A for baby alligator, Nightsky with Boat

Hey there Shoppers, the madcraftshoppe@hotmail.com account has been compromised, there is a new address to reach me to order letters, please send all queries to our new address,
madcraftshoppe@live.com from now on.
apologies if this causes any inconvenience, all the best
A.S Hahn
the shoppekeeper

Here's a larger "L is for Ladder" also with "J is for Jellyfish" {J's are difficult, there's Jaguar {see below Jellyfish and Jester, which is somewhere else on the blog} "L is for Lily" turned out very nicely. Thanks to Y.Sarkozy for the commission and the suggestion to at some point actually Alphabetize the blog, and to A.Fleming for the hilarious suggestion of doing a series based on those weird creatures that live deep down in the ocean, ie: F is for Flat pink glow in the dark boomerang creature.

As always from now until Christmas letters are three for $150.00, custom orders are extra depending on the complexity of the order.

hope all is well out there Shoppers,

A.S.Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Here's a custom order, it turned out very sharp.

madcraftshoppe@live.com

take care,

A.S Hahn

Hello Shoppers how is your summer going ? Above (top) is a commission for some true alphabet block letters that were a pleasure to make and below are two requests for letters that add to our ever expanding selection of styles. Sorry to make this a short post, but I have to get back to the ease.

As always Alphabet letters are twelve x twelve inches, acrylic on canvas, sixty dollars each. And for our summer special you can order three for one hundred and fifty dollars.

all the very best, talk to you soon

A.S Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Sunday June Eighth, we will be at "Karen Found It" in Mirvish Village , right across from the Victory Cafe, for Pedestrian Sundays, come on by and say Hello.

madcraftshoppe@live.com

A.S Hahn

We are extended at Kahawa Coffee House until the end of the month so head on over to check out the Alphabet Shoppe en masse and have a wonderful coffee/tea on a beautiful day.

Thank you for all the emails regarding, "Children's Art Back Lash".

Take care, enjoy the weather

A.S Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

The Globe and Mail, Original Children's Art "backlash"

I don't know if any of you Shoppers read the Globe Living article on Tuesday, "Art that Junior will Drool For' by Tralee Simpson {I think that was the author's last name, apologies if I'm incorrect} about the people who bought original art for their child's room, I know did and I thought, exactly what you thought, why aren't they talking to Andrew Shay Hahn ? Kidding, moving on....

I was shocked at the reader responses {which if you are a fan of reading any comments in the online edition it just seems the people who post are bitter folk from brampton and the prairies} the anger and vitriol that people spat at new young parents, that original art for children will spoil them, it's a waste of money/time, that the child will never appreciate it, a woman said she hopes that she retires before these spoiled children enter the work force, that parents are putting their children at the center of their universe etc. Why were these people so incensed ?

I've been creating and selling these letters for almost two years, I have done many murals in childrens rooms, portraits of kids, why do people buy these letters ? Why do they want a mural for their child's room ?

It's called love.

As the artist who creates, yes I am paid by the parent, grandparent, friends/relatives - they are gifts, a gift is something you consider and pass on to another with love, that is the sole motivation. It has nothing to do with status, ego, entitlement, it's love, that's all.

I also enjoy making these things, it's fun,YES it does supplement my income, YES it is a market that I am addressing directly, it's fun though, if I didn't like doing it, I wouldn't do it, {If you know me, this is a indisputable fact, try to get me to do something I don't want to ? Good luck} I began making these letters as gifts for my friends, it has grown in a direction where I do make money from it, yet it began in a very honest place, what I find DIShonest is the anger that people are tossing around. It's like they never got a toy, smiled at a child, or even were a child.

I have many friends who are "young" parents I learn alot from talking to them, they suffer through the same difficulties as their own parents did, as mie did, but many of them are very candid about how they will rearrange their time to be with their child, they want to take their child places with them, they want to include that kid in everything they do, well if getting that kid a piece of art gives that parent a closer feeling to their child, I wouldn't want to be the one to get in their way and criticize them for that choice, what would that say about you as a person ?

just a few thoughts, all the best,
A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

P.S my friend Annie made me a sock monkey in the colours of the Jersey Devils {MY TEAM}, she gave it to me yesterday, it made me incredibly happy,I wonder what they'd say about that.....

"He's too old to receive a handmade gift."
"How dare she make something not in the Good Ol' White and blue."
"Sock monkeys created AIDS.",

Thankyou Annie I love him.

Red Dragon A-E, Green Dragon A-E Framed.

each piece approx. 12" x 30"

acrylic on canvas, stained white pine frame

one hundred and sixty dollars each.

Hey there Alphabet Shoppers from April 1rst - 13th we will be back at our favourite coffee shop in town, Kahawa to show the wonderful letters you see below. Since we've had the pinch on us for a few weeks the price of letters has been reduced at Kahawa but you have to drop in to take advantage of these deals.

Kahawa is located just steps from the Cloak and Dagger, just east of College and Bathurst on the North side of College. There will be no reception for this sale, just contact me here if you want to meet up, you can buy direct from Kahawa with comfort and ease.

all the best Alphabet Shoppers,

A.Shay Hahn

madcraftshoppe@live.com

http://madcraftshoppe.blogspot.com/

We're doing sets, people, these are six x six inches each letter and are sold five for seventy five dollars, you can also purchase the whole alphabet for Two hundred and seventy five dollars.

If you wish to order specific letters, it's a minimum order of five, each done in this "School House" style and not the more complicated Twelve x Twelve inch versions. Those are as always Sixty dollars each and three for One Hundred and Fifty dollars.

as always contact A.Shay Hahn here

madcraftshoppe@live.com

Ah the new year is upon us Shoppers and with that we will once more assault and delight you with many new styles in the Shoppe, I don't know about you but I am particularly fond of the "A is for Apples", and how will I know if you are if I never hear from you, so get in touch with Mr.Fun himself, A.Shay Hahn at

madcraftshoppe@live.com

unless of course you are a African king in some kind of trouble, or the contact person for the Euro Millions lottery, I apologize but even in two thousand and eight, we doubt your sincerity. {Really call Al Gore or someone from a Gap add}

{As always letters are sixty dollars each and three for one hundred and fifty for the months of January and Feruary, plus shipping costs}