SongSmith Gathering 2010 06/22/2010
 We participated in the 3rd annual Whimsical Art Sale preluding the SongSmith Gathering at the Porter Center on the Brevard College Campus Saturday. This was a small show only lasting part of the day. I think there was a total of 12 vendors, 2 food vendors and 10 art booths. For there to be so few vendors there was quite a variety of art among us. Live music was provided by The MoonShine Babies during the sale. News 13 even stopped by and got some footage of the event. And we were excited to find out a couple of our pieces made it on the news! There weren't many patrons for the Art Sale, but we did manage to sale a couple of items. I think the event was lacking in advertisement and signage, but I think there is lots of potential for an amazing event in the future. The Whimsical Art Sale was added to help create a buzz in the community for the SongSmith Concert. The concert was actually a benefit for SAFE, Inc; a non-profit for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. And what an awesome concert it turned out to be! Nikki Talley, Julie Lee, Beth Wood & Shannon Whitworth all preformed. If you missed it in 2010, you will definately want to check it out next year... www.songsmithgathering.com Also, I want to give a special thanks to Becky & John for coming all they way from Black Mountain to see us and for keeping us hydrated in the heat! Thanks guys! Add Comment And the year comes to an end... 12/10/2009
Well, we just finished our last show of the year with the Transylvania County Handcrafters' Guild. We didn't go out with quite as big of a bang as we would have hoped, but still a decent finish to this year. Overall, this hasn't been too bad of an introductory year into the crafting world. All together, we attended 7 shows, met a lot of friendly and helpful vendors, made some new friends and clientele and finally got our name out there in the crafting community. We can only hope it gets better from here. Hopefully, the economy will take a turn for the better and next year will be an even bigger year for us. We want to thank everyone who came out throughout the year to support us at our shows. We appreciate you guys more than you know. We will continue to work on new and exciting things throughout the holidays and look forward to see what next year has in store for us! Until then, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!    Hard Candy Christmas 12/03/2009
 The Hard Candy Christmas Show was great. Surprisingly, the Friday after Thanksgiving - Black Friday - drew in a fairly large crowd. Saturday slowed down quite a bit, but still a pretty good day for us. We designed a whole new setup / layout for our booth at this show. We were very happy with the way it turned out. We even got several compliments on our display, some from crafters we had never met before, and some from crafters who had seen us at previous shows and were impressed with the improvement. We also had several new items we introduced at this show. Our Christmas Ornaments were a big hit, especially the 'Christmas Tree' Ornament which was our top seller of the weekend. Aubrey made two 'IronWood' Trees to display the ornaments. Also new were the Painted Daisy Card Holders, Copper End Tables, Maple Table & the 'Harvest Moon' Copper Picture. Check out pictures of all the new items in our 2009 Photo Gallery. Doris Hunter from Mountain Artisans did a great job organizing the Hard Candy Show. We loved that the show was indoors, and the Ramsey Center at WCU was such a good location. The setup inside was really nice; a large mat covered the gym floor and curtains separated the crafters. We were in the middle of a center isle so we were happy with our spot. We liked being able to leave our stuff set up at night and not have to worry about anything happening to it. We went ahead and reserved our spot in next years SUMMERTIME Show the 4th of July weekend. Now we are getting ready for our last show of the year with the Transylvania County Handcrafters' Guild. Come and see us at the American Legion Building in downtown Brevard Friday Dec 4 & Saturday Dec 5 from 9 - 5 each day. The Twighlight Tour will also be going on Saturday so there will be lots to do... and they are saying there is an 80% chance of snow so come inside and get warm! Also, you can pick up some great Christmas presents for everyone on your shopping list. Hope to see you there!       Cashiers Valley Fall Fling 08/04/2009
I just wanted to give everyone a heads up about the dates for the Cashiers Valley Fall Fling. The show is going to be Labor Day weekend, Saturday & Sunday September 5 & 6. Hope you can come see us! 1 Day Down, 1 To Go 06/13/2009
I just woke up from a very needed nap. After going to bed around 2:00 AM last night and then getting up at 6:00 AM this morning we headed up to Cashiers for our first day at the Cashiers Valley Spring Fling. We did forget a couple of minor things (tablecloths) and our booth didn't look quite as fancy as some of the more experienced vendors, but overall I think we did pretty good throwing everything together at the last minute. The weather was perfect today, warm and sunny but with a cool breeze blowing. The park holding the show is a beautiful place with lush green grass and little paths that weave around. They had lots of large trees that provided shade from the hot sun. People and dogs of all sorts were walking around, mingling and browsing, or having a nice picnic in the shade. Bella had a wonderful time. She was our official greeter and thought that everyone was coming just to see her. She did do a good job getting peoples' attention and drawing them into our booth. She just sat there and looked at them with her adorable little face until they came in to pet her. I think we are going to hire her permanently.       Cashiers Valley Spring Fling 06/12/2009
Tomorrow and Sunday (June 13 & 14) we will have a tent at the Cashiers Valley Spring Fling! We are very excited but also very nervous since we have never been to a craft show as a vendor before. We are both at a little of a loss as to what we can expect, what we will need, how things will work and so on. Hopefully all will go smoothly and we will see a big turn out with lots of sales and orders! Be sure to come by and see us! Ok, now I am off to do all of the stuff we put off to until last minute, which is just about everything! I can already tell that this is going to be an exhausting weekend... but I'm sure it will be an experience. Hope to see you in Cashiers! Gallery Walk 05/23/2009
We had a great time last night at the Gallery Walk in Brevard. Since we have pieces in the 'Art Unleashed' - Art About Animals exhibit we attended the artists' reception, along with Bella, our Morkie puppy. (Morkie = Maltese + Yorkie). While we were out we wanted to browse the numerous art galleries in downtown Brevard. We were a little skiddish at first about walking into the fancy galleries with Bella, but we discovered that Brevard is surprisingly dog friendly. Each time we entered a gallery, we were welcomed with oooohs and aaaaahs and occasionally a dog biscuit. As a Brevard native, you would think I would be familiar with the goings on of downtown Brevard. I am regretful to say that I have not spent a lot of time visiting the shops or attending the festivals in Brevard. I always saw downtown as more of a tourist attraction and usually tried to avoid the area if at all possible. I will definately be spending more time exploring downtown Brevard and appreciating all of the wonderful culture our little town is so full of.   Surprise... 05/14/2009
So as luck would have it... we ended up getting to put some of our work in the 'Art Unleashed' Art About Animals exhibit at the TC Arts Council after all! The exhibit is open Monday - Friday from 10 to 4 and runs thru June 5. We are planning to attend the Artists' Reception on Friday, May 22 from 6 - 9 pm at the TC Arts building in Brevard. That Friday is also Brevard's 4th Friday Gallery Walk so there will be a lot of interesting stuff going on. Come see us and our work in person if you can! Unexpected Events 05/05/2009
Sadly we did not get to enter the 'Art Unleashed' Art About Animals exhibit at the TC Arts Council as we had planned. We had a death in the family last week so we have been a little pre-occupied. We do plan on trying to attend the Artists' Reception on Friday, May 22 around 6:00 if anyone wants to come mingle with us and meet our new puppy, Bella. Take a look at some pictures of Bella on our About Us page. And January Comes To An End... 02/02/2009
Well, our first Art Show has come and gone... Overall a good experience for us. We were a little disappointed that none of the art we had on display sold during the show, but it definately created a lot of interest in our work. We were also upset that we couldn't attend the 'meet and greet' reception since that was the weekend we were in Las Vegas. We were looking forward to hearing what people had to say about our work and maybe getting some suggestions for new pieces. The turn out for the reception this year was very good, 80 people attended. And we felt a little better about not selling anything after finding out that only 2 pieces sold the entire month, which is very unusual but given the state of the economy not surprising.  | ~ Shasta ~You can find out more about me by taking a look at our About page, and don't forget to look at all the new pictures in our Photo Gallery. ArchivesJuly 2010 CategoriesAll |
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