Denver! Denver!

Whoa! Its been too long since we last chatted. I promise to do a better job of keeping you in the know as long as you promise to never stop being so wonderful. ha. great!

Between Halloween and the moment that I'm typing this there have been some pretty cool things going down.

First, we did a rather small craft fair in Littleton . It was quite eclectic and small and although not too lucrative, we DID meet some very nice people. Unfortunately I don't have any photos from this event so you'll just have to image Pterodactyls riding bikes and bears doing backflips with pink afro wigs on.

(ahem)

The second pretty cool thing is that Tomte is just as excited about WTS Creatures as we are! So now you can find our little friends on the modern craft shelves of their delightful store. We are really excited about this!

Currently they are located on Platte near 15th right now but are relocating to 41st and Tennyson. Depending on when you read this they might have already moved. December's first friday marked a sort of grand opening event to introduce everyone to Tomte's new space.

Considering it was the same night as Denver's parade of lights there was a really good turn out. Definitely check out their store or browse online cause the have a lot of great gift ideas.

This year was the first year that I attended the Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade craft fair. Unfortunately WTS Creatures wasn't there with a table because we missed the deadline and it was very sad. Next year will be our time. Regardless it was a pretty awesome event. I attended Saturday kicking myself that we missed out on something so truly great. I visited with Sandra Fettingis and Roxanne of Paisley Bird, while crowds browsed their wares. This picture shows you the amount of crafty sellers and patrons as well as how neat the ballroom of the Sherman Street Event Center is.
In the short time that Denise and I have been enjoying WTS Creatures, we've met some incredibly talented and nice people in Denver's craft scene. Now "Scene" may be too pretentious a word but our experience has been nothing but positive. Going to the Fancy Tiger Handmade Event was excitingly inspirational. It makes me truly thankful to be a part of something so creative,positive and accessible. Walking amongst all those people made me want to go home and start sewing to create something new! I loved it. I think Denver's got it good here and I'm glad to be a part of it.

Don't forget Christmas is upon us! We're going to be flooding etsy with more fun and colorful creatures.

Ricardo

Art by Craft MCA Destruction

Saturday the 30th of 2010 saw the destruction of the Denver MCA by WTS Creatures and other craft crazy vendors. We owned the night that day in the day. Good times were had by all.

This shot is of Denise closing up all the creatures we made the night before. We scrambled and made about 40 creatures in a week, finishing them up at 1am the night before.

They put most of the vendors in the lower level of the museum. Here is a great shot of the scene after the initial rush of patrons.

Oh look at there! Its a smiling Denise selling cute, cuddly WTS Creatures!

This is me just happy to be there. Tee hee.

This is what happens when you quickly cut some thread with scissors you think aren't sharp.

Craft fair casualty.

A basket of severed heads, made especially for Halloween. But we all know that severed heads are timeless so you'll be seeing more of these.

Denise saying "Well Hello! Welcome to WTS Creatures!"

This is our new friend Jennifer Ghormley. Jen is very nice and makes awesome art and handmade sketchbooks. Do yourself a favor and check out her work.

Jen's handmade sketch books.

The Art by Craft fair went off very well. We always look forward to meeting new people and connecting with creative people like Jen. WTS Creatures can't wait for the next event. Hopefully we'll see you there.

Exciting Things!!!

Hey Everyone! We're going to be at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday selling our lil' creatures. There's gonna be over 30 other crafty individuals along with us so come out and support. Its should be pretty fun.
Check this link to find out a little more:
LINK FOR FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT ART BY CRAFT AT THE MCA DENVER

Also, We here at WTS Creatures have applied for the $500 grant from
Yes Please More.
Its based on votes so the entrepreneur who gets the most votes gets the money. Could you imagine what we could do with all that cold hard cash?

..........(day dream montage)...........

Whoa. Anyway. Go here: CLICK ME and vote for us so we can take over the world. Thank you!

nice nice,

Ricardo and Denise.

YES PLEASE MORE

Denise and I are proud to announce that WTS Creatures are a part of the newest inception of YES PLEASE MORE!! This pop-up store is located in the Denver Pavilions and showcases the best from some of Colorado's talented crafters and artists.

Our creatures seen from the window hanging out with the Horn Dribbles. In this photo at right you'll see Samuel and his silver shoes. He's one of the guys that makes this whole thing work.

The scene early in the night.

Lots of great stuff!

People stoked on all the great artistically crafted awesomeness.

See that lady right there? She's all "I'm stoked."

There was a DJ in front of the "Spread The Love" wall, spinning some hip and fresh beats. As well as a dance performance which was way too powerful for our camera to catch.

Look at this: two young chaps having a laugh! Ha Ha Ha Ha good on ya' boys!

Oh! what's that in the one chap's hands?

Why its LockJaw, a WTS Creature!

You can tell that all this man's dreams just came true. That's why the picture is so blurry.

I want one! I want one! I want one! I want one!

Brian and Denise. Brian is the other half of YES PLEASE MORE. Him and Samuel are very nice and we're honored to be apart of what they're doing.

Look at this guy checkin' out the merchandise. He's thinking "Ich liebe es."

Just in case you were wondering:

The grand opening of YES PLEASE MORE was a blast! Brian and Samuel are great guys and their excitement for Colorado made goods is genuine and contagious. It was nice to see people checking out our little friends and seeing familiar faces. If you're reading this and you haven't stopped by the store do yourself a favor and get into it!

A new friend & Parker Oktoberfest

Are you ready for a lengthy post with lots of pictures? I bet you are! Ok. Ok. Calm down. Hold your applause and questions until the end.
So we are welcoming a new friend into the WTS family. This little creature's name is LockJaw or TMJ for short. Notice the one large googlie eye and somewhat floppy ears. It is quite a unique individual and would make the perfect best friend for anyone even your grandpa.
This is the pink albino LockJaw waiting to be stuffed.

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Here we see Denise hard at work preparing for the fabled Parker Oktoberfest. These spools of exotic colored thread are just part of our creative arsenal here at WTS Creatures.
We busted out the second machine so we could operated like a well oiled machine of sewing uninhibitation.
I've finished the face on The King and some of his tentacles.
Here I am turning out the remaining King tentacles surrounded by my machine and a pile of pieces of other creatures.
This is The King before I turn him out. He is known as a "needle breaker" because is tentacles are so strong.
Tah-Dah! The King has been turned out and is waiting to be stuffed and closed.
Denise was in such deep work concentration that books and rocks were levitating around the room. It was crazy intense. I got hit in the neck.
Denise sewing Connie Ceptus' body up.
Connie, Peeter and Sumi waiting to be stuffed and closed. The Strongman just needs some closing and they all need their beloved suitcase tags.
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Parker Oktoberfest!!!! Wilkommen!!!!
It was a very nice day with a couple wind spells but over all very pleasant. We were set up between Direct TV and the face painting lady. Both were very nice people.
The obligatory WTS Creatures set up picture.
These were the classically trained Oktoberfest dancers. Similar to the Solid Gold Dancers but with more zazz. (If you know what Sold Gold is then I've given away my age) Anyway. These fine Frauen und Herren burnt a hole in the asphalt dancing the only way the Deutsch know how: Dangerously.
The dynamic duo of accordion shredding. Keeping it real meine Freund.
Speaking of "keeping it real", here's yours truly holding it down WTS style.
The day went off without a hitch despite some windy conditions. We bought a couple steins and wondered why the Guardian Angels were so out of shape. We were rather disappointed that there were no pretzels at the Oktoberfest, but maybe that's just us. But, as usual, we met and experienced a lot of interesting people and brought smiles to the faces of children. It was nice to know that we were able to hold our own in a strange land without the visitation of people we knew.
Danke Oktoberfest! Danke Parker! Auf Wiedersehen!

The last Farmer's Market craft fair of the season.

September 5th saw the end of the City Park Farmer's Market craft fair. (sigh) Moment of silence........ Its too bad there wasn't a craft fair every weekend with the farmer's market. A lot of people were asking, "are you gonna be here next weekend?" and we had to say "no." Isn't that sad? Regardless, we had a good deal day. The sun was shining. The birds were singing and the wind was blowing.

And we got to show off our new banner:

It was very sunny and although I looked pissed I'm really happy to be there. Really. No really.

This woman flew in from Las Vegas that morning cause she heard we had some fantastic new designs. The lady kept complaining about her arms. (get it? cause she "flew" in....aw jeez)

A basket full of TMJ or Lockjaw our newest little friend.

Denise and our secret master seller weapon from Chicago.
We introduced some of our creatures to new families, made new friends and acquired 2 watermelons, a cantaloupe and a bag of peaches. I don't know about you...but that's a pretty good day.

We are starting to work on some new designs, as well Denise as been making some pretty snazzy pin cushions. WTS Creatures is preparing for the Parker Oktober fest on September 18th. More information when we get it. Have a great day!

Labor Day Weekend !!

Yes, we've been on hiatus for about a month now, but we're back, bigger and better than ever. We've got great new designs and some great bargains ... and we'll be showing all this greatness off at the Denver Handmade Craft Fair! Come on out for a great farmer's market and an even better craft fair on Sunday September 5th. Hope to see you all there!!