Sneak Peek #4...

and tons of new recycled plastic pins AND brand new necklace pendants too!

Sneak Peek #3...

and more folkies!

sneak peek #1... (Things you'll find this weekend!)

... a bunch of brand new Knitimals, including "Pablo".

busy, busy...

so, as i mentioned, i've been getting ready for the Columbia Festival of the Arts, coming up this weekend, and (because i LOVE a challenge), I am planning on debuting a whole bunch of new stuff at this show.

I'll give you a sneak peek here:


whattya think!?
(you're looking at some "finally made by popular demand" type items here... i think you'll be pleased).

where oh where has my little self gone?

i've been trapped in a box filled with greeting cards.

ok, that's not true.
but i HAVE been busy.

doing what, you ask?

why, getting ready for my first show of the summer show season, of course! Next up, The Columbia Festival of the Arts-- (next weekend, June 12 & 13; 12-7pm... more details to come).
It seems ACC set me back a good deal (in a pleasant way) and I've been rebuilding stock ever since. Curious what kinds of greenstargoodies you can expect to see at Columbia this year?

Sure.
I can tell you... on Monday.

Be well friends!
xo, danamarie

Free Shipping on all SALE Items!

Get em while they're hot!
Free Shipping on everything in the Sale section of my shop, now through the end of the month.

Meet the Folkies!

As promised... i'd like you to meet The Folkies!
Folkies are the newest addition to the greenstarstudio plush family.
Folkies wear their pajamas all day long and are ready for a good snuggle at any moment.
100% one of a kind, Folkies are made without patterns and can't be reproduced. Each one should be considered an original art piece, to be collected and loved. This sweet Folkie is hand stitched and machine sewn, made with ultra soft fleece and felt accents. stuffed with polyfil, so he's sturdy but totally huggable.

Each Folkie has been cut & pieced together by hand and features a small embroidered heart on their cheek. They are then machine sewn, with emphasis on the color of the thread against the fabric & the "drawings" the thread makes. The stitches are intentionally energetic and organic--- Folkies originated as characters in my illustrations and murals, and now, brought to "life" as soft sculpture, the stitch lines are meant to replicate the unique marks, textures and patterns of those paintings & drawings.

Christopher & Maximus are the first two Folkies to be listed in the shop and if you want to give them good homes,
you can find them here!


Or, celebrate Arbor Day with this little guy (for sale in the Plush Team Shop)

I'm Back... and I've brought you a SALE!

Well, friends, feels like forever right?
I've been playing catch up ever since ACC and still don't feel 100% back to normal. Filling orders, working on custom pieces and trying to re-design my website have taken over the bulk of my time. The rest of my time? sleeping. Lots and lots of sleeping.

Normally, there's a nice clean break from "Show Season" between the end of December and April, but with ACC smack dab in the middle of the break, it took some adjusting to get back on schedule. And, OH, whatta schedule.

I realize too that in all my excitement and flurry of getting ready for the big show, I completely overlooked some great press, some wonderful emails and some yum-tastic recipes I wanted to share with you... so I'll go ahead and schedule those in now, ok? Better late than never, yeah?

Onward and upward.
For those of you who came out to ACC, you got an eyeful of a LOT of new stuff in the greenstarline...

including these new block print felt pins:


and Block Print Plush, the new incarnation of Minimals & my brand new art doll, the Folkie (i'll be adding more of these to the shop as soon as I can).

In the meantime...



If that weren't enough, I've just moved a bunch of Recyclimals (like Re-Tilly, above), Knitimals, toys, books, housewares and more into the sale section of my shop. There's tons of items for dirt cheap in the sale section. I've gotta get these sale items cleared out, to make room for a whole slew of brand new stuff... so, now through the end of April (if it takes that long) every sale item will ship with a FREEBIE! That's right, a totally free, super secret surprise. Nice, right?

American Craft Council: Alt Craft!

You might be wondering why you haven't heard from me in a million years--- it's because I have been chained to my knitting needles and sewing machine making all sorts of new & wonderful goodies specifically for my debut at the American Craft Council next week! Aside from all the amazing fine craft you can find at the annual council show, this year the Alt Craft section will be lousy with BEST Baltimore Craft team members, including my good buddies: The Broken Plate, Dandelion Blu & Elisa Shere Jewelry. Alt Craft is very special, because it showcases 20 emerging "Alternative Craft" artists, and each artist can only participate in this section once. I'm very excited and feel very honored to be included... and a little bit sick and scared. But, it'll be awesome nonetheless.

SO, if you'll be in the Baltimore area February 25th- 28th, do come by and see me in Booth #6. You'll be amongst the first to see FOUR brand new additions to the greenstarstudio product line!

xoxo, danamarie

Even more dedicated than the Postal Service!

As you probably know, the good people of Baltimore have been hit might hard by a snow storm of epic proportions! (for us).

Schools, libraries, government etc have been shut down for days, but greenstarstudio doesn't rest! No!
The post offices are open, but the streets aren't drive-able, so they aren't coming to us.

So rest assured, good folks, if you ordered anything from me in the last few days, I just treked 2 miles in the unplowed snow, through streets only pedestrians could travel, often succumbing to 4 ft drifts and twice slipping on ice, to make sure that your packages will reach you AND your loved ones, by Valentine's Day.

No problem, guys. I love ya.
Let me know when you get them!

For now, I'm gonna trek back home, grab a beer and do some knitting.
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