Featured Shop!

My latest favorite shop is Maked. Not the the verb/adjective so much as rhymes with naked, their tagline: "Where we expose our handmade crafts." Sweet! Maked is Lisa, Kalin, Rhiannon, and Megan (don't they all have some wicked names??) It all started when Kalin was organizing Vancouver local get-togethers for the folks on craftster, and the four of them were the steadfast regulars. They took their love of craft and developing techniques, started doing shows, and grew into the Maked we all know and love today.
For future plans, I think Lisa said it best: "Future plans fall just shy of world domination. Actually - we just love to craft. We love to get together and get excited about someone's idea and go to town with it. And then sell the result so we can buy supplies to go to town on another project. We've got so many ideas brewing our biggest problem is figuring out what to do next and stopping ourselves from trying to do it all at once. We'd like to get a regular income from our etsy shop so the pressure is off the craft fairs a bit, other than that the goal is to have fun and CRAFT!"
The four are contemplating digging their toes into some animal rescue organizations. They create beautiful, elaborate custom sock monkey creatures (and all kinds of goodies!), and were thinking of donating a portion of proceeds to a worthy monkey-rescue group. Research is in the works!
The Vancouver scene for fairs and shows seems pretty sleepy this season, but plans are brewing for the holiday season already. You can find dates on their website and blog. Among shop favorites...Kalin likes the vintage flower button ring, Megan likes the novel notebooks, and Lisa likes the Delica necklace. Rhiannon was out of town, so we have no idea what her fave is! Short of listing 57 other shops, their favorite Etsy shop is Colleen Baran's. They met when they were next to each other at a craft show, and her work is to die for.
Maked is a wonderful shop with alot of variety. Keep an eye on them, guys!