DetroitUrbanCraftFair.com
Pretty much every day after work for the last three weeks has been spent here, building the new site for Handmade Detroit’s 2008 Detroit Urban Craft Fair. The site includes an admin area where the HD girls can rate and comment on all of this year’s applicants, but the real beauty of this one is the public site. Designed by real-life pirate Josh Weston, this has to be one of the best looking sites I’ve worked on. There are lots of hidden goodies up in the header including an ever-expanding collection of Monty Python style popups and actual weather report!
As happy as I am with how it turned out, I’m equally happy to have a few hours to relax tonight!
So, go ahead and give it a spin! If you like it, let me know. However if you have bugs or errors to report, keep them to yourself. As a wise hockey rink owner once said: “THE COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT IS FUCKING CLOSED.”
Reware Vintage coupon sale!
Good through June 1st - Enter 2020MYS during checkout on http://rewarevintage.com, and get 20% off your total purchase of $20 or more!
We need to make room for great new clothing and Rewares! Over 400 mens, womens, and kids vintage clothing items to choose from + you can also use this on our famous record notebooks, record earrings or even on already super cheap clearance items!
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More press for Reware Vintage!
Reware Vintage, along with some of our favorite vintage peeps from Detroit, was featured in WDIV’s style blog, Angela’s Eye yesterday! Check the story out here!
Green Street Fair
Thanks to all of the participants who came out the Michigan’s first Swap-O-Rama-Rama last weekend at the Green Street Fair in Plymouth! We had a fantastic time sewing with everyone and making so many great projects (Tote bags were the overall crowd favorite!).
Thanks to everyone who donated clothing and material for us to use, and a big thank you to Janome for loaning us sewing machines for the weekend!
Thanks also to all of the fantastic vendors at the Rethunk booth - you showed everyone so many ways to be a “green crafter”!
And last but not least, a humongous thank you to all of the Swap-O-Rama-Rama volunteers - we couldn’t have done it without you!
To read more about the weekend, visit Handmade Detroit! Pictures from the event are also on mine and Lish’s Flickr pages!
With a fond farewell…
My last night bartending at the Garden Bowl is tomorrow (Wednesday)!
Come and get your last drink from me from 6 til close, and tip me well - all of my tips from the night are being donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society!!!!
Congratulations!
Just wanted to send our best wishes to Josh and Lauren, who got engaged Friday night. Congrats, kids!
Handmade Detroit and Reware Vintage on Fox 2 News
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting with fellow Handmade Detroiter and blog writer Lish Dorset along with the organizers of the Green Street Fair to interview with Jason Carr of Fox 2 News here in Detroit!
We got to demonstrate a number of “green crafts” for Jason including a T shirt tote bag, another bag made from newspapers (which we will be making to sell at the Green Street fair as well), and my record notebooks! Other green items from fellow Handmade Detroiters, local, and nationwide companies were also promoted, and the whole thing was a lot of fun and very exciting!
It aired tonight locally in Detroit and was also broadcasted nationwide to Fox affiliates. For those of you coming to the site and blog for the first time - Welcome! For our “regulars” who may have missed it - check the story out here!
What you miss in the online version is news anchor Huel Perkins asking the audience to please not cut up their old records after the segment. We’ll have to try to get a copy of that, too.
Thanks so much to Jason Carr for making a terrific segment for us and making the whole process fun. And for inspiring me to listen to Frank Sinatra all day!
What Record Notebook would you like to see?
Lately I’ve strayed from making the “best sellers” notebooks (i.e. Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, etc.), and started using some new artists that I was iffy about like Hall & Oates, Belinda Carlisle, and Chuck Mangione. Much to my surprise, you all like those notebooks too! I’m so glad to branch out into new and different artists and have some fun and add humor to the books.
A couple of weeks ago, someone asked me for a custom Village People notebook - now that was one artist I never thought would be requested. And Elton John has become the new favorite request, which I never even made before until this last Christmas!
So I thought I would pose the question - what record notebook would you love to see me make next? One artist or ten, obscure or not, please let me know!!!
I’ve posted this question on the new Reware Vintage blog. Please comment on the blog post as to what you’d like to see next!
Blowout Fun!
The Metrotimes Blowout was such a blast! Wednesday was the opening night in the Majestic Complex, and Baar Bazaar was there to sell and celebrate! The vendors were awesome, the crowd was phenomenal, and the bands were super entertaining! Fox 2 news covered the evening and Dan took lots of pictures while I was slinging drinks.
Thursday was Handmade Detroit at the K of C lounge in Hamtramck. I had a great time hanging out with the HD girls and watching the bands! I was especially impressed with Aran Ruth.
Thanks so much to Eve Doster and the Metrotimes for inviting Baar Bazaar and Handmade Detroit to be part of the Blowout!!!!
Reware Vintage at the Metrotimes Blowout!
Reware Vintage and ten other select vendors will be selling at a special Baar Bazaar in the Majestic Theatre Wednesday March 5th during the Metrotimes Blowout Launch Party! Join us and shop through an awesome variety of handmade and vintage items! Dan and Jeff will be selling for Reware Vintage, bringing mens and womens vintage clothing and record notebooks, while Bethany is tending bar!
Reware Vintage and other Handmade Detroit vendors will be selling at the K of C hall Thursday March 6th during the Metrotimes Blowout! Bethany will be selling record notebooks, cuffs and earrings!
More information on the Blowout is available at http://www.metrotimes.com/blowout/
Slowly re-entering life…
The month of January for me so far has been filled with fevers, colds, and lots of extended sick and vacation time from RewareVintage.com (and none from my bartending job).
I’m very happy to say I’m feeling human again, and am anxious to post and sell lots more vintage goodies and to resume some sort of social life again (I hear it’s quite fun!)
Holiday Baar Bazaar 2007
Thanks to everyone who shopped and sold at the Holiday Baar Bazaar on Tuesday night! It was a really great time!!!
I just loaded up pictures of the night and vendors (what I could take before my camera’s battery died) on Flickr - check them out here!
If anyone else has pictures from the evening, send them my way and I’ll add them!
Just one week away!!
The Holiday Baar Bazaar will be in the Magic Stick in Detroit on Tuesday, December 18th from 7pm til 2 am.!
We now have 37 vendors reserved, selling oh so many goodies! Handmade items include ornaments, games, jewelry, plushies, bags and wallets, bath and body products, T shirts, wall art, ceramics, greeting cards, candles, blown glass, notebooks, bookmarks, clothing and scarves! There will also be vendors selling vintage bicycles, books, records, comic books, concert posters, cds, nostalgic candy and vintage clothing! I’m very excited that The Detroit Derby Girls will be joining us as well, selling merchandise!
I’ll be selling lots of different merch off our website, plus more of the famous 80’s bootleg wallets, and I’ll even have a super cheap $2 bin!
Why I haven’t blogged much lately….
For my Flint peeps:
Reware Vintage (that’s me!) will be selling at the Flint City Handmade Holiday Craft Market on Saturday, December 1st! Not only will I be bringing Record Notebooks and earrings, I’ll also have a stellar rack of vintage clothing and vintage T shirts sure to impress any scenester. I’ll also be bringing a superb selection of work from Glass Action
For the Detroiters:
Reware Vintage (still me!) will be selling at Sunday Crafternoon this Sunday, December 1st at The WAB from 1-5. This show I will be bringing what’s left of the record notebooks from the night before :) and record earrings and cuffs!
And for the last minute shopper:
The Holiday Baar Bazaar! It will be in the Magic Stick in Detroit on Tuesday, December 18th from 7pm til 2 am. And I’ll be selling lots of different merch off our website, plus more of the fabled 80’s bootleg wallets, and I’ll even have a super cheap $2 bin! Want to be a vendor? We have 30+ spots and it is completely free to sell there. Sell anything and everything you desire (I am especially looking for anyone wanting to sell records, cd’s, books or comic books right now), make some extra holiday cash and pick up something really different for everyone on your gift list! Reserve your space by emailing me at bethany@rewarevintage.com, but be quick - spaces are filling quickly!!!!
Lastly, for my “not in Michigan” people: Our myspace friends get an early Christmas treat! Enter MDEC15 at checkout on RewareVintage.com and get 15% off your entire order! Hurry, this sale only runs through Saturday!
The proof!
I’m quite sure that everyone who watched last week’s episode of “Bones” to catch a glimpse of our Hands Across America T shirt missed seeing the shirt. Dan and I had to rewatch the show before we noticed it in the background for a split second, but it was there! Here is a (blurry) screen shot of the T shirt on the show (yep, that’s it in the upper right corner on the TV screen!).
Thanks to everyone who watched!!!
