We’ve been hard at work moving the shop next door and are so excited to be open today! Come check out our new officially permanent retail store!

Crafty Wonderland Shop
808 SW 10th Ave.
Portland, OR
downtown across from the Central Library

OPEN Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm & Sunday 12pm-5pm

Just a quick note to let you know that we’re moving next door starting tomorrow…so if you need some crafts to tide you over for the next few days, get on down here TODAY! We hope to reopen Saturday, but will keep you posted. Check back soon for some photos of our new space!

This coming Sunday, February 12th from 2pm – 4pm we are celebrating Valentine’s Day a little early with an opening reception for Juanita’s amazing velvet paintings and delicious sweets tastings from three talented local confectioners. Neapolitan Chocolate & Co. , Confectionery and Rose City Sweets will each have a delicious selection of treats to sample and buy!

We hope you can join us this Sunday! This will be our last party in our current space – we’re moving next door shortly after Valentine’s Day (just one door up the street to 808 SW 10th). Stay tuned for more exciting details!

Velvets by Juanita Opening Reception
with sweet treats tasting
Sunday, February 12th
from 2pm-4pm

The timeline and information for our Super Colossal Spring Sale is now on the apply page of our website! Applications will be online starting March 5th. Please read all of the info on the apply page if you are interested in applying to the show. And be sure to sign up for our mailing list (if you haven’t already) so you can be notified when applications go online. (You can sign up on the right hand side of our website where it says, “Sign up for our newsletter.”)

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!