Free Craft Sampler & Gift Guide

Quirk Books recently released a free downloadable Homemade Quirk sampler, dishing out a ton of cute crafts and recipes in a PDF document. The sampler features a round up of the best crafts and baked goods that Quirk Books has to offer. Tiny books from Microcrafts, cat portraits from Crafting with Cat Hair, mini homemade Pop Tarts from Tiny Food Party, bottled potions from Witch Craft, and a lot more!

Here you will find instructions for creating multiple gifts for the bookworm, lovebirds, kids, animal lover, foodie & geek! There's also easy directions telling you how to upload the PDF to a Kindle, Nook, or Kobo.

Quirk Books also released a fun Holiday Gift Guide! This is the perfect place to find gifts for the crafter, chef, hostess, and artist on your shopping list!

Fall Event Wrap-Up

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who sponsored, participated in, volunteered at, attended, promoted AND supported Funky Finds: A Holiday Shopping Experience!!!

• Funkiest Booth Contest: Thank you to everyone who voted for the Funkiest Booth at the event! The two vendors with the most votes were The Silver Craftsman and Candi Bebe Designs! Both vendors will receive a $25 Visa gift card from Funky Finds.

• Charities: Through the charitable raffle, we were able to raise $1,500.00 which is split evenly between The Humane Society of North Texas and Toys For Tots.

Event sponsor Quackerbox Creations, Ltd. screen printed event tees that were sold at the event & t-shirt sales generated $750.00 for HSNT.

Attendees generously donated over $500.00 in cash donations to Toys For Tots, as well as three large boxes full of toys.

This was the first Funky Finds event where Don’t Forget to Feed Me was in attendance. Attendees donated 230 pounds of pet food and $851.00 in donations which equates to one full month of pet food that will be distributed to their clients.

Perhaps the most exciting news is that fifteen dogs were adopted on-site at the event!

• Photos from the event can be found on Funky Finds' Facebook page.

SURVEY: If you attended last weekend's event, please take a moment to complete the Shopper Survey.

Our next event will be the 5th Annual Funky Finds Spring Fling on March 9 & 10, 2013. We are currently accepting vendor applications online & sponsorship commitments. The vendor application deadline is January 8, 2013.

Funky Finds Event THIS WEEKEND!

Funky Finds: A Holiday Shopping Experience 

is THIS WEEKEND!

Saturday, November 10, 10am-5pm

Sunday, November 11, 11am-4pm

Important Points to Remember:

• Location: Amon Carter Exhibit Hall at Will Rogers Memorial Center, 3400 Burnett-Tandy Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76107 • DIRECTIONS

• Parking: The City of Fort Worth has changed the parking prices at the venue. The lot on Harley Avenue, directly South of the barns, will be $5 per day for Funky Finds attendees. Please be sure to mention that you are there for Funky Finds! Other parking lots will be $8 per day. • MAP

• Admission: FREE!!!

• Family AND Pet-Friendly - Bring the whole gang!

• T-Shirts: For the first time, we will be selling t-shirts for $10 at the event & all proceeds will be donated to the Humane Society of North Texas!

• Raffle: Tickets are $1.00 each. All proceeds benefit Toys For Tots and the Humane Society of North Texas. Bring a new unwrapped toy & receive one FREE ticket.

• Swag Bags: The first 75 attendees each day to purchase five or more raffle tickets will receive a swag bag. This is a large Funky Finds shopping tote filled with magazines, books, product samples, coupons and more!

• On-site pet adoptions throughout the weekend! Also, Don't Forget To Feed Me will be accepting pet food donations at the event. They will be set up near the raffle & the Humane Society of North Texas.

Many thanks to our generous sponsors!

Madtosh Crafts • Quackerbox Creations, Ltd. • Creative Collective Fort Worth • BUST Magazine • Yelp.com • The Artful Bead • Cabbage Rose Quilting & Fabrics • Plaid Crafts • DMC • Right On Graphics!

***SPRING EVENT*** We are now accepting vendor applications for the 5th Annual Funky Finds Spring Fling to be held March 9 & 10, 2013. Vendor application deadline is January 8, 2013.

Event Sponsor: DMC

Founded in 1746, DMC has been providing crafters with quality products for two and a half centuries. Their products range from needlework threads to stitch-related board games.

DMC also has a wonderful Mentor Program that allows passionate crafters to help keep the art of stitching alive and thriving for generations to come! The DMC Mentor Program is designed to share your love and passion for stitching with a friend, family member, scout troop, class or anyone you think would enjoy stitching as much as you do.

To become a mentor, simply sign up & DMC will provide you with all the tools you'll need - a DMC Cross Stitch Mentor Kit with four mini cross stitch starter kits to be used for your first lesson, a Mentor Design Brochure, a Mentor Pin and Mentor business cards to identify you as an official DMC Mentor.

Their website also features a wide variety of free projects and Emma's blog is regularly updated to include free patterns, craft ideas & much more! Facebook • Twitter • Pinterest