!</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548124481952680658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFseeqyORBY3cyMCtV3gPT5hTEDW2rMKJi8myFxM5r6vH_k-EtLQuLXszzanr9JdhQ7BZABFOaP8vRqmAhRobgbaagsG9jrX6ofIzQj0Dr5cFTCIFsMOu7V2qnnim3bD5NZ69CRLv0hsg/s400/chunky+brown+neckwarmer+scarf+etsy+handmade+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 334px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Chunky Brown <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Scarflette</span>. Or get it<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63867476/hand-crocheted-thick-and-chunky-brown"> here </a>on my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">etsy</span> site!</div><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548124479997241762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCAmk5nDJzNts8ICfBpqzL-zk7nm14Q9UxMgA5tlawJGrbVexqiSI7qUok7mYIPED2PYZsdukcynQIOrZe3Bw81cJt8hsu9OgE646xqGMyc_ZK4sWnuxcl1F4oY7VbazTy57iJaiPTE4/s400/brown+chunky+crocheted+scarflette+etsy+3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><br /><div align="center">This <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">scarflette</span> is a bit thinner and looks great worn all day. The button is vintage. It was my grandmother's. Get it <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63862854/hand-crocheted-orange-brown-scarflette?ref=v1_other_2">here </a>too.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548124474661037490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB6lGO6CdhsV72wyZKUqYNDF97b3Tl5nXZEs9Dz15vyU1qxRRWrC13hyphenhyphenmOTEUCFWrc9DaBX6b97KJ_kRnWyJbN3ZBdJcUOHtbYJNKSZERXL0cT1DVvkUhb8yEMPk9Mwz1LvEz4epuuJU/s400/Black+crocheted+scarflette+neckwarmer+etsy2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />I love this chunky black <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">neckwarmer</span>. I crocheted the buttons too. Get it <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63853830/hand-crocheted-chunky-black-scarflette?ref=v1_other_2">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63271782/detroit-typewriter-photograph-on"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548126382151779970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1nMPzXdktKBjAP5UXiIG4CxXXPBxdCzw_4LkGeJHSb895oCaMwnSF0adBQFmwQXvEmjvIzhPXKbM3ngDAV-iS-FgZzbLX2YjPRK5HOSHlEXg5aV6IMFtt9N6-Hg9g6UhycpSPuG_4X4/s400/Detroit+Typewriter+etsy.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>I have this available as a print <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/63271782/detroit-typewriter-photograph-on">here</a>. I also mounted an 8x10 to a thick piece of wood and gave it a high gloss shellac. I'll be bringing that along as well.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>

Winter Fling this Saturday!

All the vendors are stocking up and getting ready for an awesome show in downtown Ferndale this Saturday at AJ's Cafe. And check out t...

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Fashion Sunday Part 1: Cynthia LaMaide

<div align="center">Fashion Sunday, part of the Buy Michigan Now festival, was full of interesting and unique Detroit fashion from the area's top designers. The first show was <a href="http://www.lamaide.com/www.lamaide.com/Welcome.html"> Cynthia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">LaMaide's</span> </a>amazing knitted creations. Each one is one of a kind. Her designs are whimsical and beautiful.</div><div align="center"> </div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503958444015867682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFztU2qecJW9VzTq2ndTob-XTr0VPhRwQzp9hajmkArA1ZFLtNu2yZAX5xlmdy42MKJlIvsAvj5ehjokBnq0qk_XdI8SKroWuhgOiFAkpRErgQDxP668lT0630KeyNl8nFp_Y0r9rbORL/s400/Cynthia+LaMaide+1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503958453983905442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUcgf1GjEAwivITnmgVhgnOXsbm3wrfKs-N3KGnCxqSfvSlFNTBVibnlt2Wba4HE86lnd0-6J8zMtaMy4sBSOBJpzFiqG8iWKM9mtCP_KDyYlQRuNoiEPmL2ZelSxqDWvxqbenOFvCgtL/s400/Cynthia+LaMaide+2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503958464315437266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYl6SdEx915BgiNE44FfuglwNZKc-gzWbjJpgJWOtk04rnYW54Jx0wsLr9Ks_PqwL4XBV5rC7VfP9Y6gBClynnP9inl2CMvMDbJsopsWsdX8BfTF4xUB-9hzP7LYTHaC9uv5nm561GQbd/s400/Cynthia+LaMaide+3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 124px; CURSOR: hand" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5AHK7lPcvdXZawaXrsdEYxEEcK9CRYvCLUh9w-imV9QI1dSYglS0Z6BZXNEmv0mxBzI5mFEQI484QCfigo5ppEW-2SHNkMXRZkxcjDYkSk2KnEsJ8cNWX6JTMLol9NCeZ2HomTsxwy_k/s1600/Cynthia+LaMaide+4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503958465119358658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5AHK7lPcvdXZawaXrsdEYxEEcK9CRYvCLUh9w-imV9QI1dSYglS0Z6BZXNEmv0mxBzI5mFEQI484QCfigo5ppEW-2SHNkMXRZkxcjDYkSk2KnEsJ8cNWX6JTMLol9NCeZ2HomTsxwy_k/s400/Cynthia+LaMaide+4.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> Be sure to visit her website by clicking <a href="http://www.lamaide.com/www.lamaide.com/Welcome.html">here</a>!<br /><br /></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="right">Photos by Janna <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bissett</span></div><div></div>

Fashion Sunday Part 1: Cynthia LaMaide

Fashion Sunday, part of the Buy Michigan Now festival, was full of interesting and unique Detroit fashion from the area's top designers....

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