We had to make a last minute move to a different location for our upcoming show, Mother May I… Shop Handmade? We’re bummed that we won’t be at the F+ Gallery but we’re super excited to be at Community in Anaheim! Community is a “grassroots effort by locals to bring Orange County a fulfilling destination for the design, environmental, and socially conscious consumer.” We absolutely love this space, the people, and the shops in Community and we couldn’t be happier that they’re accepting us with open arms. And we hope you’ll join us this Saturday, May 11th, to check out our fabulous vendors and the wonderful space at Community.

Photo courtesy of community

1May2013

It’s May…so it’s time for our next event!

Posted in Craft Shows by A Little Known Craft

“Mother May I…Shop Handmade?” will be our next monthly event, which is being held on May 11th. We will have vendors who specialize in so many unique, whimsical, and random handmade peices. You will have plenty to choose from to give a one of a kind gift to your mama. We are also very excited to have a simple, yet beautiful, make and take craft table. We wanted to have some fun with our raffle this month, so we will be doing a “CRAFT” Bingo. Each card will be $1.00 each.

Along with all of the fun inside, there will be “The Viking Food Truck” serving all kinds of yumminess.

Hope to see you there!

~A Little Known Craft Gals~

Support local artists and crafters

17Apr2013

CRE-8-Bit: Cre-8 Your <3 Out

Posted in Craft Shows, Uncategorized by A Little Known Craft

This past weekend marked our second month at our new location — the beautiful F+ Gallery in Santa Ana, CA. We had yet another successful day of networking, shopping, festivities, food, and lots of new & repeat customers. This event was called CRE-8-Bit and oh my, we had a blast with this 8-bit theme!

At this event, we had over a dozen vendors and we even had an awesome food truck. We also offered several fun services and a free make & take craft project. We’ve had a craft project at all of our events so far but this particular one was the biggest hit to date!

This month’s make & take project was perfect for our 8-bit theme: Perler beads! Everyone had a blast with this classic craft. From young little kiddos to adults, everyone came up with awesome 8-bit style designs. We even had quite a few people request that we offer this crafty project again at our future events. We’ll see!

We also had an 8-Bit photo booth and boy was it a hit! We captured quite a few sweet (and funny!) pictures.

Along with the photo booth and Perler bead make & take project, we had some fun services available: airbrush tattoos, caricatures, and henna. (Contact Lacy Ink for booking info.)

Henna by Genevieve

Airbrush tattoos by Lacy Ink

Caricatures by John Sotelo

Even Robyn from Goody Jar Designs got a herself drawn by John Sotelo!

The Waffle-icious food truck came to our event for the very first time and we all loved it so much! It was super delicious. They had plenty of great items on their menu — from sweet desserts to savory sandwiches. Not only were they delicious but they were also really affordable. One of our customers even made a total of FOUR orders. Yum! Us A Little Known Craft gals really loved the grilled cheese waffle sandwich. We’re drooling over here just thinking about it…

Waffle-icious asked to join us again and we are so happy to say that we will be having them back at future events. YAY!

A Little Known Craft - Waffle-cicous Food Truck

Some of our vendors hailing the almighty WAFFLE!

Amongst all of the fun, we had a raffle going on throughout the event. One of our vendors, Audrey from Audrey Miller Art, had her heart set on this Tofu Girls print. Well, she bought lots & lots of raffle tickets and it paid off!!!!

Today was extra special for our coordinators, too! Genevieve (one of our three coordinators) was celebrating her birthday! We celebrated by surprising her with a yummy gluten-free cake before the event. (Thanks to the Sensitive Sweets bakery in Fountain Valley for this beautiful cake!)

We want to send out a big THANK YOU to all of our vendors, Waffle-icious, and of course all of our customers, friends, and family who came out & supported our event. We love to see each and every one of you. This is our passion and each of our vendors loves to share what they make.

Please keep supporting local handmade arts & crafts. These people are too talented & creative to have boring desk jobs!

More photos can be seen on our FACEBOOK page.