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Next on my to-do list is a trunk show at Creative Hair Design’s Holiday Shopping Event. This is the salon’s third year putting on the Holiday Shopping Event, and it’s getting bigger and better every year. There will be lots of product specials, and the girls at the salon will be putting together gift baskets and making up gift certificates for the holidays. In the midst of all this other commerce will be little ol’ me, with a couple of tables and my best jewelry for sale. For the next month, I’ll be getting ready for the trunk show, making all sorts of new pieces, and designing entirely new collections for the holidays. Come on by and see all the special new gifts and goodies.
This weekend is the Autumn Festival, November 6th through the 9th at the Qwest Center Omaha. It’s a big indoor show with many vendors of handmade goods and there should be plenty of good holiday shopping. I’ve got lots of new designs and many new pieces that aren’t posted in my web store yet, so come on out and check it out in person.
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: AN ARTS & CRAFTS AFFAIR
OMAHA — NOV. 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008
Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Thurs. & Fri. 11 AM – 9 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 7 PM / Sun. 10 AM – 5 PM
It’s coming this weekend, and there’s an open-door policy: it’s the Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry Holiday Open House! Saturday (10/25) from 10am to 5pm and Sunday (10/26) from 1pm to 5pm, my dear mother, Karen Verdirame, is hosting an open house featuring my work. This will be the third or fourth open house we’ve had at her home, and they’ve all been so much fun. It’s a great way to get started on your holiday shopping. Most of my pieces are one-of-a-kind or limited editions, and I do custom orders too. Either way, handmade jewelry makes a wonderful, unique gift. If you’re in the Omaha area this weekend, we’d love to see you. Stop on by! 17505 Island Circle, Bennington, NE. Drop me a line if you have any questions: kmvelasco@gmail.com.
Tomorrow afternoon, I am participating in a multi-vendor event for Heartland Family Service. I’ll be one of four vendors gathering for a shopping party, so the invitees can get a jump on their holiday shopping and we can all give something back, too. Each vendor will be donating 10% of the day’s sales back to the Heartland Family Service Friends Guild in cash or product for the 2009 “Carnival of Love” gala. So I’ll be meeting a new group of potential customers, hopefully gettings some sales, and doing a little bit of good all at the same time. Pretty good deal. Of course, scheduling genius that I am, I’ve given myself not even 48 hours between this event and my next show…<sigh>…Oh well. Sleep is overrated. If you’re in the Omaha area and would like to check out this event, it’s going to be on Thursday afternoon from 1-6pm, and it’s being hosted by Kim Lubeck. She lives at 13627 Nicholas Street.
Oh, there has just been so much going on lately at Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry. I’ve been meeting with stores and galleries, making new and interesting pieces, preparing for a hectic holiday show schedule, and trying to squeeze in a tiny personal life on the side! There are some exciting things coming up, like a partnership with another gallery set to kick off with a couple of events there in November, and then a trunk show of my work at my favorite local salon & spa in December. I couldn’t be happier with the way my work is being received around town. Now I just have to make sure there’s enough of my work to go around! So I’ve been busy in my studio, trying to create all sorts of brand new and original things (since I’m not too big on repeating myself). Unfortunately, being creative on command doesn’t always work so well, so I’m also trying to locate a more cooperative muse. But all things considered, busy is good, and I’m proud and a little bit awed that so many people seem to be recognizing my work all at once. Thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive. Future posts will include info on the individual shows and galleries that are figuring prominently in my life at the moment, so that you can check out my work in person if you’d like to!
Ok, so I had planned to be at the Taste of West O a couple of weekends ago, but my plans were foiled by an unpleasant illness that dogged me the entire week leading up to the show and did not allow me to participate in the end. I won’t trouble you with the details, nor would I wish to relive them, but suffice it to say that the timing was most unfortunate and I spent quite a few days without leaving my house. In any event, I later learned that a few people went out there and looked for me, and I was so sorry that I wasn’t there to greet them—in the first place, it was really flattering to hear that people went to that show looking for me in particular, and in the second place, I hated that I had scheduled the show and then was unable to attend. It just hasn’t been a good summer for shows for me. I suppose the tide is due to turn, and this fall all the planets will align for a trouble-free show.
Which brings me to topic #2: my next scheduled show is the Huffman Productions Autumn Festival, to be held November 6th through the 9th at the Qwest Center Omaha. It’s a big indoor show with many vendors of handmade goods and should be a popular holiday shopping event. I’m planning a few new lines and some limited edition items for this show and should be all stocked up with goodies. Also, if you’re thinking of attending, please e-mail me: I have coupons for a discount off the entry fee and I will be happy to send you some.
AUTUMN FESTIVAL: AN ARTS & CRAFTS AFFAIR
OMAHA — NOV. 6, 7, 8, 9, 2008
Qwest Center Omaha – Omaha, NE
Thurs. & Fri. 11 AM – 9 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 7 PM / Sun. 10 AM – 5 PM
So at the last show I did, my tent was destroyed by a tornado and my tables and displays were all flipped over and soaked by the torrential downpour. Altogether the weekend represented a pretty big loss for me. Nice, eh? That was Taste of Omaha in early June. And after that I kind of felt like I wouldn’t be doing any more outdoor shows for a while. But I had already committed to this other outdoor show, and the organizer is being really nice and he’s going to give me a tent and tables for the weekend. So I thought about it for a while and decided to go ahead and do it. So, I forge ahead with Taste of West “O,” and I hope that the tornado season is over and the mid-July heat won’t roast me where I sit, and I pray for browsers who are shoppers, too. If you’re in the area, the Taste of West O will be July 12 and 13 at the Shops of Legacy in Omaha, Nebraska. I’ll be there, along with some other artisans and a bunch of food and drink vendors and a lot of bands. Come on out. Buy something. Contribute to the tornado recovery fund, and get a pretty bauble to boot. =)
Coming soon to an art fair or outdoor festival near you, it’s Kathryn Velasco Custom Jewelry. That’s right, folks, we’re fresh from Rockbrook Village’s Spring Craft Show, which was an adventure in sub-arctic temperature and gale-force winds. Our mission was to keep the tent and the merchandise from flying off into the beautiful blue sky or being flung onto the damp, puddled parking lot. A good time was had by all. Hoping for more mercy from the weather gods on May 31 and June 1, when we’ll be at Countryside Village in Omaha for their annual Art Fair, a highly-touted affair that draws all the best people and artists from all over. Fancy fancy. But seriously, I’m very excited to have been included among some true talent, and I hope it will be a good show for me. The very next weekend, June 6-8, I’ll be down by the riverside at the Taste of Omaha festival at Heartland of America Park/Lewis & Clark Landing, where they’ve got arts & crafts, music, games, and, of course, food. Again, let us pray to the weather gods for mercy and blessings. But we’ll be there, rain or shine. Come on out and see us sometime. =)
Coming right up this weekend and next weekend, I’m having an open house here in Omaha for all your jewelry shopping pleasure. It’s a great time to order a custom Mother’s Day gift for your mom. Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and 30, and then again April 5 and 6, I’ll be showing my jewelry and taking orders at my mom’s house–she’s been very gracious and agreed to host another open house for me. For more details, please visit my newly-revamped Web site.
When it rains, it pours.
Just got home tonight from almost a week out of town and I was thrilled to find that I have been accepted to exhibit at another great show. This one is the Countryside Village Art Fair. The show will be Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1. From the web site: “Countryside is a juried “Fine Arts” show with an emphasis on quality and variety. It is the “oldest and finest” outdoor art show in Nebraska,” dedicated to fine art only. The Countryside Village Art Fair is in its 38th year. Want to know more about Countryside Village or the Countryside Art Fair? Here you go. Hope to see you there.
Postscript: This was a great show for me. Thanks to the jury for selecting me to participate, and thanks to everyone who stopped by to visit and shop.
I just found out that I’ve been accepted into a show at Rockbrook Village on May 3. Hooray! It’s a juried show and I’m excited to be in it. If you’re in the area, come out and see my booth on May 3 at the Spring Fever Craft Show. For more information on Rockbrook Village or directions, click here.
I will be exhibiting at the Triumph of Ag Expo at the Qwest Center Omaha Wednesday and Thursday, March 12 and 13. If you’re in the neighborhood or if you’re in the market for a combine, come on by and check out the convention center. There are some pretty impressive machines in there–one of these tractor things is so huge they’ve got a picnic table parked underneath it in case you want to take a load off–and then there’s me, providing some retail therapy for the ladies (and the gents with ladies to buy for, I suppose, or those gents with secrets to keep…). I’ll be the one not standing directly next to a six-foot tractor tire (though there will be some two booths to the right).
You gotta love the heartland.
I’m happy to announce that I’ve just receive an acceptance to exhibit at a large agricultural expo at the Qwest Center here in Omaha. An ag expo, you ask? Well, yes, because it is Nebraska. Agriculture is big business around here. But at this particular event, while the farmers are looking at huge combines and tractors, their wives will be browsing a separate Arts & Crafts section. That’s where I’ll be, March 12 & 13, at the Qwest Center Omaha, in booth 1424. The Qwest Center is a big place and they expect a lot of traffic, so I’m looking forward to a couple of busy days. The expo is open from 9am to 5pm both days, and admission is free. Hope to see you there!
I’m in the process of getting my show calendar together for 2008. (For some shows I have to apply and be accepted, so I don’t yet know for sure when exactly I’ll be exhibiting.) I am having an open house the last weekend in March/first weekend in April here in Omaha, so if you’ll be in the area, I’d love to see you. Those dates are set. Mark your calendars for March 29 & 30 and April 5 & 6 — two consecutive weekends this time so I hope it’s easier for everyone’s schedule. I’ll be showing ready-made pieces again and taking custom orders, which were very popular last fall. Any orders placed at this open house would be guaranteed in time for Mother’s Day. Visit my Etsy store for a few pictures of my work.
More on my upcoming shows as I have the schedule finalized.
