Vendor Spotlight: Little Eye Designs

Some colorful selections from Little Eye Designs.  Hey, that’s me!  🙂

Big Thaw Barrettes from Little Eye

Tea Cup Candles from Little Eye

Pebbles Ring by Little Eye

Strawberries Earring and Barrette Set from Little Eye

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Vendor Spotlight: Patti Sandberg, Ceramic Artist

Just a quick pop-in – so busy in the week leading up to the Big Thaw!  Here is a nice little picture set of works from Patti Sandberg, whose work I’m sure you’ll recognize for its originality and function!  If you’re interested in the piece, just click on the picture for more info.  Enjoy!

 We’ll see you THIS SATURDAY at the Mayo Street Arts Center at 10 Mayo St., from 10am to 4pm the place’ll be hoppin’!

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Vendor Spotlight: {dwinal} vintage!

1950s Japanese Toy Car with Coffee Logo, $9.95, from {dwinal} on Etsy. Click to view listing!

Rise and shine, shoppers, and smell the (1950s Japanese, car-shaped) coffee!

Today’s vendor spotlight features the careful collection of Jennifer Collins of allsey and {dwinal}.  They’re actually two different things, so today we’re featuring {dwinal} and all it’s vintage glory.

JC’s got an extensive collection of house-shaped purses that are just about the sweetest things you can hope to find at a holiday sale.  I saw a Big Thaw customer walking away with a darling one last April, but no worries – there are still some left!  Here is a Big Chill favorite:

Click to view {dwinal} on Etsy: Wood Farm Purse, $52.

Jennifer knows it’s time to get ready for the Big Chill when there’s a layer of snow covering everything, which I’m personally hoping waits until Christmas Eve or thereabouts… but wouldn’t it be romantic if the snow was falling outside Mayo Street on December 3rd?  Mmm… pretty winter craft fair!

Just so that we’re not ending on a ‘thinking about layers of snow’ note, check out this vintage, tooled leather bag from {dwinal} that could totally be the feature on our next poster:

Tooled Leather Bag from {dwinal}, $95 on Etsy. Click to view listing!

Come meet Jennifer of {dwinal} on Saturday, December 3rd at the Mayo Street Arts Center, 10 Mayo Street, in Portland, Maine.  You won’t be disappointed!

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Applications are Here!

Wahoo!!  Applications for the 2011 Big Chill to be held on Saturday, December 3rd from 10am to 4pm (9-5 for vendors/set up time) are finally here!  Please download the .PDF (below) and snail mail it to the address listed on the second page of the application.

What’s new this winter for The Big Chill?  Well, other than the entire fair itself, we’ll be selecting vendors with a wide range of goods for all walks of life:  fashion-savvy ladies, vintage for dudes, moms and dads who love handmade, wellness afficionados, oh, the list goes on!  We’re also reducing the number of vendor spaces my a smidgen as the winter fair will mean more puffy coats and less room in the walkways – we just want to be safe!

Applications will be open from Saturday, October 1st through Monday, October 31st.  Please contact thebigthawportland at gmail dot com if you have any questions, comments, or know a business that would like to sponsor our event!

Here is the .PDF:

Big Chill Application

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Introducing: The First Annual “Big Chill”

Something’s brewing here in our little corner of Portland… stay tuned for updates because The Big Thaw’s cousin, The Big Chill will be happening this winter!

Not many details now, but soon to come.  Please share with your friends and contacts who might be interested in applying to be a vendor or coming as a customer!  They can either subscribe to blog updates from this website or contact us at:  thebigthawportland at gmail dot com  for updates via mailing list!

We promise to continue to make the website entertaining and informative about all the lovely sellers we will be hosting this winter.  Time to revamp!

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