Spring Bada-Bing 2010: Video

Spring Bada-Bing 2010 was a success! We would like to thank all who came out for SBB: our sponsors, all our vendors, volunteers, and of course the customers. And a shout out to GaptoothDiva.com, who captured some great video footage and interviews at SBB.

(interview with one of RCM founders Dawn Anderson)

 

(part 1)

 

(part 2)

And PSILoveSpam gave a video peek of one of our Spring Bada-Bing swag bags.
 

Support Your Local Craft Show Article on Try Handmade

Image from Try Handmade

Here's a great article on supporting your local craft shows by Spring Bada-Bing Vendor Valerie of Holland Cox on Try Handmade featuring images of this year's Spring Bada-Bing!

Thanks, again!

Just wanted to take this opportunity to give one final shout out to our Spring Bada-Bing 2010 sponsors! Their generous support (whether financial or with in-kind services) made it possible for us to afford things like full-color print advertising in local publications, radio spots on WRIR, and (new this year!) on-screen ads at the Byrd Theatre, all while keeping space fees low for our vendors.

Thank you to World of Mirth, OpenHouse, Etsy, Page Ricaud, & V Magazine for Women for supporting small businesses and the Richmond community!

Post Spring Bada-Bing Shout-Outs

Post Spring Bada-Bing Shout-Outs

http://aijungkim.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-bada-bing-pictures.html

http://looksgoodfromtheback.blogspot.com/2010/04/adrien-my-new-favorite-thing.html

http://updates.blugrndesign.com/2010/04/recap-and-remind.html

http://needlenoodles.com/home/?q=node/133

My Pictures from Flickr:

Spring Bada-Bing

A few photos taken by my future brother-in-law Joel of the
Spring Bada-Bing Craft Show today at Plant Zero.
Thanks to all our vendors & customers!

Inside the Crafter's Studio on rvanews

Have you seen the interviews with a whole bunch of Spring Bada-Bing's local vendors on rvanews?

Have a look!

Erica Vess
Tasha McKelvey (that would be me!)
Nicole Lee
April Scott
Erika Hollen
Phil Barbato

Spring Bada-Bing Etsy Treasury

Click HERE to see a few items on Etsy
that belong to some of the super talented crafters
who will be at Spring Bada-Bing tomorrow
from 11-4 at Plant Zero!

Today's Awesome Thing

Oh dang, check out this Cheshire Cat necklace from blugrn design:

And this magnifying glass necklace:


Seriously, if you aren't excited about Spring Bada-Bing by now, something is wrong with you! What are you most excited to see/buy? Leave a comment! Let us know you're out there.

Let Me Tell You My Big Secret, SBB Vendors.

(I wrote this a year or two ago for a Spring Bada-Bing publication and thought maybe it needed some air, so here it is again...)

Here's a secret: I'm not crafty. I'm not. Sure, I was a VCU craft school graduate (magna cum laude! I don't even know what that means!) and I'm, uh, a member of the Richmond Craft Mafia (seriously, you'd think they'd make it a prerequisite or something but NO! HAHAHA they took me anyway, lured in by shiny jewelry and fast talk.) I make jewelry so I have a craft, sure, but I ain't crafty. Don't tell on me.

Here's what I mean: I don't knit, I don't sew, I don't decoupage, I don't embroider (not even ironically) and I take simply awful photographs. I don't paint or draw or do any of the things that a lot of crafty folks seem to do effortlessly. The first time I heard the term "felting" I heard a completely different, and very dirty, word and I'm still not sure I understand either one. When the idea of a group quilt was mention I visibly paled and punked out with an iron-on transfer. LAME. I KNOW.

But this lack of craftiness is why you, an indie show vendor, should love me. I will totally buy your stuff because I will never speak that dreaded phrase: "Well I could do that myself much cheaper." (I REALLY HATE THAT PHRASE.) I totally can't do it myself! I wouldn't even know where to begin to make my own perfume, crochet my own manatee or take a really great photo of...anything! Therefore, I must buy yours. Don't you love a non-crafty girl? I thought you might.

Spring Bada-Bing Buzz

Check out the article about Spring Bada-Bing on RVA News.

Sounds like they also plan to feature some local vendors leading up to the show, which is pretty nifty.

I'm also very pleased that my quote about being a serious business organization made it in. The Mafia does not make macaroni art, y'all!

Awesome RCM Alumni

Do you ever really leave the mafia? Yeah, I don't think so. That's why we're lucky to have so many fantastic vendors who never truly left the fold:

Everything Tiny is impressively awesome with her crazy tiny stuffs:


Sew Ono is making freaking ADORABLE spring dresses:



Pop Culture Rehab by Lark Studio is still kicking it old school with her recycled craft goodness:



Modern June (who only thinks she's going) is just an oilcloth rock star. There's no two ways about it:



Pretty Silly Things is just stealing my breath. In a good way:


Now if you'll excuse me, I have some kneecaps to go break.

Ooh, PRETTY.

More eye candy for y'all, this time from ABCD Images:

Super dreamy, right? Dang.

I have a Craft Crush, y'all.

This happens every year. Every year I get a new crush and this one started at Handmade Holiday last December when I ogled KShonk Designs' amazing set up and, being a jewelry maker myself, kept thinking, OMG WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT.

She's just that good. Her jewelry is beautiful and interesting and well-designed and her whole display has a great cohesiveness that is enviable. I get pretty tired of wearing my own stuff all the time and long for something completely different from what I make. Karyn's designs are just so freaking pretty:



Right? Yeah, back off my crush, yo.

Things I've got my eye on...

Spring Bada-Bing is nearly here and my shoppy senses are tingling! I am READY FOR THIS. Here's what caught my eye (so far) from the vendor list:

Octopus cards from bLuGrn design:

Small Gothic Heart bracelet from My Precious Studio:

Jungle Cup from Paul and Kate Studio:

Bright Eye print from Riki Zarris:

(The cute cat is not for sale, I'm guessing.)

Cellular Symmetry Necklace from Beth Pohlman:

Oooo-weee, am I ready for this.

The 2010 Spring Bada-Bing Vendor Page is Up!

Go & check out all our fantabulous vendors:

http://springbadabing.com/vendors.htm

Get your credit card primed & ready: this is gonna be one smokin hot show!