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A Handmade Holiday

Kelly Orange — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 05:06:42 +0000

Need some great gift ideas? Why not handmade? Something special, unique, perfect… Well, I’m sellin’ my wares alongside an assortment of other San Diego creative peoples – super excited to bust out some fun stuff for this… http://boygirlparty.com/show/

The Handmade Holiday Pop Up Shop will take place on December 4, 2010 from 6-10pm at Space 4 Art’s classroom, located at 325 15th Street, San Diego, CA 92101.

Organized by San Diego crafters Susie Ghahremani of boygirlparty and Dain Bornstein of dainty* handcrafted, the Handmade Holiday Pop Up Shop is a craft market with a bigger goal; to foster a sense of community amongst San Diego crafters and artists.

Featuring non-traditional crafts and gifts created by artists and designers living in San Diego, The Handmade Holiday Pop Up Shop will bring together a variety of locally made artwork, fashions, accessories & gifts while providing an event for artists to meet and grow our craft community.

The pop-up shop includes items as diverse as handmade bath and body goods by Skinfolk, the quirky French-bulldog inspired artwork of Henri Hopper, reclaimed/recycled leather accessories by Domestic Nest, delicately handcrafted headbands by dainty*handcrafted, and animal-adorned stationery and t-shirts by boygirlparty. For a preview of vendors, please visit http://boygirlparty.com/show/

The first Handmade Holiday Pop Up Shop is taking place in conjunction with Space 4 Art’s massive Dec. 4th celebration: Artists Judit Hersko and Lea Dennis will have a reception beginning at 6pm for their most recent artwork. There will be a reception and live performances by John Meeks, Cascavell and Rio Peligroso. Guests will also have an opportunity to wander the maze of more than 35 open artist studios at Space 4 Art.

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Holiday Shows

Kelly Orange — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:33:06 +0000

A couple of awesome shows coming up – get your holiday art party fill (ps. best gifts ever)

Like the Orange Friendly Facebook Page for details on the shows, updates and photos of things we’re working on!

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Figuring out where to land-

Kelly Orange — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:47:19 +0000

Once upon a time I worked at a record store, where I held an art show & sold a piece to a nice guy who was really excited about buying it for his girlfriend.

It’s fun, I should sell more art. At some point I’ll run out of those tired prints & paintings from the record store days, and even college days. Hmmn, what happened.

Back to my story… You never know who’s wall your art is going to end up on, and most interesting to me is what wall does it end up on? What’s next to it, what’s below it, what room is it in…

One of my favorite things is years after seeing a piece leave my hands, finding the person who’s looked at it almost every day since.

We’d never met before she came to my office a few weeks ago and managed to put it all together & agreed to send me these pictures. Thanks Danica!

I’m in a completely different line of work now… a far cry from managing a tiny record store & having lots of art shows around town, but it happened.

How did I land in this position? Through a route of creative exploration, ever increasing dedication, an event that is Fruit of the Soul.

Working on it already.

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