Where to Find the {NewNew} October 31 + November 1

With the start of November begins early holiday shopping, so be sure to buy handmade and buy local. What better way to give than by shopping with the {NewNew}? Check them out this weekend in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The Fort Greene Flea is the place to be for great handmade items, antiques, and food. This Saturday, YaniaCreations, SarahKathleenWarner, and Milkmade will be representing the {NewNew} in Fort Greene.
Location: Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues, Brooklyn. Saturday, 10am - 5pm.

NYCraft [a group of {NewNew}ers] finishes up at Madison Square Park this weekend. If you haven't checked it out yet, be sure to stop by and say hello to {NewNew} artisans AlexandraFerguson, KimmChi, Meegün, Metalicious, LennyMud, Fubabee, and Wabisabi Brooklyn.
Location: Madison Square Park, Manhattan. October 9 - November 1, 11am - 8pm. (closes at 4pm Sunday November 1).

Have a great weekend, and Happy Halloween!



Karina
WindowsOfAgate

Philadelphia's Magic Garden

Quick! What do CheeseSteaks, Rocky and Eagles Football all have in common?

They each call Philadelphia, PA "home".

Last month I agreed to watch my coworker's 3 year old son while he and his wife ran the Philly Distance Run, a Half Marathon. Although Philly is a mere 2 hour ride away from NYC, I don't manage to visit all that often. And so I jumped at the opportunity not just to help out a friend, but also to take in some of the flavors (cheasesteaks!) and sights of Philadelphia during that weekend.

Located in the Neighborhood of South Philly, The Philadelphia Magic Gardens is a real spectacle!

The grounds are a winding garden of a collage of broken plates, bottles, mirrors and tiles. Sparkling with every step of the winding paths, you will find mosaics at every turn, the floor, all around you.

Artist Isaiah Zagar began tiling South Street in the 1960's and in order to preserve his dedication to this massive project, a nonprofit organization was formed by artists and community members in order to promote it and keep it alive. On some weekends there are also live music performances.

I highly recommend a visit to the Philadelphia Magic Gardens, you'll never look at a broken piece of glass or tile or bicycle spoke the same way again!

Washington Square West, 1022 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19176
http://www.phillymagicgardens.org/

by Lorina Pellach-Ladrillono of The Original Beadscarf

From Ghoulies & Ghoosties

Halloween and The {NewNew}

"From Ghoulies and ghoosties, long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!"

I found this "Quaint Old Litany" in the opening of an ancient book I have called "The Magic Casement", an anthology of English fairy poetry and plays assembled by Alfred Noyes.

Well, The {NewNew} has plenty of ghoulies, ghoosties and long leggety beasties that we would love to deliver to you!

The Ghoulies:

From Jesswitaj

From MShoelace

From Muppetloon

The Ghoosties:

From LennyMud

From Copabananas

The Long Leggety Beasties:

From Mswedowsky

From Pinkbabymouse

The Things that go Bump in the Night:

From PandawithCookie

From Lipeony

from AbbyHorowitzDesigns

Jody

A Studio by the sea

Vampire Slayer Chili

Everyone knows that the best way to keep vampires at bay is with a healthy dose of garlic. This easy recipe for a subtly spicy turkey chili employs an entire bulb - about 15 cloves - and should handle the most determined of throat suckers.

You will need:

• 1 lb ground turkey
• 10 oz chopped white mushrooms
• 1 15oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 14 1/2 oz can diced tomotes in their juice
• 1 10 oz can tomato sauce
• 1 large chopped onion
• 1 bulb of garlic, separated and peeled
• 1 tbs sugar
• 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbs chili powder
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• canola oil spray
• 4 tbs Greek yogurt (optional topping)

1. Fill a small saucepan with water and bring to a boil. In the meantime, separate and peel that garlic. (I've had great luck with the back-of-the-hand smashing technique. The papery skin pops right off.) Let the peeled garlic simmer for 2 minutes. Drain and set aside.


2. Spray a skillet with canola oil spray. Brown the turkey for five minutes, stirring constantly to break it into small pieces.


3. Transfer the turkey, garlic, and all the other ingredients except the yogurt to a slow cooker*. Give it a good stir and cook on low for eight hours.


4. Divide into four bowls and top each with a tablespoon of Greek yogurt. Serve with a side of tortilla chips and wear some silver jewelry just to hedge your bets!


* I make this in a slow cooker, but it can be made on the stove in a large stock pot or Dutch oven. Simply adjust the cook time to 1 1/2 hours over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

Serves four.

-MaryAnne LoVerme
wabisabibrooklyn.etsy.com
wabisabibrooklyn.com

DIY Halloween Costume - Potato Bug and Gingerbread Cookie

Trick or Treat! Would you dare open your door to two such nefarious characters? Take a second look at the smaller mug:

Well, don't let this delectable looking Gingerbread Cookie fool you. I used to call her "the Brute" back then. She was nearly kicked out of her Montessori school a year later and there are dents around the house from the ferocity of her tantrums.

This costume also proves that I always seem to have food on my mind. For my son's first Halloween, he was a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich, which was rather ironic as he soon developed a bad peanut allergy. He used to go ring each doorbell and say, "Trick or Treat I can't have any candy with nuts or eggs." The conversations that ensued made for slow going on Halloween night. I made my daughter into a Gingerbread Cookie for her first Halloween, and showing she knew a good thing when she saw it, she asked to be a Cookie again for her second turn at trick or treating.

I used a store bought generic clown/bodysuit pattern, light brown heavy fleece, 4.5 yards of thick cream rickrack, 24" of pink satin ribbon, elastic for the wrists and ankles, velcro for the hood, a zipper for the back, and some deep purple fabric for the raisins. Follow the directions on the package but attach the rickrack before sewing front and back together. I made the raisins by taking a circle of fabric and just scrunching it into a wrinkly oval and sewing it together before attaching it to the costume.

I was so worried about my little morsel getting cold that I made this outfit as warm as a woolly coat. Of course my daughter had a metabolism like a furnace and she got rather sweaty inside it. But she looked good, and as she in her present incarnation would opine, that is all that matters.

Where's that can of Raid when you need it? We really thought our son would turn out to be an entomologist at this time, as there was nothing he loved so much as insects. So it was no surprise when he asked to be a potato bug for Halloween. I bought a black turtle neck at the consignment shop, and used material scraps I had already for the rest of the costume. I basically sewed a pillow in the oval shape of a potato bug, glued on strips of black for the stripes, and time always being short, simply pinned it to the back of his shirt. He was of course adamant that an insect had six legs, so I sewed two tubes of black fabric, stuffed them and pinned them to the back of his shirt as well. I also put a loop on the ends to slip over his wrists so he could wave all four arms at once. I attached some pipe cleaners to a headband for his antennae.

"This is good stuff. How 'bout we slip out and do a few more blocks while Mom's asleep?"

Happy Halloween!

Jody

www.astudiobythesea.etsy.com

{NewNew} Zombies of SOWA

This Sunday join The {NewNew} in Boston!

We are making our 2nd journey to SOWA Market. We are helping to celebrate their 6th annual Vendor and Customer Halloween Costume Contest. This years theme is Market of the Living Dead, so gear up in your best zombie attire!

1st Prize $350

2nd Prize $200

3rd Prize $100

* YANIA CREATIONS * WINDOWS OF AGATE



* BETTER THAN JAM * LINGUA NIGRA


*VIRGINIA KRALJEVIC *ALEXANDRA FURGUSON


* CAJA JEWELRY * NORDEA SOAPERIE


JANTAR JEWELRY * PANDA WITH COOKIE

* LOELLA MEDINA * FELT IT

* VYPHUIS DESIGNS * LUIS FERNANDO

GO MONKEY DESIGN * LOVELY DAY DESIGNS

*past years photos*

New New Team "Weekend Deals" Sale

Participating team shops below are offering a % off items in their store for the weekend Oct 10/23-10/25 with code "weekend deals" in message to seller.

Note: %'s off include all items in store/total order, excluding shipping, unless otherwise noted.

Bath & Body:

Dirty Loves Clean- Vegan
dirtylovesclean.etsy.com
25% off

Home Goods:

LuCrafts- Utilitarian Made Beautiful
LuCrafts.etsy.com
20% off

LuCrafts Candles- Soy Candles in Unique Containers
LuCraftsCandles.etsy.com
20% off

Peppersprouts
peppersprouts.etsy.com
15% off

Paper Goods:

Collective Elements - Ultimate Paper Love
collectiveelements.etsy.com
25% off

Alton Weekes
altonweekes.etsy.com
20% off

Waisze
waisze.etsy.com
20% off

prismPOP- Eco-friendly paper goods
prismpop.etsy.com
15% off

Plush/Fabric Goods:

Curious Urchin
curiousurchin.etsy.com
25% off

Alexandra Ferguson
alexandraferguson.etsy.com
20% off

Underground Crafter
undergroundcrafter.etsy.com
20% off

Jewelry:

Thistle Pixie
thistlepixie.etsy.com
25% off

Caja Jewelry
cajajewelry.etsy.com
25% off (excluding custom pieces)

Pulp Sushi
pulpsushi.etsy.com
20% off non-sale items

ThePeachTree
thepeachtree.etsy.com
20% off

p*Charming
pcharming.etsy.com
20% off

Sarah Kathleen Warner
sarahkathleenwarner.etsy.com
20% off (Bone Jewelry Only)

Jenny Topolski
jtopolski.etsy.com
15% off

l'atelier des bijoux
latelierdesbijoux.etsy.com
15% off

Wabisabi Brooklyn
wabisabibrooklyn.etsy.com
50% off

Wish by Felicity
wishbyfelicity.etsy.com
20% off

Art:

Art By Iris
artbyiris.etsy.com
20% off

Etc:

CLineCreations- Chinese Paintings & Knottings
CLineCreations.etsy.com
15% off

Third Floor- Fabric Goods & Accessories
thirdfloor.etsy.com
15% off

Where to Find the {NewNew} October 24 + 25

After the great success of Crafts in Chelsea last Saturday, the {NewNew} is back this weekend with the best handmade goods around. Check us out not only in New York City, but at the SoWa market in Boston as well!

NYCraft [a group of {NewNew}ers] continues at beautiful Madison Square Park until November 1st. Enjoy the autumn season by strolling through this outdoor market, and be sure to stop by and say hello to {NewNew} artisans AlexandraFerguson, KimmChi, Meegün, Metalicious, LennyMud, Fubabee, and Wabisabi Brooklyn.
Location: Madison Square Park, Manhattan. October 9 - November 1, 11am - 8pm.

The {NewNew} brings a taste of the New York indie craft scene to Boston's SoWa Open Market on Sunday October 25 from 10-4 to help the market celebrate the end of its sixth successful season. Over 15 vendors from the {NewNew} team will be selling their specialty wares including clothing, home décor, jewelry, accessories, paper goods, bath and body products and children's toys. Look for {NewNew} vendor tents sporting blue banners with the team logo throughout the market.
Location: 540 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA. Sunday, 10am - 4pm.


The Market at the Old American Can Factory is back this weekend in Gowanus, Brooklyn. If you haven't checked it out yet, take a look this Sunday and see Wabisabi Brooklyn's cool decoupage jewelry.
Location: 232 Third Street at Third Avenue in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Sunday, 11am - 6pm.

Have a lovely weekend!


Karina
WindowsOfAgate