Adopt an Artist 18th Annual Art and More Auction!

LEbg is proud to be a continueing contributor to the Adopt an Artist Art and More Charity Auction for Fairview Middle School. This year's event will be held Friday, April 1st, 2011 at The Lake Shore Country Club. Admission is Free with doors opening at 6:30pm to preview auction items and art. There is a cash bar with light appetizers, and a silent auction. The live auction will open with a live performance of speed painting to music at 7:00 p.m.

Lake Erie Beach Glass is donating a unique, handmade, genuine beach glass necklace and earrings set made by owner Jodie Pastor. This set features a beautiful and OLD piece of beach glass that has embedded seaweed and air bubbles. It has been mounted in a sterling silver prong set with matching handmade, textured, and antiqued links.
Come and support your local artists and the Fairview School District's Arts program, while enjoying an evening of artistic sights and sounds!

Hurry Hill Maple Farm Maple Syrup Tour 2011

March 19th and 20th 2011 brought about that Spring feeling with our local Maple Syrup tours. By far, our favorite sap farm to visit and tour is Hurry Hill Maple Farm in Edinboro, Pa.
This beautiful farm, located at 11380 Fry Road, as ran by Janet Woods who has taken the task to continue her family's production of yummy maple syrup products.

Why is THIS farm our family favorite? Its because of Janet.

Janet is a retired school principal and her social personality and knowledge is remarkable. Children and adults alike are attracted to her positive energy and the welcome feeling that shines through the entire farm and its volunteers. Janet provides a spacious and free roaming adventure upon arrival. Tractor hayrides and sometimes horses too, will take you back on a trail through the tall tapped Maple trees and leads right up to the sugar shack. There is a welcome tent for visitors with FREE hot maple chocolate to drink and other maple product samplings. Delicious Smith hot dogs are always available for sale and there is a tent for the little ones where they can sit and listen to stories be told. The sugar shack is an educational site where Janet gives a historical and informational talk about the Native Americans, the colonists, the history of the farm, and demonstrates how the syrup is made right there in front of an anticipating crowd. Little ones are drawn in and always full of questions. Janet engages them by involving them with hands on demonstrating and tasting, or course.

The boys scouts also have a demonstration on the premises utilizing a large black kettle and cooks the sap in similar fashion to what the Native Americans and colonists would have.

Upon conclusion at the sugar shack, one can take another hay ride back to the main house and museum or walk the beautiful path lined with blue bird houses. The museum is set up to be hands on and kid friendly with several stations of games and art projects. Maple products are offered for sale here as well.

Janet is open on Sundays until December where you can visit the museum from 2-5 and even get your own personal tour. It is a really nice family oriented day for something fun to do!

Earth Day Eco Etsy Auction Soon To Be Here!

Spring is arriving! I can feel it! February has come and gone and March certainly has made its lion like appearance here in Erie Pa. With Spring the new beginings of nature begin to poke their little heads up from the slumbering earth. And with the awakening of the earth comes the time for EARTH DAY!

What IS Earth Day anyway? Earth Day is a day to promote awareness, to show appreciation, and to spark an action of good for the Earth's environment. It will be held on 22 April, 2011 this year.

With the upcoming event this year Eco Etsy, a team of crafters and artisans with a focus on using recycled and/or upcycled materials in their projects will hold their 2nd Annual Handmade Earth Day Auction begining the first week of April. As a team, Eco Etsy will be participating by donating the proceeds of out auction to an earth conscious non-profit organization. The voting for this organization is occuring this week and the results will be posted on the Eco Etsy blog site soon!

Each Monday for the first 3 weeks in April an auction will be presented for bidding on the Eco Etsy team blog (http://blog.ecoetsy.com/). The auction for that day will contain the entire grouping of items pertaining to that category. Bids may be left throughout that week in the comments box of that category's blog post in the same manner as last year. The auction will be open for the entire week and closed on the following Monday as the new auction is revealed. The three auctions are as follows:
• April 4th- Home - home related items
• April 11th- For You - anything that goes on a person's body
• April 18th- For Kids - kid related items

Lake Erie Beach Glass is proud to be offering items for auctions being held April 11th and April 18th.

Please check out Eco Etsy's blog for additional information and other eco minded tips, ideas, and items for sale.

Cleveland Handmade's Last Minute Market a Success!

I have to give a lot of credit to "SMASHING"

otherwise known as Kathy of our Etsy team, Cleveland Handmade. It takes a lot of time and effort to organize shows such as the LMM...Last Minute Market.

She did a fantastic job and I thought it was a lot of fun to both participate in and shop!

Many vendors set up shop for one day in Lakewood's Screw Factory on the east side of Cleveland to showcase their wares.

The old warehouse building was unexpectantly huge and full of other local artists studios
as well as a floor of old antique cars!
There was plenty to see and to do. Thank you to all who participated and to all who came to take a look!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Lake Erie Beach Glass Style!

Wow! I am constantly surprised by how many custom orders I receive. I have so much inventory stock to list, I find myself a bit overwhelmed and not enough help to get them all visible to you! Regardless of how much I am able to list, I have decided to run a sale from Black Friday through Cyber Monday in my Etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/lakeeriebeachglass . I would be HAPPY to offer 10% off ANY item/items in my Etsy store at this time. Upon check out, just simply type in the coupon offer code CyberMonday2010 and Etsy will calculate the discount for you!

Here is what I've been up to in the area of custom orders...

Have a safe weekend and remember to enjoy the time you have with family! :0)

NEW "CHARMING" Beach Glass Necklaces for Waterford Heritage Days!

Waterford Heritage Days Festival is coming up fast and I am SOOOOO NOT ready for it! I am way understocked so am hitting the block as fast as I can hammering out findings and creating new pieces. Today I was able to create 6 brand new "CHARMING" necklaces. I love these necklaces and they are an great seller. The idea of the necklace is to be able to slide the charms on and off as you please, creating several different necklaces in one! I provide three charms per necklace and they can be worn as singles, doubles, or all three at once. Hope you like what you see!

Green Machine Etsy Teams!

Every since I found Etsy, an online venue selling handmade and vintage items, I have been ecstatic! I simply LOVE Etsy and communities that have developed within. I belong to several teams that have formed based on commonalities or focuses in life. We share the same ideas and thus support and help promote each other. I am very proud to be a member of all of my teams, but a few were mentioned most recently in a wonderfuly written Storque article. Please follow the link HERE to see the original article that features Eco Etsy, Trashion Team, and The Etsy Recycler's Guild.

The Etsy Recycler's Guild will be featured on Craftopolis begining May 2 - July 12!

To see some of our team blogs, just click on our logos below! :0)

http://clevelandrocksetsy.blogspot.com/

http://etsyrecyclersguild.blogspot.com/

http://blog.ecoetsy.com/