Today we're checking out another multitalented Etsy crafter--Brie of BKD Signature crochets, makes glass pendants, and still finds time for school and giving back to the community!

Love in Bloom pendant by Brie of BKD Signature

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After the jump, learn more about how BKD Signature got started and where it's going. Oh yeah, and enter this week's Gettin' Made giveaway!

Renaissance Austin is a crafter I met through the California Crafters Club of Etsy group. I'm so excited that this super-busy crafter had a moment to talk with us about her ultrahip line Raghouse International!

Big ol' funky wood earrings by Raghouse International

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After the jump, more amazing pieces from Raghouse International that you won't find at any renaissance faire!

Once you're out of elementary school--or don't live where it snows, I think it's pretty much a given most folks don't really celebrate Groundhog Day. And with the mention of the holiday, most minds turn to the Bill Murray movie. Etsy artisans to the rescue! The noble groundhog is the main attraction in lots of arts and crafts on the website--let's take a look at a few examples!

"Groundhog Hair" by Amber Alexander

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I am totally in love with this print that likens morning hair to waking up with a groundhog on your head!

After the jump, more groundhogs promise to steal your heart on their holiday.

Valentine's Day is coming, and February is a great time to learn a new crafty trick so you can make something special for your certain someone (or yourself!). Another great idea--sign you and your Valentine up for a class to take together! Even if you don't celebrate the holiday, southern California's got a slew of fun classes to fill up your February.

A sampling of things you could learn how to make at The Urban Craft Center in Santa Monica this month.

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After the jump, details on this month's craft classes in Orange and L.A. counties.

Once the CHA Craft Supershow has rolled up it's carpet and shuttered it's windows, it's the CHA trade show's turn to have a little fun. Not open to the general public, the trade show side of this crafty extravaganza is a marketplace where your big box stores like Michaels and Jo-Ann Fabrics, along with smaller mom-and-pop operations, can check out what's the latest and greatest craft supplies out there and place orders to carry the items in their stores.

One of the sharp-dressed mannequins at the Plaid booth - each mannequin showcased a different side of the ultra-diverse craft supply company.

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We've got a recap of lots of the great new things we saw over here on Flickr. Big themes we noticed? Papercrafting isn't going anywhere - lots of new personal cutting devices are out there to help you in your scrapbooking adventures, along with crafty apps for the iPhone and digital scrapbooking software. (Stay tuned in the near future, we'll be reviewing Serif's Digital Scrapbook Artist 2!)

So check out the pictures, tell us what you think! Comment here and you'll automatically be entered to win the prize pack mentioned in yesterday's Gettin' Made post. (Same rules apply, and contest ends at midnight tonight folks!)

Ohhhhh, Craft Supershow. You came and gave us an overload of make and takes and craft celebrity sightings, and then you left without even saying goodbye.

Okay, maybe you did say goodbye. But I'm sure you also left a large portion of the southern California crafty community tired, happy and lugging home a lot more craft supplies than they could have possibly anticipated.

The Singer Bias Tape Machine, one of the many crafty gadgets Liz Abbott of Leatherette Heart and I drooled over this weekend.

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I met Costa Mesa artist Aileen Holmes recently, and as we chatted she mentioned she had just started listing things in her Etsy shop, Tangy Fruit Girl. Lo and behold, her stuff is AWESOME! I had to share, so let's take a look:

Paper Doll Shirt by Aileen Holmes of Tangy Fruit Girl

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I saw a great paper doll drawing on Aileen's website, and was so happy to see that theme carried over onto one of her shirts! Even cooler is that the flowers in the design are embroidery, so they pop out from the design.

After the jump, some more great pieces by a talented illustrator.

Friday and Saturday this week, the CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) Craft Supershow will descend on the Anaheim convention center for two days of workshops, make and takes, and an all around overload of heavenly crafting!

Cathie Filian and her partner in handmade crime, Steve Piacenza

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We caught up with the oh so crafty Cathie Filian (who co-hosts Creative Juice on the DIY network with Steve Piacenza) at last weekend's California Gift Show, and got the scoop on what excitement lies in store for Craft Supershow attendees.

After the jump, Cathie dishes on the Craft Supershow and her hot new glue gun tools.

If you're looking for plans for Saturday night, there's two art shows going on in Long Beach you should definitely check out! Stephanie Han Windham and Dao Nguyen will be exhibiting pieces at shows close enough together to make it completely convenient to visit both and tell your friends on Monday that you spent an evening looking at art while they sat on the couch watching old M*A*S*H reruns on cable.

Passionflower by Stephanie Han Windham

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Not that I've got anything against M*A*S*H. But you should probably get out of the house this weekend. After the jump, get all the details on these two art shows.