Mighty Find

Wow, it's been a long time since my last post. Since then, amongst other things, I've been working on acquiring inventory for my vintage store, Mighty Find, on ArtFire. Everything is ready to go; I just need to start taking pictures and listing items! Please stay tuned... I plan on "opening" it soon!

New Places

Today I stopped in two galleries I had never been in before. First was Sirani Gallery:

The paintings/works were all very high quality, many of them quite large, impressive and pricey (talking thousands of dollars here). I remember a large wooden bench (natural/organic-looking, beautiful)... it was priced at around $13,000. A portion of the gallery had these large, tall, vertical drawers that could be pulled out to reveal hanging paintings.

And secondly I went to Gallery Christine Frechard (accent mark above the e in Frechard). It's just two doors down from Sirani Gallery (the store Occasions is in between):

Inside, a variety of work was on display. Mixed media, some 3D pieces, some abstract pieces; I recognized a few mixed media works that I saw at the Three Rivers Arts Festival. The art here was considerably smaller (and probably less expensive) than in Sirani Gallery. Her gallery opened earlier this month and is not just an art gallery, but also a place for learning about culture via language, dance, music and art? classes. Pretty cool.

One other new place I stopped at today was the store Zipper Blues. It is a brand new women's clothing boutique and I am not sure if they are really officially open just yet (were still setting up when I went in... door was open). They have some pretty neat clothes in there, including some Pittsburgh sports team apparel.

art update

I splatter painted the jeans yesterday. Didn't quite turn out how I wanted, but I'm not that dissatisfied. Need to put them through the wash to make sure the paint doesn't come out (it shouldn't but just in case...).

Front:

Closeup:

Back:

Need to start gathering more pairs, in different colors if possible and sizes. Will probably experiment with various paint colors/combinations too, dilution/thickness, masking. Fun! May need to lay out more garbage bags (or better yet a large tarp?) next time... I got some paint on the paved lot behind our house and while I tried to wash, scrub as much away as I could, I didn't get all of it off... :/

Also just made these adorable earrings:

Hope I can sell the jeans and earrings at Handmade Arcade. If not, then I guess I'll start selling on Art Fire soon.

"20 Ways to Waste Your Money" on Kiplinger

I just found this Kiplinger article (via Dollarish) on 20 things that people waste their money on... worth a read. Check out the comments too! (Not sure about you, but many times I enjoy reading comments just as much as the original article.)

Three Rivers Arts Festival call for artists

The Three Rivers Arts Festival will be from June 4 - June 13, 2010 next year. Deadline for entries is February 10, 2010. See here for more info!

Win something... maybe.

Last night I found some sweepstakes at Elle.com via a Woman's Day article via a Yahoo news article. I'm not one to usually enter these things, but I figured why not? (And why not? Got nothing to lose!) There are various ones, for clothing, makeup, skincare items, etc. Check it out! You can enter once a day (so if you really want something make sure to visit the site daily!). I have entered for the RECO Jade Vine jeans, Eryn Brinie gift card and Shuella rain boots. Here is the link!

Pittsburgh's 1st Annual Boutique Crawl

Edit: I'm not very good with dates and sometimes I miss details (like dates) when I get excited or carried away with something. Turns out that this Boutique Crawl was this past weekend. Where was all the buzz for this event? I had no idea until I saw a sign in a store window today. Alrighty well yinz better keep an eye out for next year's... original post is below.

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Just found out about Pittsburgh's first annual Boutique Crawl! It is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (11-6 Fri. and Sat., 12-4 Sun.) and quite a few stores are involved (in Shadyside, Southside, Squirrel Hill and Lawrenceville). See here for full list of participating boutiques. And this is the event's website.

Sounds like fun!