Earlier this month, one of our favorite indie celeb locals, Jan DiCintio of Daisy Janie, wrote a lovely post recapping her handmade purchases of 2009.  Guess what local shop made the list?  You guessed right!  Thank you, Jan, for your kind words and great buys.  How lucky were the good boys and girls on your Christmas list?!
From Jan’s post, here is a great pic of the items she brought home in 2009:
1. tinsel time linen teatowel from sara smedley
2. pinecone charm necklace from michabella creations
3. large zippered vegan tote from emily lazo
4. vintage …

Shame on me. I never did take a minute to publicly thank you for such an amazing first season. From the day our doors opened in September, we have been blessed with a stream of lovely, enthusiastic customers, admirers, and kindred spirits.

I must confess, we didn’t know you were out there….

I would like to invite you to another swell event at Hello Bluebird! Starting with a swingin’ opening reception this Friday evening (5-8pm), Hello Bluebird is hosting another terrific 3-day trunk show upstairs…

Good thing this isn’t a countdown of News Years resolutions, or I’d be off to a shaky start!  Nothing like trying to hang a new show, decorate the shop for the holidays, provide excellent customer service *wink*, AND start a new habit of daily journal entries all at once!  Ha!
So, to make it up to you, I’m going for TWO features in one day!  I’ll post the Day One item now, and Day Two tomorrow morning!  So, all day Wednesday, you can have 5% off of TWO fabulous artists’ wonderful …

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I pulled out a book that I snatched up at a shop somewhere in my travels as a sales rep called “The Book of New Family Traditions.” It is filled with ideas, old and new, for how to bring more meaning and ceremony into our daily and seasonal lives. Flipping through the myriad of clever ideas for every holiday and circumstance you can think of, I am particularly taken by the section on Advent calendars. Each year, we struggle to put more meaning into the holidays for our children…

I am very pleased to announce our second themed gallery exhibition, Sewing Circle.  I have been enchanted by the wave of embroidered and cross-stitched art that has been popping up in the crafty community over the past few years.  The pieces in this collection juxtopose seemingly familiar domestic arts with a modern longing for connection, gender roles, and personal discovery.
Needle arts have been a past-time of women for ages, a necessary domestic skill for mending and sewing clothing and other household sundries.  Traditional samplers provided practice and quiet occupation to …