Martha's Halloween treats and new TV season

The summer is winding down and fall is approaching, which means Halloween and the new fall TV line-up are on there way. As you all know by now, we are big admirers of Martha and we just wanted to share a few things to be on the look-out for:

The fifth season of The Martha Stewart Show begins on September 14th, so be sure to tune in for a full season of fun inspired creative ideas for the upcoming holidays.

Speaking of holidays be sure to pick up the new
Halloween special issue on sale August 31st (how cool is that cover!). And also you can sign-up at MarthaStewart.com for the Halloween workshop, which begins September 7th. Remember, we won a great gift when we submitted pictures to her Easter workshop.

What we are working on this week

We hope you are all enjoying the last few weeks of summer. The weather here has been beautiful! The studio is buzzing with the production of Halloween and Autumn ornaments. Here are a few pictures of the work in progress. We are planning to launch the collection on Sept 8th so make sure have joined our mailing list so you won't miss out on this festive autumn collection. Supply is limited and they sell out quickly.

Craft Schedule Update

With the Holiday Craft Show season fast approaching we thought we'd post an update on where you can find us. And we're very excited to announce that we are doing our first in-store trunk show this November. We'll give you more information on when and where in a later post. Meanwhile, if you are in the Boston area we hope to see you at one of the shows:

Wellesley Marketplace
Saturday, November 21, 2009 / 9-4pm
at the Wellesley Middle School

Sowa Holiday Market
Saturday, December 12, 2009/ 10am - 6pm Sunday, December 13, 2009 / 10am - 6pm
at the Cathedral High School Gym, 74 Union Park Street (on the corner of Washington Street)
In Boston's South End

Our interview with Cafe Handmade

A few weeks back we came across this wonderful virtual craft show website called Cafe Handmade while on twitter (are you on twitter? If so follow Swirly Designs!!). It's a website devoted to everything handmade and promoting buying handmade goods from independent crafters and artists.

We had the pleasure of being profiled on their website in the "In the Studio with..." section. It's a look into how we make our creations from the start and our thought process behind our collections. Check out the interview here and let us know what you think.

Moving on up!

It's been a crazy summer to say the least for Swirly Designs both personally and professionally. Between welcoming a new addition to the family and planning the upcoming holiday season we have been quite busy with no sign of slowing down. Now to add to it all...as of this past week we have sold our condo and now are in process of finding a new home/studio. Hopefully we will be settled in a new place before the holiday season.

Here is a picture (click to enlarge)showing our work space. We had to declutter and clean up the studio for the open house. Believe us, it never looks this clean.

Upcoming Craft Shows

We decided this year to cut back on the number of craft shows we exhibit at. We feel really bad because doing the craft shows are one of the only few times we actually get a chance to meet and greet all our customers of Swirly Designs. We absolutely love meeting everyone and chit chatting! So, as soon as we get confirmation on the few shows that we are doing, we will let you know.







This first booking that came in last week is:
Wellesley Marketplace at the Wellesley Middle School
on Saturday, November 21, 2009 9-4 pm

See you there!

A gift from Martha

Who doesn't love a free gift. A few months back the Martha Stewart website did a holiday workshops on their website. They have done Halloween workshops in the past and this year they did an Easter workshop. It's a great place to share holiday decorating ideas and pictures. They were also running a contest "Share Us your best Easter projects and Win", so we submitted a couple of our "how-to" projects. We weren't necessarily submitting to win but more for sharing our fun how-to projects. We entered our Springtime Swirly Carrot and the Mini Swirly Bunny

....well a few weeks ago we were notified that we were chosen as one of the winners. YEAH!!!
We were very excited to have been picked and our prize arrived today in the mail:



a 320GB Seagate FreeAgent® Go portable hard drive with docking station to store our favorite photos, videos, music, and more.

Thank you very much Martha & MSLO :)