Feature on WISH-TV 8 Indy Style

Art 2 The Extreme Featured on Local Indianapolis News Station

  How to make a T-shirt scarf

WOW! A huge thanks to WISH-TV's Indy Style cast and crew for the amazing opportunity to be on their show and get the word out about shopping handmade!

On Friday, August 24th, I took the morning off from school (I am an elementary Art teacher and I HATE to be absent) and headed to the WISH-TV 8 studio in downtown Indianapolis.  I was kindly greeted and escorted to the Indy Style studio where I was able to set up my display of handmade items from both my shop and a few of my friends. I only had about 15 minutes until the show went live. 

Once I spread my array of handmade goodies, I put on my mic and was ready to go!

It was fun to watch the hosts, who were very fun to watch and kind in person, move from one place to another with the cameras automatically following them and moving from one place to another. It has been about 10 years since I was on the news and boy, has the technology changed!

I was on at 9:33 am and had just a little under five minutes to show off what I do. I talked about my items, my favorite hats from Two Seaside Babes, and mentioned the storefront opening of Vardagen on 116th street.  

My favorite part was teaching the viewers how to make a t-shirt scarf because it is something so simple that anyone can create, even if you do not consider yourself a DIY or artistic person. 

Just as quick as everything started, my five minutes flew by and it was over! I had a such a great time and I am very thankful to Peggy and the crew of Indy Style for the opportunity to share my story.  The busy, dedicated teacher in me rushed back to school (with 2 hours still left of my sub) and was able prep for the afternoon and continue on with the rest of my day. 

P.S. I promised to link the DIY mitten pattern! You can find it HERE!

  Thanks for reading!
  -Nicole

Rainbow Crayon Feature in VivaLaModa

I have very exciting news to share today!

My Jumbo Heart Rainbow Crayons have been featured in VivaLaModa Fashion Magazine! The article is about eco-friendly Valentines gifts. They chose their top 15 picks and I was number 8!

I am very impressed with the zine overall and they have some really great articles. It is very catchy to look at and I am extremely flattered to be a part of this issue!

Check out the article (page 45 on the pink pages) at their site, www.vivalamoda.co.cc .

What do you think of their site or the article? Comment below for your chance to have your Etsy Mini posted on my blog!

Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Either you are celebrating a happy Valentine's Day, or promoting Singles Awareness Day. Which ever you choose, I am putting a call out for your Valentine's Day or Anti-Valentine's Day handmade items!

If you are a handmade artist, comment on this blog entry and your item(s) could be featured! I will be putting together a Valentine's Day/Singles Awareness day gift guide with your Etsy shop and links featured!

To submit, please include...

-Your shop name

-Link to shop

-Link to the item you would like featured

Visit my Valentine's Day items in my Etsy shop!

Find other Valentine's Day items in the Etsy Forums!

Featured Above: Raku Ceramic Heart Ornament/Pendant $8.00

Photography by Erin Hession.

Etsy Storque Feature of my Rainbow Crayons: Eco-FriendlyWedding Finds

YAY!  Yesterday, I logged in to my Etsy mid-day to find a million convos and a ton of orders! Several kind Etsians had notified me that I had been featured in this Storque article about Eco-Friendly Wedding Finds!

My Rainbow Crayons have been a big hit in the past and still are as it seems. I really needed this publicity with my own wedding coming in 23 days and a few thousand dollars away from my last payment for my reception! This really made my day. Especially Etsians like pinkiekinch, who left very nice comments about my crayons to both myself and the actual article. 

Thank you everyone for your kind words, orders, hearts, and links! This really made my week.

Please check out my featured Rainbow Crayons or the article!

My Clowny Clown was Featured in a Blog!

This is the first time that I have been featured in a blog that I know of, so that is exciting news!

Etsian, byrobinlynne, featured Mister Clowny Clown in her recent posting in her "Etsy Favorites" Blog. A link to her blog can be found here...