2009 Contemporary Crafts Market.

2009 Contemporary Crafts Market. March 14-15, 2009. Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA. View their website for more info and listing of vendors.

10:00 am - 5:00 pm, DailyAdmission $7, Children 12 & Under FREE( San Francisco, Calif.)

The Contemporary Crafts Market will return to San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason Center March 14-15, 2009, and will showcase over 230 of the nation’s finest artists and their distinctive works.As the premiere event for one-of-a-kind functional and decorative crafts, the show will present a broad range of pieces including intricate jewelry, unique glassware and ceramics, hand-painted textiles, custom furniture, mixed-media creations and much more.

All items on display and for sale have been jury-selected for their exceptional quality.All the work in these shows is made by the participating artists. All the artists are residents in the United States. The participants have undergone a rigorous screening process to qualify as participants in this show and we are proud to showcase them.

2009 Pacific Orchid Exposition.

2009 Pacific Orchid Exposition. Thur, Mar 5 - Sun Mar 8. Held at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Landmark Buildings A-E

Thu Mar 5 (6:30 - 10:00 pm) Fri Mar 6 (10 am - 6 pm) Sat Mar 7 (9 am - 6 pm)
Sun Mar 8 (10 am - 5 pm)

Get ready to grow "Green...with Envy" at the 57th annual Pacific Orchid Exposition (POE), March 5-8 at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco.Known as one of the top three orchid shows in the country, the Pacific Orchid Exposition boasts over 150,000 orchids from around the globe. The theme for the 2009 POE is "Green...with Envy" and will highlight orchid preservation and eco-friendly growing tips. In addition to the plethora of orchid displays, there will also be tours and potting demonstrations. The event will open with the prestigious Gala Benefit Preview Night, March 5th, where guests can enjoy wine from 22 Northern California wineries, delicious hors d'oeuvres, live music, a silent auction and more. The hosts of the Pacific Orchid Exposition, the San Francisco Orchid Society, will be awarding its annual $7,500.00 scholarship award to a Cal Poly horticultural student.

For more information, please visit www.orchidsanfrancisco.org

Rainy February

Looks like we are going to be plagued by rain this month. We're in Tyson Wells, AZ and rain is expected this weekend. Lake Havasu's Winterfest will have rain this weekend also. Whiskey Flat Days in Kernville has snow, rain and cold weather coming up the following weekend. We are not starting the year off very good.

Upcoming Shows for DandL CREATIONS

DandL CREATIONS will be at the Chabot College Flea Market on Saturday, Feb 21. I will post our space number a few days before. Also, we shall be doing the Bok Kai Festival in Marysville on February 28.

March and April

March 7 DeAnza College Flea Market
March 14-15 Possibly Jackson Dandelion Days
March 21 Chabot College Flea Market
April 11-12 Casa de Fruta Arts and Crafts Show
April 25-26 Cupertino Cherry Blossom Festival

There will be other shows in March and April, check our schedule

Los Banos - Mother's Day Arts and Crafts Fair

Mother's Day Arts and Crafts Fair. Here's a nice event for that weekend held in Los Banos.

LOS BANOS TIGER SHARKS ANNUAL "It's a Beautiful Day in the Park"
Saturday and Sunday, May 9-10, 2009 9:00AM-5:00PM
Booth fee $75 for 15x15 space (approximate) flyer application

VENDORS: Boycott Auburn Events

From what I understand there were a number of vendors who sent in their payments for the Oakhurst Home and Garden (formerly Mountain Peddler's Fair in May. On the applications, it stated that this event was to be held over Memorial Day Weekend and people made their payments. However, the dates were changed to the week before and some people might be very surprised, especially when they show up on Memorial Weekend and there is no show. This was a very bad move on their part. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. But this show was broken many years ago when they moved it out of the parking lot at the shopping center.

I know a vendor who had sent in payment for a Home and Garden show in Auburn that same weekend, but later he was surprised to find out that he now had two shows scheduled for the same weekend. He called the promoters at the Fairgrounds there and explained to them what had happened. They were bastards about it and refused to refund the money AND they refused to credit him that $300 for a show later in the year there. I myself have had bad experiences with these people and I am calling for a boycott of events at the Fairgrounds in Auburn until they do what is right. This could happen to you. Please do not participate in events there.

Macy's to cut 7,000 jobs

IS MACY'S NEXT TO GO?

NEW YORK – Macy's Inc. announced Monday that it will eliminate 7,000 jobs, almost 4 percent of its work force, and cut capital spending, reduce its contributions to its employees' retirement funds and slash its dividend to preserve cash amid a severe pullback in consumer spending.

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Oakhurst Mountain Peddler's Fair - May 16-17

CHANGE OF DATES:
I was considering doing the Oakhurst event over Memorial Day, but just found out that the dates for the Oakhurst Mountain Peddler's Fair have been changed to the weekend before, May 16-17. Also, they have changed the name of the event to the Oakhurst Home and Garden Show. The new dates, I am sure, will come as a surprise to a lot of vendors who have done this event for years.

If you really want to change it for the good, move it back to the shopping area where it was located several years ago WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. The current location is not good and nobody can see it from the Highway, which is a MAJOR route into Yosemite. It would be nice if some of these passers-by could see canopies, etc., and mozy on ovah!!!

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An older couple came into the booth each holding a little pooch in their arms. The lady asked me 'are those doggie chairs?' pointing to the small one-foot tall stools I had outside. "Huh?" was my response as I looked over at her. She repeated her question and I said to her "Uhhhh... no I don't think so."

Doggie chairs? I think that some people spend way too much time with their dogs. Hey Joe, ya want to go to the ball game today? Nah, gotta stay home with the dog. They don't let dogs in there. Louise, want to go to the Craft Show? Yah, okay. I can bring our dog and get him some new shoes and a cute little hat.

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Michelle Obama

Was watching Entertainment Tonight on the tube. The lady said that Michelle Obama is 6 tall in leotards. So, how tall is she without leotards?

Blythe

In my travels to Blythe yesterday, I passed by Love’s here in Tyson and saw gas prices had risen to $1.85, up six cents since a week ago. Now, get this one..... gas was going for $2.24 in Blythe at several filling stations. It’s going up and up and up. Just checked prices at COSTCO in San Leandro and saw that it’s up to $1.97. Obama, Obama, Obama.

Going to be a bit chilly this morning in Tyson. Mercury going down to 37 degrees this morning. At least it's not 37 BELOW like some places. Been pretty cold in East Baraka. Single digits all over the place and people are freezing their macadamians off.

Thirty-seven degrees is the coldest it has gotten since we have been here. Going to be a bit on the windy side also. There were a number of people who had difficulties bringing down their canopies yesterday and I understand that a couple of them put on quite a spectacle, from what I was told. I heard that the wind really picked up pretty well yesterday afternoon. Wish somebody would have YouTubed it. Sorry I missed it....we were in Blythe. Blythe. Good ol’ Blythe.

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Tyson Wells

The Tyson Wells Sell-a-Rama has just finished and we are between shows, expecting to set up for the Arts & Crafts Show tomorrow. The weather here has been great with temps in the 70's and only one day of showers. The wind picked up yesterday and that is a problem on occasion. This morning seems to be a bit cooler and temps are expected to be in the low 60's for a couple days.

We took down our things yesterday and will load them up this morning. We pulled our motor home over next to our space to block the wind and spent the night here. Quite noisy and a lot different than camping out in the BLM, where it is almost totally quiet. Over here, you can hear the cars on I10 passing by and there were people tearing down their booths late last night. Also, some people like to play their music (or whatever you want to call it) loudly at midnight.

Sales were down here for many of the vendors and you can pretty much blame the economy. They had the Innaugaration on Tuesday and my sales got worse each day after. What's to come!
I heard that sales have been down all over this place...Quartzsite, Yuma, etc. People not impulse buying or just not spending very much, holding on to their bucks. Mostly buying the $1-5 gadgets and gizmos.

Please read my daily log on my website called Starving Vendors where I tell about each day we had here in Tyson Wells.

We will be in Space PQ4 for the next three weeks, so come on down and check us out.