Portland Craft Party!

I Heart Art: Portland presents

Portland Etsy Craft Party

A Benefit for Japan Earthquake Relief

June 10, 2011

Etsy’s at it again! I Heart Art: Portland and Museum of Contemporary Craft will host an all-day celebration and an evening party in Portland as part of Etsy’s Worldwide Craft Party. We’ve teamed up with the Quilts for Quake Survivors project and Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund to reach out beyond our community and raise money to help those in dire need through our own crafty ways.

All proceeds from the evening party will be donated to Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund.

Daytime

Drop by Museum of Contemporary Craft (724 NW Davis St) during regular hours, 11 am to 6 pm, and craft in the Lab all day long. Help sew quilts for the Quilts for Quake Survivors project or choose from three different crafting stations:

• 11:00 am–1:00 pm — Japanese-style Papercuts
• 1:30 pm–3:30 pm — Freestyle Embroidery
• 4:00 pm–6:00 pm — Mighty Ugly Project

If you’d like to participate during the day, please RSVP on the Meetup.com page. Regular Museum admission ($3) applies and can be paid at the time of your visit.

Evening

At 7:00 pm, the doors will open back up to the Museum and the real party will start! We’re taking over the entire space complete with food, beer and wine, a DJ, and even more crafting stations. Your door donation will get you an entry into the drawing for a whole slew of crafty prizes (books, gift certificates, handmade goods and more!), some food and beverage tickets, and a lot of crafty fun!

Throughout the evening you can rotate through needle-felting, origami, hand-weaving, and make your own crafty artist trading cards. The quilts made for the project will be on display, and Modern Domestic will have them available for sale and sell raffle tickets.

For evening party tickets, visit the event page and choose your donation level (sliding scale, $5–$25).

Please be sure to bring cash for the bar, food and additional donations. Tickets will also be available at the door on a cash only basis.

Is your head spinning yet?! This is going to be the biggest, craftiest and most awesome craft party Etsy has ever seen! Plus all proceeds will go to Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund, so you can get your craft on and feel good about giving back to those in dire need of help.

Learn more about the QfQ Project and Mercy Corps’ Japan Relief Fund.

thanks to our Event Sponsors:

and Widmer brothers brewing

thanks to those who have donated prizes:

• A Little Card
• BleuOiseau Photography
• Bolt Fabric Boutique
• Bossa Nova Baby
• CRAFT (courtesy of Diane Gilleland)
• Crinkle Dreams
• Crafty Wonderland
• Focal Length Designs
• Holden Lee Tees
• Knot Ugly Designs
• Lori A McKee
• Modern Domestic
• Piper Ewan
• Ruby Girl Jewelry
• Scout Books
• Susan Beal
• Slumptown Glass
• Yarnia
• and more!