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It’s Cleveland Handmade Market Day!
Time is running out to get those Christmas and Holiday gifts…if you’re a last minute shopper visit the Cleveland Handmade Last Minute Market today! ...
Cleveland Handmade Last Minute Market and Open Studio at The Screw Factory
Before you’re tempted to say screw it about holiday shopping, well….go ahead and say Screw It! (Don’t you love it, I’m being all edgy here! haha) The artist and crafter lineup for the Cleveland Handmade Market has finally been...
Bazaar Bizarre West 2009 – Don’t be a Boxhead
Get your head out of the big box store! (That’s old-school booooring shopping!) Visit myself and plenty other artists for all your holiday shopping needs. There’s food, there’s fabulous ipod music, there’s fun (maybe Xan will...
Bazaar Bizarre 2009- Don’t Trample the Artists
For the first time ever Bazaar Bizarre Cleveland is offering a Thanksgiving Weekend show beginning on Black Friday (You know, the day after Thanksgiving, when people go so nuts about holiday shopping they get up at 3 a.m. or earlier to hit crappy big...
Radio Station Visit: The Ravers Edge Show
So last weekend, Jamie did his first Summer Residency visit at WRUW 91.1 for the Ravers Edge Show. Of course we had to fly there right after the artwalk at Beachcliff (more on that in a later post) Throughout the summer Adam (DJ AxelFiel) is ho...
Valerie Tyler Designs Custom Wedding Jewelry
So today I spent part of the day creating and photographing jewelry to add to my wedding collection in my shop. I’ve been meaning to do this for awhile, but somehow I always stick to more one of a kind pieces. Each of the following items is...
Even the Poor Gargoyle is Cold from the ‘Arctic’ weather.
Poor Gargoyle…I don’t think he’s too happy about the weather. I don’t mind though—it’s nice to stay inside and get some things done. ...
Geek Speak for Artists (and other businesses!): Successfully Using Technology to Promote your Art
A savvy artist knows that in order to become successful they have to do a lot more than just create great art. They need to become known, respected and perhaps even establish a fan base. In the past many artists often relied on visibility at art sh...
A “Smashing” Person Hearts Cleveland
I Love this! I fell in love with this gorgeous necklace by Smashing. The heart is entirely handmade, enameled with gorgeous red color, fired to have a stunning texture and absolutely charming. Wear your heart on your sleeve, or in this case, you...
The Retro Collection Grand Opening is Coming Soon
I spent part of the day planning ideas, creating items, photographing and have begun to add items to my Valerie Tyler Designs~retro collection shop. Here’s a few items that I have recently added to give a sneak preview of what’s to come...
Cliche’ but True: Out with the Old and in with the New
Well, I’m frantically trying to wrap up some loose ends before it’s back to the regular full-time job after a little holiday break. Part of that means getting everything ready business-wise now that it’s the end of the year for ta...
Happy New Year: Some of the Funny Reasons People Visited Art Addict Last Year
So one of the great things about being a blog admin is being able to see the search terms that lead people to the blog. While many search terms make perfect sense such as “Clifton Arts and Musicfest”, “Valerie Tyler Designs̶...
Bazaar Bizarre Cleveland Revisited: Some Photo Memories
Finally got around to taking a look at the photos I uploaded from the Cleveland Bazaar Bizarre. So for your viewing pleasure without further adieu, here they are: Shannon, Show organizer, wo-maning the Stitch Cleveland booth Cleveland Handmade memb...
Cleveland Bazaar Bizarre Spotlight
The holidays are fast approaching, and as they do comes the bevy of crowded mall sales, super crafty fairs with reindeer potholders and mail order catalogs three inches thick being delivered to your home. It can get quite chaotic…and imperson...
The Bonsai Line is Here!
I have finally created the first piece in my bonsai line. Valerie Tyler Designs will still have the sleek, contemporary edge that I like but I am now going to be introducing earthy elements, such as bonsai, bamboo and ferns. The Bonsai Necklace...
Eat Local this Holiday Season (and ALL YEAR long)
As I’ve said before, if you shop local you help your local economy and you help the environment. This holiday season, take that a step further and EAT local. Cleveland is lucky to have a coalition of sorts known as the Cleveland Independents. ...
Cleveland Handmade Featured Artist
So about every week now, Cleveland Handmade has been featuring a local member artist. You can find out all about artists inspirations, workspaces and more at http://www.clevelandhandmade.com In addition the site has a listing of shows where you can...
Cleveland Handmade Market
Some of the ladies of Cleveland Handmade are getting together to put on a Cleveland Handmade Market. (I won’t actually be selling at this one as I’ve got too many other things on my plate but I may stop by) If you want to see what local a...
Bazaare Bizarre Cleveland 2008–It’s Bizarre to not go!
Well, the most fun “craft” show is returning to Cleveland again this year. First let me be a bit of a lame writer, and post the “official” press release first. I’ll include my own two cents after the release. Bazaa...
Gothic Gathering Halloween Party
So yes, I’ve been now planning a Halloween party for about two months. Why I don’t know. Halloween is fun and all, though it hasn’t been a pressing, major thing in my life ever. However, since we bought the new house I’v...
Whispering Wind Earrings ~ Reinventing Vintage
While I frequently create jewelry from raw materials, I am trying more frequently to incoroporate vintage elements to give new life to old objects. The idea is that instead of wasting materials, antique pieces and beads that would otherwise be lost...
Ghost Ride
I have to confess, I don’t ride my bike much. Ever since taking a particularly nasty tumble on the towpath trail which almost dumped me into the Cuyahoga River and left me limping, dragging my bike and knees bleeding to Peninsula I’m a ...
Shop Local on Etsy and Save Gas! (You can find Cleveland Etsy Artists and more Easily)
I thought I’d make another post in my series explaining the ins and outs of the site “Etsy”. This time I’m going to delve into the explaining the site a little further, by explaining one of it’s features called “...
Baldwin Wallace to Host Sustainability Symposium
My alma mater Baldwin Wallace College has recently become a leading institution in greater Cleveland to focus on sustainability in it’s goals, campus environment and classroom programs. In 2006 a campus Sustainability Committee was establishe...
Cleveland’s Sustainability Ranking on the Increase
This is slightly old news but in a study by Sustainlane (a web guide to sustained living) Cleveland rose form a 28th place ranking (out of 50) in sustainability in 2006 to a 2008 ranking of 16. That’s a pretty good gain! Some of the high poin...
Have an Green Bag Lunch this Thursday
Posted from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Green Bag Lunch: Sustainability Manager from City of Cleveland October 16, 2008 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The ECO Team brings you another public Green Bag Lunch seminar: Sustainability Manager from ...
The Art Addict is going Green (er)
So you’ve probably noticed that I frequently have snuck in articles about green living, sustainability, and recycled products. I figured I might as well just embrace this tree-huggerish side of me, and devote a portion of this blog to green liv...
Ooh, another Jewelry feature. This is my lucky week!
This is just a week to bring a smile to my face I guess. I discovered that I had a piece of jewelry blogged about by another Clevelander (well, she’s close enough to Cleveland). My Glam Punk Necklace (pictured below) was blogged about by croc...
The letter “v” brought to you by…..
I’m honored to say that my Earth Abacus necklace was mentioned on Kimberly Monaco’s blog as one of her A to Z favorites. If you don’t know what that is, it’s an ongoing series she has written in which each week she highlight...
Clearance Time-Special Savings on Jewelry
Well, I’ve been focusing on doing some “fall cleaning” As the art show season slows down a bit for me until the holidays I’ve had the opportunity to look over my jewelry collections, streamline them and create a plan for t...
