Unfortunately, due to a hideous database-overwriting error by our webserver, resulting in a missing website, popsiedaisy.com is currently being restored to it’s former glory. Please bear with us as we try and get all back where it belongs…

I’ve been a little busy over the last six months being an incubator for this little one

 (we’re having a little girl in February - Yikes!)

so haven’t had the energy or motivation to hunker down in the sewing room…Until now!

I’ve been busy creating new Knitter’s Critters, Pouches and Gocco Dolls for the holidays and will be updating the shop through out the week, so check in often.

Lots of wonderful gifts for kids, shoppers, knitters and crocheters!

* No-Coast Craft-O-Rama - Huge blizzard
* Handmaidens - Negative 30 degrees (not including windchill)
* Craftstravaganza - Rain-SNOW!! mix with crazy winds in April

Of course these events were amazingly organized, beautifully collaborated and successful, but WOW! what weather!

Thankfully, this weekend was a perfect spring weekend at Crafted Together, which is hopefully a sign that the jinx has ended…Or maybe it’s just Minnesota and the weather is unpredictable….

Two quilts my mom recently made and gave to us:

Love it!

Wow!

Softies Central
Cuteable 

I’m a regular reader of Softies Central, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw that they did a spread of the entire popsiedaisy line - V. Fun!

Cuteable is a “treasure trove of cute stuff for you and your home!” It’s true, it is.

In other news, I’m still busy prepping for the upcoming shows - lots of time in my sewing room. I’ve been having a bunch of fun designing new knitter’s critter animals and monsters and a slightly different style of secret keepers.

Other than that, I’m just anxiously waiting for Minnesota to thaw!

Gocco Dolls

Here’s Max and Matilda

And Peter and Pearl

All of these little cuties are backed with beautifully printed fabric or vintage cashmere, stuffed with poly-fill, lined with rick-rack, with images printed on 100% colored cotton. Some of them have rattles, others have pockets, while some just look beautiful with their fancy fabric backs. They have been a blast to make….Quite addictive! I have a couple listed in the store and more listed on my Flickr page, so check them out when you have a chance:

popsiedaisy STORE
popsiedaisy FLICKR 

When I’m not being distracted by my Print Gocco, I’ve been busy preparing for two of my upcoming shows:

CRAFTSTRAVAGANZA - St. Paul, MN
CRAFTED TOGETHER - White Bear Lake, MN 

This will be the first time I sale/show at these events, so my nerves are running amok. I’m also really excited to see some familiar faces, including:

Natalie and Friends
Love her stitched wall hanging, pillows and cute little hats!
Charlie and Sarah
I would love to own their entire Wellies line!
Unblinking Eye
WOW! Origami Stainglass?!! Amazing!
Michelle Brusegaard
V. Talented artist! Huge assortment of items. Love the fashion plate note cards!
Aisha Designs
Beautiful hand died yarn
Run Amok
Great pincushions!
Odd Stuff by Xanthe
Color paintings and collages
Critterbee
Funny gifts for little ones
Audrey’s Daughter
High quality designs
Crafty Planet
Great fabric store!
Truly
Huge indie art supporter!

vita.mn
Is deemed as the “ultimate guide to what’s going on in the Twin Cities”, so you can imagine my excitement when this Twin Cities resource not only mentioned the Handmaiden’s event I just participated in as a great venue to search out locally made V-Day gifts, but specifically mentioned popsiedaisy, well…maybe you can imagine 
You can read the whole article HERE

Handmaiden’s
The Minneapolis Handmaiden’s featured popsiedaisy, and the wonderfully talented Vanessa Kimball and Kitty Designs, on their blog in preparation for tomorrows event. Read what was said, HERE.

Put a sock on it mentioned that she digs the Gnome Knitter’s Critter…I love him too!

Popsiedaisy has also been included in a couple of Etsy Treasuries:

Want to see more Etsy Treasuries (watch out, they are addictive), clickHERE.

Handmaiden’s - MAKE-OUT GOODS!! Be My Valentine Show!
Sun. Feb. 10th, 10am to 6pm
Ballentine VFW Post 246
2916 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-827-9065
www.the-handmaidens.blogspot.com

I’m so excited to see all of you and to visit with my crafting pals! I’m also pretty excited to just leave the house…I’ve been out of it for a week, stuck at home with a persistent cold that I couldn’t shake until yesterday. Never fret, I (amazingly) didn’t procrastinate. There will be loads of creations available at the show…Including (horns sounding) the new Deco Scarf

These scarves are made from a variety of deconstructed 100% wool sweaters. The material is felted, cut into strips and reconstructed with a strong zig-zag stitch. No two scarves will ever be the same. Excellent as a glam accessory for an night on the town, to dress up a simple tee or used practically as an extremely warm wool scarf. It can be paired with anything and will always look uber-fab. Looks great with whites, browns, blacks, greys….wool jackets, t-shirts, blazers, dresses, etc.

Here are a couple of other versions:

I’m looking forward to seeing and hearing from all of you soon…

We have a couple of new Knitter’s Critters on the loose:

Myrtle the Turtle

Myrtle’s Rear

The Lady Bugger

Grumpy Owl

We recently found out that we were selected to participate in these exciting events:

Craftstravaganza - Rogue Art and Craft Sale
Saturday, April 26
Minnesota State Fair Grounds, St. Paul, MN

Handmaiden’s - MAKE-OUT GOODS!! Be My Valentine Show!
Sun. Feb. 10th
VFW on Lake/ Lyndale Streets in Minneapolis, MN
10am to 6pm
This event is sponsored by i like you, a wonderful store that features a variety of local artists and crafters.

Everything else…..

We are excessively excited about Craft: magazine recent post about popsiedaisy on their blog. Click HERE to check out the blurb. We L!O!V!E! Craft:, so this pretty cool for us. A special thank-you goes out to Natalie Zee Drieu, Craft:’s Senior Editor, for taking the time to mention us! BTW, have you checked out Craft: WOW! What an amazing magazine.

After the Craft: post, a similar post popped up on this site:
The Point Knitting Cafe in NYC

popsiedaisy has joined a couple of ETSY networking groups, including:
EcoEtsy - A great network of crafters who believe in reducing, reusing and recycling. Check out their blog for weekly tips - EcoEtsy Blog
EtsyMN - So many talented Minnesota crafters!
Yetsy - For the Etsy knitting and crocheting suppliers

Etsy has really made it easy to connect with like minded crafters. In just one month I have meet a TON of people. What a great way to start off the year.

That’s all for now. Best wishes!

For those of you who have wrangled your own Critter, please consider adding photos of your little guys working, playing, relaxing, whatever, to the brand-spankin-new popsiedaisy Flickr page. I’ve created a group page, specifically for these photos, so check it out when you have a second and add as many “action shots” as you see fit! -popsiedaisy Critter’s at Play Flickr Group Page

Here are a couple of photos to get you motivated…

Jano and her new buddy, Tweet

Mr. K. with one of his favorite Secret Keepers

On a similar note, I also wanted to show you who’s talking about popsiedaisy:

Fuzzy Noodle Knits
Knitting in Transit
Rare Bird Finds
Yarn Goddess Yarn Review
Going 40 in a 20 Zone

Thanks to all of these wonderful bloggers for the nice comments and for checking out popsiedaisy. I’m excited that each of you got a kick out of the Knitter’s Critters.

Keep your eye on the popsiedaisy shop over the course of the next week.