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Green Daffodil Open Studio

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Green Daffodil Open Studio
If you love the hand poured soy candles we offer at catching fireflies, consider wandering over to Ferndale this Saturday from 11-4 to see their super sweet studio & store space located at 624 Livernois.   Siouxsan & Ann make some of the best smelling candles around and we're proud to carry this great locally made line.  For more info about these savvy gals visit www.siouxsan.com Enjoy discovering artists who are making handmade goods .
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another successful mega march!

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another successful mega march!
The sun may not have been shining, but our day was still filled with smiles because we raised over $1,300 for the Michigan Humane Society and had a grand time dog-watching (and walking) along the 2 mile loop in downtown Detroit. Thanks so-so much for all your donations.  We hope you enjoy this virtual tour of the morning's events… And we're off…  sniffing & walking, sniffing & pulling, sniffing & sniffing The small ones .
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tour of artprize

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tour of artprize
Steve & I spent Saturday afternoon touring the wonderful world of ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids and highly recommend you make the trip to this fantastic temporary – truly public art museum. There is something for everybody – from a pink room spackled in frosting, a sweet dream sequence video short, oodles of doodles and even giant photographs of painted ladies… If memory serves me right, I believe that ribbon tree was from Grand .
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off to artprize this saturday

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off to artprize this saturday
It's pretty sweet such an interesting art competition is just 2 hours away in my home town of Grand Rapids. Here is just a smattering of the 1,262 displays of art all around the city.  That image of a gal above is made entirely out of wine corks.  And yes, that is a giant table & chair set on top of a city bridge! Here's a little bit about ArtPrize: At ArtPrize, any artist—from .
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a sweet sketch of our store

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a sweet sketch of our store
Whenever 'catching fireflies' is mentioned on the internet, we get an email from Google with the link leading back to the site.  I was delightfully surprised to find this lovely sketch from a talented gal who captured the whimsical flavor of our Rochester location. Shal wrote, "There was this cute little building called 'Catching Fireflies' – supposedly and arts and crafts store.. they have a lovely looking building! So I had to draw that!!"  .
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september means cider time

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september means cider time
Since the last weekend of August felt like fall, I thought why not welcome it with a tasty glass of cider and a sugar cinnamon doughnut?  Even though our Rochester store is just minutes away from this popular place, Steve and I had never been to Yates Cider Mill before… and it was worth the wait! Our doughnuts were so fresh, they were still steaming plus you can actually see the process of cider .
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window watching at anthropologie

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window watching at anthropologie
Before I returned back home from the gift show, I had to swing by the Anthropologie near Rockefeller Center to see what they cooked up for their summer window displays… I love how the hose is squirting out blue paint onto the colander/bowl sprouts.   And the flurry of flowers is made from cut up soda bottles… as well as the leaves.  They are always coming up with clever ways to transform the ordinary .
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cupcakes, records & restrooms

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cupcakes, records & restrooms
We made our way to the hipster restaurant, V*ynl  in the Hell's Kitchen district for dinner and discovered some of the coolest bathrooms around… The bathroom door simply reads CHER, and upon entering you're greeted by a full wall mosaic of the vixen along with a story shadow box and her music playing in the background. And for the guys… how 'bout a commode dedicated to the king? Also couldn't help to notice the .
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eating my way through nyc

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eating my way through nyc
Steve & I are in New York again for the summer gift show – which means selling our paper goods during the day and enjoying tasty dinners every night with all our artist friends.  Two new spots this summer so far… Authentic burritos, sandwiches and the best tasting grilled corn-on-the-cob ever at Cafe Habana in SoHo.  They were so busy, we opted for the take-out window and dined on the street corner with our .
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world’s longest yard sale this weekend!

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world’s longest yard sale this weekend!
Got this weekend free?  Like treasure hunting?  You might want to think about heading south on highway 127 for over 600 miles of yard sales!  I heard about this unique event from one of our firefly fans who's going for the first time with one of her girlfriends.  I can't wait to hear some stories about her wild adventure.  I have to admit, I'm intrigued by the whole concept.  I think meeting the people .
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