Newly Formed New Orleans Street Team

Hello all-
I am super happy to announce the birth of the New Orleans Etsy Street Team, featuring fabulous local artists and craftspeople from the metro area. Most of us participate in the regular markets around the area, so stop by and say hello! We will be meeting on the first Thursday of each month, so let us know if you would like to stop by! In the mean time, please support your local artists and buy handmade gifts for those you love this holiday season (hell, by handmade for those you don't love too, and maybe they will be your new best friend). Anyways, check out our blog...
etsyneworleans.blogspot.com

Why Is Everything So Difficult?

Ok, I know that much of the world things there is nothing going on in New Orleans right now, but they are wrong. There is a thriving and vibrant art community happening here, but in many cases we can't get supplies. Why is every store out of everything all the time? Are they not shipping supplies to NOLA? It seems as though they all washed away in the flood and nobody thought to send new ones for the local artists. Grr! There are a couple really nice little independant art stores in town, which are great for basic items, but what happens when you need something a little more crafty and less artsy? You are forced to shop here, which in my opinion, is one of the worst places to shop ever. Why? You probably know, but just in case, because no one can help you and no one cares. Oh, and when you finally find the aisle of your choice, they are out of the items you need. And so is the other store within close proximity to New Orleans. It seems like perhaps if both of your stores are completely out of the same item, and you appear to be the only place in or around NOLA that carries it, maybe you could actually have some to sell on the shelves! So, I am begging now, if you have art/craft supplies to sell, could you please please please send them to New Orleans. I want so much to support local businesses, but it is so hard when they don't carry what you need, and then you end up ordering everything online. So please support the local art store, and maybe they will be able to increase their inventories, and if you are a big box store, really, there is no reason to be out of stuff! Order enough for people to buy and you will make more money!

P.S. sorry for the diatribe. and the ridiculous cause of this diatribe? inkjet shrinky dinks. i know, don't even say it...

Come Out Tomorrow!

Stop by Lafayette Square tomorrow, as we will have a booth set up with t-shirts and other goodies for the Wednesday Concerts in the Square. This week's musical guest is Cowboy Mouth, so stop by, listen to some live music, and buy some t-shirts!

Crescent City Craft Market Success

Phil took the T-shirts to the Crescent City Craft Market yesterday, to much success. He sold some shirts, but also was offered the opportunity to teach a linoleum block printing workshop, to make prints like this, and was given an art show here, for his paintings! Congrats, Phil! All in all, a successful day!