Tag: Talia Halliday
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Tales from a Shopkeep: New Year Reset
There’s this thing in the retail world – they call it a reset. I think. I mean, who am I kidding? I just make this shit up as I go! But, it sounds good nonetheless;) Every few months we make the store look new again. It’s important for us to change things out for a…
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Tales from a Shopkeep: BHM recap
Oh boy, this season has hit us like a mack truck, and there’s really no looking back! Where to start, where to start?! Let’s begin . . . at the beginning. Our NINTH annual Bloomington Handmade Market was just a few weeks ago, Nov 11, at the Monroe Convention Center. I can’t say enough positive…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Boy, that holiday season sure knows how to sneak up on you, eh? It all begins with the Bloomington Handmade Market – every year. And this year was no different. This year BHM had a stellar cast of characters! Reviews from shoppers tell us, our best yet. Which is just delightful to hear. It was…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Tuesday I decided it was just too beautiful to stay inside. I just couldn’t. It was to be a studio day, a day in which I got shit done, but on my drive into downtown, the windows down, the 75 degree air blowing through my (albeit short) hair, I couldn’t bare to go in. I…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Good god summer is hard. There, I’ll say it. I said it. I’ll continue to say it. I’ll be the first to admit that this summer was hard on this mama. But, I’ll also say I wouldn’t have it any other way. Because that’s just our life folks, and that’s what we’re here to do:…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Today is the first day of summer . . . officially, but we’ve been living the summer life for nearly a month over here! While I’m generally a scheduler – a planner – super duper, extraordinarily Type A, this summer we’ve just been playing it by ear. The past few weeks we’ve taken a guided…
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Tales from a Shopkeep
Much of this past week was spent in meetings either discussing events that have passed (Current: The Bloomington Fashion Collective Creative Event) or discussing events that are to happen soon: Gallery Walk, Taste of Bloomington, Sidewalk Sale, and the Fourth of July Parade. We met the new Assistant Director of Economic Development for the Arts:…
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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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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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