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Handmade Nation Premiere in SF on March 11

I'm really excited for the upcoming Bay Area premiere of the indie crafts documentary, Handmade Nation by my friend Faythe Levine. The Handmade Nation event is hosted by the San Francisco Film Society as a part of their montly SF360 Film + Club series taking place on Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7pm) at Mezzanine (444 Jessie Street at Mint). Tickets are $8 for SFFS members and $12 for non-members.

Following the screening, I will be a part of a panel along with my fellow crafters: Lisa Congdon of Rare Device; Derek Fagerstrom of The Curiosity Shoppe and DIY Co-editor at design*sponge; and Stephanie Syjuco, fine artist and professor.

There will also be a mini-craft fair component to the night with the following artists and vendors: Dutch Door Press, Diana Fayt, Cara Lyndon, Miss Natalie, Mittenmaker, Nous Savons, Sharon Spain, Woolly Hoodwinks, Zum, The Curiosity Shoppe, Little Otsu, Needles & Pens and Rare Device.

For more information and to buy tickets, visit the San Francisco Film Society site.

It will be fun to finally see the movie that I've seen Fathye filming at all the craft fairs throughout 2006 and to see most of my talented and crafty friends on the big screen! See more about the Handmade Nation documentary with this video preview:

CRAFT Magazine

Sorry for not posting much last week. It was a crazy time at work. If you read the CRAFT blog, you've heard the news that CRAFT magazine is shutting down print publication. I'm very sad to see our print magazine go, but excited and optimistic that we are moving everything online to Craftzine.com. So stay tuned for new content and improvements! Thanks for all your support! At least Lulu and I got a chance to grace the cover last spring.

Anya Hindmarch Shopping Tote Giveaway on Madberries

Take a visit to Madberries and enter for your chance to win this Anya Hindmarch Shopping Tote (drawing ends Feb 20) that I blogged about last week. Three of the totes are now available on the Anya Hindmarch website. Pick up the Shopping Tote, Laundry Tote, or the Meat and Poultry Tote.

Winner of Coquette Giveaway

Congrats to Coquette reader Nora Nelson who won the Designalicious Love Necklace in our giveaway last week!

Pick up your own jewelry in the Designalicious Etsy shop. There's free shipping on five of her Valentine designs. For more info and news, visit the Designalicious blog.

Designalicious Valentine Necklaces and Coquette Giveaway

Ali at Designalicious has some beautiful new Valentine-inspired necklaces ($46-$48) now on sale in her Etsy shop. I love the vintage look of these collage pendants which hang from a 14K gold filled chain. As a Valentine's special, when you order a necklace get FREE shipping and beautiful wrapping.

Coquette Giveaway Time!
And guess what dear Coquette readers? Thanks to Ali, we will be giving away the precious Love necklace (pictured below) to one lucky Coquette reader! Just leave a comment to this post by Friday, Feb 6 at 5pm (PST) and a winner will be chosen at random. I'll announce the winner over the weekend on Coquette.

Thank you for entering! This giveaway is now closed.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays my sweets! Hope you have a wonderful time with your friends and families. I'll be taking some time off now for the holidays, but will be back here on Monday, December 29th. xoxo

Pictured above is the Vogue UK Christmas 1929 Cover.

Petite Chloe

I'm happy to announce the birth of Chloe Danielle Drieu born on Friday, November 21, 2008. She smiles when she sleeps like a little Japanese anime cartoon. We are all doing well and adjusting to life at home. I'm back updating Coquette now, but forgive me if I may miss a daily post here and there in the next few weeks. xoxo

Bebe Coquette

Hello dear Coquette readers! I'm currently taking some time off to have my baby girl. I'll be back updating Coquette after the Thanksgiving holidays.

Thanks for all your ongoing well wishes and support!

xoxo,
Natalie

Pictured above: Hello Lucky letterpress printed card ($4.50)

Fashion Inside Out by Daniel Vosovic - Ask Daniel Your Fashion Questions

I'll be interviewing former Project Runway contestant and fashion designer Daniel Vosovic later this month on the Craftzine.com about his new book Fashion Inside Out: Daniel V's Guide to How Style Happens from Inspiration to Runway and Beyond. The book is a comprehensive guide on how to create fashion -- from inspiration and design, to the technical process of pattern-making and sewing, and finally selling your work to a client and taking it down the runway. Interspersed in the book are Q&A's from industry professionals too! There's never been such a book like this before so I'm really excited that it will be out soon.

He's agreed to take questions from readers so go to the post on Craftzine and add your question by Monday, October 6th at Noon PST.

Coquette on Indie Fixx

Thank you to Jen at Indie Fixx for asking me to be a part of her "I'm Inspired By..." series. My indie fashion inspiration is now up, including a preview of my new fashion spread in CRAFT Magazine (pictured above), covering the latest DIY and indie fashion. This fashion spread, with a theme of dresses, debuted in the current issue of CRAFT, vol 8. I'm happy to say this will be an ongoing fashion series for the magazine. Stay tuned for more!