Above: A sad burned toast plush from My Paper Crane

Hey, guess what? FCXL was just featured in a nice, lengthy segment on the Los Angeles-area daytime show "YourLA" on KNBC (Channel 4)! The show airs at 11:30am on weekdays, so be sure to check it out.

If you missed the show, click here to check out some screenshots! Once we have it up on YouTube, we'll let you know.

Thanks so much to the kind peeps at KNBC for letting all of Los Angeles know about our event!

It's hard to believe it's been 10 days since Felt Club: XL Holiday rocked Hollywood! We want to personally thank each and every one of you who came out to support your friendly neighborhood artists, crafters, and designers. We hosted 3,000 visitors that day, who shopped 'til they dropped, got down to fantastic music from our DJs, ate yummy vegetarian treats from our kitchen, and made super-cute stockings with the editors of Craft and Make magazine(s)! Click here to visit our Flickr pool, where you can check out all the haps. We'll post some of our fave pix throughout the week.


photo borrowed from Broken Press. Thanks, K!

In not-so-fun news, the giant Felt Club banner we hung outside the venue was stolen. While we're thrilled that people enjoy our artwork (created by our talented pal Jordan Crane), it's kind of a bummer that someone stole a banner we went through a lot of trouble to have made. Especially when we've got these amazing new hand-silkscreened posters for sale, which debuted at the event:



This is a gorgeous 3-color silkscreen print, hand-pulled by the artist. Ink colors include a creamy-candy pink, chocolate brown, and goldenrod on cream paper. Poster measures approx. 17" high by 26" wide. Limited edition of 100 prints, signed by the artist. You can get one of these beauties in our new Etsy shop!

Special Note: We will also include a FREE copy of our Felt Club: XL Holiday event program with your poster purchase WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. (Only 1,000 of these programs were made & distributed at our holiday event on Dec 9, we have small # of "artist print" editions set aside for you guys.)

Click here to visit our shop, which also offers mousepads, pocket mirrors, and button sets!

We'd also like to let you know that if you missed the event, you can take a "virtual tour" thanks to the magic of television! Tune into KNBC's daytime show YourLA on Tuesday, December 19 at 11:30am (Channel 4 in LA) to see FCXL up close and personal.

Lastly: YES, we're doing shows in 2007. But of course!! However, instead of the smaller monthly events we usually hold, we're going to throw two super-sized events (70+ vendors), a Summer show and a Holiday show. Both will take place in Echo Park at the Ex-Plex, The Echo's refurbished and expanded venue. Here we'll be able to offer everything XL Holiday had, but with better lighting and much better parking. So exciting!! Once the dates are confirmed, we'll let you know.

Thanks again to all of you for supporting Felt Club throughout 2006. We look forward to bringing you the very best of the SoCal craft scene for many years to come. Have a great holiday season and we'll see you in 2007!

My Favorite Mirror is by far the best source out there for super-cute pocket mirrors, mousepads, and coaster sets. Of particular note: their Illustrator Series—featuring officially licensed artwork of amazing peeps like My Paper Crane, S. Britt, Fawn Gehweiler, Saelee Oh, and Little Friends of Printmaking. They seriously rock! We're so so happy to have them as sponsors of Felt Club. Thanks to them, we'll be able to offer you the amazing mousepads and pocket mirrors you see above, featuring our mascot Gluey Gluerson and our homepage artwork by Jordan Crane!

Look for 'em at the Felt Club table, located near the stage at Felt Club: XL Holiday. Now just ONE DAY away! Holy moly!!

Cover art by Martin Cendreda, interior designed by Jenny Suh, with additional illustrations by Johnny Ryan. Our 24-page event program is full of super-fun how-to projects, a vendor map, and even a Gluey Gluerson coloring page! Limited to 1,000 copies and ONLY available at Felt Club: XL Holiday on December 9. Show up early to nab one!

...and she's Aileen Holmes of Costa Mesa, CA!

Aileen won our "Lifetime Subscription to the Sampler" fundraising raffle...LUCKY GAL!

Thank you all SO much for helping us raise funds for FELT CLUB: XL Holiday. Words can't express how grateful we are for the help. We're all winners....in HERE! (I'm pointing to my heart). Seriously though-- THANKS you guys. You completely rock!!

Congratulations to Aileen, we hope you enjoy your subscription! And endless thanks to The Sampler for being such generous and wonderful sponsors.

Thank you all so much for participating in the Sampler raffle we held, which ended last night at midnight PST. The winner will be announced by 5pm PST today! Stay tuned to hear more...

Check 'em HERE for all your holiday needs! Free shipping rules, especially when it comes to awesome handmade gifts. Yay!