emiko-o reware

Last month I joined the Bay Area LEGO Users Group (BAYLUG), and found a great community of LEGO lovers like myself, one of the benefits being the opportunity to show my work in an actual LEGO retail store! Who would have thought! So if you ever find yourself in the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo, cruise on by the LEGO store and check out my Duchess 2 necklace in the Window to the Community display. BAYLUG has a relationship with the Northern CA LEGO stores, and rotates the displays (also in Valley Fair mall) every 6 weeks or so.

duchess 2 in Hillsdale LEGO store

Hillsdale LEGO store

Yet another article by ReadyMade magazine, this one a bit different than the “Miss Modular” online article from last month. Currently on the newstands for the June/July issue, check out pages 18-19, I’m featured as a Maker in “A Lesson in Legos“  by Kathy Barnes (note: what appears to be a mispelling of LEGO is not, but rather a style sheet rule that the magazine follows).

emiko-o in ReadyMade

happy camper at Accessorize with Toys

The second day of Maker Faire was definitely less crazy than Saturday; much more laid back, giving us a chance to talk more with people. Our supplies were pretty wiped out by the end of the day, but amazingly our energy wasn’t. Hopefully next year we’ll be easier to find (apologies to those of you who couldn’t find us!).

We’re looking forward to bringing Accessorize with Toys to the Renegade Craft Fair, July 18-19 at SF’s Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion. If you join us at Renegade, make sure to bring $5; as much as we want to offer it for free, we’ve got to cover our expenses so we can keep it going!

If you can’t make it in July, mark your calendar for August 8 at S.C.R.A.P. SCRAP is launching their Family Day workshops and we’re glad to be a part of it. RSVP by emailing worshop@scrap-sf.org or call 415-647-1746 for this drop-in event.
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