Market Day Iowa 2012

Submit Your Work to ArtVend

Remember that cool project from Ames C.art we posted about a while back? ArtVend (aka, the vending machine where you can sell handmade items).

Right. Well, you can submit stuff! (As long as it can fit in a vending machine and handle the drop.) Just visit the ArtVend submission page and fill out a few questions. Ames C.art will let you know how to package and deliver your items.

From the ArtVend website:

[ArtVend] is a vending machine that has been transformed to display and sell the work of local artists and crafters (aka Makers). The machine will spread homemade morsels of Central Iowa where they might not normally reach, and local Makers will have a unique option to promote their work. The presence of the ArtVend will encourage the integration of creativity into everyday life.

[image via amescart.org]

Not cool Urban Outfitters, not cool. →

Long story short, this Etsy seller, truche, is a silversmith jeweler. Her signature piece — the one that allowed her to quit her job and make things full-time — shows up is a state with a heart in it. Then Truche opens her email to find her piece copied by Urban Outfitters. UO bit the design.

Happy follow-up: her sales have seen quite the bump today. 

It’s not like this is the first time this has happened. But this is a really lovely example of a great time to skip the mall and shop real indie makers instead — or, you know, a local market? 

Click through below to read truche’s post about it. And if you’re in Iowa, come to Market Day this Saturday. 

imakeshinythings wrote:

One of my lovely customers sent me a message today with this link.

And here is my United/World of Love line:

My heart sank a little bit. The World/United States of Love line that I created is one of the reasons that I was able to quit my full-time job. They even stole the item…