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.

It seems a little crazy to be thinking about the Holidays when we are entering a heat wave here in Portland…but it’s true! Applications for the 2011 Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale are OFFICIALLY OPEN! Don’t wait too long – the deadline to apply is September 23rd! Simply go to the APPLY PAGE, read though our FAQs then follow the link to the application at the bottom of the page. Good Luck and Stay Cool!

CRAFTY WONDERLAND SUPER COLOSSAL HOLIDAY SALE!
SATURDAY + SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10th + 11th
11am – 6pm both days
at the OREGON CONVENTION CENTER – EXHIBIT HALL C
777 NE MLK jr. Blvd.
PORTLAND, OR 97232
ALL AGES! FREE ADMISSION!

We are super excited to be joining forces with the Museum of Contemporary Craft to participate in their monthly pop-up shop series! As a way to reach out to Portland’s diverse community of makers, the museum has invited select local stores and organizations to create their own small temporary stores within the gallery space. For the month of August, we will fill the front corner of the museum sales gallery with an awe inspiring mix of work by a dozen artists and crafters that we have hand selected from our list of vendors.

We would like to cordially invite you to the opening reception this coming Thursday! If you can’t make it to the opening, we encourage you to drop by the museum before the show closes on August 27th to check out the awesome!

Featured artists include:
* AMIRA MEDNICK * ANNA JOYCE * APPETITE * BERKLEY ILLUSTRATION *
* BIRD’S EYE VIEW STUDIO * LISA JOHNSTON-SMITH * LORI SHIPPY *
* MOSS HANDMADE * NEEKA KNITS * OLBAPI! * SNAP * WOOLIE ORIGINALS * 

Hope to see you there!
xoxo cathy + torie

This Saturday, June 4th, Crafty Wonderland founders Cathy Pitters and Torie Nguyen will be waving atop an incredible float created by Hand-Eye Supply in the Rose Festival Starlight Parade!  (If you can’t make it down in person, it will be televised live on KGW Channel 8!) Cathy and Torie were voted in as two of “Portland’s Most Inspirational Makers” in Hand-Eye Supply’s contest earning them a coveted spot on the parade float along with Brewmaster Christian Ettinger of Hopworks Brewery and Bicycle Builder Jordan Hufnagel of Hufnagel Cycles.

It’s an event not to be missed! Portland’s beloved drag queen Darcelle XV is the Grand Marshall and will be wearing a custom light-up dress and wig!

Check out the parade details here and the route here (it even goes right by the Crafty Wonderland shop!). See you there!

Yikes! Can you believe it’s already that time!? We’ve been working like crazy preparing for the big day and we are just about ready! Hopefully you grabbed a copy of our handy event program in last week’s edition of The Portland Mercury – it contains lots of details including a map with vendor booth assignments and schedules for both the DIY Area and the Book Signing Area (schedules are also listed in the blog post below).

You can find links to the vendor’s websites on our VENDOR PAGE so scope them out for a little pre-sale planning! We’ve also been collecting lots of fun stuff to add to our coveted Goodie Bags and trust us…they are worth getting in line early for! This show looks to be one of our best to date and we hope you will agree! See you on Saturday!

P.S. Don’t forget that Sunday is Mother’s Day and the sale is the perfect place to get the perfect gift for Mom!

CRAFTY WONDERLAND SUPER COLOSSAL SPRING SALE!
Saturday, May 7th from 11am – 6pm
ONE DAY ONLY!
at the Oregon Convention Center – HALL D
777 ne MLK jr. Blvd. in Portland
FREE ADMISSION! ALL AGES!
Goodie Bags to the First 200 Shoppers in Line!
FREE DIY Area with Scheduled Activities All Day!
Crafty Authors Signing Books!
BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

We are a mere 17 days away from the BIG EVENT and are SUPER EXCITED to announce the final details for our scheduled DIY Area activities and our talented crafty author book signings! Are you ready for all this crafy goodness?! Can you handle it?! You better get there early and plan to spend the WHOLE DAY because you don’t want to miss any of this!

It’s almost time for our annual Super Colossal Spring Sale and we need your help to spread the word! We’ve got postcards, posters and web banners for you to use – all featuring our favorite Sasquatch family in a brand new illustration by the amazingly talented Ryan Berkley.

Printed postcards and posters will be available to pick up at the Crafty Wonderland Shop at the end of the week and nifty web banners are available over on our downloads page. Feel free to use them on your website, blog, facebook page, etc. Help us spread the word and make this show our biggest and best event to date! Mark you calendars and be there or be square!

Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale!
200+ Vendors selling their amazing handmade goods!

Saturday, May 7th from 11am – 6pm
ONE DAY ONLY!
at the Oregon Convention Center – Hall D
777 NE MLK jr. Blvd in Portland
All Ages! Free Admission!

Goodie bags to the first 200 shoppers through the doors!
Free craft activities, crafty authors signing books
and oh-so-much-more!