Sunday Afternoon Housewife

I am finally back from Texas! I had a great time at SXSW in Austin and got to see some of my favorite bands including The Dodos and Deertick and I also got to see some great new bands including The Violins and a band called Friends from Brooklyn. I loved going around and hearing [...]

This past Sunday I packed the car with the crafts and made the three hour trek up to Chicago for the Urban Folk Circuit at the Berlin Nightclub. It was a lovely45 degree day. Great for a February day in Chicago! The weather had to have helped get the shoppers out, and the Berlin was [...]

This last week I have spent an enormous amount of time getting ready for my favorite craft show of the year: the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange! The summer show will be held this Saturday, June 12, from 12pm-8pm at the Harrison Center for the Arts at 16th and Delaware in conjunction with the Independant Music and [...]

Sunday Afternoon Housewife had so much fun at SXSW this year! Besides visits to all sorts of bars and venues and eating at awesome Tex Mex resaurants (more on that later), I made it to the Fader Fort and to the MWTX Party, both of which were insane displays of awesome music (Frightened Rabbit, Man [...]

Oh I wish I had pictures to share today! I don’t because I didn’t plan ahead and I don’t have my camera cord with me. I am using the Levi Fader Fort blogger lounge to send this message out. Tomorrow I will remember to bring it. Today has been a great day in Austin, TX. The sun is [...]

Well, first of all, if you don’t know what SXSW is, it is South By South West, and it is a gigantic music festival in Austin, Texas held every year in March. If you’ve never been, the main premise (or at least what I have done for the past 2 years now) is go to [...]

Great news! Yesterday I was accepted into the Funky Finds Spring Fling 2010 craft fair in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s March 13th. The following weekend Mark and I will be in Austin, TX for SXSW, so I’m really excited I get the chance to fly down to Texas a whole week early and sell my [...]

As we have for the past 2 years, Mark and I will be heading down to Austin, TX for SXSW music festival in March. Mark (well, Standard Recording) will be having a showcase again this year, and hopefully we will be paired up again this year with Craftster and possibly even some of the Austin [...]