Mixed Plate Blog’s 2009 Holiday Gift Guide has now arrived, and Squid Ink Kollective is in two categories, Men’s and Under $20. Check us and other quality indie sellers in this fabulous gift guide, and you might also stumble upon special discount codes found only here!
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We will be selling our shirts, screen printing live, and showing art! Fashion, two music stages and more. See ya there!
It’s just a few days left before Labor Day weekend and the screening of Handmade Nation, with director Faythe Levine present and ready to answer questions.
During the screenings, the best of Austin’s handmade artisans will have a free craft fair going on just outside, complete with demos, raffles, and food. Flanked by a book signing at Domy Books Saturday night and an after party at Austin Handmade Sunday evening, this weekend is going to be one to remember for the handmade scene of Austin.
For the complete schedule, head over to Sublime Stitching’s site, who are the hosts for this event. Screenings, followed by Q&A, are at 1:30PM and 4:10PM, Sunday September 7th at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar. Tickets can be purchase on their website. For a thorough review of Handmade Nation, check this out.
A full list of vendors (including us!) can be found here.
Austin has been our new home for about two months now, and Squid Ink fits perfectly here! Here are some links to some of our new favorite places and people.
Etsy Austin is of course #1 - we couldn’t be happier about joining a city team, now that we live in a city with one. It’s great being in a network of like-minded, talented artists.
We are happy to be in a city with seemingly endless veggie-friendly eating options. Amazing veggie, hand-battered corn dogs at Dog Almighty, delicious East Side Pies and of course Kerbey Lane which is practically across the street from us, are on our top list.
To cool off from the summer heat, Barton Springs is the perfect place to be. Swimming here is great (perfect temperature, not near freezing like the Norwegian fjords), always a delicious fresh from the aquifer temperature, big enough for all of Austin.
Once a week, going to the Side Bar and watching Project Runway with all the other fashion aficionados is a real treat too.
And for local handmade shopping, Austin Handmade and Parts & Labour are just 5 minutes away.
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If anyone else has suggestions for places to eat, shop, or generally hang out, feel free to post them in the comment section 
Thanks to Dan Holloway, author and founder of Free E-Day, the biggest ever cultural electronic giveaway & celebration of the independent creative spirit, for interviewing us on his blog. He is also author of the interactive Facebook novel, The Man Who Painted Agnieszka’s Shoes, which is being written as you read this!
Find the interview here.
Thanks to Andy from blogsite Hide Your Arms for featuring our Narwhal Named GOB shirt, OMG SRSLY we love you.
We’ve just finished our wholesale catalog for the fall 2009 season, which includes our first housewares item - Squid Linens! We also make it easy to choose what kind of shirt you’d like to carry, including bamboo/organic cotton blends. Contact us for a copy today.
Yard + art = yart!
Squid Ink Kollective is hopping on the etsy sitewide sale for the next 4 days, check out our sales and everyone else’s too
www.squidinkkollective.etsy.com
Just wanted to share the many ways in which we try to save a little bit of plastic, a little bit of tree, here and there.
Oh, there’s more. But that’s what I got right now. If you have any suggestions or questions, feel free to leave them in the comment section!
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Thanks dennisanderson!
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