Name: Arizona Crafty Burrito Collective
Team Shop: craftyburritos
Profile: Currently the Arizona Crafty Burrito Collective's membership is closed. (While we re-do our membership guidelines.) Thank you for your patience and we look forward to hearing from you on August 1st!

Arizona is known for it's extreme heat, the colors of the sky, and monsoons. It takes a special breed of people to survive this heat, but come September and October the weather becomes humid, cooler, and bearable to outside life. That's when most of us come out of hibernation and show what we did during those 118-degree temperature days and nights. There are an amazing amount of talented artists all over Arizona. Come and meet up with us, the fairs and parades are just beginning...

Links:
Burrito Blog
Google Group
MySpace

Contact: staceyrebecca
How to Join: (Currently the Arizona Crafty Burrito Collective's membership is closed. (While we re-do our membership guidelines.) Thank you for your patience and we look forward to hearing from you on August 1st! ) The guidelines for membership are: 1) Active members must have an interest in etsy.com (having a shop is not necessary) 2) Active members must attend ACBC meetings at least once every quarter 3) Active members must remain active in the ACBC via Google groups, at events or attend meetings 4) Membership dues of $5 per quarter, beginning January 1, 2008. This may be payed at your first meeting (which should be the next possible from the date of joining) 5) In order to participate in shows organized by the ACBC, members must be in direct communication and/or attend meetings at which the event is to be discussed. 6) All members must be kind and wonderful and nice to all other Etsians, realizing that everyone is a sensitive human being, who wishes the good of every other person. Active members will receive a link on our Etsy Team site on Etsy.com, and will be mentioned on our profile at http://craftyburritos.etsy.com , and our blog at http://azburritos.blogspot.com. Active members also have the opportunity to participate in our collaborative art shows, early admission to supply swaps, skill share sessions, gallery shows, and any other opportunities that may arise. If you would like to apply to the AZ Crafty Burrito Collective, please send a conversation to staceyrebecca with the information below in the following format to make data transfer go faster. 1-Your Full Name 2- Your Shop (http://yourshopname.etsy.com) 3- Your Email address 4- Your general location (if in Phoenix, please provide major cross-streets) 5-Your Blog/web journal, if you have one. 6- Your Birthday 7- A contact telephone number (please specify if it is your cell/work/home/other) 8- A description of the items in your shop (e.g. handbags, jewelry, plush, baby items, etc.)

Meetings and Events: You can see some of the Crafty Burritos every Third Saturday at the Conspire Handmade Market in Phoenix! Join us from 11am-4pm The Burrito Challenge: A monthly challenge designed to push each other to re-shape the envelope of creativity. Google Group: Join the discussions of where and when the next great thing will be (scrabble nights, shows, etc)

Members: aimZblingZ, apassionforfashion, barone, bondagetea, Broadwaybeads, cherise, craftzany, Dain, delightfuldreamers, discodoll77, domesticgodess1211, dreamingincolors, glassjunkie, grabbinghands, incognitodesigns, LisaTakata, lordjr, munkieshop, RockisRocknBeads, runzwithscissors, SandrineQ, shoppoppyseeds, smockyou, staceyrebecca, stitchntyme, vickileigh, victeryglass, wirefoxdesigns

Sonoran Artists

Name: Sonoran Artists
Profile:

Links:

Contact: amysbabies
catdancingranch
Paganodesignworks
How to Join: Contact the Leaders above.

Members: amysbabies, annabronwyn, Beadsoutwest, BelloBranelli, catdancingranch, DesertDyeworks, elizfashions, Feralgirl, Paganodesignworks, starletslings, sweetdemeter, tnkerr, turntabletimepieces

Name: East Valley Artisans
Team Shop: EastValleyArtisans
Profile: Cities: Scottsdale, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Tempe, Queen Creek

The East Valley Artisans is a group of artisans who all live in the East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Our goal is to support local artists, encourage the handmade movement, and develop a closer-knit community of talented people living in this particular region of the Valley of the Sun.

Links:

EVA Blog

Contact: kandeslee
How to Join: Send a conversation to kandeslee with name, location, link to etsy shop, email address, and blog or myspace if you have one. We encourage all artists and creatives living in the East Valley - Phoenix area to join. We will briefly screen applicants to safeguard the integrity of the group.

Meetings and Events: Team meeting 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm. See team blog for location. Also see blog for a list of events.

Members: BirdWatching, ChicyCreations, JeansBeads, JewelsJewlery, kandeslee, lilsprouts, littlesilverstars, NancysDesigns

Name: Southeast Arizona Etsians - SEAZ
Profile: Our team was formed to develop arts and crafts in Southern Arizona. We are here to make friends and assist each other in promoting our shops.

Links:
Yahoo Group
SEAZ Blog
Flickr

Contact: nightshadesart
How to Join: Please contact nightshadesart by convo

Meetings and Events: There will be chats and in person meetings.

Members: Dyingtoknit, greybadger, lisahammer, markandrew, MyBabyDresses, nightshadesart, ScrapbookingKutz, SpringHaze332