SpRing and W3ddiNgs

Winter is over and spring is here, time to bust out my bike and get it tuned up! This spring will be so fun and the year will only get better as the weather gets nicer not only am I excited but, so is my dog. Forrest got a backpack this winter so he can be a bike dog too, Forrest goes everywhere with me.

This sunny weather is bringing out all the brides and I am getting some wedding orders everything from invites, necklaces and even cake toppers. Check out this cake top I made with Yuengling beer from the East Coast and dang it was hard to find these cans and boxes living on the west coast but I did it and I think it cam out fucken RAD! Here is picture of some flowers that I made and a picture of the cake topper almost done all it needs a lil more embellishment and glitter OF COURSE

Beer Flowers!

Beer flowers are fun to make and so different, just use boxes instead of paper after you find a tutorial on how to make your favorite flower that's what I did:) Do you need a beer topper for your wedding, a beer bouquet for you or your bridesmaids, maybe some booze necklaces please e-mail me with custom orders and I would love to work with you on your special day!
                                                                                                                       

Here is a list of some events you can find me at this weekend Saturday MArch 22nd:
Boxcar Alehouse Bazzar in Seattle 1pm-5pm
3407 Gilman Ave W. FREE entry, 21+
Sunday March 23rd:
Hangover Flea MArket in Seattle 2pm-6pm
429 Eastlake Ave E. FREE Entry, 21+

Thanks so much to each and everyone of you that are reading this blog. Without your appreciation, curiosity and support for what I create there would be no way I could be able to do what I love and have the opportunity to be a small business owner. The amount of happiness you bring me knows no limit thank you very kindly again.

GO HAWKS!

Awakening, Seahawks and Events

Shandi

Corey

 This month has been so busy already the SEAHAWKS won the super bowl and this great city i live in has been on cloud 9 ever since then. I have had 3 shows already this month one at the Ok Hotel in Pioneer square that was pretty slow, the 2nd one was in Tacoma at King's Book put on by Tacoma is for lovers where I saw all my crafty friends and the 3rd was at The Blue Moon Tavern in the Udistrict it was awesome and I met lots of new crafty people.
Thanks to Lauren for taking these photos and if you want to check out more of her work you can see it at laurenaddisonwilliams.com

Here is  a list of where you can find my small business Caps'N'Scraps for the rest of February.

Urban Shopping & Coctails
842 S.Sprague Ave, Tacoma WA
2pm-6pm, 21+

 

Back Bar Flea Market
2200 2nd Ave, Seattle WA
3pm-7pm, ALL ages

So excited for the 1st Hangover Flea Market of 2014 after the closing of our former home!

Hangover Flea Market
429 Eastlake Ave E Seattle WA
2pm-6pm, ALL ages

Then of course my biggest show EVER!
RAW presents
///AWAKENING
Showbox at the Market
1426 1st Ave, Seattle WA
7pm-11pm, 21+
$15 pre-sale and $20 at door
Order your ticket here I AM RAW

 

Thanks so much for taking the time to learn a little bit more about my small business CapsNscraps and for supporting your local artist, crafter, designer and pickers.

Go HAWKS, Super Bowl champions.

 

RAW presents /////AWAKENING

Event will be held at the fabulous Showbox at the Market

AWAKENING will be the 2014 season premiere of  RAW Artist Seattle! This event will include 40+ artists who will come together and provide a night full of music, fashion, performance, art, photography, film, hair and makeup plus much more! purchase tickets by clicking on my artist portfolio through RAW

stay tuned way more info to come and pictures of my beautiful models

Happy 2014

Don't you just love new year's? You can start all over
Everybody gets a second chance

Well it's a new year folks and why not start it off with a quote from one of my favorite movies of all time Forrest Gump and nobody could have said it better than that blonde bimbo at the bar!

In the past I would have made some very conceited  new years resolution but this year I just want to be nice, love more and put out positive creative energy. 

My small business Caps'N'Scraps has a lot to gain this year too: more shows, new designs, bigger pieces, art collaborations, installations and maybe even festivals this year well at least one! Here are some of the events I have planned for January so far:

Back Bar Flea Market 

inside the world famous Crocodile 

in Seattle WA. on 2nd Ave 

in Belltown. This Flea Market is 

one of my favorites I consider it 

my baby my first born of many 

more flea markets (hopefully) 

that I founded and curate every 

2nd Friday. 

  ArtAche Market might be the second event 

      of the year for Caps'N'Scraps 

but I am not sure yet. 

This market is combining forces with the very popular 

Hangover Flea Market       that was once housed in the Comet Tavern and is in the market for a new venue but, until then 

      we combine forces. So, even if I don't make 

     get out and enjoy other rad artist or have a shot 

     at the bar!

Urban Shopping & Cocktails is every 3rd Saturday in Tacoma and has become not only fun for what happens during the event but that I get to hang out and have brunch with Russ, Stephanie and recently Miss Jenny. This awesome event is hosted at the house of wonderful Christy Reedy of 

Libertine Tacoma and Jenson of the band Halcion Halo. 

                                                                                                  The third Saturday and Sunday of every month is always so much fun 2 events in a row keeps me busy plus my friends and I can drink on the job!

If you would like to be apart of the 3rd Sunday Punk Rock Swap Meet please message me capsnscraps@gmail.com 

with what you create or sell and maybe we can get together and drink on the job too.

Punk Rock Swap Meet at the 2 Bit Saloon in Ballard is my every 3rd Sunday show with other creative artist and crafters. So, come hang out with some bad ass beautiful lady bartenders making you delicious handcrafted cocktails for only $4 like a  bloody Murphy and do some local shopping too.

Origami Vaginas by Jenny Dantes

January is national Cervical Cancer Awareness month and 1000 Origami Vaginas has teamed up with some wonderful local businesses and artist to raise money for all the Who Who's out there. There will be a raffle at this event with part of the proceeds going to National Cervical Cancer Coalition Pacific Northwest Chapter. This event means so much to all of the ladies attending because not only are we females with who who's but, because our dear friend Jenny's sister was diagnosed with Cervival Cancer in April. I have 2 sisters and couldn't help but feeling for Jenny and knowing the pain of having your sibling be hurting and knowing there is not much you can do for them but, Jenny found her way of helping her sister out and I love her for that!  She created her page to dedicate her time and effort into folding 1000 Origami vaginas in order to raise money for her sisters medical plus recovery expenses. Her efforts everyones love and generosity paid off in July when after many treatments her sister was found Cancer Free. This did not mean the end of Jenny's battle to beat Cervical Cancer she now is involved with raising money and awareness for Cervical Health so, spread those legs ladies and get your guys to bend over cause guys need regular check ups too.

Whoo, that last part was really hard to write through my watery eyes that I had while thinking of all the strong females in my life and the power of sisterly love.
Well I hope you enjoyed my first blog of 2014 and maybe I will see you at one of these events this month Happy New Year and that's all folks. 

Holidazed

WOW how crazy the 2013 holiday season has been and it's not over yet! This month has kept me real busy with creating new art to keep up with stock after doing all the flea markets, Bazaar's, swap meets and other events I have been doing and still have planed for this month.
My greeting cards are so much fun and always make people smile laugh or start up a conversation whenever they see them and my snowflakes were more popular than I thought they were going to be.

Giving books a second life after the holiday season! 

My thumb is raw and peeling from all the thumbtacks I use to hangup snowflakes as part of my holiday display but it always looks so cool when they are up. So far this holiday season I have done 6 events:

Making snowflakes out of recycled beer boxes.

ArtAche at Chop Suey
Punk Rock Flea Market at Belltown Underground
Capitol Hill Art Walk
Back Bar Flea Market at The Crocodile
Holiday Bazar Gnar
plus one today December 15th
Punk Rock Swap Meet at 2 bit Saloon
and still have a couple more events to go before my holiday vending season is over.
Starving Artist on Parade at Highline
Urban Shopping and Cocktails in Tacoma
more events are always posted on my Caps'N'Scraps
facebook page.

I am very excited for the event I have planned on Monday it is at the highline where there will be burlesque, comedy and art. I will have my naughty lil Xmas cards attached to candy canes here and of course more snowflakes. I will have to post a photo of my naughty lil cards with candy canes in another post.

This season has been crazy my jewelry is evolving into what I always had seen it in my head I survived the crazy Punk Rock Flea Market and still work once a week as an agent at the Pike Place Market. It may seem like I have disappeared to some of my friends but I think it is because I have but, once this season is over I'll go back to having a personal life but for right now I am loving every minute of my crazy life!

Pop-Up Shop

This year will be the first time that my studio will be open to the public for black Friday.

There will be an area to create your own scrapbook pages for all the photos you would have taken on Thanksgiving and for all the photos you will be taking during the holiday season. Also you can make a custom pair of beerings all you have to do is pick a cap and add your charms it's really easy and i'll be there to help you the entire time. For those of you that are over 21 there will be adult drinks being served, light snacks plus Christmas music and movies for the kiddos. This event can be a little hard to find as there is no door open to easily walk in but you can text message me when you get to the door my number will be on the front black or on the big red alley way door.

So, this black friday and entire holiday shopping season for that matter make sure to find your local flea markets, bizarres or swap meets and buy something handcrafted from a small business.

"LIKE" my page on Facebook and e-mail me about custom orders capsnscraps@gmail.com or to shop all year round check out my Etsy. 

New Designs

This month has been interesting.
The new designs that I have been coming up are some of my favorite plus the fans are really giving me some excellent feedback and loving to wear them as much as I am loving to create them. Using more watch parts, spoons and vintage finds my style is transforming into what I always envisioned my business being.
                                                                               

Horse Parts

This necklace started off like any of my designs begin, I find the main piece and work around it.
With my business being focused mainly around
booze my mind is always set to beer so,
of course when I saw this gold rusted up piece
my mind right away thought bottle opener.
Nope that is not at all what I thought it was, the
lady selling it at the rummage sale I found it
at laughed at me. She then explained how
it was used to decorate horse mains back when
these animals were used as main sources of
transportation. Like how we decorate our cars
with stickers this is what they used to decorate
horses. I then added a watch part plus 2 pearls
to hang from the center of the horse decoration and
is hanging on a long 35inch chain.

Broken Washington

This Piece was the first of my new designs that sold. My friend Emily bought it which makes me happy cause I get to see it every once in a while. My friend Jen gave me this part to work with and you would never believe that it started off as a spoon. As you may or may not know I hang WA state spoons from chains but, I broke this spoon and used just the top part of it. The watch pieces are all parts that I have been hoarding forever because I either broke them during the take apart process or that do not have a spot for me to put an O-ring through to use as a charm. Most of the pieces are the knobs that turn the minute and hour hands plus the little screws that hold the watch together. Every once in a while if it is a really nice watch there is a diamond in it so yeah I get fancy and add diamonds to my work too.

Have an idea for a custom design? Get a hold of me to put in an order for Christmas and give the most perfect one of a kind handmade gift this year!

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