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: [...]
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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 »
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: Shaun Johnson Photography
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, craft, east bayside, east end, fair, hand me down designs, maine, malaika picard, munjoy hill, photography, portland, sale, shaun johnson, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our vendor spotlight on Shaun Johnson Photography is brought to you today by Malaika Picard of Hand Me Down Designs. Thanks, Malaika! ~~~ Although I’ve met Shaun before, I only recently became aware that he did photography. And after seeing his work, I was very impressed. I asked him a few questions about himself [...]
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: Boom Chick-a-Boom
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, arts center, baby hat, boom chick a boom, booties, calendar, community, craft, east bayside, east end, events, fair, ladies' fashion, local, local locate, maine, mayo street, molly angie, munjoy hill, portland, sale, spring, thaw, vintage, warm weather, women's apparel on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oh my goodness! Only four days left for us to create, stock up and pack up for The BIG THAW. We can’t wait to see you all there – in the meantime, a little goodness from Molly Angie at Boom Chick-a-Boom: We caught up with Boom Chick-a-Boom tonight and were dying to know [...]
Vendor Spotlight: A New Heirloom
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged a new heirloom, arts, ashley tyler, bathing suit, bikini, community calendar, crafts, dress, east bayside, east end, events, fair, jodphurs, leather, local, local locate, maine, munjoy hill, native american, necklace, peninsula, portland, sale, scarf, scarves, silk, spring, t shirt, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage, warm weather, women's apparel on April 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Happy sunny Sunday, everyone! I am about to go out the door for some breakfast at Marcy’s, but in the meantime let’s ogle over some goodies from Ashley Tyler: A New Heirloom. ~~~ Ashley Tyler is a recent Maine transplant whose work in the fashion industry is bringing muchas cosas to the Portland, ME apparel [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Mildred
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged apparel, april 16th, art, bags, beast, boots, card, community calendar, craft, east bayside, east coast, east end, event, fair, fowl, jackie dubois, jacqueline dubois, jewelry, kimono, maine, mayo street arts, mildred, munjoy hill, pillow, portland, sale, shoes, silk, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage, warm weather, woodland on April 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Oh my! Have you been outside yet today?? Yikes, it’s warm and all I needed to wear was a t-shirt and a cardigan! That doesn’t hurt at all, no sir. We’re hoping the weather is nice enough next Saturday that we can open the upstairs AND downstairs doors and all just breathe in that fresh, [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Emblem Studio
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged animals, art, craft, east bayside, east end, emblem studio, event, fair, graphic design, illustration, kris johnsen, lady lamb the beekeeper, last night on earth, local event, maine, munjoy hill, music, musicians, my morning jacket, portland, screen print, thaw, The BIG THAW, things to do, vintage, wolf parade, woodland, woods on April 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Capone and Mountain Dew Well, you just learned all about Meagan Anderson (half of our awesome-poster-making-team) so why not bring the goods on Kris Johnsen of Emblem Studio (the other half!) for a bit of internetty distraction? I asked Kris a few questions about his work, the fair and more: The BIG THAW: What new/favorite [...]
Vendor Spotlight: The Herbal Revolution
Posted in Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, craft, east bayside, events, fair, forage, forest city, garden, herbalist, kathi langelier, lincolnville, lotion, maine, mask, natural, oil, organic, portland, public events, sale, spring, tea, thaw, The BIG THAW, the herbal revolution, tincture, vintage on April 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Good afternoon, everyone! What with drawing up the floor plan, the systematic poster-ing of Greater Portland, and all kinds of press shenanigans (good ones) going on you can imagine I’ve been a little strapped for time. Luckily! The Herbal Revolution, owned by herbalist Kathi Langelier, is a company I’ve written about before after purchasing a [...]
Vendor Spotlight: Merchants Row
Posted in Uncategorized, Vendor Spotlight, tagged art, blocks, body surfing, counties, craft, east bayside, east end, fair, handboard, learning tools, letters, maine, mark marchesi, merchants row, michelle marchesi, munjoy hill, my little anchor, portland, puzzle, sale, spring, thaw, The BIG THAW, vintage, warm weather, wooden kids toys, world map on March 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday we featured the lady Marchesi (Michelle) from My Little Anchor. We now introduce the equally nautically-named Merchants Row from Mark Marchesi, the Mr.! On a personal note, I got to watch Michelle and Mark for two days last December during Picnic at the Irish Heritage center peddling their wares – the crowd could [...]
