{"id":2840,"date":"2012-05-20T23:11:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T03:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2012-05-20T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T03:14:36","slug":"countdown-to-the-berkley-art-bash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/countdown-to-the-berkley-art-bash\/","title":{"rendered":"countdown to the berkley art bash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This time of year another ball gets added to my juggling act ~<a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkleyartbash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the 11th Annual Berkley Art Bash<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been spending extra time promoting the event &amp; learning more about some of the talented artists that will be lining 12 mile on Saturday, June 9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkleyartbash.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2841\" title=\"2012 Berkley Art Bash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/2012-blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/2012-blog.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/2012-blog-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After sorting through photos &amp; links from over 100 artists the past month, I must admit I have a few favorites&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.lazygal.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2850\" title=\"martha bishop lazy gal\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/martha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/martha.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/martha-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/martha-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I already own numerous recycled sweater scarves from <a href=\"www.lazygal.com\" target=\"_blank\">Martha<\/a>, but I haven&#8217;t added one of these pretty pillows to my couch yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/happylife.carbonmade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2848\" title=\"Katie Eberts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/katie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/katie.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/katie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/katie-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/happylife.carbonmade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Katie <\/a>is brand new to the art bash &amp; I am truly smitten by her whimsical watercolor world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.bsidemetalworks.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2844\" title=\"Christy Brennan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/christy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/christy.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/christy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/christy-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been admiring <a href=\"www.bsidemetalworks.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Christy&#8217;s<\/a> work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowdoorartmarket.com\/yellowdoor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yellow Door Art Market<\/a> for a while &amp; am really drawn to her personalized constellation necklaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.cellardoorsoapco.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2843\" title=\"Brandon Mitchell\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/brandon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/brandon.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/brandon-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/brandon-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.cellardoorsoapco.com\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon&#8217;s<\/a> soap has turned me into a suds junkie.\u00a0 His scent combinations &amp; presentation are top notch!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.freshlaundryfrocks.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2847\" title=\"Karen Slack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/karen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/karen.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/karen-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/karen-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m an admitted summer skirt-a-holic &amp; I swear if <a href=\"www.freshlaundryfrocks.com\" target=\"_blank\">Karen<\/a> made an adult size of this up-cycled tee-skirt I might have to buy it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.tinydiniart.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2845\" title=\"Dini Burny\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dini.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dini-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dini-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.tinydiniart.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dini<\/a> has been doing the art bash for many years &amp; I never tire of her delightful girls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.etsy.com\/shop\/stitch248\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2849\" title=\"Kezzie Chudler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kezzie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kezzie.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kezzie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kezzie-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.etsy.com\/shop\/stitch248\" target=\"_blank\">Kezzie<\/a> is another new art bash artist &amp; I like her pairings of fun fabrics for beautiful bags.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.rezipit.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2846\" title=\"Heather Sennabaum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heather.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heather.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heather-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/heather-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have a weakness for flowers&#8230; real ones, fake ones, paper ones &amp; even ones made out of zippers like this cutie created by <a href=\"www.rezipit.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Heather.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.mittenmade.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2842\" title=\"Allie Maldonado\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/allie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/allie.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/allie-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/allie-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So you know I have thing for skirts and flowers&#8230; well add scarves to that list too.\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t this crocheted scarflette by <a href=\"www.mittenmade.etsy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Allie<\/a> simply lovely?<\/p>\n<p>I could go on because we have SO MANY fantastic finds to pick from&#8230; but I&#8217;ll let you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkleyartbash.com\/photos\/2011_artists\/\" target=\"_blank\">see them all for yourself<\/a> &amp; let you make a list of favorites.\u00a0 Or better yet, mark it on your calendar to come see it all in person on Saturday, June 9th, 2012!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/countdown-to-the-berkley-art-bash\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/countdown-to-the-berkley-art-bash\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time of year another ball gets added to my juggling act ~the 11th Annual Berkley Art Bash.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been spending extra time promoting the event &amp; 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After sorting through photos &amp; links from over 100 artists the past month, I must admit I have a few favorites&#8230; I already own numerous recycled sweater scarves from Martha, but I haven&#8217;t added one of these pretty pillows to my couch yet. Katie is brand new to the art bash &amp; I am truly smitten by her whimsical watercolor world. I&#8217;ve been admiring Christy&#8217;s work at Yellow Door Art Market for a while &amp; am really drawn to her personalized constellation necklaces. Brandon&#8217;s soap has turned me into a suds junkie.\u00a0 His scent combinations &amp; presentation are top notch! I&#8217;m an admitted summer skirt-a-holic &amp; I swear if Karen made an adult size of this up-cycled tee-skirt I might have to buy it! Dini has been doing the art bash for many years &amp; I never tire of her delightful girls. 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