Blim Monthly Community Market coming up this Nov. 28

Blim Monthly Community Market

Sunday November 28 | 11 AM – 4 PM | By donation
@ Chinese Cultural Centre (50 Pender St. E)

Blim will be presenting a monthly Community Market this month to take place for the first time, at the Chinese Cultural Center in Chinatown.

This Months market will include 60 vendors, music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts. And there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Chinatown’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

Baby Elephant
Barefoot Books
Black Duke
Coco Cake
Delainy Gluten Free Baked Goods
Dotted Loop
My bon
It’s Your Life
Lexi Soukareff
Momoko Murakami
Open Sesame
Otanu Spirit
Ripe Soaps
Robbie Vergara
Love Bobbie
Sandra Saunders
Foxhunt Vintage
Gem Gallery
Kamika Krafts
Rice Babies
Brava Imports
Laura Skuse
Old Glamour
Fleet Objects
Sadie Designs
Just Work Pottery
Cardero Collective
JM Designs
Shanti Uganda Society
Urban Dames
Sasha Webb
4 Elements
Seedknits
Little Finch
Second Life Designs
Open to Chance
Christina Kenton
Sweet Pea
Sugar Chandelier

and many more…

Call 604 872 8180 or info@blim.ca for more information.

BLIM Monthly Market April 25, 2010! Craft Fair!

The next BLIM monthly market is on the 25th you guys.

Blim presents:
Blim Monthly Community Market

Sunday April 25 | 11 AM – 4 PM | By donation
@ Heritage Hall (15th and Main)

Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market this month to take place for the first time, in Heritage Hall on Main and 15th. 2 blocks north of Blim.

This Months market will include 48 vendors, music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

Exclusive at BLIM:
Blim (clothing and accessories)
Coco Cake (cupcakes)
Open Sesame (homemade gourmet Japanese cuisine)
Robinson Fine Foods (gourmet foods)

Also featuring:
AJ Brown (cards)
Barefoot Child (books)
Carla Berkun (jewellery)
Catalyst
Cookie Vonster (baked goods)
Daulhaus Art (accessories)
Delainy (gluten free baking)
Dives In
Elina Designs (accessories)
Farmers Daughter (jewellery)
Firefly Notes (paper)
Giulia Fatica (accessories)
It’s Your Life (jewellery)
J’aime Designs (jewellery)
Jezabel (clothing)
Little Bear (hand made dolls)
Maridadi Craftz (african jewellery)
Michael Muscatt (vinyl)
O’tanu Spirit (soaps)
The Paperista (cards and accessories)
Pomomama Designs (jewellery)
Sabbatical (clothing)
Safe Amplification Society (community)
Sandy Somers (vintage)
Soxy Puppet (dolls)
Split Pea Vintage (clothing)
Tomoko Tahara (hats and accessories)
Trudy Ann’s Chai (food)
Vancouver is Awesome (community)
Wikkerink Designs (accessories)
and many more…
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hope to see you there, who ever you may be.

edit: here are the pics!!! thanks to all who came!!!

BLIM Monthly Market February 21, 2010!

did i post this flyer yet?

its this sunday!

omgz!
so many new necklace designs!

i didnt get to prepare any sewing!
maybe next month :D

http://blim.ca/2010/02/03/sun-feb-21-blim-monthly-community-market/

see you there!

ps- does anyone know where i can get mood matching lipstick here in vancouver? if i remember correctly they were short of amazing.

LAST CRAFT FAIR OF THE YEAR!!

BLIM monthly market this SUNDAY December 20th, at the Cambrian Welsh Hall Society thingy on 17th at Main!

Came on down prends!!!! click on flyer for event details!!!


alvaro says: if you dont like dogs that is ok, there wont be any there, promise.

Blim presents:

Blim Monthly Community Market

Sunday December 20 | 11 AM – 5 PM | By donation
@ Cambrian Hall (215 E.17th Avenue)

Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market this month to take place back inside @ the Cambrian Hall on Main and 17th, across from Blim.

This Months market will include 30 vendors, music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts. And there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

Exclusive at BLIM:
Blim (clothing and accessories)
Open Sesame (homemade gourmet Japanese cuisine)
Robinson Fine Foods (gourmet foods)

Also featuring:
Aja Rose and Psychic Dj
Baby Elephant
Brane Power
A Cagey Bee
Chanda Stallman and Alanna Scott
Cookie Vonster
Farmers Daughter
Firefly Notes
It’s Your Life (jewellery)
Kim Niddery (feather earrings)
Meinrad Clothing
Michael Designs
Michael (vinyl)
Otanu Spirit (soaps and accessories)
Pretty Pony
The Rice Babies
Safe Amp Society
Sandy Somers (vintage)
Sassy Vintage (clothing)
Second Life Designs http://www.secondlifedesigns.ca
Tea Time
Trudy Ann’s Chai
Vancouver is Awesome
Wendy Boys

and many more…

with home-made Japanese food by Open Sesame

O P E N S E S A M E

{ B L I M M a r k e t F o o d }


Sunday December 20th, 11am-5pm at Cambrian Hall (17th Ave. just east of Main Street)


Takuan Soho* ~ Samurai Power Deli


Meet sifu of tofu, Lydia: “Slice through the embattled season with samurai power!”

*(Takuan Soho, famous zen monk and scribe to the samurai,

invented the amber-colored daikon pickle of his namesake)

Solstice Temple Foods:

Go Rin No Sho Tofu Marinée w/ flames of takuan (vegan)

Tofu trio topped with roasted tomatoes, maitake mushroom, kaiware sprouts and House of Kwa dressing $4

Warrior Tempeh Donburi & takuan sword (vegan)

Sautéed aubergine, mushroom and fiery tempeh over brown rice $5

Compassionate Clouds Miso Chicken Nabe, starring takuan

Simmering winter stew for high summit contemplation $4

Daibutsu** Brunch Special

Okonomiyaki ocean pancake, sake-cuke vermicelli, spicy sausage rice, mikan + takuan of course! $6

Black Sesame Duck Salad Dojo

Dressed greens with braised smoky duck and takuan petals $3

Heavenly Baked Yams

Dipped in shrine of orange ginger butter $2

Bowl of Rice $1

Hot & Cold Beverages $1

Mochi Ice Cream 2 for $3

**Daibutsu = big Buddha

i got a chain order today from wooo!! so fast shipping i ordered it on the 8th. so..... been making necklaces like mad! and i also busted out the plating machine yesterday, and i swear im getting so good at it now.

MEANWHILE:
go check out my new stock at THE GOODS, DREAM and VIRGIN MARYS
ill be restocking Barefoot Contessa, C'est La Vie and Lucky Rooster ASAP!

also in new news: New Location coming up!

THIS SUNDAY!!!!

its the blim monthly market!!

Blim Monthly Community Market

Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market this month to take place back inside @ the Cambrian Hall on Main and 17th. across from Blim.

This Months market will include 30 vendors, music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

November Market will feature:

Exclusive @ BLIM:

Coco Cake (cupcakes) www.cococake.com
Darwin Meyers ( vintage vinyl )
Angelus Novus (modern and vintage jewellery )
Blim (clothing and accessories) www.blim.ca
Open Sesame (homemade gourmet japanese cuisine)
Robinson Fine Foods ( gourmet foods) www.robinsonfinefood.blogspot.com

also featuring:

It's Your Life (jewellery) http://itsyourlifeshop.com
Mary Kim (art) www.marysmary.info
Christina Kenton (small art and vegan baked goods)
Momoko Murakami (pottery)
Baby Elephant (cards and accessories) www.babyelephantdesigns.com
Sassy Vintage (clothing) http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5107854
NEW Museum of Vancouver (Art) www.museumofvancouver.ca
Bianca Barr (jewellery)
NEW Gloria Shum (baked goods)
NEW Bliss in a Teacup (accessories) http://blissinateacup.etsy.com
Shannon Munro (jewellery and felted bunnies)
Georgie Russell (clothing) www.ecustudioshop.ca/shop/
Jewelled Peach Designs (Jewellery) JewelledPeachDesigns.etsy.com
Good Girl Bead Girl (jewellery)
Dava Carter (jewellery)
Sabbatical (clothing)
NEW Gonk (accessories)
NEW W.E.S.T. (accessories)
Katie Beaton (handmade hoods)
Matt Watson ( art)
NEW Prophecy Sun ( hand sewn little kitties)
C'est la Vie ( vintage) www.cestlavieboutique.ca
NEW Anna Drengson ( Jewellery )
NEW Purple Cat Desings (accessories) purplecatdesigns.etsy.com
Kila Kitu Clothing - http://www.kilakituclothing.com/


with Home-made japanese food by Open Sesame!

BLIM monthly market September 20, 2009

the blim market is coming up!


Sunday, September 20 from 11:00-5:00pm
It will take place at the Cambrian Hall on 17th and Main ( just across main from Blim)

Blim Monthly Community Market ( craft event )

Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market this month to take place back inside @ the Cambrian Hall on Main and 17th. across from Blim.

This Months market will include 30 vendors, live music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.

We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.

September Market will feature:

Exclusive @ BLIM:

Coco Cake (cupcakes) www.cococake.com WOOHOO!!!! im stoked, i miss eating these. they are soooooo goooood!!!!!

basement sweet ( jewellery) www.basementsweet.com
Darwin Meyers ( vintage vinyl )
Angelu Novus (modern and vintage jewellery )
Blim (clothing and accessories) www.blim.ca
Open Sesame (homemade gourmet japanese cuisine)(inside BLIM Lounge)

also featuring:

Noel Macul (vintage toys and comics)
It's Your Life (jewellery)
Otanui Spirit ( soap and bags)
Robinson Fine Foods ( gourmet foods)
Anna Maclellan (vintage)
Bianca Barr (accessories)
Farmers Daughter (accessories)
Life Global Trade (accessories)
Aja and Gabriel (art)
NAP (clothing)
Sumiya Clothing (kids wear) www.sumiyaclothing.com
Smart Tart (accessories)
Krantzwerk (accessories) www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5966772
Matt Watson (art) flickr.com/identifythefiveflaws
Heather + Blaine (art)

and many more...

with Home-made japanese by Open Sesame
and Live Music by Lengthy List of Lovers show time: 2:00pm.

EDIT here are some pics from the fair!





there are more on my facebook page.

BLIM MONTHLY MARKET THIS SUNDAY THE 23rd

Blim and Market 1886 Day present:
Blim Monthly Community Market And Market 1886 Day
Sunday August 23 | 12 – 5 PM | Free
@ Between 12th and 16th Avenue on Main Street
Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market. This month it will take place at outside on Main street between 12th and 16th Avenue, from 12–5 PM, and will be in conjunction with Market 1886 Day.
This Months market will include over 50 vendors, live music, hot food, beverages, and entertainment. Vendors will include food, fashion, accessories, supplies, fine art, vintage items and records, and not be limited to crafts, and there will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in our community. We want to appeal to young, old, hip, plain, babies, animals, men, women, everyone.
We are very excited about this event and what it can contribute to Main Street’s artistic vitality, and how it can help support and encourage the local creative community.
Exclusive at BLIM:
Angelus Novus (modern and vintage jewellery)
basement sweet (jewellery)
Blim (clothing and accessories)
Darwin Meyers (vintage vinyl)
Noel Macul (vintage toys and comics)
Open Sesame (homemade gourmet Japanese cuisine)
Also featuring:
2 faced trinkets(jewellery)
Anna Maclellan (art)
Atinuke (body butter and jewellery)br />
Audra Ricketts (cards)
Ayako Haga (clothing)
Azelea Moen
Bianca Barr (accessories)
C’est la vie (vintage)
Claudia Carpentier
Crass and Sugar (accessories)
Dava Carter (jewellery)
Double Trouble
Erin Green (accessories)
Farmers Daughter (accessories)
Feel Fuzzy (childrens accessories)
Firefly Notes
Froma Sax (jewellery)
Greenhearts vintage
It’s Your Life (jewellery)
Jabu Bags
Jessica Jansen (jewellery)
Life Global Trade (accessories)
Love Bobbie (accessories)
Megan Majewski (art)
Mesmerize (jewellery)
Monolithic (vinyl)
Mylolo
Nerdorable (baked goods and accessories)
Not your mothers macrome
Otanui Spirit (soap and bags)
Paula Gonzalez (jewellery)
Pop Clothing (clothing)
Queen Bee Luxuries
Sassy Vintage
Scucci Custom Designs (clothing)
Sea Star Creations (cards and jewellery)
Silver Culture (jewellery)
Singh Jewellery
Sleepy Moon Designs (jewellery)
Susan Howell (jewellery)
Tea Party
and many more…
with home-made fish tacos by Open Sesame
and live music by Sheree Plett | show time: 2 PM

!UPCOMING FAIRS!

Hello lovely people :D

Its Your Life wil be in the Got Craft mini edition this Sunday (the 12th)
Date: Sunday, 12 July 2009
Time: 11:00 - 16:00
Location: Little Mountain Gallery
Street: 195 E. 26th Avenue (at Main Street)
Town/City: Vancouver, BC


and then the Car Free Festival along Main next Stunday (the 19th)
its at BLIM, we'll all be out on the street at 17th ave.


i have a new sewn product. backpacks! they are nice. my sewing machine is kind of totally messed up and needs service. so these backpacks are even more special cos with the machine breaking down constantly and me readjusting it and rethreading it, it took me about 4-5 hours each backpack! omg. plus making and testing the pattern. need to get the machine fixed and it should take way less time and if i had a production line with the serger.





so i moved to a new place in june right, well were looking for another place again cos my property manger is completely mental. like, insane. like racist and psycho and violent and hostile. like, for serious. ill write where it is and this guys name, after we move (again) *groanhands* but we could really do better find a nicer spot to settle into, so thats ok. but shit. how annoying. weve filed a dispute resolution against him and have a telephone hearing date next month. maybe one day i will post his letters. they are pretty classic in the bad bad no no category. like, i could sue him for violating my human rights.

yeah. so now that weve semi settled in, ive been trying to make stuff, and recover from landlord problems and now were trying to find another place. gak. come to the fairs ive trying to make more new styles. quality stuff :D

BLIM MARKET THIS MAY 24

BLIM monthly market pics!

wow the Blim market was so great! !!! :D

ok im super busy with orders and emails and stuff like that. important nicole stuff.

i took so few pics though, but will post them up later...
PICS!







sam came :D then raymond, julia, fabi and wee francis!



this song. its so nice!
Passion Pit - I've Got Your Number

I’ve always felt so scared of all this needing
Everyone that I’ve met has been somewhat mistreated
That’s how it feels when you know that something’s wrong.

Then you came along like a swan off of the lake
You flew across my eyes and out into space,
And I ran and I crawled and I chased to get out fast.

That’s what I did… (Whoa!)

If there’s just one thing you got to remember;
Is to write down your name and your phone number
That way I’ll have it and we’ll make something out of this mess, oh!

And if all else fails then the ship won’t set sail.
God forbid but I guess the both of us will bail
But as far as I can tell I think things will be swell.

Have you seen me cry tears like diamonds
Down and down they fly, faster and faster like the speed of our love
Batting a thousand, but a homerun crack at love
This is where I tell you that, I know love's what I need to work at

So now the two of us rely on each other
With our premonitions out in the gutter
Who would have thought that I’d make it this far

I’ll make it seem like I’m stronger but I’m quite the actor
And now I’m so caught up and I can’t escape this pattern
But when I started losing hope, there you were, there you bloomed

Have you seen me cry tears like diamonds
Down and down they fly, faster and faster like the speed of our love
Batting a thousand, but a homerun crack at love
This is where I tell you that, I know love's what I need to work at
(Whoa!)

Diggy diggy diggy diggy diggy boom boom!
Diggy diggy diggy diggy diggy boom boom!
Diggy diggy diggy diggy diggy boom boom!
Diggy diggy diggy diggy diggy boom boom!

Have you seen me cry tears like diamonds
Down and down they fly, faster and faster like the speed of our love
Batting a thousand, but a homerun crack at love
This is where I tell you that, I know love's what I need to work at, oh
What I need to work at, oh

BLIM Market! March 29, 2009 !!!

Im bringing the swap meetish stuff i didnt bring at the Swap Meet at the Biltmore!
My 50's yugoslavian bike called rapido, my old slr camera/s? no blythes. maybe one? maybe. bags and jewelry too.

everything at once

March 21 A SPRING FLING
March 22 BUY THE YARD
March 29 BLIM COMMUNITY MARKET






the First Ever Blim Monthly Community Market. Every LAST SUNDAY of the month.
(March 29)
It will take place at the Cambrian Hall on 17th and Main ( just across main from Blim).
market goes from 11:00-5:00pm.

Blim Art and Craft Facility
Director: Yuriko Iga
197-east 17th (@ main)
604 872 8180

CRAFT FAIRS!

Andrea Tucker of gotCraft will be selling some of my pieces at the I Heart Crafts! Isnt she just the best!

I Heart Crafts Bazaar
Sunday, Nov 30th, 2008
11:00 am-6:00 pm
Ukrainian Cultural Center
805 E Pender St. (in Strathcona)
hand made, unusual and wonderful works by local artists,
designers and crafters.
$2.00 admission,
for more information visit iheartcraftsba

GOT CRAFT!!! December 7



Saturday, December 20 - noon -5:00pm - FREE @ the CAMBRIAN HALL (across from Blim )

Blim presents:

Blim Winter Market ( craft event )

featuring:

basement sweet www.basementsweet.com
Julia Say and Tondela Myles ( knitted items ) www.tondela.ca
Mindan Gunther Moore (jewellery)
Stephanie Aitken and Frances Mcdonald (felted creatures)
It's Your Life www.itsyourlifeshop.com
District Thirty www.Districtthirty.com
Billy Would www.billywould.com
Re-up www.list4all.com/re-up
Fibre Manipulator www.fibremanipulator.ca
Pon http://overmindproductions.com/index.html
A Farmers Daughter
Baby Elephant www.babyelephantdesigns.com
Moobs www.flickr.com/photos/pandabones
Stitchella www.catcompanion.ca
Wee Works
Roxy Pops (knitted goods)
Chicffon www.chicffon.etsy.com
Vanessa Kapka
Down Home Amy www.downhomeamy.com
Su Foster ( jewellery)
Sara Mulder
Some other girl
Momoko (pottery)
Laurin Valentine
Gldnmilitia
Hand and Shadow fting: Georgie Russell
Blim www.blim.ca
Otaunu Spirit (soaps and bags)
Civil Disobediance www.civildisobediencecompany.com
Chanda Stallman ( framed collages)
Bueno Design www.buenodesign.ca
Nicole Sanches
Sedated www.sedatedclothing.com
Catalyst www.catalystreaction.ca
Jen Kim (stuffed animals)
Heyday Design fting: Claire Madill (ceramics)

with Hot Japanese Snacks by Michael Tora Speier
and Baked Vegan Goods by Evan Mcgraw.

Noon - 5:00pm @ Cambrian Hall - 215 e. 17th ave. (across from Blim behind Granville Island Toys)

www.blim.ca

here are some pics from the fab fair!
it was fun as usual.. up to now my display is still the same! HAHA my god like i never improve in that area!! my gosh it got real dark near the end and i had no light etc...
but! was super casual. old lovelies and familiar faces. and met a new lovely lady named iris who sews click on pics to go to their links...(this might take me a day or two haha hold on..)

NEW STUFF AND HOUNDSTOOTH SCARVES FOR DA LADIES AND GENTS

New! Stuff at Virgin Marys today!! Virgin arys is gonna be moving! up the street i gues (?) by tio pepes :D but not till november i dont think so im going to bringing more stuff later this week coz tomorrow im going to try and get some stuff at barefoot contessa!!
i hope i can finish the invoice. need to make a few more pieces.

ive been super crazy as usual and a bit delayed on shipping. oh no! and these birds i thought i had both sides but i only have one side. mmm :c

so pics of the blim fair are up on my facebook
THIS COOL GIRL FEATURED MY NECKLACE (from the blim market) ON HER BLOG CHECK IT OUT:
http://sololisaynadamas.blogspot.com/2008/09/ban-is-broken.html


i forgot the camera for the i heart crafts- which practically broke my heart!! both fairs were wicked.

so tonight i am listing these scarves in my shop! 4 (or 5?) different colors and only one each. $14 !! so cheep. they are made of viscose. the aqua one is cotton.
click on this pic to see the listing:


click on this pic to go the new category


hey my cousin caroline from the kapisanan center ( a filipino-canadian community center in toronto) is asking me to come up with a proposal to do some kind of thing. i have this idea i want to do a public performance again relating to my (yet unknown topic) to played along side the sculpural pieces. i want to do something about relating cultural theft of ancient artifacts from their respective sites to online commerce and and collecting. i think. its not yet fully formed but i need to get on this too coz i want to go toronto again and i havent done art in a while so this should be dope. before winter fully hits..........

whos down for a public performance we will document and work on the costumes and set.
its been 3 years. tis about time ya!

damn.. i fell asleep at 8? now its 6.30 am!!! well i guess i can list those scarves in a bit.

----edit edit edit. am i really going to do this? edit edit edit----

BLIM FALL MARKET TODAY FROM 12-5 PM !!!!!

hello!!
IM GOING TO BED AND FINISHING UP PREPARING FOR THE FAIR IN THE MORNING.
Feels pretty great to get back into making stuff from not doing it consistently for months now. W00T.
lots of new gorgeous designs!!! bringing too many bags and pouches! lets hope for sunshine!!!


tomorrow is the I HEART CRAFTS fair.

was supposed to bring stuff to virgin marys today but spaced!!!!
ill be updating virgin marys and barefoot contessa with all new stock next week by WEDNESDAY and im not striking that out- HOLD ME TO IT!!!!

im super stoked right now coz i found mine and sams videos and the video we commented on on the hackers video section. i didnt put em up on there, and i dont think sam did he would have told me! HOW WICKED (screams like a school girl) the hacker is HOT! damn. stern and hotttt.....
check em out here, sams anomadmonk and im nicotiro:

http://www.thehackermusic.com/video.php
hes got tonnes of tracks on streaming, click on the drop down menus of the players .....sweet. hot..
did i say HOT?????

DOVE CHOCOLATE AT BLIM!

woah!!
so simon turned out to be a fantastic salesman! and i didnt even really get to prepare much stuff ><
look at all these people he coerced into getting their pics taken for the love of DOVE CHOCOLATE! woohoo!
thanks peeps.
simes tells me everyone liked them (for sure!!)
thanks dove chocolate! and thanks simon! oh yeah. he also told me the fish tacos were friggin amazing!!!!!!














now i really have no idea who most of these are.. im going to have to get simon fill in the story lines later....... :D