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Popping up at the 13th Wilder Mansion Holiday Market

I am excited to resume holiday pop up fairs this year after quite a hiatus.  During the first weekend of November I’ll revisit the Wilder Mansion for the 13th Annual Wilder Mansion Holiday Market. This year’s holiday market will be held Friday November 1 from 4-8pm and Saturday November 2 [...]

28
Oct

art fairs Musings and Inspiration

Celebrating a fresh new Main Street

I’ve recently been re-watching Gilmore Girls which reminded me that I live in my own Stars Hollow. My Main Street just underwent 3 months of construction which was tough on our small businesses but we kept block parties and wine walks going to keep foot traffic coming. To celebrate the [...]

23
Oct

Art & Culture art fairs

Popping up at the 22nd Ravenswood ArtWalk

It’s been a few months since I replenished earrings, and made a few more for this coming weekend. I will be popping up at the Ravenswood ArtWalk on September 14-15, 2024, from 11am to 6pm. It feels good to have creative brain space again after a long hiatus, and bending [...]

08
Sep

Travel and Excursions

Literary Minds on Main Street

This is the year I especially appreciate my own neighborhood and it is always fun to learn more about it. So when the Evanston Literature Festival offered a literary walking tour along the Main-Dempster Mile, I signed up right away. I am of course familiar with the bookstores on Main, [...]

12
Aug

Nature Photography Travel and Excursions

A Historic Brood

It’s been a busy summer researching some passion projects and rehoming myself after a few years of caregiving flux. In June two broods of periodical cicadas descended upon Illinois, and I fully expected them to land on my back porch like the annuals do. However, South Evanston was spared and I [...]

10
Jul

Seasons and Holidays

Main-Dempster Mile Valentines

I fell in love with Evanston years ago, but in the most recent years I’ve really come to appreciate my neighborhood filled with local independent businesses. When Katherine Gotsick of the Main-Dempster Mile announced a Valentine’s poster program, I made a list of all the places I loved and started [...]

22
Apr

Art & Culture History

Main-Dempster Mile History

Today I am taking over the Main-Dempster Mile Instagram account and some of the stories warrant a bit more background that Instagram has space for. I’ve been a Main-Dempster Mile resident since 2000, and document many of the block parties and wine walks since they’re the perfect way to bump [...]

25
Mar

Art & Culture art fairs Maikes Marvels Creations

2022 Holiday Pop Ups

Hi! It’s been a couple of years… After my last holiday market at the DANK Haus in 2019 I took a temporary job that turned permanent, which was fortuitous as the Pandemic unfolded and Art Fair markets shut down. My art-making went dormant for a while, and with my computer [...]

10
Nov

Maikes Marvels Creations Seasons and Holidays

Love is Love Ornaments

My art fair season ended with a whirlwind of other developments on the home front, which put the blog in hibernation mode. This snow inscription on my January 1 walk was a lovely intention setter for 2020. Now I am slowly getting adjusted to a new schedule, which gives me [...]

12
Feb

Art & Culture art fairs

Weihnachtsmarkt December 14

I am winding down my holiday circuit early with the DANK Haus Weihnachtsmarkt on Saturday. I will set up for a warm indoor Weihnachtsmarkt with German-inspired Christmas shopping, Glühwein, food, music and some fun performances. The Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) takes place on Saturday, December 14th, 2019 from 11:00am to 6:00pm. [...]

10
Dec

art fairs

First Saturday Trunk Show

Currently I am tracking one art fair a week! On Saturday I am setting up a table at the Artem Pop Up Gallery. I will have all my angels there between 12 and 6 pm on December 7, and will add to the big tree as well after the show. [...]

03
Dec

Maikes Marvels Creations

Making Drummer Frosties

We’ve already had snow and a mini polar vortex, which is weird but enhanced the Frosty-making mood. Mother Nature is sending us a message about the volatility of our climate these days, although my snarky self blames Disney for promoting Frozen 2 too much. 😉 Last year I only had [...]

28
Nov