finally!

sorry i've been MIA lately! but summer vacation is officially over - here's what's new around here:

1 - i've deleted the other blog, saint9 notes. initially, i had planned to use this here blog on the front page for just saint9 related news and updates, and saint9 notes for any unrelated ramblings. but sometimes i wasn't sure what to post where, so in the end, i'd just end up not posting at all (i haven't updated since june!). so i 86'd the other blog and i'm going to just exclusively post here, & hopefully more often. so update your bookmarks & rss feeds!

2 - i've got 2 events lined up this season: the bazaar bizarre boston on december 7th and craftland in providence, ri which runs from december 5-24. busy busy!

3 - i'm one of the organizers of the boston bazaar bizarre this year! super exciting. we've changed up a few things this year, including the location of the event, and so far it's looking like it's going to be awesome. i've also been posting over at the bazaar bizarre boston blog along with the other organizers, and we've been running an almost-daily feature showcasing interviews with the vendors of this year's BBB. check it out! they are quite the talented bunch.

4 - i'm working on a side project called an ocean away, which, as of right now, solely exists in the form of an etsy shop.

here's what i wrote over at etsy about the project:

an ocean away was started by me, jen ferreira, in 2008.

i am also the proprietress of saint9 (http://www.saint9.etsy.com). i created an ocean away to function as a side project for saint9. saint9 consists of items made solely from fabrics that i have designed and screenprinted myself by hand. over the years, i have amassed quite a stash of purchased fabrics by other designers, and i want to use an ocean away as a outlet for the items i make using these wonderful fabrics.

i'm hoping that an ocean away serves a few purposes for me:

1 - that it uses up some of the fabrics that i have been hanging onto for way too long. they are too pretty not to share!

2 - that i can test out some new product designs that may eventually make their way into the saint9 lineup.

3 - that i can raise some money to fund my all-consuming case of wanderlust (hence the name - an ocean away!).

bon voyage!

i'm not sure if i'll have things from anoceanaway at the sales this winter. i guess it depends on how much i get to work on it. but i have a feeling that designing new things for saint9 will probably be taking up most of my time and energy (i've got some awesome new ideas up my sleeve)!