There are all sorts of amazing things happening in November this year. I just happen to be involved in one of them each weekend leading up to Thanksgiving. Are you looking to plan your activities and maybe get a jump on some handmade Christmas shopping? Look no further.
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Back to School Shopping with Local is for Lovers
Somerville Local First, Local is for Lovers, and Arts at the Armory bring you:
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Quick trip to New Bedford today
Kelly and I decided to take a quick road trip down to the South Coast to New Bedford so we could catch the Charles W. Morgan before she left. It also gave us the chance to stop in at New Bedford Antiques at the Cove, one of our favorite antique malls anywhere and definitely one of our favorite places on the South Coast.
The Art of Craft
Singing Stones Jewelry will be a featured vendor this weekend at The Art of Craft at the Fayerweather School in Cambridge. This is a fundraising fair for the arts programs at the school. There will be live music, food, and lots of handmade pieces by craftspeople from all over the region.
Please come and bring the whole family. Admission is $5 per person with a maximum cost of $20 per family. Parking is FREE and the school is located just off of Route 2 and also off of the Rt 78 and 74 bus lines.
~Kelly
Mark your calendars! Cambridge Open Studios is coming!
Cambridge Open Studios is back, and this year it is all of Cambridge in only one weekend. Just like last year there will be a shuttle bus that will take you, for free, all over town. And, lucky for us all, the primary departure point will be at Cambridge College, 1000 Mass Ave, every hour on the hour. That also happens to be where I’ll be showing my work this year. I love it when a plan comes together.
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Thanksgiving: A Guide
In the United States Thanksgiving is a holiday that is supposed to be about celebrating bounty. The bounty of friends, family, togetherness, and food. It’s about the end of summer and fall, the harvest, and making one last big get together before the coming winter. (There are others who celebrate/mourn it differently, that’s not what this post is about.) It is about giving thanks for what we have before we might lose it to the cold, the dark, and the winter.
While Thanksgiving might be about conspicuous consumption of the food variety, some people choose to celebrate it in other ways. Some give back at churches, food pantries, and soup kitchens to those without a bounty to celebrate. Some get together and play football, roast marshmallows around a bonfire, or prepare for Christmas. Lots of people watch the parade or the dog show after eating too much. While there may be a lot of conspicuous consumption going on, Thanksgiving is patently not about the shopping variety. If you’re shopping on Thanksgiving, you’re doing it wrong.
Riverfest 2013 – tomorrow in Somerville, MA – welcome Fall with a BANG
Come join the party tomorrow at Assembly Row for Riverfest 2013. There will be Food Trucks, Live Music, a children’s play area, and, of course, ME.
Singing Stones Jewelry will be among the vendors. I’ll be joined by Elephant Gambit. We’ll be there all day joining in the festivities.
The band/performer lineup is here:
11:00am Eric Royer the one man Band
12:30pm Riverfest Contest Winner
1:00PM Jenna Lotti
2:00pm Frenchy and the Punk
3:00pm Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys
4:00pm The Grown Up Noise
5:00PM Peachpit
6:00PM Hot Club of Somerville
7:00PM Afrobrazil
The lineup of vendors is, well, awesome. We’ll be there 11:00am – 8:00pm. Come, bring the dog, and enjoy yourself.
~Kelly
Summer Jewelry Shows!
I have some shows coming up. This weekend and next I’ll be vending at ASSEMBLED and SLAM respectively. It should, hopefully, be a nice weekend so come on out this weekend and see me out by the Mystic River. Next weekend I’ll be in Davis square while Artbeat is going on so there will be lots to see.
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I have new stuff and a bunch of new vintage things on offer. Hope to see you there!
~Kelly
ASSEMBLED: Singing Stones Jewelry at Assembly Row
I’ll be showing in 4 shows at Assembly Row this summer. My first show is coming up this weekend. Geoff and I will be there in my red show tent. Come and see us. I have some new merchandise and some “new” vintage wares.
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What NOT to say when you’re at a craft show
I’ve done 4 shows in the last two weeks. It’s been tiring but fun. I met some really fun and really talented crafters, especially at Cambridge Open Studios. (COS is, by the way, also showing this weekend. Yes, you should go if you can. It’s amazing.)
What was striking was not only how great the community of crafters were to each other, but also how great most of the people visiting the show were to us. However, like any barrel of apples, there were a few rotten ones.
Everything listed below was actually said to me or one of the people I met over the last two weekends. When you’re at a craft show, don’t be this person.
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The Books are Taking Over... 