The craft fair was fun. It actually made me more excited about doing SF Zine Fest this year. The kind of people who go to SF Zine Fest are more my people. Only like 2 people knew what NSFW meant. Am I the only person around who gets NSFW emails?
The rest of Saturday was cool too. I went with Molly to the Swankety Swank event. I’ll do another post about that. It’s definitely a Mary Van DAAAMN worthy post. : )
Yesterday was a great day. Before craft night I met up with Eartha Goodwin at Swankety Swank. We’ll be working on some stop-motion animation together. From there I made the mistake of walking through Haight St to get home. I came back with 3 dresses (a Stop Staring dress, a 1950s Hawaiian/Japanese influence dress, and a European dirndl), a feminine trench, one Gibbous bonnet, one vintage sequined hat, one belt and a R. Crumb comic. I’m stoked. But I also need to clean out my closet to make room for my new gems.
I’ll have a table at a crafts fair in Oakland this Friday. It’s called Feria Urbana and it’s during the ever-popular Art Murmur, so if you live in the East Bay, please come on by!
Mother’s day is on May 9th, so don’t forget to pick her up something fantastic and locally made at Feria Urbana Friday May 7th. Oakland’s Art Murmur is happening as well that night – it will be a great evening to be out and about!
Feria Urbana (Urban Fair) – is an urban fair made up of local artists & designers selling a range of items at accessible prices. You will find creative and high quality clothing, jewelry, artwork, home accessories, ceramics, fashion accessories, baby items and more.
Shop to the beats of local dj’s and enjoy some food and cocktails. Come support your local art community, bring some friends and have some fun!
FREE ADMISSION
Friday May 7th, 6 P.M – 9:30 P.M.
The New Parish – 579 18th @ San Pablo
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7474 directions
Featuring :
Aiko Designs, Cookie and the Dude, By Nieves, King Bag Company,
Found Jewelry, Eristotle, SuperSugarRayRay, Estilo Clothing, note•ify, Mangosteen, Honeycomb Jewelry, Tidal Ware, Georgie Be, Ichi-V,
Ruby Roxanne Designs, Rock N Socks, Isla Corbett, Nneka,
Birdy Botanicals, Cutthroat Sewing, Bright Light Designs, P.O.P. Candy,
Rosemary Dudley Designs, ALL in CAPS, Vic Trend, UnderWing Designs, Mary Van Note and more!
Check out the website for details www.feriaurbanaSF.com
A lot going on here at MVN Enterprises. I’ve been meaning to sell some clothes on Etsy for a long time, and this week I finally starting posting some of the garments. I hope you guys like them! The items are clothing that don’t fit me right, and special garments I’ve handpicked for your delight. There’s a broad range of clothing so far from an impeccable 1950s 2 piece tiki bikini to a 1980s polka dot blouse, a 60s mod sundress to an 80s nautical secretary dress.
Please check out my shop:
| Etsy maryvannote |
I’ll be adding more to the shop within the next few days.
I’ve also been working on getting some goods together for San Francisco Zine Fest. This will be my third year doing the fest, but I haven’t done the fest in a couple years. I always have a blast at Zine Fest, so I’m excited about being a part of it. I’ll have some classic MVN zines for sale, plus a new zine featuring my comic strips. I’ll also have T-shirts and totes for sale, MVN cross-stitch goodies, and special NSFW zine holder/carriers. Please come to the fest and visit my table!
San Francisco Zine Fest
Saturday, September 4 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, September 5 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
(Labor Day Weekend)
SF County Fair Building
(formerly Hall of Flowers)
9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park) map
As always, the Zine Fest is free and open to the public! Over 100 smallpress
and DIY creators will be selling, trading, and otherwise sharing their work with over two thousand
attendees. Please come and be a part of this cool event!
And on top of all that, I’m shooting a short film this weekend. So I’ve got a lot going on. YAY!
I’ve got some stand-up shows coming up, too. You can see my gigs over at my myspace page.
