Art in the Park, November 8th at Peppertree Park.....

Note: Artists and Hand Made only Crafters wishing to participate should contact: Seaside Studios (also on Facebook),…

Check out the open studio night tonight. Across from the fountains on Harbor and above Captain Kirk's Windsurfing Shop.

$5 and you can make polymer beads and check out this great new studio that has all kinds of classes, events and FUN!

www.seasidestudiossanpedro.com

Still in the works, the Fall Festival at LA Waterfront. To coincide with the Veteran's Day event at the USS Iowa. Sponsored by San Pedro Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Seaside Studios and the Kiwanis. Members of Seaside and San Pedro Crafters will be participating to offer HANDMADE items. More details to come!

November 8th, 10-2pm.

Upcoming events include:

Studio time and hand building ceramic classes for adults are resuming mid September on Monday evenings with Regina Fernandez!

Ongoing wire wrap and beading classes with Gayle Fleury will continue beginning of September on Saturday mornings from 10-12 noon. For more information send us a private message on Facebook ... Or call Regina at 562-673-7660 or Gayle at 310-221-2914

Parents…

A new working studio has opened in San Pedro, on Harbor Bl across from the fountains by the cruise ship terminals. Gayle Fleury and Regina Fernandez have taken their artistic passions and jumped hands first into creating a place for their dreams.

Most recently they have held classes for adults and kids,…

Last year/earlier this year Rascal had digestive issues stemming from dry cat food, his allergy to ingredients such as wheat/gluten, and were 99% resolved by switching him to wet only, low carb canned cat food.

Since then he has gained back his weight (he had lost quite a bit from being sick a lot), his digestive problems are rare, and sandbox issues are better than ever.

So when he got sick this past week, and didn’t recover shortly afterwards, we knew something was…

San Pedro Crafters, Bella Lili Bowtique, Handmade in Southbay and Marlene's Designs are looking for crafters of hand-made items to join us in an online auction on Facebook, with portions of the sales donated to the Save the Honey Bee Foundation.

Yesenia Antimo of Bella Lili Bowtique has put together the vendor sign up page on Facebook and will do her best to answer questions…

In 2007 my mom passed away and I had the daunting task of cleaning and purging her mobile home, and prepping it for sale. What I learned, just in the nick of time, saved me $7965.00 in unnecessary fees.

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It turns out that for many mobile home parks in California, you own the "home" but you do not own the land. In this case the mobile home is virtually the same as a car, not real estate, parked in a space.

When…

How Dry Food Almost Killed Our Cat

**February 14, 2014**Supporting internet veterinarian articles added to the end of this blog**

Those of us who have pets, especially those of us who have ALWAYS had pets, feel they are absolutely part of the family, and we want them to…

I had the extreme pleasure of speaking on Blog Talk Radio tonight with my friend and former Co:worker Donna Sam about my and my friend's compassion of crafting, and how it exemplifies the made in the U.S., small business and the American dream. I feel very strongly about trying to get everyone to make things, buy things hand made and get a resurgence of those values.…

The California EDD (Employment Development Department) is apparently having a glitch of some sort and unemployment benefit checks have been delayed. Not exactly what the unemployed need! Some have been delayed as much as 8 weeks. Also, not sure if this is all US EDD divisions or just California.

According to the California EDD website, they are upgrading their software. And due to "Federal budget cuts", they are "short staffed". The EDD comment was dated September (FRIDAY) the 13th.…

Ports O' Call is being re-developed. What about current tenants? Most will be allowed to stay until the end of 2014.

Is it OK for a non-profit to also remain, for now, under an agreement set years ago, and previously honored?

I attended yesterday's Harbor Commission meeting, and while the SPAA was not the only tenant speaking up, here's a tidbit about what's going on with their discussion with port officials, from the Daily Breeze.…

AltaSea Marine Research Center. The project will take a few years to finish, but sounds exciting! Per our current mayor: "This public-private partnership will create jobs, draw new industries to the city, provide tremendous educational opportunities, and enhance the overall quality of life in Los Angeles." ... Thank you Daily Breeze for the attached report.…

I'm going to keep "harping" at our community to get a bona fide arts & craft store in this town! Nothing against the little shop on 6th street, but since we have many artists and crafters in San Pedro, including members of Crafted, and San Pedro Crafters, we need something fully stocked with beads, clays, findings, art supplies, cake decorating, yarn, sewing supplies,…

Interesting read! Note the part of using Google to alert you to when your name is used on the internet.

"These are the really, really simple things you should be doing to keep casual intruders from invading your privacy."…

As Crafted's vendor Honey and Ollie just posted, Crafted will now be allowing FREE PARKING!

If you have one of the special parking permits issued recently, hang on to it - when Crafted has a special event where they STILL charge for parking, you will be able to get in FREE.

I think this is a good move by Crafted. Personally, I have thought that charging at Crafted was not in their best interest. I feel this should help, specially with the Holiday season upon us.

Rain or shine, the Craft Faire this Saturday at the Christ Lutheran Church on Western, will be open for business. If necessary, we'll be in the gym and there should be signs pointing to it!!!