The giveHANDMADE! Craftstravaganza

The giveHANDMADE! CRAFTSTRAVAGANZA

Grand Street Community Arts presents: the giveHANDMADE! CRAFTSTRAVAGANZA, handmade gifts created by local d.i.y. makers: crafters, stichers, & artists at select locations in Albany and Troy, New York.

The CRAFTSTRAVAGANZA takes place the first two weekends of December, 2008:

Weekend 1 - TROY, NY

Saturday 12/6, Troy Indoor Farmers' Market, (time 10-4)
Hudson Valley Magazine 2008 Editors Pick "Best Big-Time Farmers' Market"
Uncle Sam Atrium, 297 River St. Troy, NY
Sunday 12/7, featured event of 26th Annual Troy Victorian Stroll (11-5pm)
Troy YWCA, 21 First Street, Troy, NY

Weekend 2 - ALBANY, NY

Saturday 12/13, featured event of WinterwonderLARK, Trinity Church, 235 Lark St.(time noon to 5pm).
Sunday 12/14, Trinity Church, 235 Lark St.(time noon to 5pm).

questions? handmade@grandarts.org or 518.396.5401

FEATURED ARTSISTS (in progress)

Amy Neumann www.tillsonstreasures.etsy.com	Amanda Robertson www.revisiondesign.etsy.com
Victoria Van Der Laan www.exlibrishandmade.etsy.com	Leah Walsh www.ouryellowhouse.etsy.com
Brigette Zacharczenko www.weirdbuglady.com

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Call to makers/crafters/artists
HEY Hudson Valley Makers... sorry we are no longer accepting applications for the 1st annual Cap City Craftstravaganza?

Please come check out the show and stop by to say hi. Want us to notify you when we are accepting applications for next year? email: handmade@grandarts.org

Partners/sponsors

	The First 15 pledges
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15.	Jacinta Bunnell, Albany
	duh!
14.	Devon Whitney, Albany

13.	Dee Tilotta, Albany
	Buy from indie artists where the only thing mass-produced is creativity!
12.	Leah Walsh, Albany
	give more personal gifts and support artists
11.	Kirsten Ott, Albany
	It just makes sense!
10.	Jill) Castle, Albany
	Because no one else will have exactly the same thing (made with love!)
9.	Jill Draper, Albany
	B/c it's better to support artists than sweatshops & box stores
8.	Emily Betti, Albany
	give HANDmade and support the flow of creative energy!
7.	Victoria van der Laan, Albany

6.	Jeff Root, Albany
	communityARTS!
5.	Lauren Jacobs, Albany
	supporHANDMADE!
4.	Rebecca Schoonmaker , Albany
	Give the gift of ART!
3.	Rachel Wrightson Naylor, Troy
	keep it TightKnit!
2.	Elizabeth Young, Albany
	Support our local artists and small local businesses!
1.	Jamie Felitte, Albany
	support your neighbors!

Why Handmade?

Better gifts - Give something one-of-a-kind & meaningful, with handmade quality and craftsmanship that can be seen and felt.

Feel better - Support a local artists and crafters directly. Re-connect to the human side of gifts and giving

Better for the environment - Large scale production brings toxic polution to the earth and even your home (think recent lead paint toy mess) .... support small-scale and independent producers; it's better for the earth & safe for your home.

More on buying handmade here: www.buyhandmade.org/why-buy-handmade

Our area friends

Our etsy friends
If you don't already know Etsy is an online marketplace for buying & selling all things handmade. Take a look at GSCA's giveHANDMADE! complete list of etsy friends:

Below is a sample of just a few of our etsy friends:

CAPow on etsy