Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Bibelot's first ever staff art collective


"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
-Pablo Picasso
 
 


Just like Pablo Picasso, quite a few staff members at the Bibelot have figured out how to remain artists into their grown-up years (and only time will tell if they have the staying power that Mr. Picasso does)!  
 
To celebrate these Bibelot artists, we held our first Bibelot Staff Art Collective last Wednesday at the Saint Anthony Park Bibelot during Park B4 Dark.
 

The artists featured were Sara Moen, Deb Heath and Kristi Fritsch-Churan.  Together, they sold their handcrafted jewelry, photography, stationery, mixed media, purses, baby blankets, makeup bags, and ipad cases.

I didn't get to go, but some fellow staff folk sent me a few pics from this first ever Bibelot Shops event...







Deb Heath, the photographer of the crew even took some lovely shots of the gorgeous flowers around the Como Avenue Bibelot!



The Bibelot Art Collective will carry on throughout the summer... during every Park B4 Dark event, the Como Avenue Bibelot will feature new staff artists and their creations!
 
Come on out for the next one on Thursday, July 19th and
SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS!

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

MN made Stationery


I can't resist posting Minnesota Made Products!!!


The Bibelot stationery buyer just handed me a pile of 
"made in Minnesota" cards and postcards, 
and I had to get them out for you to see!

These are great postcards from Adam Turman...



Adam does screenprinting and produces gig posters and art prints for music venues and art galleries all over the Twin Cities along with other various venues around the nation.  He also creates art for CDs, T-shirt designs for various bands, music venues, record labels, clothing companies, fellow artists, and collectors.  Cool is an understatement.

And these amazing cards are handmade by Beate Dinger...



Beate uses images from an 1880's family heirloom scrapbook in her designs.  They are whimsical and full of joy!

Cindy Lindgren Cards...



Cindy Lindgren is a Minneapolis based artist and enjoys bringing her own style to the Arts & Crafts Movement.  The Bibelot also carries some of her prints!

Cathy Milostan's Heart of the Garden cards...


These cards are individually hand painted by Cathy Milostan.  Each brush stroke is so delicate and each flower is so sweet.  You must see these cards, they are the daintiest little things!  

And the NuVue Studio cards and postcards are a throw back to old times...


This Saint Paul company has found old postcard images and recreated them for you to enjoy now!  Each card lets you know what decade the image is from... most seem to be from around the 1940s.

Golly, if it isn't a Keep the Faye POST CARD...



These images have been a Bibelot staple for years!  Everyone remembers the "Marvels of Minnesota," filled with images of the World's largest ball o'twine in Darwin or Paul Bunyon's girlfriend Lucette in Hackensack... all must sees as you travel Minnesota.  Or how about the "Principle Hotdishes by Region!"  If you're headed to Duluth for a family gathering, it will be good to know that Shepherd's Pie will be well received!

If you haven't been in the stores for a while, come on in and check them out!  I have opened boxes and boxes of new things these past few months- we're SURE to have something you need and your friend wants!