RTD, Art Prints, & Handmade Cavalcade

RTD will be at Littlefield this Saturday for a rompin' good time at The Fourth Annual Spring Handmade Cavalcade. Info below and maps and stuff too. Tell all your friends to stop on by and say hello with a Facebook on this shiz! http://www.facebook.com/events/337503342981033/

 

Lovers of all things local and handmade are marking their calendars for Saturday May 5th, when Etsy New York, your local street team, hosts its fourth annual Spring Handmade Cavalcade at the arts and performance venue Littlefield in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood. From 11AM until 5PM shoppers can load up on clothing, jewelry, accessories, paper goods, bath and body treasures, toys, housewares and more, all handmade by some of the most creative local artisans and crafters in the NYC metropolitan area. Hang out and celebrate Cinco de Mayo with our "Cavalcade Cocktail" from your Littlefield bartender, being served specially for this event. 

All are encouraged to arrive early, for the first 100 shoppers will receive an amazing goodie bag packed with a unique sampling of handmade wares from members of Etsy New York and local small businesses sponsoring the event. With each purchase, shoppers will also receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win one of three Etsy New York prize packages, filled with handmade donations from our talented members. 

http://www.handmadecavalcade.com/

 

RTD at Crafts In Chelsea

RTD will be out again this Saturday. Hide the remote and get off your couch for the afternoon! Come talk to a street-load of creative humans that love to make cool stuff for you...details below. RTD will be at booth 121.

The {NewNew} partners with PS 11 to bring you CRAFTS IN CHELSEA III

WHEN: Saturday, October 16 from 9-5pm
WHERE: 21st street between 8th and 9th avenue

This event spotlights over 100 of the best local New York artists and craftspeople vending their own unique jewelry, pottery, clothing, fine art and other handmade goods. Visitors to the fair will enjoy the opportunity to converse with artists about their creative processes while shopping for one of a kind items.

This event is run in conjunction with PS 11's annual FALL FESTIVAL – an indoor event that includes food, arts and crafts, bouncy castles, games and a petting zoo for New York City children. Last year this event drew record crowds and helped to fund arts programs for the students of PS 11.


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RTD On New York Times

Just saw this on the New York Times website. It highlights The Greenpoint Food Market which is put together by Joann Kim. She contacted me a while back about bringing some RTD prints into the mix which can be seen hanging in the background :) The next market is on June 26th, definitely check it out if you can!


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RAWTOASTDESIGN At The Lyceum's Spring Food and Craft Market

This weekend come meet up with RTD and many other great artists from the NY area at The Lyceum's Spring Food and Craft Market in Brooklyn. Should be an awesome show with lots of great stuff to stare at with your eyeballs and treats to eat with your mouth. Don't miss it!

Saturday and Sunday,
May 1 and 2, 2010 11am - 7pm

Brooklyn Lyceum is located at:
227 4th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
between Union and President Streets.
R train to Union Street - Lyceaum is right atop the station! 15 minutes from Manhattan.

SHOP FOR MOM, SUPPORT HANDMADE, TRY NEW EDIBLES, MEET THE ARTISTS, HAVE LUNCH... MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT:
Craft and Food Artisans Take Over Two Floors For Two Days this Spring!
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Heighten your senses and usher in Spring with style. Expanding into both 4,000 square foot levels of the Brooklyn Lyceum - former NYC Public Bath #7 - we announce our heady new creation! The Lyceum Spring Food and Craft Market will include all manner of "Handmade" to mean both Crafts and Edibles, as well as fun workshops for all ages. Our Market will feature over 100 talented vendors, both local and from cities like Chicago, DC, Boston, and Portland.

Our intent with this Market is to highlight the full expansive array of fantastic, artisanal goods available all throughout the Northeast, and get them into the homes, shops, mouths and consciousness of the thousands of discerning NYC patrons who will cross our stoop that Spring weekend, and exit with a healthy armload of gorgeous products they can feel good about. Clothing, clocks, art, gifts, jams, chocolates, cheeses, craft beer. We make it a point to ensure a successful AND fun shopping event.



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Markets of New York City: Toast as Design Inspiration

Many of you frequently ask about the origins of “Raw Toast.” Karen Seiger, the author of the blog, Markets of New York City recently contacted me about her “Toast as Inspiration” series she was doing. She wanted to know if toast was an inspiration to me, given the name of my company. :) Well, it was and indeed still is. Hop on over to the Toast as Design Inspiration Part 3: Raw Toast Design to read the full article and get your answers on the origins of RAWTOASTDESIGN...


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