Tag: gather
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Tales from a Shopkeep
This week (for Gather, and myself) was a little like second spring break. See, I have a younger brother who is 14, and he lives in my hometown about 3 hours north of here with my folks. Traditionally he comes down and spends a few days with us over his spring break to escape the…
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Pinterest Pics – Weekly Round-Up
Since Spring and Easter festivities will be celebrated this weekend, we are sharing some of our favorite basket stuffer ideas! Especially since these items are locally made and you know how we love local and handmade goodies! First, Stinky bomb soap is super fun and comes in a bunch of amusing shapes. Great for any…
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Throwback Thursday – Craft Night
Tonight we host our second official (open to the public) Craft Night at Gather. We’ve been hosting craft nights in some form or another for quite some time now – even before we were a real entity. Today we throwback to when our craft nights were hosted by the wonderful Jessica Shurr at she and…
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Fill your Easter baskets with handcrafted-ness
Don’t forget, this Saturday Gather will be hosting a Craft Table at the Downtown Easter Egg Hunt on the Square!!! The Green Nursery will be dyeing eggs, and O’Child will be handing out cookies!!! And More!!! Egg Hunts starts at 11!
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Maker Monday – Awesome by Jenna
Hey folks, it’s Maker Monday again!!! So excited to bring you a NEW maker each month to introduce you and let you get to know them better!! This week we’re bringing you the backstory from Jenna Gordon from Awesome by Jenna!! You’re surely familiar with her work in the store because we simply can’t keep…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
This week was our Spring Break here in Bloomington – if you have any connection to the school systems that is. And, well, we do. Our little (and bigs) are in three different schools, on three different schedules, and thus, our schedule was definitely turned upside down (in a good way) this week. Bloomington slows…
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Throwback Thursday – Family Night at Gathering
Here’s a fun #tbt for us!! This was one of our weekend events back when we were just a mere pop-up in Fountain Square Mall is 2013!! This was Family Night! We invited local families to come in and shop, enjoy a discount on kids’ items and have their picture taken in our photo…
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Best-Loved Handcrafted Treasure – from Talia
Today I’m going to share with you my most favorite handmade item that I own. This will be the first in a series of blog posts from people around our community – sharing what we Love most about handmade with you, our community. I’m SO excited to get this blog series started because we have…
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Maker Monday – Handmade Family
Happy Maker Monday!! Starting today, we’ll be featuring a new maker each week both here on the blog, and in the shoppe!! Be sure to stop by and see their products in person (open Wed through Sun)!! First up: Handmade Family! We were introduced to the awesome Handmade Family when our dear Sally Harless…
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Pinterest Pics – Weekly Round-Up
This week, we are highlighting some fun, family craft ideas. With Spring Break drawing near, I am sure a lot of us are thinking: “What do we do with the kids while they aren’t at school?” Maybe you get to hang out with them more during the day, or perhaps just on the weekends. Either…
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