The "before" pictures of Fusion at Chesterfield

One of the owners, Elizabeth (A Breath of French Air), took some pictures last night of the shop in its before stage.  Lots of work to do to bring it up to speed! 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16196716@N08/sets/72157623051606171/

Winter Artropy 2009

The ShowMe Etsy Street Team had a fun show this last Saturday at Off Broadway in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a fun trunk show that featured some wonderful artists and their handmade items for holiday purchases. This was my booth for the show. Thank you to all our fans and friends that came!

2010 is just around the corner, so to keep up with dates and places to find ShowMe Etsy members at, go to Facebook and be a fan of the Fan Page! http://www.facebook.com/ShowMeEtsy?ref=nf

Here is a link that shows every one's booth:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecraftywino/sets/72157622826945149/

Save The Date!

Show Me Etsy Street Team will be having their biannual Artropy Show, this time held at Off Broadway. For more information visit http://www.showmeetsy.org/. There will be different artist and crafty people offering unique handmade items for purchase. Definitely a great time to holiday shop for the one that is hard to buy for because they have everything.

For more info about Off Boadway and where to find it: http://www.offbroadwaystl.com/

Hope to see you there!

Update on the Cava Corkboard...

Decided to put the Upcycled Cava Corkboard in Show Me Handmade shop today...and already had 2 people oogle over it! May keep it there for a few weeks to see if it sells. Asking $65 for it to start. Feel that is a good price for a functional work of art! If it's still around by Artropy, I will display for sale there, then afterwards it will make an appearance on Etsy.

Upcycled Cava Cork Board

I am really pleased with this one of a kind upcycled cork board! I found an old framed pressed cork board, removed the old pressed cork from the backing and replaced it with new thinner pressed cork. I then stripped the frame of the ugly brown and repainted with left over Behr wall paint called Wisdom (white with hint of green). I then took a bunch of Cava champagne corks I had, cutting the ends and gluing the bottom up to show the stamped bottom. To learn more about Cava, visit http://spainforvisitors.com/archive/features/cava.htm . The corks sit slightly above the frame, and are a bit uneven as it was fun shaving off a bit here and there to try to get them even. Think it adds character~ :) that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Will sell this with 7 corky tacks. I took the top of the same corks and glued star tacks to create a fun way to tack up those bills, notes, or appointment cards. Will be on Etsy soon...thinking about asking $70.00 for it.