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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from the New Orleans Craft Mafia!!

Last Stop Shop Thursday December 17

Finish up your holiday shopping list – and celebrate doing so! -- with the New Orleans Craft Mafia at our Last Stop Shop at the Big Top Holiday Market and Party, Thursday, December 17th from 6pm – 10pm.

Get all your last-minute gifts from your favorite local artists and crafters, who’ll be offering a wide assortment of one-of-a-kind, handmade items made right here in New Orleans.

The Thursday evening event is not just a holiday sale – it’s definitely a party as well. Taking place in the festive Big Top Gallery – which, we’ll point out, has a fully stocked cash bar – there will be snacks, holiday music, and a reprise of our Handmade Holiday Ornament + Tree Raffle, with the proceeds benefiting the Recycle For the Arts program.

Free parking at Fleet Tire across the street from the gallery makes this an easy in-out for those of you on a tight schedule, though we hope you’ll grab a drink and stay a while!

Celebrate the Saints 7-0 with the New Orleans Craft Mafia Events the Week of Nov 8-15

The Saints are 7-0 and New Orleans Craft Mafia is busy celebrating by crafting up a storm of black and gold merchandise for fans here and away! Catch us at any of the following events for a unique and handmade take on Saints fever....

by artbymags

Join us for an encore screening of Handmade Nation,
a documentary about
the new wave of art, craft and design,
and our accompanying indie craft market.

by greenKangaroo

FREE ADMISSION!!

DATE:Wednesday, November 18

TIME: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
(movie starts at 8:00 pm)

WHERE: The Big Top Art Gallery,
1638 Clio Street, NOLA

by Miss Malaprop

by Flambeaux Design

Bywater Art Market
Saturday, November 21, 9am - 4pm
Markey Park (Royal Street at Piety)
http://bywaterartmarket.com/bam/index.htm
participating NOCM members:

Elysian Fleas
Saturday, November 21, 11am - 5pm
527 Elysian Fields (between Chartres and Decatur)
participating NOCM members: art by mags!,BayouSalvage, greenKangaroo

by BayouSalvage

Po-Boy Fest and the other PoBoy Fest
Sunday, November 22, 11am - 5pm
Oak St @ Carrollton &
1226 Dante Street, New Orleans (2 houses away from the actual festival)
http://www.poboyfest.com/
participating NOCM members: Unique Products, greenKangaroo, Sweet Olive Soap Works, Kristina Renee, Miss Malaprop, art by mags!,BayouSalvage

by Sweet Olive Soapworks

by Unique Products

New Orleans Craft Mafia Events Oct 27-Nov.8

New Orleans Craft Mafia Events Week of Oct. 27-Nov 8


Harvest the Music
Thursday, October 29
http:/ www.harvestthemusic.org
participating NOCM members: Unique Products, Bayou Salvage

by Unique Products













Arts Market of New Orleans
Saturday, October 31, 10-4pm
Palmer Park (corner of Claiborne and Carrollton)
http://www.artsmarketofneworleans.org
participating NOCM members: greenKangaroo

by greenKangaroo


Voodoo Fest
Preservation Hall Village
Friday, October 30 - Sunday, November 1
http://www.thevoodooexperience.com
participating NOCM members: Unique Products (lighting exhibit with 3 Ring Circus)

by Bayou Salvage

















Freret Market
Saturday, November 7, 12pm - 5pm
Freret Street near Napoleon Avenue
http://freretmarket.org/
participating NOCM members: art by mags!, greenKangaroo, Flambeaux Design Company, Bayou Salvage, Miss Malaprop

by Flambeaux Design

by

Miss Malaprop

by artbymags!


















***SAVE THE DATE***

Join us for an encore screening of Handmade Nation,
a documentary about
the new wave of art, craft and design,
and our accompanying indie craft market.

FREE ADMISSION!!

DATE:Wednesday, November 18

TIME: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
(movie starts at 8:00 pm)

WHERE: The Big Top Art Gallery,
1638 Clio Street, NOLA

Early Christmas Ideas from the New Orleans Craft Mafia

Green Wings Pin
A pin of bright green resin with gold leafing detail. Approximate dimensions are 2.5" long by 1.5" wide.
$10 by greenkangaroo


NOLA Heart Clocks
One in a series of tattoo flash art inspired sacred heart designs made post-Hurricane Katrina to provide New Orleanians with a stylish way to express their civic pride.
$40 by artbymags


Laundry Light
This fun green laundry light is also known as a Pig light, as the bottle has been trash-formed into an animal resembling a pig wearing Barbie boots and a funky hairdo. The light has an 8 foot white cord with on/off switch and a 7 watt chandelier base bulb. Size is approximately 10” x 8 “ x 5”
$45 by UP/Unique Products


Strapless Chemise
Southern Gothic Strapless Chemise in pecan and mustard with peacock feather from down de bayou. Also available in Pecan and Black Charmeuse, and made to fit all sizes: s, m, l, xl, plus
$75 by Bayou Salvage


Garden Party Necklace
This stunning necklace is made from seven hand sculpted polymer clay flowers in shades of blue and accented with antique finish copper and glass beads.
$65 by Flambeaux Design Company


Louisiana Farmer's Market Soap - Gift Set of Four
Take a trip to the Louisiana farmer's market everyday with this delightful hand made soap set featuring the freshest of locally grown and nutrient rich produce. Terrific for unisex gift giving, each soap set will come in a gift box which is tied with moss green and soft gold organza ribbons.
$22 by Sweet Olive Soap Works



Antique Spoon Bangle
Silver plated antique spoon can be customized with the saying of your choice!
$45 by KristinaReneeJewelry


NOLA Love Tshirt Eco-Heather Grey V-Neck
This super comfy grey v-neck t-shirt features an original "NOLA love" fleur de lis and heart design, printed in eco-friendly ink on an Alternative Apparel unisex Eco-Heather tee. The design is printed off center and has a great vintage look. Available in unisex sizes S - 2X.
$22 by Miss Malaprop

Handmade Nation Trailer!

Are you as excited as we are about seeing the New Orleans premiere of Handmade Nation, the documentary about our own indie craft community nationwide? To see why we're so stoked, check out the trailer of the film below:



We hope you'll join us, along with director Faythe Levine for the free public film screening & craft marketplace, graciously presented by the Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E. (Women In Search of Excellence) Women at Delgado Community College.

It all happens Friday, September 18th, 2009 from 6-9pm at Delgado’s Community College, City Park campus, on the second floor of the Delgado Student Life Center. (That's at the back part of Delgado’s City Park campus, off Navarre Avenue. It's Building 23 on this map.) Ample free parking will also be available in the nearby parking lot off Navarre Avenue by the former WYES TV studio.

Admission is FREE so make plans for next Friday evening to join us! You can RSVP on Facebook (where you should totally become our fan if you're not already!).

Handmade Nation - Indie Craft Documentary

After anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new documentary film about the burgeoning indie craft scene, we're proud to announce that Handmade Nation will finally make its New Orleans debut!



Presented by the Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E. (Women In Search of Excellence) Women at Delgado Community College and the New Orleans Craft Mafia, Handmade Nation - a film by Faythe Levine which documents the rise of DIY and the new wave of art, craft and design - will have its New Orleans premiere Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 7pm.

Starting in 2006, Levine traveled to 15 cities, logged over 19,000 miles and interviewed more than 80 individuals who are part of the tightly knit crafting community which exists both online through websites, blogs and online stores as well as within local communities around the world in the form of craft fairs, independent boutiques, modern day knitting circles and networking groups like the Craft Mafia.

Director Faythe Levine will be in attendance. A marketplace featuring local artists and crafters - including yours truly, will accompany the screening, from 6-9pm. A question and answer session with Levine will follow the film.

This screening is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Irma Thomas Center for W.I.S.E. (Women In Search of Excellence) Women at Delgado Community College. It will take place in the Lac Maurepas room on the second floor of the Delgado Student Life Center (on the back part of Delgado’s City Park campus, off Navarre Avenue). Ample free parking will also be available in the nearby parking lot off Navarre Avenue by the former WYES TV studio.

A free daytime screening of the film for students will also take place at 2pm on Thursday, September 17th in the same location.

Project 30-90 & Freret Market

Join NOCM members Bayou Salvage, Miss Malaprop, and Unique Products along with other local artists at New Orleans' newest music festival this Labor Day Saturday, September 5. Project 30-90 is going all out to go bring you a festival where sound and sustainablity meet, with an eco-minded artists area and stages powered by solar panels and wind turbines. Come spend the day next to the river listening to national and local acts like Ghostland Observatory, Grace Potter, Benjy Davis Project, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Mynameisjohnmichael, Generationals, and Charlie Mars. Tickets are $30 at the gate.

The return of Freret Market after a summer hiatus will also take place this Saturday. Stop by and say hi to NOCM members art by mags!, Bayou Salvage, and greenKangaroo.

Fun things from the New Orleans Craft Mafia!

The Dome Necklace from Flambeaux Design Company is a true piece of wearable art. $40


A dome of glittering iridescent resin sits atop an adjustable ring. It's greenKangaroo's Iridescent Dome Ring. $15


"Universal Health Care Now": This is one of three stencil art clocks inspired by the themes of the Manifest Hope:DC by artbymags. $35


This Orange/Yellow Abstract pendant by UP / Unique Products is a wonderfully warm colored accessory. This piece, which has 13 layers of glass, is a miniature work of art for your neck. $85


Chanteuse headdress from BayouSalvage is shabby feathers, lace and a sparkle head band from down de bayou. $27


These fine silver Angel Wings from Kristina Renee Jewelry are fun and dangly. $75


Naturally New Orleans Soap Gift Box from Sweetolivesoapworks (You Pick Four) is a GREAT fun gift for any occasion. $22