12/21/07 New Stuff! New Stuff! The last two Portland Bridges, Sellwood and the RR Bridge near St Johns were completed just in time for the December holiday sales and now you can order the 10 Bridges of the Willamette Set which comes with a limited ed. hand-set letterpress bridge stat card! Also new Northwest Bird Notecards are here. Sold as a set of 4 for $12 or individually for $3.50. Each card represents a local NW bird. Each day I see American Robins, Steller's Jays and the cute little Oregon Junco birdies mingling about. The Western Meadow Lark is the Oregon State Bird, but prefers to live further East I believe. The set comes in a nice durable mylar package. Great for birders or writers!
12/18/07 Wow, Super Colosal Crafty Wonderland was a complete zoo of handmades and handmade buyers! Within a half an hour the entire Norse Hall filled to capacity, and people had to queue up outside and wait for people to come out before they got in. Thanks to Cathy and Torie for all their hard work putting on this sale. It was a great success!
12/12/07 My last Holiday sale is coming up this Sunday, and it's gonna be Big, ahem Colossal! it's theSuper Colossal Holiday Sale by Crafty Wonderland. Over 100 vendors, and a one day departure for the regular venue, Doug Fir. Just a Few blocks away this holiday sale is taking place at the Norse Hall at the corner of NE 11th & Couch in Portland. From 11 am to 5 pm on Dec 16th, come to shop, come to look, or come to make recycled gift wrap with SCRAP in the 'Horney Troll' Bar! This event is open to all ages.
11/27/07 Three holiday art sales down, only two to go, and it's not even December. This weekend you'll find the entire Red Bat Press line at Jo Brody's Winter Boutique. Each year Jo, who is a fine designer of beaded jewelry, invites another artist to sell at her home sale. This year she picked me. So if you don't want to fuss with crowds, are in need of a Vaux's Swifts 2008 Calendar Card, then come to Jo's sale. Here are the details. Sat & Sun, Dec 1 & 2, 10 am to 5 pm at 423 SE 69th (near Mt. Tabor). To get there it is advised to take SE Belmont, go Left on 69th, go two blocks past Stark, then you're there! Another reason to come. The Debut set of all 10 bridges with a bridge stat card!
11/23/07On Thanksgiving Day, The Oregonian's In Portland insert had a feature article called Recrafting a handmade ethos by Erin Hoover Barnett. I am mentioning this since Erin interviewed me and wrote me into her fine article. Here's my bit.
11/25/07 I finally got over to Tender Loving Empire, a little shop in NW Portland that has been carrying the Portland bridge and Sailor Sweetheart Art Postcrds. This place is fantastic - tons of great tees, zines, and other great creatively made stuff. TLE is also a record label. The shop is at NW 18th & Lovejoy. Unfortunately because they shop is in a special building zoned for artist studios, they can't post their hours, but they always have First Thursday art openings, so I recommend stopping by this upcoming one on Dec 6 from 6 - 9 pm.
11/21/07 This Summer, the energetic Bostonian Shahin I. Beigi asked to interview me about all the things I do - Red Bat Press, Bathtub Art Museum, and Small Museums/Bikes. He had so many questions that it took me a long time to finish the the emailed interview. I was impressed with Shahin's questions and ability to do such good research. Also another funny story is just after the interview was posted on his Conversations blog, a lady walked into a shop or gallery Shahin works at, and he found out she was from Portland. He asked her if she knew Carye Bye. And she did! Now Shahin thinks I'm really famous. The lady happened to be none other than Suzanne of Mugwump!.
11/21/07 Awhile back my friend Anne of Lu Lu's Vintage wrote up a nice blog entry about vintage inspired art cards, and included the Sailor Sweetheart series. She also wrote about Shannon Buck's
prints, whom I'm also a big fan of. 
