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Don’t Miss the Pgh Vintage Mixer – A Vintage Fair on Sunday, July 29, 2012

Here is why Pittsburgh is great – a lot of people – who love neat, old, awesome things – have been working very hard to organize an awesome day dedicated to all things vintage in Pittsburgh.  Meet the Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer.

Pittsburgh Vintage Mixer
Sunday, July 29, 2012
9am-3pm
New Hazlett Theater
Facebook Event Link 

Brought to you by the folks that run the amazing online vintage shop – with the appropriate Western, PA name – Red Pop Shop!  This will be a day full of vintage shopping from awesome vendors – see below, tasty food and excellent music.

While I can’t promise all of these will be available on Sunday, here are some items that are available from the Pgh Vintage Mixer vendors online.  A complete list of vendors is available here.

http://storify.com/iheartpgh/things-you-might-find-at-the-pgh-vintage-mixer

More Holiday Shopping Opportunities This Weekend

Christmas is just 22 short days away! But fortunatly for you there are lots of fun places to shop this weekend – pick up some great gifts and support Pittsburgh Businesses.

Last Unblurred of 2010 – Stroll along Penn avenue for the monthly Unblurred – held the first Friday of every month – businesses and galleries stay open late for fun times.

  • The Cotton Factory is hosting another Tee-Rex Event from 6-10pm, they will have t-shirts for sale, local crafts and local beer for drinking (Click here for Facebook event).
  • Pittsburgh Glass Center kicks off their Holiday Glass sale this eve – the glass sale will be open Saturday and Sunday as well.
  • C Space Collective has their annual holiday show this evening as well – lots of local artists will be selling gifts
  • Need a gift for a coffee lover? Stop into Voluto Coffee – they are serious about coffee and can help you select the perfect beans.  The also have some other gift items available for the holidays.  (Note they close at 6pm on Friday)

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Lawrenceville Blossom Tour

BT Small Celebrate spring with on the Lawrenceville Blossom Tour!  Beginning Friday April 16th and running through Sunday April 18th, this free event will involve 24 participating businesses along Butler, 43rd, 44th, Hatfield and 50th streets. These businesses will distribute flower and herb seeds (while supplies last), offer Blossom Tour specials, sales, raffles, garden tips and demonstrations. This year’s tour has five newcomers with Common Thread, Cavacini Garden Center, Body Shop Tattoo & Apparel, WildCard and pageboy salon & boutique all partaking in this new Lawrenceville tradition.  Afraid of rain?  Become an umbrella “hander-outer” during the Blossom Tour at Espresso a Mano! You can download a map of all participating businesses here!


Handmade Arcade 2009

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Handmade Arcade is this weekend!

HA:09Pittsburgh’s award-winning independent free craft fair, the Handmade Arcade, will return to the Hunt Armory located at 324 Emerson St. on December 12, 2009, from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Out of 250 applicants, a collection of 90 local and not-so-local crafters will converge to help attendees find the most unique indy gifts for the holiday season. Returning for their third year is our rust belt neighbor, Campfire Goods, from Akron, Ohio.

I recently spoke to Campfire roadie Andy Taray, who is excited to return to the Steel City for the event:

Handmade Arcade has such a cool vibe to because it has sort of a small town feel to it, yet its such a nice big event… I feel like the event has a large majority of its shoppers coming from within the city, as opposed to many of the other shows that have people flocking in from all over the place. So there is definitely a huge Pittsburgh vibe going on… which pretty much always results in some great stories for sure… and accents!

Handmade Arcade 2008

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Links Worth a Look – August 6th

Here are some links/articles/blog posts that are worth a look:

  • Hack Pittsburgh – HackPittsburgh is a non-profit, community-based workshop that allows members to come together and share skills & tools to pursue creative projects. Our membership is open to everyone but typically comprises inventors, engineers, scientists, programmers, hobbyists, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, and arts and crafts enthusiasts. Our focus is on collaboration, education, and community outreach. We’re a benevolent group and do not promote or condone illegal activities. The term “hacking” is used in a benign sense, in the context of deconstructing and understanding objects and systems and re-purposing existing materials for new and innovative uses.
  • SUGAR boutique is now blogging – Sugar boutique – located on Butler Street in Lawrenceville – now has a blog and a twitter account. The blog has some great posts about the shop and the new items that are being added to the shop. I love when businesses can share the stories behind what they are selling.
  • Soon you will be able to rent bikes at South Side Works! – Golden Triangle Bike Rental, in its third year of operation along Downtown’s Eliza Furnace Trail, is opening a second location in the Works’ Town Square area;

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