Keep dry and get crafty with these cute sewing kits by Polly Danger!

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Or get stampy and colorful with handmade stamps by Blue Diamond Stamp Company and handmade crayons by WAX Animal Crayons!

All calendars, holiday cards, gift tags, stockings and ornaments are 20% off this week!!!
(from December 26th to December 31st)

We all have one in our family photo album…an awkward holiday photo from the past…maybe you’re wearing that sweatshirt that aunt Betty embellished with puff paint or maybe you are posing with your pet monkey! Our Wacky Holiday Photo Booth was a HUGE hit last year and we are bringing it back for another run! We will have a cool holiday themed back drop for you to pose in front of as well as some fun props to wear, hold and get wacky with. Feel free to bring your own props to personalize your photo! You can get a printed copy for $5 or just download it later for $3!

The best part about the Wacky Holiday Photo Booth is that a portion of the proceeds go to a GREAT cause! You may know Sarah Barth, one of our beloved Crafty Wonderland shop employees. She has worked at the shop since the beginning and sells her jewelry and terrariums with us. Over the summer Sarah was diagnosed with cancer. She has already had several surgeries and is currently undergoing treatment. Sarah does not have health insurance and has had to miss quite a bit of work during the process. As you might guess, her medical bills are huge. We adore her and want to help alleviate the burden of these bills so that she can work on recovering and getting healthy again. Not only will a portion of the photo booth fees go to help Sarah, but we are donating 100% of our store profits on Sunday to her. This is a FANTASTIC opportunity to do your last minute shopping, get yourself a wacky holiday photo AND help one of the most amazing ladies we know! We hope you will join us!

visit us on SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18th

*WACKY HOLIDAY PHOTO BOOTH*
provided by Matto Photographic.
from 1 – 5pm

Ok folks! We are training like olympic athletes over here at Crafty Wonderland headquarters – getting ready for the BIG EVENT THIS WEEKEND and doing everything in our power to bring you the best show we can! And it’s finally that time…that chance you get only two times a year to shop from the largest selection of the most amazing and talented artists + crafters around! If you have been to our shows before you know what you will find – one of a kind handmade goods from cool and talented folks! If you haven’t been to our shows before…what are you thinking?! Get over to the Convention Center THIS WEEKEND to see what it’s about!

BUY LOCAL! BUY HANDMADE! MEET THE MAKER! WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

Thanks for always supporting Crafty Wonderland! It wouldn’t be what it is today without the amazing local support we have received in the last 6 years! PORTLAND, YOU ARE THE BEST!

And now for the details:

CRAFTY WONDERLAND SUPER COLOSSAL HOLIDAY SALE!
Saturday + Sunday, December 10th + 11th, 2011
11am – 6pm both days – TWO DAYS! TWICE THE FUN!
at the Oregon Convention Center – HALL C
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd in Portland

OVER 250 VENDORS SELLING AMAZING HANDMADE GOODS!
FREE CRAFT ACTIVITIES (SEE SCHEDULE BELOW) AND MORE!

It’s more important than ever to SHOP LOCAL + BUY HANDMADE!

All Ages * Free Admission
Goodie Bags for the first 150 shoppers EACH DAY!

CHECK OUT THE FULL VENDOR LIST:
http://craftywonderland.com/vendors/

We are happy to welcome back our friends from COLLAGE who will be running scheduled activities in the DIY AREA all weekend! Check out the schedule below and don’t forget to give Collage a little love! They are a fantastic LOCALLY OWNED art + craft supply store with two Portland locations!

Our favorite crafty shop guy, Drew, just launched his Kickstarter project 12 Quilts 12 Months! You might have seen Drew’s first ever quilt hanging in our shop window. For the project he’s going to make one quilt a month in 2012 with the goal of showing all of the quilts in an art gallery at the end of the year. Please support him in whatever way you can and help spread the word about his awesome crafty endeavor!

We’re one of 70 local shops participating in this super cool Black Friday event called Little Boxes! By doing your holiday shopping at locally-owned stores this Friday 11/25 from 10am-8pm, you can enter a raffle to win an iPad, tickets to OVO by Cirque du Soleil, and much much more!

PLUS…

Supportland is giving away TRIPLE POINTS for shopping in their network this Friday and Saturday! And we just joined their network! Now you can get points for shopping at our store, and start a punch card to earn 20% off a purchase! (Click here to learn more about what Supportland is and how it works!)

Shop local! Buy handmade!

We are hard at work on all the crazy details that all come together to make the Super Colossal Holiday Sale happen and finally have a few updates to report! The official VENDOR LIST is live – check it out and make your shopping list early to make the day of a breeze!

We are also excited to present the brand new event posters and postcards with yet another amazing illustration by our lovely staff artist, RYAN BERKLEY! Anyone interested in having printed material to hand out can contact us or just stop by our downtown shop to get them. We also have web banners and a digital version of our postcard for you to grab on our DOWNLOADS PAGE. We are blanketing the town with thousands of flyers but our best publicity is through community support and word of mouth…so THANK YOU for anything and everything that you can do to help us spread the word about the event. We couldn’t do it without you!

Can you believe it?! What started as a 6 week holiday pop-up shop has turned into a year-long retail adventure. We are both thrilled and humbled by all of the support we’ve had over the past year and we want to celebrate that with YOU! On Wednesday, November 9th, come in to the shop and wish us a Happy Birthday and we’ll give you 20% off your purchase! Yeah, it’s that simple! And if you want an extra treat, come between 5pm-7pm for tasty beverages and cupcakes!

We have tons of new merchandise from over 125 local artists, and will just have finished a complete rearrange of the shop in time for the party. Use your discount to start your holiday shopping! And come see what we’ve been up to!

We are so thrilled to be a part of this pop-up shop in Tokyo!!! The goods will be sold at the opening reception to help save children from radiation. If you happen to be in or around Tokyo, be sure to check it out! See all the details HERE.

Applications for our 2011 Super Colossal Holiday Sale are now closed. A big thank you to everyone who applied! We will be going through all of the applications over the next 2 weeks and will get back to you with some news by the end of the day on October 7th.