Thursday, May 31, 2012

Patchwork Indie Art & Craft Festival + Soap Tart Giveaway


This past weekend I went to the Patchwork Indie Art & Craft Festival in for the very first time and I had a ball!

Patchwork is a free indie arts and crafts fair created by Nicole of Random Nicole and Delilah of A Road Less Traveled  and happens twice a year in three SoCal locations:  Long Beach, Santa Ana, and Culver City. So if you're in the LA area on June 10th you might pop by the Culver City Patchwork!

I met some truly talented artists and I wanted to share some of their unique creations and friendly faces with you.

My librarian's heart went pitter-pat when I saw the handmade felt card catalog that Kelso, of Kelso Doesn't Dance made for her booth and I just loved her upcycled Golden Books notebooks, wallets, and notepads.  Check out her cool New York subway map wallet.

Kelso Doesn't Dance, Patchwork Indie, Serendipity Handmade blog



 Cynthia Morehouse's jewelry is fun, funky, spiritual, and lighthearted all at the same time:



I'm particularly in love with her medal charm bracelets.  You can see more of her colorful and exuberant designs at her Facebook page.

Angie of Collisionware couldn't be sweeter and her handmade aprons, kitchen mitts, wallets, and potholders couldn't be cuter:


Her kitschy Pick Your Stache napkin is so fab, and how can you not love this Pirate O'Malley oven mitt?

I also have to give a shout out to Angela of Hephzi Creations and Claudia of Mi Bazaar Latino who shared a booth, because their super-cute jewelry and accessories made me swoon.

Finally, I met the lovely Carmen Tunis of Soap Tart and discovered her wonderful line of handcrafted all-natural and organic soaps:


Her soap is totally fresh, flirty, and fabulous!  The Cheeky Cheeky Chocolate soap smells good enough to eat, but the Tangerine Honey Pie is my favorite.



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And that leads me to our giveaway!  Carmen was kind enough to offer you, dear readers, a scrumptious little gift package of four Tangerine Honey Pie soaps, a great exfoliating soap mitt for smoothing away your rough spots, and some refreshing Rose Water Toner in a purse-sized mister:


To enter:  just like the Soap Tart Facebook page and then leave a comment here with your contact info. (re: your email address)! This giveaway is open to readers worldwide.  Comments are open until June 8th at 11:59 Pacific Time.

Additional entries, just leave a comment for each action:
  • Become a new follower of  the Soap Tart blog via Google Friend Connect
  • Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway (be sure to use @SerendipityVint in the tweet)
  • Blog about this giveaway (be sure to leave a link to the blog post in the comment)

Winner will be chosen by random number, as always, and announced on June 9th.  Good luck!


19 comments:

  1. fb fan / ana amanti
    tumblemumbo at gmail dot com
    thanks intl

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  2. http://va-internationalgiveawaysblog.blogspot.in/2012/06/serendipity-handmade-patchwork-indie.html
    blogged

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  3. I liked the page on FB. :)
    Barbara Jurić

    voodoo.moon28@gmail.com

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  4. I'm also following Soap Tart through GFC.
    Wednesday Addams

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  5. Liked on facebook. ^^

    E-mail: the_shimster3000@hotmail.com

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  6. I love the potholders and kitchen items, they are so colorful. The soaps and mitt look fantastic, much like the ones I order from Origins. I would like to try them, I am sure the scent is wonderful.

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  7. thanks for the lovely post about patchwork!
    -random nicole

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  8. I do love delicious soaps!!

    FB: Mary Preston

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  9. Soap Tart - GFC: Mary Preston

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  10. Soap giveaway.
    I enjoyed the story on the Indie show.

    jowyrosdick(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  11. I fllowed Soap Tart on FB and tweeted twice on Twitter.

    jowyrosdick@yahoo.com

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  12. Like on FB (Jc Loh), thanks for the lovely giveaway.

    yumihamano@gmail.com

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  13. How splendidly fun, thank you very much for walking us through this marvelous craft fair with you. It's been a long, long time since I've been able to make it anything even close to this, and I thoroughly loved exploring a fair through you, dear gal.

    Many thanks, too, for holding this lovely giveaway, I'm following SoapTart via GFC.


    Wishing you a beautiful, serene week ahead, sweet friend,
    ♥ Jessica

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  14. I liked the Soap Tart Facebook page: Olesia Flegka
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  15. I am a new follower of the Soap Tart blog via GFC: Lulu
    redalepou(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  16. I like them via FB as Tofu Fairy.
    Angie
    14earth at gmail dot com

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  17. I follow them via GFC.
    Angie Lilly
    14earth at gmail dot com

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  18. I follow you via Twitter as MsTofuFairy.
    I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/211155963993014272
    Angie
    14earth at gmail dot com

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