Vendor Spotlight - Courtney Fischer Jewelry



Your Name? Courtney Fischer

Your business name?

Courtney Fischer Jewelry

Your Website/Etsy shop/somewhere people can find your products?

 www.courtneyfischer.com

Tell us about your products/business.

 I make handmade jewelry using copper and brass to manipulate the surface.

What is your favorite handmade item?

 I like handmade cards to send in the mail

What do you enjoy outside of crafting? 

camping and going up north

One random fact about yourself. 

I grew up in Indiana. 

Vendor Spotlight - ciofani yogadala

VENDOR SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

Your Name?

 Heidi Pratt



Your business name?

ciofani yogadala



Your Website/Etsy shop/somewhere people can find your products?

 ciofaniyogadala.etsy.com



Tell us about your products/business.

I create functional and decorative pieces in clay. I build the pieces using coiling and pinching techniques, and occasionally I work with a potter's wheel. I enjoy hand building as it is most effective for me to achieve the organic forms I seek, the process is slow by comparison to throwing and I find it more meditative. I find a direct correlation to the process of working in clay and practicing yoga. Form is the focus and often I am considering a specific posture as I work the lines of the piece. I have also incorporated my yoga meditations into drawings which I call, yogadalas. They are mandalas that incorporate a figure in a yoga pose in the drawing and are my expressions the energy of the yoga asana featured.



What is your favorite handmade item?

 I value handmade items of all kinds: soap, crochet, drawings, printmaking...the joy of another person's expression manifest in an object. I love the furniture pieces my dad has built for me and my husband, especially the record shelf unit.



What do you enjoy outside of crafting?

more crafting! crochet, yoga, reading, eating, and being cozy with the 3 cats in our house.



One random fact about yourself.     i have to make the bed before i can sleep in it, i can't sleep with rumpled covers.

Vendor Spotlight - Jodi Lynn's Emporium of Doodles



Your Name?

Jodi Lynn

Your business name?

Jodi Lynn's Emporium of Doodles

Your Website/Etsy shop/somewhere people can find your products?

www.etsy.com/shop/jodiburton

Tell us about your products/business.

I started making shrinky-dink art about two years ago. After watching the Cosmos I thought it would be super silly to doodle Carl Sagan on shrink film. I made a charm of him and immediately started to get requests for other scientists and things to have doodled onto shrink film.

Since then I have branched out and started to scan my drawings into the computer and laser etch them into wood and make prints and things. My most recent doodles are of Country singers which I am laser etching into wood and hand painting.

I love doodling all sorts of things. I am really pleased when I can doodle something that makes people smile. My favorite thing about being a maker at craft fairs is watching people’s expressions while looking at my booth. I like to watch people’s faces  go from confused to smiling at the sight of  scientist  shrinky-dink magnets. Thats what keeps me doodling and crafting is knowing that my love for drawing is being shared and enjoyed.

What is your favorite handmade item?

I like all handmade items. Handmade items for all!! 

What do you enjoy outside of crafting?

 I work at an amazing place called Techshop in Allen Park which is where I spend most of my free time. Its a big DIY Center with everything from sewing machines to welding equipment. Its a great place to work, meet people, and get inspiration. 

One random fact about yourself.

 I'm a huge banjo music fan. 

Just a few weeks away from this year's Holiday Craft Circus show! Between now and then we will be posting previews of some of our vendors! Our poster was designed by Scott of Fat Cat Images

2012 Holiday Show Application

Craft Circus Poster

Just got the poster for this Spring Craft Show. I can't tell you how much I love this poster. It was designed by the awesome Marcy of All Things Grow. She has designed all our posters and each one gets better.

We're back!

Well, not that we really went anywhere we were just doing show under the name "Art in the Park" for the Ypsilanti Senior Center Fundraiser. This year we decided to combine the two and use the Craft Circus name for the fundraiser. April 28th we will have our Spring Show and in the coming weeks we will be showcasing our vendors.

Here are a few photos from our Spring 2011 Show to give you an idea of what is in store for 2012.