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Bee Love Summer Fresh Art Prints & Notebooks

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Introducing our new “Bee LOVE” illustration! My ode to all things wildflower, garden blooming, and crop pollinating.

Our “Bee LOVE” illustration has a sweet double meaning, by adding more love and joy into the world. Something every single body needs more of, no matter who you are. ❤️

⇑ Bee LOVE art print, in Sweet Cream. Also available in Crisp White and Garden Green.

ART PRINT DETAILS:

⇒ The art print versions of  our “Bee LOVE” illustration comes in 3 colorways: Garden Green, Sweet Cream, and Crisp White.

⇒ All color options shown below.

⇒ “Bee LOVE” is also available in 3 standard US sized frame options too: 8×10 inches  / 11×14 inches (as above) / and 13×19 inches (as below) too.

⇑ From top left to bottom left: Colorway options are: Garden Green, Sweet Cream, and Crisp White. Framed “Bee LOVE” art print shown is 11×14 inches.

⇑ Our Bee LOVE giclee art print in Garden Green, using a magnetic wooden slat print hanging system.

Adding to the double-meaning good vibes, we’ve released this design as both an art print and also double-sided sketch & notebook journals too.

Bee LOVE is also available as a beautiful new notebook, sketchbook or journal featuring a double-sided illustration of this field of tall flowers and a sweet honey bee on both the front and back covers. One side is Sweet Cream, the other side is Deep Garden Green.

Plan a garden, sketch your flowers, write your thoughts and embrace summer with us.

We love these sketchbook journals so much. The heavy duty paper is a dream and we’ve oriented the illustrations so that you get to choose which side and colorway (Garden Green or Sweet Cream as above) will be your front & back covers too. Yay!

Both the art prints of Bee LOVE and the Sketchbooks are available and ready to ship here at our website shop and also here in our Etsy store too.

Let’s Summer! 🌸

⇑ Detail close-ups of our “Bee LOVE” hand drawn design.

NOTEBOOK DETAILS:

⇒ With a sturdy black metal spiral binding, you can either use the dark green or the summer cream as your “front cover”. We laid our these journals so that when you flip your notebook over the artwork is facing the right way. So you get to choose which color is your cover! 🎨

⇒ Added bonus – these notebooks are perfect for left-handed folks too.

⇒  Sized at 7.5in x 10in our Bee LOVE notebooks are small enough to tote and carry easily. But large enough to actually jot down your thoughts, draw out garden plots, and/or sketch & make art. ❤️

⇒  32 heavy duty drawing paper pages and a matte velvet laminated softcover that feels great in your hands. 💙

⇒ The interior pages are a hefty 80lb card stock. That makes these garden journal sketchbooks pages a lovely, beefy, matte finish that’s a joy to sketch, draw, and write in and create. 💚

⇒ Record your thoughts, plan your garden, sketch with pens, pencils, or gouache paints, or just have the happiest to do list notebook ever! ✏️

⇑ My personal “Bee LOVE” sketchbook & pencil on our patio in the sun, ready to sketch!

 

 

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Our Beautiful New Illustrated 2024 Wall Calendars Are Here!

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2024 Wall Art Calendar: Fresh new art for brand new starts. All year long.

Hello there friends!

As promised, we’re dropping a quick announcement that our limited edition 2024 Wall Calendars are here! Available in both our Etsy Shop and website store. Click any images to see more!

We designed our very first limited edition flip Wall Calendars last year for 2023, and not gonna lie, they sold out super dang fast. We even had to sneak in a rush 2nd printing last year to keep up. Even so, they still sold out before the Holidays. Whoa!

 

 What will your January look like? Let’s make it cozy, hygge, and bright!

 

Yay! But also? Sad trombones for those who weren’t able to get one for 2023.

GOOD NEWS: We are doing a bit larger of a run this year, hooray! But, do note that this is a limited edition Wall Calendar and we won’t be adding a second print run this year. So when they’re gone? They’re really gone forever.

 

Our Wall Calendars were a hot friends & family gift item for the Holidays last year and we can’t even begin to tell you how much it means when our art is gifted to loved ones. So much gratitude here for bringing our art into your homes, thank you!

 

Sweet birds tending to their winter berry tree deep in December.

The Details:

  • All new art, beautifully printed in vibrant & deliciously saturated full color right here in Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Size: A fits-just-about-anywhere 12.5 inches (tall) x 7 inches (wide).
  • Each month features a handy list ready for you to customize with fun events and activities. Never forget to take the time to go blueberry picking in July ever again!
  • Chock full of illustrated seasonal sweetness for each month of the year.
  • Printed on crisp, sturdy, bright white FSC® Certified / SFI® Certified Sourcing / and Rainforest Alliance Certified® Cougar paper.

Front cover, October and back cover with a preview of all 12 months for 2024.

Wanna dig a little deeper?

Being a history nerd, Allison revisited the history of calendars a teeny bit and came across the writer Jean Hersey and her 1967 book The Shape of a Year, thanks to the lovely blog series Lost Ladies of Garden Writing by gardening writer humorist (who knew that was a thing?) Carol Michel. If a memoir of marking out one year via the change of seasons, which birds, insects, & critters come to visit a yard while gardens grow, die back, and grow again appeals? Then this wholesome slice of Mid-Century America is for you too.Pro-tip: Allison’s used book secret treasure trove is AbeBooks.

 

Thanks so much for reading this far! Wishing you a cozy Autumn!
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Virtual Three Rivers Arts Festival – 2020 Coronavirus Edition

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The strawberryluna booth at a previous Three Rivers Arts Festival. (Photo credit Larry Berman.)

2020, what a year. Already. Normally I would be in our booth in downtown Pittsburgh right now at the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Unsurpisingly many art festivals and fairs had to cancel this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing. The wonderful and huge 10 day long Three Rivers Arts Festival is clearly among them. Typically drawing in up to 500,000 visitors over the course of the Festival, TRAF transformed into a virtual Festival this year from June 5-14, 2020. Why? As the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Says: “Because art matters, and that’s really the heart of our iconic, one-of-a-kind Festival. We wouldn’t miss it for the world. Read our full statement here and follow us @CulturalTrust for updates.”

This time is challenging all around, and art festival artists like us are especially hard hit. For us personally, art fairs and festivals make up about 60% – 75% of our annual business and sales. Meaning that we expect to lose 60% – 75% of our studio’s income this year. So the financial loss is massive to full time working artists. Additionally we are truly missing the lively and fun in-person interactions with thousands of people talking about everything from art, to movies, to dogs, to yes…the rain! The best part about this Virtual Arts Fest? Rain won’t be an issue!

Three Rivers Arts Fest built a really beautiful website with lots of ways to find and share your favorite parts of the Three Rivers experience, click around and explore! All of the artists would be immensely grateful for any support. One benefit to the Virtual TRAF? We ship! Anywhere and everywhere. So you don’t even have to find parking, or wade through crowds. Our website shop is here, and our Etsy Shop with our new line of Petite Prints is here. You can explore the Virtual Artists Market here and visit the artists social media accounts to see how we make our work, or visit our websites (like ours here) and web shops too to buy original art from hard working, and now hard hit artists from around the country.

Our Pittsburgh, City of Bridges Prints in grey. Teal is also available and both colorways come in different sizes. And yes! Can be bought together or separately.

We know this time has been and will continue to be very hard for so many. We have been making substantial donations to organizations that are dedicated to doing the most good like the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and more. And we will continue our weekly donations of all online sales to direct action organizations throughout these times for as long as we can. So each purchase from us also helps many in our community. For real.

Our Peacebird hand pulled silkscreen art print. Available in our online shops!

Below are some of the other ways to explore the 2020 Virtual Three Rivers Arts Festival. Click on the images to go and check them out.

And finally, we hope that you stay safe and well during the pandemic and this time.

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Hello Handmade Arcade 2019!

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Hooray! Hooray! It’s finally Handmade Arcade Time! Our favorite show of the year is the 15th annual incredible showcase of handmade artists, makers, and crafters not just from around the Western PA region but from around the country.

We will have many new goodies and classic favorites at our booth for all of your Holiday gift and Treat Yo’self needs!

Details on all 3 ways to experience Handmade Arcade, do Handmade Arcade are below:

  1. Friday Night Preview Party, Friday, December 6 5:30 to 8 p.m
  2. Early Birdie Shopping Hour, tickets $15
  3. Handmade Arcade Official on Saturday December 7th itself, FREE TO ATTEND!

Hours & Location:

  • The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is located at 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
  • Handmade Arcade proper is from 11am-7pm on Saturday December 7, 2018 – one day only! And Handmade Arcade is FREE TO ATTEND.
  • The Friday Night Preview Party: is the night before Handmade Arcade on Friday December 6, 2019 from 5:30 – 8pm for $20.
  • Early Birdie Shopping Hour: is a great way to experience Handmade Arcade minus the crowds and enjoy the exclusive opportunity to shop one hour before the event opens to the public, from 10-11am on Saturday December 8, 2018 for $15.

Handmade Arcade presents an annual marketplace that:

  • Showcases 250 innovative craft-based artists, designers and makers from around the region and country
  • Empowers makers of all ages
  • Recruits emerging and established artists, new and returning vendors and under-served audiences
  • Features arts groups, nonprofits and individual artists in its popular Hands-on Handmade Activity Area
  • Bolsters the local craft and maker economy
  • Connects artists to more than 12,000 attendees in one day
  • Stimulates economic opportunity and growth
  • Features never-before-seen emerging artists in its Craft Corridor
  • Supports Youth Makers through a scholarship program

 

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Holiday Chalet in Market Square 2019

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It’s the Holidays yinz!

And we’re so happy to be back as vendor-artists the 8th Annual Peoples Gas Holiday Market again this year. The Market will kick off on Friday, November 23rd on Light Up Night and will run through December 23rd, 2018. We at strawberryluna are sharing an adorable & hygge af wooden Chalet (see below) with our friend Worker Bird right Downtown in Market Square. We have so many new handmade holiday gifts and wares like our Pittsburgh Bridges Prints, Tea Towels, PGH Ornaments, Enamel Pins, PGH Mugs and more! All of which are perfect for gift giving for friends, family, and even just for you! Come out and get into the Holiday spirit!
Experience a one-of-a-kind shopping village as you stroll through an illuminated Market Square, weaving through wooden chalets brimming with high-quality gifts. Click here to see a list of vendors.

Inspired by the original German Christkindlmarkts (or “Christmas Market”), the Peoples Gas Holiday Market brings a cherished European tradition to Pittsburgh with an international flair, a touch of local charm, and a pinch of sugar, spice, and everything nice. From Friday, November 16th – Saturday, December 23rd, drop on by Market Square in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh to see for yourself! As you weave through the Alpine-style wooden chalets, brimming with high quality gifts, you’ll experience a one-of-a-kind holiday shopping experience.

Location & Hours:

Peoples Gas Holiday Market
2 Market Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

November 22 – December 23, 2018

Monday – Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
(Closed Thanksgiving)

 

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Come see us at the 3 Rivers Arts Festival Pittsburgh!

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Hello there Pittsburgh, it’s Arts Fest Time! Come join us at Three Rivers Arts Festival where we will be showing in the wonderful Artists Market for the 1st Gateway Session! Find us at Booth #74 on Gateway Plaza – but note that we’ll ONLY be in the Artists Market from Friday June 6th – Tuesday night June 11th (and then a whole new set of artists will be in the Market for the next week) each day from 12 noon – 8pm. Handy Market Map below!

Along with a huge lineup of music (click here) and art events, and gallery openings the Artists Market features over 350 nationally recognized artists and craftspeople throughout the 3 Rivers Arts Fest, a real Pittsburgh tradition. We’ll be there for 5 days only in the 1st Session on Gateway Center at Booth #74 from Friday June 7th – Tuesday night June 11th with a fresh crop of new Art Prints including some smaller versions of our Pittsburgh Bridge Prints, and Rock Posters and many more new goodies like Tea Towels and Enamel Pins too.

For a full list of Artists Participating in the Market click here.

The Details:

WHAT: The Pittsburgh Three Rivers Arts Festival, now in it’s 60th year!

DATES: June 7 – 16, 2019

ARTIST MARKET HOURS: 12-8pm each day.

LOCATION: Downtown Pittsburgh, PA in and around Gateway Center & Point State Park primarily, but events are happening all over Downtown. Click here for the full Event Schedule..

ARTIST EXHIBITORS: Over 350 fine art and contemporary craft artists come from around the country to show in the Artists Market, representing the highest quality work including painting, photography, mixed media, printmaking, garden sculpture, ceramics, glass, wood, furniture, metal, jewelry, wearables and so much more. The Artists Market has multiple sections and changes many times throughout the Festival so do check out the Artists List here with dates and Booth locations.

 

 

 

 

 

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Come Out To Handmade Arcade With Us!

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Hooray! Hooray! It’s finally Handmade Arcade Time! Our favorite show of the year is the 14th annual incredible showcase of handmade artists, makers, and crafters not just from around the Western PA region but from around the country.

We will have many new goodies and classic favorites at our booth for all of your Holiday gift and Treat Yo’self needs!

There are 3 ways to experience Handmade Arcade, the regular show day:

  1. The Cutting Edge Fundraiser, tickets $30-$40
  2. Early Birdie Shopping Hour, tickets $20
  3. Handmade Arcade itself, FREE TO ATTEND!

Details on all 3 ways to do Handmade Arcade are below:

Don’t miss Handmade Arcade’s inaugural benefit event on Friday night! (Open to ages 18+.) Tickets are available for The Cutting Edge HERE.

  • GET A FIRST LOOK at the market the night before it opens to the public
  • SHOP EARLY from more than 170 featured vendors (from a total of 239)
  • MEET THE MAKERS from Pittsburgh and beyond
  • MINGLE with Pittsburgh’s craft community
  • ENJOY snacks and cider, craft activities and make-and-takes
  • HELP SUPPORT Handmade Arcade, the region’s largest independent craft fair, and its community of innovative craft-based artists, designers and makers

Lots to do and make!

  • Sip Crafted Apple, an exclusive collaborative release from Threadbare Cider and Handmade Arcade
  • Assemble your own crafty goodie bag
  • Create a glass mosaic with artist Debbie Jacknin
  • Watch live demonstrations from Pittsburgh Glass Center
  • Make block prints with WorkshopPGH
  • Laser cut a custom wood or leather key fob with Protohaven
  • Bid on fabulous silent auction items
  • Music by DJ Jeff Bower
  • Cash bar
  • Light bites

Proceeds will support:

  • Free admission to Handmade Arcade
  • Free Hands-on Handmade Activity Area for all ages
  • Youth Maker Scholarship Program for ages 16-18
  • Craft Corridor for emerging artists

 

 

Want to beat the crowds and get a first look at all of the handmade wares?

Purchase an Early Birdie Shopping Hour ticket and enjoy the exclusive opportunity to shop one hour before the event opens to the public!

Saturday, December 8, 2018
10 – 11 a.m.
Tickets cost $20

Early Birdie ticket holders will receive a black cotton tote bag custom designed by Handmade Arcade vendor Kim Fox (Worker Bird) and filled with crafty coupons and surprises from this year’s event sponsors and vendors.

Children 12 and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult to the Early Birdie Shopping hour. A limited number of tickets available.

Hours & Location:

  • The David L. Lawrence Convention Center is located at 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
  • The Cutting Edge: A Fundraiser for Handmade Arcade & Preview Party: is the night before Handmade Arcade on Friday December 7, 2018 from 5:30 – 8pm for $30-$40. Tickets are available for The Cutting Edge HERE.
  • Early Birdie Shopping Hour: is a great way to experience Handmade Arcade minus the crowds and enjoy the exclusive opportunity to shop one hour before the event opens to the public, from 10-11am on Saturday December 8, 2018 for $20. Tickets are available for Early Birdie Shopping Hour HERE!
  • Handmade Arcade proper is from 11am-7pm on Saturday December 8, 2018 – one day only! And Handmade Arcade is FREE TO ATTEND.
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Holiday Market Downtown in Market Square!

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It’s the Holidays yinz!

We are going all in are thrilled to be a vendor the 7th Annual Peoples Gas Holiday Market again this year/ The Market will kick off on Friday, November 16th on Light Up Night and will run through December 23rd, 2018. We at strawberryluna are sharing an adorable & hygge af wooden Chalet (see below) with our friend Worker Bird right Downtown in Market Square. We have so many new handmade holiday gifts and wares that are perfect for gift giving for friends, family, and even just for you! Come out and get into the Holiday spirit!
Experience a one-of-a-kind shopping village as you stroll through an illuminated Market Square, weaving through wooden chalets brimming with high-quality gifts. Click here to see a list of vendors.

Inspired by the original German Christkindlmarkts (or “Christmas Market”), the Peoples Gas Holiday Market brings a cherished European tradition to Pittsburgh with an international flair, a touch of local charm, and a pinch of sugar, spice, and everything nice. From Friday, November 16th – Saturday, December 23rd, drop on by Market Square in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh to see for yourself! As you weave through the Alpine-style wooden chalets, brimming with high quality gifts, you’ll experience a one-of-a-kind holiday shopping experience.

Location & Hours:

Peoples Gas Holiday Market
2 Market Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

November 16 – December 23, 2018

Monday – Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
(Closed Thanksgiving)

 

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A Fair In The Park 2018!

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Hello Pittsburgh friends! It’s time for the 49th Annual A Fair In The Park! And it’s so nice for us to do a show here at home. So come on out and see us + 105 other amazing handcraft artists from around the region. We will be Booth #71, in the lower section.

A Fair In The Park – Friday September 7th – Sunday September 9th, 2018 at Mellon Park, in Pittsburgh PA. Presented by the Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh, entirely artist run A Fair in the Park is held in the lush surroundings of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Park. An estimated 20,000 dedicated visitors enjoy the opportunity to interact with over 100 regional and national artists working in a variety of mediums including clay, fiber, wood, jewelry, glass, metal, mixed media, and two-dimensional art. For more info CLICK HERE.

  • What A Fair In The Park, is held in the lush surroundings of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Park. An estimated 20,000 dedicated visitors enjoy the opportunity to interact with over 100 regional and national artists working in a variety of mediums including clay, fiber, wood, jewelry, glass, metal, mixed media, and two-dimensional art. A Fair In The Park is FREE to attend and very family friendly!
  • Where: is held in the lush surroundings of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Park located at 6300 Fifth Ave. Pittsburgh PA 15232 in Shadyside / Point Breeze.
  • When: September 7-9, 2018. The show hours are FRI: 1pm-7pm, SAT: 10am-7pm, and SUN: 10am-5pm.
  • Why: Because local & handmade are best!
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3 Rivers Arts Fest Time!

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Dear Pittsburgh, it’s Arts Fest Time! Come join us at Three Rivers Arts Festival where we will be showing and vending along with hundreds other nationally recognized artists and craftspeople for the amazing Artists Market. Find us at Booth #76 on Gateway Plaza – but note that we’ll ONLY be in the Artists Market from Friday June 1st – Tuesday night June 5th (and then a whole new set of artists will be in the Market for the next week) each day from 12 noon – 8pm.

For the full music line up, click here. Here’s a map of the Gateway Center Artists Market, and the full map is just a bit farther down for you.

Three Rivers Arts Fest – This year the Festival runs from Friday June 1 – Sunday 10, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA. Yay! We love Three Rivers Arts Fest!  *BUT PLEASE NOTE* we will ONLY be in the first 5-day session on Gateway Plaza at Booth #76 from Friday June 1st to Tuesday June 5th – ONLY.

The Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, a production of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, is a celebration of the arts in downtown Pittsburgh unlike any other in the nation. For more info CLICK HERE.

Full 3 Rivers Arts Fest Market Map Below, with just Gateway Center (where our booth is!) below that.

DATES: June 1 – 10, 2018

ARTIST MARKET HOURS: 12-8pm each day.

LOCATION: Downtown Pittsburgh, PA in and around Gateway Center & Point State Park.

ARTIST EXHIBITORS: There will be literally hundreds of fine art and contemporary craft artists from around the country representing the highest quality work including painting, photography, mixed media, garden sculpture, ceramics, glass, wood, furniture, metal, jewelry, wearables and so much more. The Artists Market has multiple sections and changes many times throughout the Festival so do check out the Artists List here with dates and Booth locations.

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Designer Discard this Saturday!

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DESIGNER DISCARD IS BACK!! This year Designer Discard is at Spirit Lodge from 11am – 4pm on Saturday April 28th, 2018.

Designer Discard is a one of a kind experience. Sort of like if all of your favorite local designers and makers had like, a giant yard sale, but way better. Because that’s EXACTLY what Designer Discard is. We only ask designers and artists to sell their handmade designer seconds, vintage items, & second hand goods. Be sure to come hungry for Spirit’s family-friendly brunch or treat yourself to an option from the bar.

What are we bringing? We will have a slew of our misprints and goofups for sale at extremely great awesome low prices. Come sift through minorly scuffed, dented, and ink splotched hand silkscreen printed pieces. Things that look great framed! But we can’t sell them online due to the individual nature of each piece. Exhibits below. ONE DAY ONLY!

Designer Discard is a FULLTIME Festival Event – FULLTIME is proudly presented by our friends at Monmade ♥

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The National Aviary “Wings & Wildlife Show” & Maker Challenge Artists

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The Wings & Wildlife Art Show is the The National Aviary’s annual juried show highlighting Wildlife Artists from across the region. We are happy to announce our first ever participation in this show as one of the 18 Makers selected for the National Aviary Maker Challenge, a collaborative effort with Bridgeway Capital’s Craft Business Accelerator and MONMADE. Some of the products, such a prints, tea towels, greeting cards and tote bags that we designed exclusively for The National Aviary as a part of The Maker Challenge are below!Approximately 40 artists will be selected to include their work in the show in November and will be set up throughout the lovely National Aviary’s spaces.

Wings & Wildlife Art Show dates and times for 2018 are:

  • November 2, 2018  6:00pm-10:00pm  Opening Soiree & Benefit Auction (ticketed fundraiser for National Aviary)
  • November 3, 2018  10:00am-5:00pm  Wings & Wildlife Art Show at the National Aviary
  • November 4, 2018  10:00am-5:00pm  Wings & Wildlife Art Show at the National Aviary

The National Aviary’s call to be a part of Wings & Wildlife Art Show is open until April 30, 2018 and if you are interested in participating you can apply here. 

For more info check out this article in the Pittsburgh Tribune Review about the 2018 Wings & Wildlife Show or visit The National Aviary’s Wings & Wildlife Call for Artists Here.

 

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National Aviary Maker Challenge – Roseate Spoonbill

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The National Aviary is America’s only independent indoor nonprofit zoo dedicated exclusively to birds. Located in right here in Pittsburgh, on the historic North Side, The National Aviary’s diverse collection comprises more than 500 birds representing more than 150 species from around the world, many of them threatened or endangered in the wild.

On July 1, 2017 The Aviary announced The Maker Challenge, a partnership with the Monmade, which is trade group for creative, maker-based entrepreneurs that we are a part of here in Pittsburgh and we were honored to be among the 18 chosen local makers for The Maker Challenge.

The Maker Challenge features one local craft business, maker enterprise, or entrepreneurial artist each month who have been hand selected to create new and exclusive products for their gift shop. Each Maker was assigned a particular bird and month in the Aviary to highlight the conservation struggles and efforts worldwide for that particular species.

Our month is March 2018 and our special bird is The Roseate Spoonbill, a wading bird of the ibis family with distinctive white, buff-yellowand pink feathers. Once common, the Roseate Spoonbill was avidly hunted for its plumagein the US to near-extinction in Mid-to-Late 1800s. Now returning and found in the coastal Gulf regions of the Southern US, as well as in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Shown here (and the last photo below) are some of the illustrations and designs that we created exclusively for The National Aviary to carry in their gift shop, and available there through the summer of 2019. Our suite of products include prints of all 3 of the above illustrations in 2 standard sizes (8×10 and 114×14 inches), as well as greeting cards, tea towels and canvas tote bags too.

As a part of our Maker Challenge Month, Allison did a silkscreen print demo at the The National Aviary onto blank greeting cards of our new Peace Dove design that also double as a coloring page that both the little ones and grown ups can color, (or leave as is in striking black & white) to frame or to send to friends and family. If you are heading to The National Aviary in March, definitely drop by the front entrance gift shop and check out our Roseate Spoonbill exclusive pieces, as well as the items from some of the previous artists in The Maker Challenge!

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Come Christkindlmarkts With Us @ People’s Gas Holiday Market!

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Downtown Pittsburgh for the Holidays

We’re getting extra hygge with it for the Holidays this year! Come Downtown and join in the festivities all season long with 3 local, handmade maker/artists (ourselves Allison & Craig here at strawberryluna, our friend Kim Fox of Worker Bird and Kirsten Lowe-Rebel of KLoRebel) as we pop-up our 1st ever Holiday Shop in beautiful Market Square through the Holidays!

We are 3 Pittsburgh artists, and a part of the new Monmade craft entrepreneurial trade group here in Pittsburgh, and are sharing an adorable Chalet for the duration of the People’s Gas Holiday Market. We’ll be nestled with many other vendors in Market Square in our Chalet Shop 7 days a week through 12/23/17 (yes, for 6 weeks yep!) offering our hand crafted goods, all made right here in Western, PA by our hands. It’s pretty special yinz.

Screen Shot 2017-11-23 at 11.56.24 AMMonmade is a trade group of regional craft businesses, maker enterprises, design/build shops, and entrepreneurial artists. Monmade Producers use traditional handwork processes and manufacturing technologies to transform raw and reclaimed materials into products that have utility, durability, and good design.

See our Chalet Shop below (photo by the talented Matt Dayak) and come find us in Market Square through 12/23!

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Inspired by the original German Christkindlmarkts (or “Christmas Market”), the Peoples Gas Holiday Market brings a cherished European tradition to Pittsburgh with an international flair, a touch of local charm, and a pinch of sugar, spice, and everything nice. From Friday, November 17th – Saturday, December 23rd, drop on by Market Square in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh to see for yourself! As you weave through the Alpine-style wooden chalets, brimming with high quality gifts, you’ll experience a one-of-a-kind holiday shopping experience.

Below is just a small sample of work by strawberryluna, Worker Bird and KLoRebel

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The Market features 35 vendors of unique gifts that can’t be found anywhere else in Pittsburgh. The Market will be open daily (except for Thanksgiving) through Saturday, December 23. To see the complete list of vendors, click here.

Pittsburgh Today Live stopped by and chatted with us, here’s a fun little piece on our Chalet here!

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-kdkatv/3770457-peoples-gas-holiday-market-opens-in-market-square/

This year, the Holiday Market will showcase some fantastic local talent with live performances. And of course, be sure to visit Santa in his Downtown Pittsburgh home, right in the heart of the Holiday Market. By making a donation to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank (suggested $5), you will receive a complimentary photo with Santa!

With a twinkle of lights, a few flurries in the air, and a warm drink in your hands, who knows…the Holiday Market might become a bit magical, if you just believe.

Mark your calendars now! The Holiday Market will open on November 17th for Light Up Night, and will remain open until December 23rd. 

HOURS:
Monday – Thursday: 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Friday + Saturday: 11:00 a.m.. – 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving

 

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A Fair in the Park 2017 is here!

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fairlogo2015It’s that lovely time of year in Pittsburgh, cooler temperatures and that last feeling of summer. Otherwise known as A Fair In The Park! Come join us Friday September 8 – Sunday September 10, 2017 at Mellon Park, in Pittsburgh PA. Presented by the Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh, A Fair in the Park is held in the lush surroundings of Pittsburgh’s Mellon Park. An estimated 20,000 dedicated visitors enjoy the opportunity to interact with over 100 regional and national artists working in a variety of mediums including clay, fiber, wood, jewelry, glass, metal, mixed media, and two-dimensional art. For more info CLICK HERE.

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