Yes, yes I know my business plan, draft #2, is due in approximately eight hours.  No, it is not remotely finished.

But Steve and the cat are both fast asleep and I’m just too excited to keep it to myself: I was accepted to the San Mateo Bazaar Bizarre and Renegade Brooklyn!  Yay, yay, yipee-fricking-yay!

The BazBizes and Renegades are way up at the tippy-top of my all-time favoritest craft fairs, and not just because they are always super-well-attended.   The shows’ organizers are authentically good people who pour a lot of heart and sweat into supporting independent artists crafters and designers, facilitating creative micro-entrepeneurship and promoting the craft/ DIY/ handmade ethos.  Nothing makes a show more enjoyable for me than feeling like a valued participant in something– a community, a movement– that is large and positive and wonderful, and that’s totally the vibe I bask in at these shows.

I’m so excited and I hope to see you there.  I’ll post the details soon soon soon.  Right now I really– and I do mean really– need to get back to my work.

P.S. One more piece of shiny, happy news: Ach Ach Liebling got a shout out on the Ponoko blog yesterday, along with the Renegade brick and mortar store and fellow SF jewelry designer Orange Slice (who I’ve admired since her days of making felt scarves and owl plushes).  I’ve been meaning to play around on the Ponoko site, which if you don’t know is kind of an on-demand laser cutter and marketplace that seems really cool.  Guess it’s time to check it out– just as soon as I finish my homework.