Llaves Designs http://www.llavesdesigns.com piñatas and other life necessities Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:55:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Famous People Pinatas http://www.pinataexpert.com/2013/04/famous-people-pinatas.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2013/04/famous-people-pinatas.html#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 01:55:00 +0000 Meg Keys Recently had the luck of making Emma Watson and Derek Blasberg a birthday present!


]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/6380708646549872736/comments/default 0 HIT IT!!! New Product! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2013/02/hit-it-new-product.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2013/02/hit-it-new-product.html#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:07:00 +0000 Meg Keys
Want to make your pinata stand out even more at a party??? Grab one of these colorful Hitting Sticks!! You can customize them as always!

Also, coming soon... Llaves Designs Blind Folds, stay tuned!]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/7323031230187413685/comments/default 0 HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR TIME!!! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/11/holiday-craft-fair-time.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/11/holiday-craft-fair-time.html#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:52:00 +0000 Meg Keys Mark Your Calendars!! I'll be selling holiday pinatas at the up coming Build It Green Gowanus Crafted at the Canal Event... images to come!


]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/2442175278371421976/comments/default 0 It’s MAKER FAIRE Time Again!!! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/09/its-maker-faire-time-again.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/09/its-maker-faire-time-again.html#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:53:00 +0000 Meg Keys Just went out and bought a bunch of balloons and flour for my Maker Faire Pinata Prep work!  If you missed the awesomeness last year you should surely come this year as I think my booth is bigger and well, I learned how to deal with the masses from last years crowd!

See you all September 29th and 30th at this years New York Worlds Maker Faire!

Oh yeah, and this happened last year... so let's make it even better this year!

]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/8738796560046913316/comments/default 0 Donate to Bring Pinata Making to ABM http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/06/donate-to-bring-pinata-making-to-abm.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/06/donate-to-bring-pinata-making-to-abm.html#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:06:00 +0000 Meg Keys I'm working with some amazing folks at the Antique Boats Museum in Clayton, NY as well as the great gents of Mare Liberum to build boats this summer upstate. I want to also bring the skills of pinata making to the children of Clayton and we could use a little extra funding to ensure this happens.

Please check out our Kickstarted and if you feel so inclined- DONATE!!!


]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/4925379851949821788/comments/default 0 A little about your Pinata Mistress! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/06/little-about-your-pinata-mistress.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/06/little-about-your-pinata-mistress.html#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:33:00 +0000 Meg Keys I was super lucky recently to be interviewed by the very lovely and amazing Pauline Pechin of All That We've Met!  Check out the magic here:


]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/5009996394397098078/comments/default 0 The most AMAZING kind of anatomy. http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/05/most-amazing-kind-of-anatomy.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/05/most-amazing-kind-of-anatomy.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 02:41:00 +0000 Meg Keys Everything about this makes me so so so so very happy.


]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/6951989576457094538/comments/default 0 Pinatas are for ALL Ages! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/04/pinatas-are-for-all-ages.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2012/04/pinatas-are-for-all-ages.html#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 01:35:00 +0000 Meg Keys
I have recently been outragiously lucky to have been accepted in Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC), a community arts engagement program that places artists‐in‐residence at senior centers across the five boroughs of New York City. Through the program, 50 artists provide creative programming for seniors and present free public events displaying a diverse array of projects this spring and summer. SPARC is a collaboration among the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department for the Aging and the City's five local arts councils. The program was developed in 2009 as part of the Mayor’s Age‐Friendly NYC initiative, and is supported, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.  For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/culture. 

I have been teaching, as well as learning a lot I must say, for about two months at the Fort Greene Grant Square Senior Center. I have had the luck of getting to know some of the most amazing, passionate, spiritual, funny and unbelievably talented woman I have met in a long time. This has truly been a wonderful experience and I am really excited for our big Pinata Fiesta Thursday April 5th.

Here are some snapshots from the great workshops.
Special thanks to:



]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/20781606308522001/comments/default 0 It’s been a crazy few months!!! http://www.pinataexpert.com/2011/10/its-been-crazy-few-months.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2011/10/its-been-crazy-few-months.html#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:14:00 +0000 Meg Keys Wow- let me tell you! What an amazing last few months... I've been a busy time for sure. Just a few moments for recap:
  • Llaves Designs housed a booth at Maker Faire NYC and assisted almost 600 kids, parents and a few adults without kids who just wanted to make a mess.  It was such a great day that we actually took home a blue ribbon! We were Maker's Choice!

  • Years back I was asked to write a how-to-make-pinatas for BUST Magazine and I guess they put me in their anthology of crafters!!! WOOOHOOO! I haven't seen it yet but am excited to visit them at one of their book tours.
 
]]> http://www.pinataexpert.com/feeds/479696975053211484/comments/default 0 Now That’s One Way to Have a Birthday http://www.pinataexpert.com/2011/08/now-thats-one-way-to-have-birthday.html http://www.pinataexpert.com/2011/08/now-thats-one-way-to-have-birthday.html#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:52:00 +0000 Meg Keys
M&M's Pretzel's had a birthday party and decided to make a 46 foot pinata, now being the largest pinata ever created.  I am disappointed they did not find a giant to hit it open but am happy they chose to make it orange.

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