Etsy Craft Party

Friday night was the Alamo City Handmade/Sew-Deluxe/Etsy Craft Party. It was a SMASHING success! We had an estimated 60-75 people in attendance. Here are some photos from the party.



Gus, from G&G Mobile Bistro, prepping the delicious food for the event.



Gem, setting up the painting station.



Laura...she was supposed to be helping set up. ;)


If you're in San Antonio, stop by G&G Mobile Bistro on the Riverwalk behind the Pearl Brewery. They're the "taco truck without the tacos"! ;) Their food is amazing, you'd never believe it came from a trailer!


Brandy from Blink Designs, setting up the knitting area.


One of our crafts, upcycling beer bottle caps into pins! This was quite a hit. Everyone was looking for "their" brew.


By 6:45, we already had quite a line going down Hackberry!


The first 15 people in the door got swag bags with goodies provided by Blink Design, Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery & Etsy.


Some of our youngest crafters, working on some softies.






The knitting circle, sweating it out in the Alamo City heat.


We also had a screenprint station with 2 screens. A large screen, graciously provided by Speed Demon Silkscreen & and smaller "Etsy is Cool" Craftchi screen that we received in the box of goodies we won from Etsy for being a Top 50 Party.






Missy & Laurel, being interviewed by a reporter from the San Antonio Current. We should be in the Wednesday, June 23, paper as well as the online article and a photo slideshow.


Even men can knit!


No party at Sew Deluxe is complete without Laurel spinning the bad records! No mp3s, iPods or iTunes here!


Gem wanted Tara to screenprint directly onto her back pocket, while still wearing her jeans. This was a true test of Tara's limited screenprinting ability which consisted of 1 shirt about 10 minutes before.


SUCCESS!! Gem's jeans will forever be emblazoned with "Etsy is cool!"

Thanks to everyone who helped plan, set-up and run this wildly successful event and even more thanks to the San Antonio arts & crafts community for making such a great show of it and coming out in droves! We hope you had a great time (it looked like you did!) and would love for each and everyone of you to get involved with Alamo City Handmade. We are your local handmade artist support! Our next meeting is July 11 at Sew-Deluxe at noon. Hope to see you there!

--Tara
6/19/10