Apr 13
We’re getting ready for our first ever National Stationery Show! If you’ve seen the photos of this show, you’ll understand the pressure to make something extra pretty. Despite the incredible stress, it’s been super fun designing + crafting all day long. Hope you like!
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Cause we don’t want none unless you got bunnies, hun. In other news, if you’re looking to buy our goods in person, we are selling our wares at three different craft shows this weekend
Bazaar Bizarre in Boston
Holiday Heap in Baltimore
The Big Crafty in Asheville
Figs’ studio manager Caitie will also be in the Big Crafty with her own line of silver jewelry. She’ll be set up with the indomitable Meg Roberts of Richmond, Virginia.
Caitie's Earrings
Meg's Necklaces
Come say hello!
Come say hello!
Figs and Ginger has booths at the Big Crafty in Asheville, NC and Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle, WA.
May 28
Urban Craft Uprising did a lil interview with us a while back, here it is! You can see it on their blog, which has lots of other interviews by other vendors. If you can’t go to the show, you can definitely find some great people to shop from for ALL your handmade Christmas gifts, they’ll all be handmade, right? Well- mine won’t be i guess. unless you know someone who makes remote control helicopters (don’t tell elijah!).
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Figs and Ginger… Eco-friendly Metal Smithing Inspired By Forests
UCU- What is your business and when did it form?
Figs and Ginger- Well, we make super cute, forest inspired jewelry and try to be nice to the earth while doing it. Rhonda (my attractive wife) and I (Elijah) run the business together. It’s wonderfully fun and rewarding. For the past two years or so we’ve been able to make our living just off of Figs, but we’ve been working on this business for 4 or 5 years. It’s hard to tell when it, “formed” because it just seems seamless with our life/marriage.UCU- If you could have a super power what would it be?
Rhonda: The power to make chocolate non-fattening
Stacey (our studio manager): To run really fast without getting tired so I wouldn’t have to drive.
Elijah: To be able to build robots that could do ANYTHING I wanted, you know like fly or shoot lasers or turn chocolate into anti-fat.
UCU- Favorite holiday memory?
Rhonda: Mom playing The Judds’ Christmas album while trimming the tree.
Stacey: Hiding behind the couch to catch Santa but falling asleep instead.
Elijah: As a kid sipping my Grandma’s wine thinking it was grape juice and spewing it all over the nicely set table.
UCU- Will you have a special $5 item for UCU’s anniversary?
Ooh, I think so, but it’s a secret. You’ll just have to drop by our booth or follow us on Twitter @FigsandGinger to find out.UCU- Got any new items you will be showcasing at the show?
Yup, cute little rings with forest creatures, a goose necklace, maybe some bunny families…oh man who even knows what will be new by then?In
we have SO MANY videos we have taken at various craft shows throughout the years. I’m going to post a couple for you to look through…. we may have the date wrong on some, and possibly the name. if you think we are wrong please let us know so we can correct it, thanks!
Renegade Craft San Francisco Summer 08
New York International Gift Show Aug 09. excuse elijah’s shaky-ness on this one.
so, last week we went on a trip to Crafty Bastards in DC, it was AMAZING!!! Our best craft show to date, in all of over 5 years of doing indie craft shows, we’ve never experienced so much business in 6 hours, especially at a non Holiday show. We were going for “Craftiest Bastard”, remember? we didn’t win despite my mothers repeated votes for us (which we told her was against the rules and she refused to listen). Heidi of My Paper Crane won first place, which is great cause her work is the cutest. though, it’s so sweet i don’t know if the word ‘bastard’ should be allowed near her pieces…
all such great companies!
We were so busy at this show that I literally had to run around to see the other vendors. I wish with all of my heart I stopped by Home Sweet earlier and bought their gorgeous huge lampshade. They block print their own fabric and make it into shades. I’ve tried this, but never got past the block printing part, cause it’s so much fun. By the time I had a chance to get to their booth, it was pretty much sold out. I think they had 3 shades left, go them!
aren't these great!?
I got to trade with my favorite soap makers in all the land, Biggs & Featherbelle. Sometimes i feel like i need to design new products just so there is a chance they’ll want to trade with us. they have this new ‘tequila lime’ bar. OMfreakingG. it’s like a party every time i shower.
trading is probably my favorite thing about craft shows. no no, it isn’t the hundreds of miles driven, or hours spent in airports, or stress of pre-show prep, it’s indeed the trading. this year was so busy for everyone that we didn’t get to trade as much as we had hoped, but we did get some great stuff. my most favorites include: the soap mentioned above, a USA map mirror laser cut by Brookadelphia, and two little pottery pieces by tasha mcKelvey. I was hoping to trade with tree3, but never got a chance to get back to her. look at how lovely this pillow is! i think it will look great in our new vintage trailer (post soon to come).
love it.
so, that was our crafty bastards experience of 09′. it was fantastic and we want to thank all those washington city paper folks who organized the show, the people who sponsored the show, and the vendors who were at the show. it was amazing!
hearts,
rhonda
We’ve been accepted to Crafty Bastards, which we are super super excited about! It’s a show held in DC Oct 3rd. Some of our other crafty friends say it’s hands down the best indie craft show out there. Well, they’re running this great contest sponsored by Urban Outfitters. We consider ourselves pretty Crafty Folks, but Crafty Bastards? You decide for us! We would love to have your vote for this so give it a click, it’s super easy to do. Thanks so much!!!
Also, we’ve got some new rings coming your way!!! We’ll be retiring the Elliot & Fawn Rings and replacing them with this cute lil’ Tiny Ring Series… We’ll have them ready to go in a couple weeks… the best part is that they will retail at only $20! pretty dope, huh?
Tiny Fawn Ring
Tiny Bunny Ring
Tiny Bird Ring
Have a lovely weekend & don’t forget to take about a minute to vote!
hearts,
rhonda
so, it’s saturday. figs should be represented at a total of craft shows. unfortunately elijah is the only one who made it to his destination and two are going on without us. thursday i got a flat, elijah fixed it with my spare. then on friday i dropped him back off at the airport (which i picked him up from on thursday on his way back from wholefoods in DC). i went to the mechanic and they can’t get the tire off. apparently the bolts were stripped and they can’t fix that there so i had to go to another mechanic. i find this out *after* my hour wait for my car to get into the garage. by this time i am running so far behind on life that i can’t make it to the mechanic, leaving me without a car for this weekend. or at least saturday. i am going to try to rent a car tonight and make it to the 2nd day of the indie craft experience in atlanta, ga. we are sadly missing Crafty Feast today.
If anyone is in those areas though you should totally check them out. The weather is amazing today and the show organizers have put SO much work into these shows. I think they were going to be great.
And then there is:
we are hoping to be here on saturday
and Elijah is at one of our Favorite shows in Philly
this is sat & sunday
So hopefully some of you can make it and support your local craft scene! I’m going to talk to Enterprise now….
hearts,
rhonda
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