Scotch/Rye gets Etsy-tastic!

I finally started an Etsy page! It's only a fifth of the way there, but it's a start! At this point, I have only added the greeting cards that are all hand illustrated by the very talented Emma Gordon.
Head on over to Etsy to see these super little cards and check back in a week or so, I'll  hopefully have more items listed then!

A Great Review of Scotch/Rye

Scotch/Rye got another super mention from a brand new, awesome blog - Chromati Contrapposto. It's a very flattering article! Check it out, here!

Mehreen (the author behind Chromati Contrappost) will be detailing other Canadian artists in future blog posts, you should 'follow' her blog to keep up-to-date on new art in Canada!

Handcrafted Promises blog mention!

Scotch/Rye received its first blog mention the other day! Yay! It was from the exceptionally lovely folks at HandCrafted Promises. They did a great article on Canadian Celebratory jewelry over the long weekend, and were kind enough to list the Arts Market as being a real hub of Canadian creativity and uniqueness. You can read the full thing right here!

I received an exciting shipment the other day. Up until now I have been painstakingly making each and every price tag for my creations. Which is no mean feat seen as I have made over 600 things to date! With the opening of another store, I decided to invest and purchase some pre-printed tags online. A little bit of a cop out, but I figure it means I can spend more time making things and less time cutting out teeny-tiny price tags for rings! I think they turned out pretty swell!

The new Arts Market location at 846 College Street

We're very happy ... Scotch/Rye is now being sold in a second location in Toronto! Our product selection is now available at the newly opened Arts Market located at 846 College St. We've had great success at the east end store so far and look forward to many more months in this great artistic community in the west!

We recently did the Wychwood Barns weekend art-show (pictured). Scotch/Rye teamed up with the talented illustrator, Emma Gordon (who is soon to be selling her handmade gift cards on the the Scotch/Rye stall in both of the Arts Market locations!). We had a really great day meeting lots of lovely people as well as experiencing the great Wychwood Farmers Market (which I'm going to be frequenting a lot!).

With all the crafting madness going on (with a new store and an art show), I still found time to come up with some new products! Phew! Some hand-painted galaxy shorts (priced at $30) are now available at both Arts Market locations and some marble rings (which are only available in Leslieville at the moment), I've also been making a few tie-dye items alongside some dyed shorts; which I think are pretty swell! Also, I received some feedback on the floral headbands that I've been making, people want smaller flowers (who knew!), so I've sewn a few of those..I'll keep you posted on their success.

After all the preparing for the second Arts Market and the Wychwood Barns show, I'm going to be taking a little break from creating (only for a week or so!). I'll be back with some more creations soon, including some super household items I've thought up!

Barns Art Market: June

I'm excited to announce that Scotch/Rye will be participating in the Wychwood Barns monthly Arts Market on June 29th from 9am to 2pm.

There are 25+ exhibitors, open studios, building tours and free admission.

There's jewellery vendors, painters, ceramics crafters, clothing and more!

Adding to the madness, The Barns Art Market runs concurrently with the The Stop's award-winning Farmers' Market (8 am to 12 pm). Exciting!

To see more, have a look at the Barns Art Market Facebook page - HERE!

More Mason Jars!

Gah! What a lovely, lovely day! I've been painting and glueing s'more mason jars on our balcony (in the sunshine). I think they're super cute. We have a few sat out on our kitchen counter, they really brighten up the place.

A fellow Arts Market vendor has suggested I make some of these for cereal, which I think is an awesome idea! So I guess, there's more to come ...

Cufflinks

I have been asked a few times since I started working with typewriter keys if I could maybe make cufflinks? Well, yes! Yes I can!

I ordered some bases online the other day. When they arrived, they were a little bigger than I expected (hence only using larger keys at the moment). Hopefully (if these are a hit), I'll be ordering some smaller bases soon. That way I can put together a bigger selection of typewriter cufflinks!

I'll be taking these to the Barns Arts Market in June.