Thanks to everyone who came out to the trunk show & screening of Handmade Nation! You helped make it a success. The Naro seemed very pleased and I don’t know about you but I found the movie really inspirational!

Here are a few upcoming events plus a little 7 Cities Crafters “official” business.

7 Cities Crafters Monthly Craft-Together

We normally meet on the first Sunday of the month, however in November we are pushing it back a week due to some scheduling conflicts. We will be meeting on Sunday, November 8th at 6pm at Grow Interactive.

Our monthly craft-togethers are free and open to the public! Bring a snack to share potluck-style and a craft to work on if you wish! Come hang out with other creative people in the area, everyone is welcome!

6:00 p.m. @ Grow Interactive: 350 W. 22nd Street Suite 106 Norfolk, Virginia 23517 - in the new Palace Station shopping center. Grow is toward the back left corner, across from NYFO.

Who Arted? Halloween Art & Craft Show

Come join the fabulous artists of “Who Arted?” for Halloween at the Virginia Beach Farmers’ Market. Tons of fun for the whole family. Get your Christmas shopping done early — awesome art and handmade gifts! This Saturday, October 31 (Halloween!) from 10 to 4. Find out more on Facebook.

Barnes & Noble Trunk Shows

There was an opportunity for a trunk show at the Barnes & Noble at MacArthur Mall which you may have heard about from Ashley. However, it  has been canceled by the manager of the Barnes and Noble. She feels that it would be too busy and we’d be in the way of shoppers. Our new option is to take part of the fantasy shopping night at the mall. The 11th Annual Fantasy Shopping Night - Please join us on Sunday, November 15th from 7 pm to 10 pm for our 11th Annual Fantasy Shopping Night to benefit Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. Tickets are $5/person in advance or $10/person at the door. If you want to join in on this night, please let Ashley know by sending her a Facebook message.

7 Cities Dues/Membership

After some discussion with other members and since the focus of the group has changed a bit, effective immediately membership dues for the 7 Cities Crafters are FREE! It costs nothing to be a member of our group.

If we have a workshop or a trunk show, there may be a small fee to cover the cost of supplies or booth rental, however being a part of our group is now completely free. If you have a few dollars you’d like to throw in the “pot” to cover web hosting or you would like to donate to cover the cost of supplies for a workshop (so we can make the workshop free) donations are always welcome. However we are opening the group to the public, and our monthly craft-togethers remain free of charge as always.

Introduce Yourself

I think it’s high time we made another intro post on our forum, since I accidentally zapped the other one when I upgraded. I’d love to hear who is still around, what sorts of crafty things you are up to, etc. Please go here and introduce yourself, if you’d like!

Holiday Shows?

Are you participating in a holiday art or craft show? Please email us details about the event so we can post about it on the blog, add it to our events page and send out an email reminder! If you have a flyer, even better. Send us a pdf or jpg image so we can post that too!

Facebook addict?

Are you a facebook addict? Would you be interested in running a 7 Cities Crafters facebook page? Duties would include posting photos, setting up event invites, updating the status whenever a blog post or email reminder goes out, approving friend requests, etc.  If you are interested in this job, please let me know.

Want to help us blog?

Are you interested in having posting access to this website? We’d love to see pictures from cool crafty events you attended, hear about neat craft tips or see a photo or video tutorial you put together on how to do something crafty. The opportunities are pretty much endless! If you are interested in making posts to this blog, please let me know and I’ll get you a login so you can get started!

I hope to see you at our next event!