Congratulations to Rare Device on the opening of their San Francisco shop! See pictures here at Design*Sponge.

Congratulations to Mighty Goods on the opening of their site of stuff for kids, Mighty Junior! I really need the guidance on what to buy for a very smart five year old next month, this is perfect.

Delight is celebrating their half-year-iversary with a $200 shopping spree

Congratulations to Craft on having their Last-Minute Halloween costumes on the CBS Early Show! Susan Beal made the monkey costume, and Diana Eng made the Lego and Sushi. You can find instructions here.

This Saturday, Nov. 3rd, Kristen Rask will be at Elliot Bay Books with local plush artist, SOWA. to sell the newly released Plush You! book. SOWA will be also doing a demonstration on how to go from 2 dimensional sewing to 3 dimensional. Good times.

Thursdays are Craft Day on the Chronicle Books blog and they have announced that they are looking for five intarsia knitters to submit patterns to get into the next knitting book, Picture Perfect Knits by Laura Birek.

It’s the season for those nouveau craft shows:

– Bust Craftacular in NY is Saturday, Dec. 8th.

– Chicago’s DIY Trunk Show is Nov. 17th.

– Urban Craft Uprising here in Seattle will be December 1st and 2nd at the Seattle Center.

– The Queen Anne Artists Trunk Show will be Nov. 10th here in Seattle at the QA Community Center. It’s being organized by our very own Daria of Glamscience!