Ok, duders! Time for some jewelry! Surprisingly, we had very few jewelry applications this year. One of them came from the wonderful Bethany of Sweet Sincerity jewelry, located way up there in Bangor, ME. In advance: thanks for driving down to see us, Bethany!! The beadwork of earrings, bracelets and necklaces at Sweet Sincerity have [...]
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Vendor Spotlight: Sweet Sincerity
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, arts center, bangor, bethany coulombe, craft, handmade, holiday fair, jewelry, maine, mayo street, portland, sale, southern maine, sweet sincerity, the big chill, vintage on November 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Thank You.
Posted in General Info, tagged art, craft, east bayside, east end, etsy, fair, handmade, local artists, maine, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, portland, sale, The BIG THAW, upcoming events, vintage on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What a fun day we had nearly three weeks ago! The BIG THAW elves are busily compiling photographs for your viewing pleasure. In the meantime… the rumors are true! The BIG FREEZE is slated to commence post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas of 2011. For more information on this upcoming event please subscribe to our blog in the field [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Melon Bee (Bevin Holmberg)
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged animals, art, art show, arts, arts center, bayside, bright color, community calendar, craft, east bayside, east end, etsy, event, events, fair, forest city, handmade, local event, maine, mayo street, mayo street arts, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, painting, portland, public events, sale, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage, warm weather on April 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Hola, readers! We caught up with Bevin Holmberg of Melon Bee who will be sharing her space at The BIG THAW with Melissa Bankhead, seamstress extraordinaire. We learned that Bevin is a recent Maine transplant (Welcome, Bevin!) and that she has a super cool ‘day job’ to help pay the bills… ~~~ The BIG THAW: [...]
Vendor Spotlight: David Jacobson Glass
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, art show, arts, arts center, celebrate, community calendar, craft fair, crafts, david jacobson, east bayside, east end, etsy, event, events, fair, forest city, functional, glass, handmade, heirloom, local event, maine, mayo street, mayo street arts, munjoy hill, photography, portland, public events, sale, southern maine, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, traditional, vintage, warm weather on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ohhh drizzle, drizzle. The weather’s forecasting cloudy and in the 40s for Saturday but as long as it’s ANYTHING but this we’ll be psyched! Actually, rain is a huge part of the thaw – after all, how would thirsty crocuses get what they need to start popping their heads out of the ground? Here’s [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Lulubeans
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, art show, arts, arts center, bayside, community calendar, craft, craft fair, crafts, diy, drop spindle, east bayside, east end, etsy, events, felt, fiber, forest city, handmade, little eye designs, local event, maine, mayo street, mayo street arts, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, portland, public events, sale, skein, spin, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage, warm weather, weave, wool, yarn on April 12, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today’s Vendor Spotlight is brought to us by Shanna Tice of The Makings of Shanna Tice. We thank her very much for her time spent putting all this great information together! You can find Lulubeans set up on the lower level of Mayo St. among the artist studios. Without further ado…. Lulubeans! ~~~ Soft, dreamy, [...]
Vendor Spotlight: eden.
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, body care, craft, east bayside, east end, eden, handmade, healing, maine, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, natural, no additives, portland, sale, small batches, south portland, The BIG THAW, vintage, wellness on March 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, well, well — what a beautiful day in Portland, Maine! At the end of a long week there was no better way to wind down by meeting up with Elise Loschiavo of eden. to go over her pure, natural, light, delicious products for her vendor spotlight feature. Eden lip balms are nearly weightless, Elise [...]
Forefront Fashion Feature
Posted in General Info, tagged art, coffee by design, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, handmade, maine, mayo street arts center, munjoy hill, peninsula, portland, poster, The BIG THAW, vintage on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Forefront Fashion Interview, Audrey Yapping, of course Portland aesthetics: unite! I met with Laura and Nate of Forefront Fashion at Coffee By Design on India St. the other night to go over some of the detail of The BIG THAW. Naturally, they posted a very flattering picture of me, some of The BIG THAW wares, [...]
Art Fer Yer Walls, plus Facebook is Awesome
Posted in General Info, tagged april, art, bayside, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, forest city, handmade, holiday, maine, mayo street arts, munjoy hill, portland, public events, sale, spring, The BIG THAW, vintage, vintage sale on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Speechless! I’ve literally never written a check for anything so cool as 100, limited edition, four-color screen prints of a fox, a bunny rabbit and two birds. All of them signed and numbered, ready to share with the local universe (and beyond!) I’ve made an Etsy listing for local people, click here if you’d [...]
