NY Event - Riverside Crafts Fair 8/20 and 21

You know how we feel about checking out local here at Mind Key.  We're all for it!  Plus, hand made arts and crafts vibrate with a different energy than products made by machines.

 

Bertoni Gallery will be exhibiting at the 47th annual Riverside Crafts Fair, held by the Garrison Arts Center.  The Fair hosts 75 other vendors, and 100% of the admission proceeds goes towards arts education!  Click on the image for more information!

 

Since 1969--The 47th Annual Riverside Crafts Fair, August 20 and 21, 2016, 10am to 5pm Rain or Shine on Garrison's Landing

 

Garrison Art Center's Fine Crafts Fair is one of the most well established high quality crafts fairs in the region. Set on the edge of the Hudson River just an hour north of New York City in Garrison, New York, with majestic river views, the Fair offers a truly exquisite spot to shop and is a premier event in the Hudson Valley for collectors of hand-made traditional and alternative craft and for those looking for the unique gift. An intimate Fair featuring 80 juried artists participate with furniture, photography, jewelry, gourmet food, glass items, fashionable clothing, fine art, ceramics, wooden utensils, tableware, and more. Visitors can take the Train to the Fair with the convenient location to the MTA Metro North Hudson Line with free parking, making it a popular event for those discerning shoppers who live near the river towns from NYC to Poughkeepsie. And with the Riverside location, visitors may even arrive by boat!

NY Event - Sugar Loaf Arts & Crafts Village 8/13

Arts and Craft's Villages are a great way to spread your energy through your local community.  When we support those around us, they also support us!  Plus, live music.  How can you go wrong?  If you're in the area, please stop by!

 

 

 

Sugar Loaf Second Saturday - August 13, 5:00-7:00
(with some hours extending later)
Come join all of the shops for demonstrations, refreshments, music, new products, and exhibitions.  Bertoni Gallery has a new selection of Tree of Life pendants with semi-precious stones, copper and silver!
Aida from Pisces Passions will be holding a demo on foot painting!
Milkweed is hosting a Bingo Pie Night at 6:00PM
LightClub Curiosity Shoppe has a new exhibition, "Evolution: Process to Purpose" featuring Sarah Ann Platt
Simpson Originals will be having a presentation by Cheryl on "Unique and Unusual" photography
Bliss Coop will be doing art demos and artist meet and greets
Exposures Gallery will be hosting a lecture by Nick Zungoli at 6:30 - "The How and Why of Shooting in RAW", and afterwards enjoy some live jazz performed by Brian Kastan and friends at 7:30!   

Hunting ghosts in your backyard--A kid-friendly craft

Getting in touch with your paranormal side sometimes means having a little fun with little ones.

These cute little ghosts are great to make with kids-at-heart of all ages and look great swinging from a tree.

You will need:

White tulle,
scissors,
elastics,
rubber bands or thread,
fishing twine,
a black marker.
 

Cut about an arm's length rectangle of tulle.

Fold the rectangle in half long-way, then in half again.

 

Pinch the folded end to make the head of the ghost

  

Use an elastic, rubber band, or string to secure the pinched end at the "neck."

 

Finishing touches:  Using the holes in the tulle, thread a length of fishing twine through the ghost's head, and use the sharpie to add eyes.






Now your ghosts are ready to hang from your favorite haunt.