Big Chill Poster!

That’s right, y’all.  This poster will soon be gracing the halls and walls of coffee shops, community centers and libraries everywhere.  This screen printed, limited edition of 100 will be for sale for $10 at the bar at The Big Chill on Sunday, December 2nd.  Yay to our local artists, Kris Johnsen and Meagan Anderson for putting it together!

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One More Week to Apply!

 

 

Opening our mail gets better and better by the day!  Here are some pictures from our inaugural sale to get you all excited about the holiday season:

little foxes by meagan and kris

 

ashley from a new heirloom setting up shop

mark from merchants row exchanging goods for currency

 

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Applications are Open!

Hello, interweb!  Well, we finally had a chance to sit down and bang out this year’s application for The Big Chill.  It’s happening on Sunday, December 2nd and we think you ought to join us!

If you just want to click on the link below you can download and print a .pdf of the application for your perusal.  Applications will be open through Wednesday, October 31st and vendors will be announced on November 1st!

Please fill out the application in full as we cannot consider any applications that are missing information. We are really looking forward to making it big this winter!

 

Click Here for The Big Chill 2012 Application!

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The Big Chill is December 2nd!

Hey-yo!  Hope you’ve all had an amazing summer at the beach, eating ice cream, going on vacation, visiting friends and family, yadda yadda yadda.  But get to work, little elves!  Because this year’s Big Chill will be Sunday, December 2nd at Mayo Street Arts Center in Portland, ME.

Applications are open on Monday, October 1st and will run through October 31st.  We’ll announce our vendors on November 1st!  More information about vendor fees, specific times, location and more will be available on the 1st with the applications.

Stay tuned, silly balloons!

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May 2012: Vendors Announced!

It’s official!  The 2012 Big Thaw vendors have been announced and listed right here.  Before you get going browsing these talented people while you should be doing real work at your desk (guilty as charged) I’d like to let y’all know that each vendor is featured once on the blog between now and the Big Thaw (Saturday, May 12 – the day before Mother’s Day!)

If you enter your email and click ‘Sign me up!’ at the bar on the right hand side you won’t miss a thing.  We promise to pack the spotlights full of big, beautiful pictures and not too much of the babbling.

Like what you see in the collage above?  The vendors (from left to right, top to bottom) are:    Bowerbird Handmade, Judy B Designs, Kris Johnsen, One Woman Studio, Meagan Anderson, Lilleputt Studio, Makings of Shanna Tice, Lillianka and Lofted Designs.

Get excited, Portland, Spring is coming soon!

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The Big Thaw will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 10am-4pm at the Mayo Street Arts Center at 10 Mayo St. in Portland, ME.  Can’t wait to see you there!  It’s the day before Mother’s Day – hard to forget!

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Big Thaw: Under Construction

Rustic Love from Little Eye

Last day of January!  Guess it’s time we start rolling out the applications and gearing up for The Big Thaw on Saturday, May 12th from 10am to 4pm.  We’ll be setting up shop at the Mayo Street Arts Center again, and we can’t wait to see you all there!  It’s the day before Mother’s Day, which we think is particularly auspicious.  We’re hoping the flowers will be popping their heads out of the ground by then, and by waiting a bit longer in to May hopefully it won’t be as chilly as last year’s Thaw!  😉

Applications will be up on the website by tomorrow at the latest, and we will be accepting them from February 1st through the 29th.  Yes!

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