Gifts

 Yarn and pine from my neighbors yard.  I was severely angry at the price of fake pine on a recent visit to the store. So on a run in the 'hood I found some fallen pine branches. I also used yarn instead of ribbon and a have an old school label maker.

A DIY Charlie Brown Christmas Tree.  The pine branches came from my neighbors yard again!   It cost me like 1 cent to make!  I also made the bow.  

Happy Holiday!

RumbleScheme

I am very excited and proud to announce that Mind over Manners is now featured at the RumbleScheme kiosk at the Lab in Costa Mesa.  Right across the way from Eye Society and Arth, RumbleScheme,  is a humble kiosk featuring hand made wares by local and international artists.  I was really excited when Sara approached me at Uptown Village Market and I've been bursting wanting to tell all our friends! I will be dropping by new pieces periodically especially during the holidays. Stop by and say hello to Sara and Dora!  I am honored to be featured with many great artist!

THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by out booth at Uptown Village Market! I've never been to that part of Long Beach!  Strange I know, but it is a great neighborhood and thank you again to everyone who made it out! The best part was that it was indoors and everyone was really nice!  Maybe it was the wine?  Remember send in your photos of you and Mind over Manners wares and you may find yourself blogged!

Thank you and Happy Holidays!
 Eizelle

One more little thing

Tiny playable harmonicas!  Each comes with a tiny charm.  How charming!(craft pun)  Mine is a little used and it plays maybe four notes?  I mean how can you hate something that is tiny?

Local and Handmade

In the spirit of supporting local and handmade and to support my hobby, come see Ms. Melis and myself at the Uptown Village Market December 2 and 3rd in the Bixby Knolls neighborhood of Long Beach. 

Will I have new stuff?  Of course!  Just last night I made my first bowl of ramen out of clay and I made a realistic looking mushroom. Here is a sneak peek of what you you might see:

Where will you find me?  Booth #18!

Info:

Friday December 2, 2011 5pm-10pm. 
Saturday December 3, 2011 10am-4pm

The Uptown Village Market will be held at 4321 Atlantic Ave., in Bixby Knolls, in Long Beach, in the Expo Arts Center. It’s conveniently located near the Long Beach airport off the 405 Frwy and Atlantic Ave. The Expo Arts Center offers plenty of off-street parking in a walking-friendly environment. 

The Uptown Village Market will be held Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3 in Long Beach. Opening night will be held in conjunction with the popular First Fridays art walk event, a night of art, music and food, which regularly draws a crowd of over 1000 participants to the lively Bixby Knolls area of Long Beach. Expect an environment that will be both artful and surprising.

Black Sheep Come Home

Hi Friends! 

I have some exciting news. Mind over Manners will have a short stint at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, CA!!  I'm really excited!A few plates of wares will be displayed with the Mt. Fuji General Store.  They make great gifts and stocking stuffers!  While you are there say hello to Pat!

In other news, I am also very excited to announce that Ms. Melis and I will be at the Uptown Village Market in Long Beach.  It's a two day event spanning Friday night and Saturday.  It is also in doors!  There is a bar and other awesome local vendors!  Support local and handmade! The community wants you to!

Millions of THANK YOU's are in order!

To everyone at Patchwork Long Beach, Thank you!  You braved the wind, rain and cold and made this Patchwork one to remember!  Ms. Melis and I had a great time.  Thank you to all of our friends and new friends we made, we hope to see you again!

We have a few shows hopefully in the works for this holiday season and as always, I will keep you posted.


I would also love pictures of you in your Mind over Manners wares.  You may see yourself on the blog! Email them to: mind_over_manners@yahoo.com

Sights from Sunday:

Sneaks!

I promised you a Patchwork sneak peek and who am I to let you down! Check out the new stamp. Pretty awesome! Don't worry I got a new ink pad!

Enjoy!

 

Don't Forget!  Patchwork Long Beach November 6th, 2011

 

Treat Yo Self

There is a certain crispness in the air and the nights are getting longer.  It's fall!  It's my most favorite time of the year! The food is amazing and the best part is my apartment isn't hot!  This comes in handy as I have to have to oven on to cure the clay.  So it makes my second living that much more bearable!

My shipments have come in from Etsy and I'm pretty excited to see what will become of them.  In a few days me stamp should come in.   Custom stamps are the best! I got mine from: Inkorporated on Etsy

Come this Patchwork, this will stamped on all bags along with a custom drawing of a tooth or corn dog.  It's the luck of the draw. 

Speaking of Patchwork this year in Long Beach it falls on November 6th, 2011.  Come see me and as always, Ms. Melis!  It's gonna be a good one.  It will be my first day back from my Portland vaycay.

Sneak peeks to follow!

Back to the Drawing Board

Summer is chugging along and Fall dates for Patchwork have already been announced! So it's back to the drawing board and looking for some Fall and Holiday inspirations to make sure Mind over Manners has the best accessories for all of our friends.  In the meantime check out these photos of some Mind over Manner friends. 

Christine Fury Loving her new teeth.

Photo: Heather

 Do you have any cool Mind over Manners pictures?  Send them over: mind_over_manners@yahoo.com you too might been seen!

A Million Thank Yous!

Dear Friends,

Thank thank thank thank you for the all the support at Patchwork in Long Beach!  Doing well here has given us the confidence to continue with our craft! Thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello and gave us a chance!  


As for the future, Mind Over Manners will be at The Long Beach Green Fest along side our good friend
Ms. Melis.  Come see us! We make new things constantly and two things are never alike. 


Hope to see you there!

<3 eizelle