Shippensburg Etsy Craft Party 2012!

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We're so excited to announce that the wonder collective is sponsoring:

Shippensburg's Etsy Craft Party 2012

Friday, 24 August, 2012.

5-8 pm

The Thought Lot
37 E Garfield St., Shippensburg, PA 17257.

Please spread the word to friends, neighbors, and coworkers, and RSVP via meetup.com here:

http://www.meetup.com/etsy/Shippensburg-PA/

25 RSVPs by August 16 = box of supplies from Michael’s

Serendipity:  Etsy* chose Friday, August 24th for the worldwide Craft Party 2012: the night before Shippensburg Corn Festival, with the theme "Wish You Were Here."  We’re working on a great line up of projects to celebrate creativity and our hometown.

I met with The Thought Lot’s board this afternoon and am so excited to share that they agreed to let us use their venue for Etsy Craft Party 2012.  It's a beautifully emerging space ran by creative locals working hard to promote the arts in our area, and the location of our new studio and our fall programming.  Come and craft and build our local creative community.

Sponsored by the wonder collective

Please do peek at our plans for both this and our new programs at http://thewondercollective.blogspot.com.  We're starting our second week of Springfield Camp, a summer day camp for ages 5-12, tomorrow, and are working on plans for a season of Firefly Creative Teams and crafty workshops for adults this fall, most to be held at The Thought Lot.

*[a note on Etsy.com if you're unfamiliar:  Etsy is the online world's foremost craft, vintage, and supplies marketplace.  I've been an Etsy seller for 6 years (purplepetunia.etsy.com; the shop is on vacation mode but you can look at my sold items there if curious) and have watched it grow into not only a very successful way for independent artists to sell and promote their work, but into a beautiful community for those artists and all lovers of handmade.  When I saw that Etsy's Craft Party was coming up soon, I had to get involved!

More information on Etsy's Craft Party here:      http://www.etsy.com/craftparty2012]

Hope to meet you there!

Valerie