Jingle Bash 4 is Coming!!!

November is finally upon us, which for me means colder weather, giant bowls of chili and Etsy Dallas' 4th Annual Jingle Bash, where Napkin Art Studios is one of the many hand selected vendors participating this year.

Jingle Bash is a hip art and craft show featuring handmade and vintage goodies from swell Dallas vendors, and I'm really amped to be a part of it this year. This'll be my first rodeo, so to speak, but I know it'll be fun and quite enjoyable.

There is still plenty of prep work left to do before November 19th, but as usual I'll get everything complete by the 25th hour. There is the studio's banner to complete, culling through the print archives to see what I'll be bringing, not to mention figuring out to display everything on my table.  It'll come together eventually.

The great thing about Jingle Bash this year is the awesome Bash Bags that will be given away to the first 50 people who come through the doors. All of the vendors have pitched in some swell promotional freebies, myself included. Everyone likes to receive free swag, right? I know I do. So, I put together a little swag bag consisting of a high quality vinyl sticker, a 1" 'emo' button and a special coupon to use on the studio's Etsy store. The tag itself is hand silk screened by moi, too.

It was rather enjoyable putting these swag bags together for Jingle Bash. In fact, it has help spur a bit of new creativity for the studio. As soon as Jingle Bash is over I have plans to hole up full time for a few weeks and crank out some new printing projects. I won't say what those projects are just yet, but let's just say I have some big things planned for the holidays and following months.

Since the holiday season is just around the corner, and you start thinking about what to get your friends and loved ones, consider hitting up Jingle Bash for some great gift ideas. Further more, it's also a good time to shop handmade from local artists and craftspeople, no matter where you live. Should you be interested in checking out Jingle Bash 4, click the photo at top for more info.

Keep making art.