CraftyKathi at KAZA

Looking for a place downtown Concord to find Recycled Bags by CraftyKathi? Well go on over to Kaza at 202 S. Main Street. The owner Lisa is great and her shop is so fun to visit. She has a sample of all my sizes and colors.

Bagel Works in Concord NH!

I am proud to announce that my bags were part of a window display project in downtown Concord NH. It is all part of the "laundry list". The windows displayed recycled items to encourage a more earth friendly world, you know hang up your clothes instead of drying them in a dryer. My Recycled Plastic Bags were picked to hang at Bagel Works for about a week and a half. I heard they were a great topic of several conversations. Some wanted to buy them right off the line! My friend Lisa at Kaza who helped get my bags at Bagel Works will now have them at her store (more on that later:) along with several others. Can't wait!
Here are the pictures I took of the window display. Special thanks to Cynthia, Lisa and Bagel Works!

A few updates...

First I wanted to post that we did raise $100 from the bag raffle to support the Out of the Box robotics team. The winners were Julie Buteau (small bag winner) and Sarah Kiernan (large bag winner) both from right here in Concord, NH. Congrats and thank you to all who participated!!!

Second, I have added a fair to my fall line-up. I will be attending the Colby Sawyer Family Fun Day on October 10th. I have never been there before and I am excited to be a part of it.

I have started a webpage if you would like to check it out. It is pretty basic right now and I hope to do more updates soon. I am excited to use the store portion of my website. It is http://recycledplasticbagsbycraftykathi.weebly.com

New Custom bag

I got a special request a few weeks ago at the Concord Arts Market. Susan at Dancing Moon Pottery (www.dancingmoonpottery.com) liked the look of my baskets. She told me she would really like a larger version of it to take grocery shopping. The bottom of this large basket measures 12.5 inches. The sides are 8.5 inches tall. It cam out great. I even put 8 ears of corn in it to see how much room it would hold. Even with all that corn there was still room for some other groceries. I hope you like it Susan. See you on July 25th!

from Concord Arts Market

Oh I had such a nice time at the Concord Arts Market. My first time outside, tent and all. I enjoyed many of the people walking by and the local artists I met. What a treat! I even had a woman bring me back some plastic bags! I look forward to next weekend and doing it all again. I may even have Jadon my 10 yr old son joining me (one of my biggest fans :)

Here is a pic of my set-up. I struggled with it for a while but I think I can improve it over time.

Fundraising Raffle now in progress!

For more that 10 years now I have been part of helping others in my community. I have donated time at a local non-profit helping children and families. I have walked for Breast Cancer and my children just completed our first PMC Kids Bike ride for Cancer research. I was thinking how I could help raise money for those causes and community projects that are near and dear to my heart.

So, I have created a Fundraising Raffle section on my Etsy page to help raise money. I am thinking twice a year I will post some bags and raffle them off for a great cause. I am starting with my son's First Lego League team. FLL is a great program helping kids learn about science and technology while learning about teamwork, building confidence and problem solving skills. They borrowed a robot last year and are looking to purchase one for the team. I have two bags up for raffle and 50 tickets available for just $5/ticket. Purchase as many as you would like. There will be two lucky winners. One will receive a Large Tote and the other a Medium bag. Follow this link to purchase your tickets today and thanks so much for supporting this small homeschool team!! :)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26280628
Here are the bags up for the raffle!

Getting ready for some upcoming fairs.

Thanks to my friend Kim from woofpurr creations (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6050281&ga_search_query=woofpurrcreations&ga_search_type=seller_usernames). I have a new banner. She helped me create a nice banner for my etsy shop and for the fairs I have coming up in June. I also have purchased my first tent. I am very excited about this. It will be my first outdoor summer fair and I can't wait. Remember June 20th and June 27th in Concord for the Concord Arts Market!!

I will be sure to practice putting up my tent with my husband this weekend. I want to make sure I know how it goes up and work on the proper weights in case of a windy day. I will post pictures:) Should be entertaining!!