The First Craft Show Sept 14th 2009

Nancy Cook of SewNancy with her beautiful hand knits, felted bowls and pocket books, and one of a kind baby outfits. Get ready for the fall with her felt acorns, they look super cute in one of her felted bowls.


Semiprecious by Alison Oxman. Alison's beautiful jewelry made with semiprecious stones is quite beautiful and very well finished with great attention to detail. Unfortunately Alison managed to avoid being photographed. Apologies Alison, please send me one to put in the post.



We all thank Katie Clayton of On the Drying Rack who pulled this event together in a very short time. Jazz up your bulletin board and fridge with her fun flower pushpins, magnets and paperclips.


Jo Bradney, award winning artist with her beautiful fine art prints and note cards, originals too. Check out her note cards documenting her garbage. Who would have thought that garbage could be so alluring!


Ann Vollum of BeastlyBeasties does t shirts and letterpress prints and notecards all adorned with wierd and wonderful beasties. The window was a nice sunny spot to be, but not great for photos!


We would like to thank Nancy Cook ( SewNancy), Jo Bradney and Alison Oxman (Semiprecious) for joining Katie Clayton (On the Drying Rack) and Ann Vollum (BeastlyBeasties) at the first SOMA Artisan's Craft show at Express Yourself Studios on Springfield Avenue, Maplewood.

Although traffic was not great I think I am right in saying that we all found the show a great experience for learning from. We had fun trading ideas and getting to know each other better. I believe that everyone came away with something from having participated, new ideas, critiques, some of us made sales, and we have all had more exposure from this show than we would have otherwise had. So please contact Katie at somaartisansguild@gmail.com if you are interested in participating in future shows.