mind over manners

Gifts

2011-12-21T21:03:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-14T15:24:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-12-05T13:37:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-02T13:07:00.000-08:00

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

2011-12-01T10:24:00.000-08:00

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

2011-11-23T11:57:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-11-07T10:53:00.000-08:00

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!

2011-10-28T10:12:00.000-07:00

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

2011-10-24T17:07:00.000-07:00

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

2011-08-04T10:43:00.000-07:00

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!

2011-05-16T17:04:00.000-07:00

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

here is the church, here is the steaple, open the door see all the people.

2010-10-10T22:35:00.000-07:00

Thanks for all the support at Christ Presbyterian Church Craft Fair on Saturday. It was fun!

It was also a learning experience. I also came up with some new crafty things for the future.

Thanks friends!

where has the time gone?

2010-09-19T18:45:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while since we've come to update the blog. A lot has been going on, lots of stuff. The crafting has been slowing down, but as I settle in there will be more stuff to come. I made some feathers earrings with these new feathers! I think you will enjoy them! I also bought some new colors of clay that I am really excited to use. I also learned to read crochet patterns and I made a beanie! We have some shows lined up and as they get closer we will let you know where and when to find us. For the time being, I'll post up some pictures of what we have. Etsy will FOR SURE be in the future. I keep saying it but this time I mean it!

LOVE,

Eizelle
Mind over Manners

Last Minutes

2010-06-17T10:35:00.000-07:00

i'm so excited to be a part of this show! come and see me!

building blocks

2010-05-28T11:29:00.001-07:00

I went to the ARC thrift store in Oxnard and I found some old blocks in a bag. I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be cool if this bag had all the letters to spell out Mind Over Manners?" I bought them took it home and BOOM. All but two blocks are used and I turned the W upside down to make an M.

after all is said and done

2010-05-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun this weekend at Crafty Wonderland! We've never been vendors at a two day event. Everyone was so nice and super excited which is awesome! Thank you thank you thank you, again, everyone out there!!!

I would have to say, whoever bought our hall and oates framed picture complete with "your kiss is on my list", God Bless you!!

so what's next? well, we're going to get the etsy shop up and running, FINALLY!

Come and knock on our door

2010-05-01T18:50:00.001-07:00

If you came today and saw us at crafty wonderland THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

we will be there tomorrow!

Breaking News

2010-03-03T18:12:00.001-08:00

So we are in Crafty Wonderland!!!!

We made some new things.

an made a few adjustments to some....

what will it bring?

2010-01-01T16:05:00.000-08:00

new year. new stuff. new packaging. etsy to come.

mind over manners 2010 is our year!

September 13th, Never Forget

2009-09-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

At Mind over Manners we would like to say thank you to everyone who came out to crafty Wonderland! It was really fun and we both had a blast as always! The mystery craft bowl was a great success and a big thank you to everyone who stopped by and said hello. We Love Crafty Wonderland!

We sat next to Lulu Dee. and they were so kind to give us a print. It is now framed and sits next to our ryan berkley print.

We also picked up a great print from Cate Anevski. it too is framed and sits next to our ryan berkley print.

We are currently working on business cards. Our hands get tired writing them out. Also about getting that etsy store up and running. More pictures of our charms and baubles and what not. we also love feedback!

KIT
<3 mind over manners

things to consider

2009-09-21T12:53:00.000-07:00

It feels like fall. my favorite season. I have lots of stuff to think about. Fall/Winter is craft season and in december it is the Crafty Wonderland super big craft show. We have a lot to do!

moving and shaking

2009-09-13T02:32:00.000-07:00

Crafty Wonderland today!!!

11am - 4pm Doug Fir SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!!!!

put a ring on it

2009-08-20T12:48:00.000-07:00

etsy is pretty amazing. we'll get one up shortly. here is one of my favorites so far.

etsy

new slang

2009-07-09T03:24:00.000-07:00

Went to to fabric depot in portland. they have every fabric you could ever want. the store is advertised to be about an acre and a half big. i didn't know where to start. we started and opted for the clearance section. we found an awesome grid table cloth for our table and a grab bag of buttons. its like Powell's books but fabric. check it out.

new stuff. enjoy and we'll see you at crafty wonderland!

we're on a time crunch baby

2009-07-06T12:16:00.000-07:00

We here have a lot to do before crafty wonderland. There will some new stuff as well as the old. my personal favorite are the teeth.

Crafty Wonderland

2009-06-23T01:05:00.001-07:00

Crafty Wonderland July here we COME! We will be returning with some new items and new packaging.
After our first experience we made some notes to make for a better July showcase.
Everyone who can please try to make your way to Doug Fir on Sunday, July 12th.

Hope to see you there!!

inspiration

2009-06-02T01:34:00.000-07:00

tarina tarantino

happy up here

2009-05-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

Hello, we are Mind Over Manners. We started out as roommates with lots of ambition. Now we are roommates trying to fill the world with accessories.

we, anissa and eizelle, are mind over manners.

hello!