The store has closed...

If you haven't already heard, I closed the store in December. It was a hard decision to make but since closing I am a happier and more relaxed person so I am confident that it was the right decision to make.

If you want to know what is going on in my life check out my personal blog. There's not much on there right now but I plan on starting up again now that I have more free time.

Thanks again to all of my lovely customers and consignors. You were amazing!

-Sara

Queen City Craft Bazaar

Well I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Let the Christmas shopping season begin...



Take the handmade pledge this year and get all your shopping done at the Queen City Craft Bazaar. The Skinny Pancake will be on site selling the yummiest crepes all day long, there will be a raffle where you can win all kinds of crafty goodness from the Burlington Craft Mafia, plus 35 of Vermont's most amazing artists, crafters, and designers!

Hope you can make it!

We're in Nylon!

That's right- we're in the November issue of Nylon! There's a 2 page spread about Burlington and Made is one of the featured shops. Yippee!



In other store news, we have new earrings in from Alison Murphy aka drawnonward designs, plus holiday cards are here from Pink Livingroom Press. Oh yes I said HOLIDAY cards. Can you believe it's already that time of year!?

Happy Halloween!

Worst blogger ever!

Shame on me for being such a bad blogger! I really need to get internet at the shop...

There are loads of pretty new things at the store just in time for Fall. New hoodies from Holly Hue, cute tunics from Nice Face, and new necklaces from Mingi!

Plus, the Burlingtion Craft Mafia is having a trunk show at Red Square tomorrow night from 5p-8p. It should be a lot of fun and will be Holly's (aka Miss Hawklet) last BCM event because she's moving to New Hampshire. So stop by and say Bye to her!

Yesterday Kacey and I went through all of the applications for the Queen City Craft Bazaar. We got a ton of applications this time around! It was really hard to choose vendors since there were so many great applicants. If you applied, you'll be receiving an email notification by Sat. Oct 13th.

See everyone tomorrow at Red Square!

News Update

There is lots of stuff going on right now at Made Boutique! Sorry I have been such a bad blogger!

1- New fall apparel is in from Joanne Kalisz and Ava Bishop. Plus we just got in jewelry from new artist Michelle Kendrick aka Recycled Rings. Don't let the name fool you though- Michelle make necklaces and brooches too. Every single piece of jewelry that Michelle makes is one of a kind! Here are some pics of the pieces she sent to the store:





And there is more fall stuff on the way!

2- We will once again be putting on the Queen City Craft Bazaar. We are currently looking for artists, crafters, and designers so please submit your application by Oct. 6th.

3- The Burlington Craft Mafia is getting ready to put on its second trunk show. It's Oct. 12th from 5-8p at Red Square on Church St.

4- I'll be closing a bit early tomorrow so that I can make the opening of the new exhibit at the Fleming; Material Pursuits - "a large-scale exhibition exploring how contemporary American artists are creating conceptually based artworks utilizing methods, materials, and strategies usually associated with craft. It's starts promptly at 5:30p.

5- The new season of America's Next Top Model starts tonight! I can't wait!

Hope everyone's Fall is going well so far!

Press and Spinning Demo

There are a few exciting things going on at Made Boutique this week!

1) First of all, last Sunday Made was featured in the Burlington Free Press article on Fall Fashions for Teens. They didn't put any of the pictures online but I took some pics to show you if you missed it:



They featured two tops from Nice Face, and earrings from elm bellishments and drawnonward designs.

2) Tomorrow, Joanne and I are going to be interviewed for the Made in Vermont segment on Channel 3 News. I think it's going to air on Friday but I'm not positive. I hope I sound ok!

3) Starting Friday (9/7) through Sunday, we'll be participating in the Fortune Cookie Sale on the Marketplace. You can save 10-40% on everything in the store!

4) Holly aka misshawklet will be doing a yarn spinning demonstration on Sunday (9/9) in front of the shop from 10a-3p. There will be lots of hand spun yarn for sale!

New Designer & New Hours

We've got new journals in the shop made by Montpelier based Kelly McMahon aka May Day Studio!

They are pretty adorable and perfect for all your writing needs. We've got two different types in the shop right now, the Bingo Journals and the Pretty Peeps Journals. I can't wait to run out of pages in my current journal so I can get one of these!

Also, as of August 27th our Fall hours will be:

Closed Monday

Tues-Fri: 1:30p-7p

Sat: 11a-7p

Sun: 12p-5p

I've got some inventory left over from the summer sale so I'll be putting it back out this weekend in honor of Labor Day and all the students who are back in town. If you missed the sidewalk sale you should really check it out!