This past week Bloomington (and IU and most of the school systems) has been on Spring Break. For those of us enjoying a staycation here in Bloomington for the week (because, we have a shoppe to keep open;)) we decided to do a little round-up of awesome and fun things to do in Bloomington. We’ll … More Pinterest Pics – Weekly Round-Up
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 … More Best-Loved Handcrafted Treasure – from Talia
In 2015 Gather was excited to exhibit Lori Leaumont’s ceramic work under a show entitled Geek Girl Crush featuring awesome female heroines like Professor McGonagall and Kaylee Frye. This year, we’re bringing back the Geek Girl Crush theme to create an ANNUAL GROUP Show focusing on ‘geek’ female heroines! Please submit your artwork via this … More Geek Girl Crush – episode 2.0
JO Designs aims to provide handmade, quality books such as baby books, photo books, journals, notebooks as well as unique, hand crocheted jewelry and accessories. Check out some of there wares below! Related articles Crocheted woven loveliness (guywhocrochets.wordpress.com) Crochet and Tatting (discoveringmarie.wordpress.com) Featured Artist: Two Seaside Babes (bloomingtongathering.wordpress.com) From Japan: Crochet as Art (storylinecreations.wordpress.com) Holiday Market … More Featured Artist: JO Designs
Boris Loved Natasha makes zipper pouches for coins, eyeglasses, IDs, and more! These pouches are the perfect size which makes them versatile and able to hold a diverse range of objects. Made with different combinations of colorful fabrics, each purse is an original. Some styles feature images of Indiana and a range of animals. Stop by our … More Featured Artist: Boris Loved Natasha
Do you have Hoosier pride? Were you born and raised in Indiana? Then these Originalitees shirts are for you. Stand out in the crowd with a hip and unique T-shirt while you cheer on IU during a basketball or football game and sing the IU Fight Song. But you don’t just have to wear Indiana on game days… Wear … More Featured Artist: Originalitees
We are overjoyed and honored that the IDS featured our founder Talia Halliday in Tuesday’s issue. Check out the article linked below! Local artist Talia Halliday is setting up to open her month-long, handmade pop-up shop, Gathering, for the holiday season. via IDSnews.com | Talia Halliday supports Midwest artists. *photo taken by Matailong Du|IDS For more information … More IDSnews.com | Talia Halliday supports Midwest artists
Chelsea of Tactile Melodies has been making jewelry for nearly 10 years. Her business began in the fall of 2009 when a family friend was putting together a holiday arts and crafts show. They asked if she wanted to sell some jewelry there, and the rest was history. Since, Tactile Melodies has been growing and … More Featured Artist: Tactile Melodies
bobaloo! began when Samantha Howard found herself bombarded with baby showers to attend. Having been a handmade gift-giver since high school, she took to designing and making gifts for all those little bundles of joy. After hearing “You should sell this!” enough times, she later took the plunge and started selling her wares. These modern … More Featured Artist: bobaloo!
Christmas comes but once a year, but these divine suds will leave you feeling “So Fresh, So Clean” everyday! Check out today’s featured artist Soapy Soap Company – Sābūn Soaps! We’re sure that if you hangout in the B-town area that you have heard of this dynamic duo. The Soapy Soap Company was started by two guys who … More Featured Artist: Soapy Soap Company – Sābūn Soaps
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