Small Shop Saturday: Seam Boat Willie Festival of the Arts Collection 🎨

Happy Saturday Everyone!  

Today I'm bringing back another blog segment.  It's been forever since I've done a Small Shop Saturday post.  These complication posts can take so much time between finding the products, writing and adding links to everything... but it's so satisfying once it's finished!  However, instead of doing the giant Valentine's Day drop with multiple shops that I was originally planning on doing, I've decided to focus on one small shop and the collection they just had available to order.

I've been following Seam Boat Willie for a few years now.  Casey and Chris make the most amazing jewelry in small batches.  They 3D model and cast their pieces in sterling silver at their studio in Utah.  Most of their products are released as part of a small themed collection.  Then the jewelry is made to order and will ship in a few weeks.

I'm so excited that I just placed my first order a few days ago!  I've been waiting very patiently for the Festival of the Arts collection to make it's return.  After two years, it was finally back and I knew I had to grab a few pieces!  Art and jewelry are both so special to me... so I knew I had to order a few special pieces while they were available!

Let's take a look at the Seam Boat Willie Festival of the Arts collection!

First up, we have these Festival of the Arts charms... I love all of them and how well they coordinate with each other!!!  And look at those details!!! 🌐🌈💡🎨🖌️

Returning this year were the 1982 Necklaces textured like our Spaceship Earth.  I love these and how simple they are... only a Disney fan would immediately spot it. 🌐

The 1982 Ring also made it's return and I had to get one! 🌐

The Fig Necklace is modeled after our favorite purple pigmented dragon Figment!  The details on this design are absolutely insane... it's incredible! 💡

There's also Fig Ring for people who want to carry one little spark everywhere. 💡

There's an Imagination Necklace for those of us hoping to light that little spark! 🌈

Here's the Paint Palette Necklace that I've been dreaming about for over two years! 🎨 And I'm not joking... I totally kicked myself when I missed this last time around.  I'm obsessed with Mickey paint palettes and this is something I would wear all the time.  (Thankfully, this time I bought it, and it will be on it's way home to be with me soon!)

Naturally, I also had to have a Paintbrush Necklace to go with my paint palette! 🖌️

This Paintbrush Ring also needed a loving home... so I was happy to provide it one! 🖌️ But in all seriousness, this was another design I was kicking myself over not getting last time.  I love this ring and I'm obsessed with how it swirls around your finger.

And that's all for the Festival of the Arts collection for this year!  Unfortunately, it's been another rough week... so by the time this is posting, the collection will have returned to the vault.  But there's so much more!  If art isn't your thing, Seam Boat Willie also makes jewelry for Disney foods, Star Wars and they have a huge Halloween collection!

If you're interested in following Seam Boat Willie, check out their website, or follow them on their Facebook page or Instagram.  I love to watch their stories to see what they're working on behind the scenes and how the jewelry is made.  It's so fascinating to me!

I cannot wait for my jewelry to arrive!  I've wanted these for so long and I'm so excited about adding these special pieces to my collection!  I'm a little sad that they didn't have the Mickey paint palette ring again this drop, but I'm hopeful that I'll have one someday!  In the meantime, I'll definitely be cherishing these special pieces!  °o°

Please Note: Eliot and I are not affiliated with any of the shops I share (other than our own Happily Ever Hatter and Snowblade Creations Etsy shops) and we will not earn anything if you purchase something from this post.  I just wanted to spread a little bit of magical good will by sharing some stuff that I love!  I know how much it means to small shops for their stuff to be shared.

All of these photos belong to the shop in which I've shared them from.  If you link photos from this post, please attach them to their corresponding shop!

Small Shop Saturday: Festival of the Arts

The Festival of the Arts ends on Monday 2/20, making this the last weekend of the 2023 event.  It always goes by so fast.  With Epcot's Flower and Garden Festival taking up the spring and early summer months, and then Disney starting the Food and Wine Festival right after that and going through late fall, this feels like it appears and disappears in the blink of an eye.  But it's still my favorite even if it is only for 6 weeks!

Today, I wanted to do a Small Shop Saturday in honor of the Festival of the Arts.  As the event has gained popularity through the past seven years, so have the amount of items available from small shops.  It's personally my favorite non-holiday thing to create new designs for, so it's probably no surprise that we already have a few designs in both shops... or that I'm currently working on a bunch of new ideas as well.

I just love creativity, artwork, painting and colors so much!  I've definitely been finding more stuff on Etsy, so this post is definitely overdue!  Let's check everything out!

Like usual, we're starting off with apparel.  I thought this Epcot Festival of the Arts Shirt by The Pocketeers was really creative with the different designs for each letter!

This Artsy Fartsy Figment Shirt by Golly What Apparel Co is a perfect play on words and the part of Journey Into Imagination when Figment is dressed up like a Skunk!

I'm a sucker for anything rainbow and Figment, so this Festival of the Arts Long Sleeve Figment Shirt by One Little Spark Inc definitely jumped out at me!

I thought this cute Let Your Imagination Soar Shirt by Polka Dot Pixie Shop was fun and whimsical for the festival.  It even has music notes on it! 

I love embroidered designs, even though I haven't shared them that often.  This Mickey Paint Palette Embroidered Shirt by Wonderful Day Boutique jumped out at me.  I'd love to get this design on a gray sweatshirt or quarter zip pullover!

Next, we're moving into accessories... and I'm starting off with a few things that I've shared in the past, but they're too good to not include!  First, we have this Paint Palette Crossbody by Sew Minnie Style.  I have this and I absolutely love it!

Next, we also have this Figment Crossbody by Sew Minnie Style.  I haven't bought Figment yet, but he's currently sitting in my shopping cart!

If yo'ure looking for something with more sparkle, this Paint Splatter Minnie Mouse Rhinestone Crossbody by Magic Ear Gear is perfect!  I am 100% obsessed with it!

If you want a little less in your face sparkle, these Festival of the Arts Earrings by Bella Notte Magic are cute and a bit more simple.

I also like these Festival of the Arts Mickey Easel Earrings by Yo Ho Magic Co.

I found this Figment Scrunchie by Anywhere Magic if you need something for your hair.

Anywhere Magic also has a Festival of the Arts version of Figment with paint splatters.

I love these little Magic Bow Bands by Bad to the Bow Co.  I actually made myself one that looked almost exactly like this a few years ago!  I love the bright colors!

You all know how I feel about headbands.. and I really love this Paint Splatter Top Knot Headband by The Pocketeers.

The Pocketeers also made this cute Watercolor Dots Top Knot Headband. 

Another one that popped out .at me was this Paint Brush Strokes Top Knot Headband by The Pocketeers.  I'll definitely have to come back to get a few of these!

Stoney Clover Lane style fanny packs with patches are taking over the parks and many small businesses have made their own versions.  These Festival of the Arts Mickey Paint Palette and Figment Fanny Packs by Happily Ever After Design Company are the stuff that my dreams are made of!

If you're crafty... you can buy just the Figment Patch by Happily Ever After Design Company and you can make your own bag, or jacket, or fanny pack, or anything really.

Happily Ever After Design Company also sells the Mickey Mouse Paint Palette Patch separately, and I want to buy both of these and put them on everything!!!

Which really should be no surprise because Mickey Paint Palettes are one of my all time favorite things... creativity, paint and rainbow colors?  Yes please!  It comes as no surprise that Eliot and I have made a few designs using it for Happily Ever Hatter.  I figured that I'd share a few of our current line up... first we have our Hair Clips.

These Paint Palette Ears were the first Festival of the Arts design we made.  I love how you can do all Mickey paint blobs, a hidden Mickey blob, or all random blobs.

Of course... those never felt like they were colorful enough, so one day I had the crazy idea to make these Rainbow Paint Palette Ears.  These are handpainted and a labor of love, but they look gorgeous and they're so pretty in person!  Totally worth it!

Last, we're switching gear to home decor, but before we look at stuff for your home, I've got a few things you can also use in the parks!  This Magic Paintbrush Tablecloth for Disney Trash Cans by Fine Dining Mouse Co is perfect for enjoying all of those Festival of the Arts snacks when there are no tables available.

Fine Dining Mouse Co has a bunch of designs, but this Artist's Palette Tablecloth also popped out at me for the Festival of the Arts!

This Mickey Paint Palette Decor by Wonderland Shops would look great hung up next to all of your Disney artwork.  (I actually have something similar from another seller but she isn't currently selling them right now.)

If tiered trays are your jam, then this Mickey Palette Tiered Tray Decor by Main Street Charms would be the perfect addition to add a pop of color!

Finally, I've got to get in a plug for our Snowblade Creations shop.  Right now, this Mickey Palette Trinket Tray is the only one available in our shop, but we've made the design for a random paint blob version as well.  There are also a lot of other items in the works behind the scenes... so hopefully I'll have a lot more to show you soon!

And that's all that I've got to share with you... for now anyways!  This is one of the longer small shop posts that I've written, but I couldn't help myself.  I needed to see all of this colorful magic together in one place!  I definitely need to add a few of these to my collection!  (The Minnie rhinestone bag and headbands are calling my name!) 

Of course, the Festival of the Arts also celebrates music, the culinary arts and theater as well.  Unfortunately, those aren't as represented... but Eliot and I do have a few new designs up our sleeves.  Hopefully we'll be able to make those before next year!

For now, I hope the last weekend of the festival is amazing!  Thank you to all of the artists and performers for enriching our lives with your talents!!!

Farewell for another year Festival of the Arts!  We'll see you again in 2024!!!  °o°

Please Note: Eliot and I are not affiliated with any of these shops (other than our own Happily Ever Hatter and Snowblade Creations Etsy shops) and we will not earn anything if you purchase something from this post (unless you buy an item directly from our shops).  I just wanted to spread a little bit of magical good will by sharing some stuff that I love from Etsy!  I know how much it means to small shops for their stuff to be shared.  All of these items are literally things that I picked off of my own Etsy favorites list!  

All of these photos belong to the shop in which I've shared them from.  If you link them from this post, please attach them to their corresponding Etsy shop!

Small Shop Saturday: Halloween 2022

Happy Saturday!!!  It's been a hot minute since I shared a Small Shop Saturday post here on my blog so I thought it was time that I do another.  Since we're now well into spooky season, I figured it was time to share a few of my small shop Halloween finds with you!  However, I'm going to change it up a bit in execution.

Instead of doing a round up of items that I've found on Etsy (like I have in the past), I'm going to share a few small shops that I like to shop from with you!  Some of them will be familiar to my frequent fliers, but I thought I'd share them again anyways!  I've found some really fun stuff this year...  so let's check everything out!

Two Park Princesses

I love jewelry and it's such a simple way to add a little bit of magic to an outfit.  This year, Two Park Princesses released a few new Halloween necklace designs.  My favorite was the Boo To You Necklace.  It comes in purple and orange.

It would go really well with my necklace from last year, the Mickey Spiderweb design!

Another new design was the "Message From Beyond" Madame Leota Necklace.

The most popular new design this year was the "Spell On You" Necklace which is a very clever rendition of "book" from Hocus Pocus.  It sold out almost immediately, but I'm sure they'll bring it back again sometime between now and next year!

It would go well with the "Spell On You" Hocus Pocus Ring that I bought last year.  I love how they included three little stones to represent each Sanderson Sister!

Femme de Bloom

Melanie from Femme de Bloom always has a giant selection of earrings and jewelry.  I got quite a few Halloween earrings from her shop last year... but I had to add a few more from this year's new designs to my growing collection.  There are so many more spooky themes and designs to choose from, but here are a few of my favorites!

Park Native

I haven't talked about Park Native on my blog yet, but I discovered this shop through Instagram sometime last year.  As you know, I love accessories.  I've also always had a thing for hats.  I haven't worn them as much recently, but I have quite a collection of them that I've collected since college.  When I saw these berets, I was obsessed.  I have a few designs that I've already purchased.  My favorite Halloween design, that also returned this year was the Halloween Treats Beret.

The other spooky hat I have from last year, that was also restocked, is the Madame Leota Haunted Mansion beret.  It comes in black, teal, and two shades of purple.

This year, Park Native also debuted this new Mickey spiderweb design.  It comes in four different colors: black, orange, lime and purple!  I think it's really cute!

The Beheaded

Speaking of hats, another company I came across on "the gram" sometime last year was The Beheaded.  They made a limited edition Candy Corn Witch Hat last year that I completely fell in love with.  This year, they made a new version of it and I need it!

They also have witch hats in a bunch of other colors: black, purple, orange, lime, red, pink and more.  These are the perfect addition to any Halloween outfit!

Strange Cvlt 

Finally, I discovered StrangeCvlt a few weeks ago when I came across their Candy Corn shoes somewhere online.  I've wanted candy corn shoes for years and I haven't been able to find any.  These flats are everything and they would go perfectly with all of my candy corn outfits and accessories!  Unfortunately, they sold out in my size before I could buy them... but they're on my radar for next year!

However, I was able to snag these Jack-O-Lantern flats from Unique Vintage when they were on sale.  They came a few days ago and they're so cute!

I also got these Purple Velvet Bat Flats to go with my Haunted Mansion outfits! 

And there you have it!  I hope you enjoyed these fun products!  I absolutely love them and I think they're perfect to add some Halloween flair to your spooky season!  °o°

Please Note: Eliot and I are not affiliated with any of these shops and we will not earn anything if you purchase something from this post.  I just wanted to spread a little bit of magical good will by sharing some stuff that I love!  I know how much it means to small shops for their stuff to be shared.  All of these items are literally things that I've had my eye on or already purchased!  

All of these photos belong to the shop in which I've shared them from.  If you link them from this post, please attach them to their corresponding small shop!