[Event Name: Cedar Ridge Camp Craft and Fun Festival]

Hey, here's some festivals coming up I thought you may be interested in...I wanted to know as well, so now we both know.


Event Name: Cedar Ridge Camp Craft and Fun Festival
Type of event: General Crafts
Date of event: September 24, 2005
# of days: 1
Event held: Indoors

City: Louisville
State: KY
Phone: (502)266-6852

Ave. booth fee: $60
Ave. booth size: 10x10

Contact: Judy Morris
Email: XXJcgmorris@aol.comXX (XX is entered before and after email address to prevent automatic harvesting of email addresses.


WinterFair!
Dec. 3, 3-9 p.m.; Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Quality handmade artwork by local and regional artists. Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church, 4938 Old Brownsboro Road. 425-6943.

19th Annual Christmas in Anchorage
Dec. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Juried arts & crafts show, children's activities, gourmet lunch and homemade treats. Anchorage Public School, Bellewood and Ridge roads. 245-1000

The World’s Largest Halloween Party, Louisville Zoo, 1100 Trevilian Way, Louisville, (502) 459-2181. Four weekends leading up to Halloween. Trick-or-treating, costume characters, Not Too Scary Haunted House. Southwest Community Festival, Sun Valley Community Park, Louisville, (502) 368-1196. Second weekend in October. Oct. 9 and 10 in 2004. Balloon glow, arts and crafts, pancake breakfast, parade, arts and crafts, Kid’s City, food, car show, Little Miss Contest, entertainment.

Belknap Neighborhood Fall Festival, Douglass Loop, Dundee Road and Harvard Drive, Louisville, (502) 451-7535. Second Saturday in October. Juried arts and crafts, family fun area, education exhibits, live music, entertainment and food.

Glendale Crossing Festival, I-65 Exit 86, Glendale, Ky., (270) 369-9677. Third Saturday in October. Parade; antique farm machinery; more than 400 antiques, collectibles and crafts booths; food

Iroquois Winterfest, Iroquois Park, Louisville, (502) 574-3918. Friday-Sunday of second weekend in December. Dec. 10-12 in 2004. With lighted figurines, costumed characters, entertainment, Santa and Mrs. Claus, games, crafts and face painting

Hey, I live in Lexington and come to Louisville often.  I was a little confused about your post?  Are you going to have a general craft group?  I am into a lot of different things...beading, scrapbooking, home decor, graphic design (I'm actually a graphic designer). 

As far as the art fair stuff goes, I have looked into it a bit.  St. James is pretty good (I've heard not as good as it used to be).  Anyway, I haven't been looking for that type of fair, cause, it is a) big and pricey b) juried c) I think  you have to have a tent/serious set up.  I just have a table and decorate it when I have done shows.  I've done a couple of smaller craft bizarre type things and a home jewelry party.  i haven't fared as well with those, but a lot of that has to do with the type of people that are actually in attendance.  I think the home jewelry party is ok, but it works better if you invite a lot of people/have a pretty good location.  I had mine around Christmas of last year and one at a high school this past valentine's.  I think it is just something you have to try...get your stuff out there and see what kinda moolah you can make.  I am considering something with my friend in a couple months up in the Ville for Christmas...anyway, if I find any smaller craft shows of interest, I will pass them on.

Ta ta for now.

Alexa

Better Homes does a quarterly magazine (has been out about a year now) called Bargain Style.  It is a really fun, young, youth-inspired decorating mag.  I like a lot of their special publications (100 decorating ideas for under $100, etc.), but this one fits me to a t.  They have ideas to make/buy reasonable priced stuff and they have fun articles.  I totally recommend it.

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/store/product.jhtml?&prodid=prd552794&psrc=origsource

Seems like lately I have designed a lot of invites for my friends.  I do enjoy it though, it is really fun (and an excellent portfolio piece).  Here's the latest thing I did...I made an invite for my friends' b-day.  She turned 27 and I wanted her to feel special.  She is very girly and I wanted that to be reflected in her invite. The outfit she wears on front is something she would actually wear (including sequin belt, her new engagement ring, and lapel rose).  I made 20 of these!  It took a while, but was worth it and I put it in matching envelopes. 

I also made her a matching scrapbook for her b-day (to be filled in by her with photos).  I included her invitation and a section about her to fill out at this point in her life.  I also had everyone at her party fill out a sheet telling how they met, their favorite moment with her, and their wish for her as she turned 27.  Okay, enough for now.  Here it is...

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