Friday, December 2, 2016

December 2-4, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the December 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post.

Every month we create a thread over on our Art Walk Etsy Team page where members of our team can add items from their shops so people can visually scroll through this online art walk.


Please make sure to stop back throughout the month to see what is being added!

Members are also welcome to add their Etsy shop link and business FB page to our monthly profile photo update on our First Friday Art Walk Weekend page

Have a wonderful weekend and month of December and Thank You for supporting handmade and local artwork!

Friday, November 4, 2016

November 4-6, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Happy First Friday!

Please join our Artists from our Art Walk Etsy Team (AWETeam) in the monthly celebration of handmade creativity by clicking over to our November 2016 Etsy Event Thread where members of our team will be adding items from their Etsy shops.

Here are a few items from our members:
Handmade Pewter Cat Earrings by BayMoonDesign
PATTERN to make these Crystals on the Edge Hoop Earrings by TrixiesJewelBox
Cedar Twig Brooch in Sterling with CZ stones by DixSterling
Oval Porcelain Shawl Pin by ClayworksNH
Needle Felted Gnome Bottle Topper by MarshaNealStudio

Please check back through the month to see if other artists are adding new work to their shop for your handmade holiday shopping treasures.

And don't forget to look around your local town to see if there are any First Friday Art events happening in your area. Help support your local art shops, galleries and artists!

Friday, October 7, 2016

October 7-9, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Welcome to the October 2016 First Friday Art Walk Etsy Team monthly event thread.


Artists selling their items through Etsy have joined our Art Walk Etsy Team to be able to help promote their items through this monthly event. We have a monthly thread over on Etsy where members of our team can list up to 4 items from their shop.

Here is a sampling of the artists participating this month (click HERE for more!)

Bay Moon Design
DixSterling
ClayworkSNH
TrixiesJewelBox
Shaterra
MarshaNealStudio
And with Etsy changing with the technology and what they see as working or not, they have discontinued their Treasuries. So here are the last of the AWETeam treasuries...

An AWEsome End by Dix Cutler

Fall Is Coming by Kathy Lindemer

Feels Like Fall by Mary Hamilton

Special Handmade Fall Gifts by Kathy Lindemer
Thanks for taking the time to check out some of these unique items offered by these talented people.

We hope you'll stop back each month and consider giving some fun handmade gifts this holiday season!

Friday, September 2, 2016

September 2-4, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the September First Friday Art Walk Weekend!

Hop on over to our Art Walk Etsy Team page for September 2016 to see the artists from our team adding items from their Etsy shop for this months Art Walk Weekend.

And check out some of our AWETeam Treasuries (curated collections of items found on Etsy).
It's an AWETeam Autumn by Dix Cutler

September Art Walk by Barbara Hanselman

Hope you have some time to get out this weekend and see some local art in your town!
Thank you for supporting handmade!

Friday, August 5, 2016

August 5-7, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the August 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).


This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the August 2016 Event Thread.

Here are just a few items that some of our members have added:

Unique Handmade Felt Hats by Feltthink

Red Gold Blue and Teal Stoneware and Porcelain Pendants by Clayworksnh
Handmade Solid Bronze Earring Components by TrixiesJewelBox

DIY Wrap Silk Bracelet or Cord Kit by MarshaNealStudio

Here are some AWETeam treasuries to check out:
August Greens AWETeam First Friday Artwalk by Lisa Boucher

Coffee with Cream Please by Kathy Lindemer

Thanks for stopping by and checking out these wonderful artists shops.

And remember to get out and support your local Art scene. Happy First Friday!


Friday, June 3, 2016

June 3-5, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the June 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the June 2016 Event Thread.

Here are just a few items that some of our members have added:
Turquoise Starfish Earrings by BayMoonDesign
Original Watercolor Painting by KarenFaulknerStudio
Handmade Ceramic Mint Green Serving Bowl by RisingStarPottery1
Brass Hair Slide Barette by actionLove
Make sure to click HERE to see the rest of the shops for June.

There are also Etsy Treasuries curated for our team by our members, which are really wonderful to see:
June Trends by BayMoonDesign

AWETeam's Everything Old is New Again by BHClaysmith

Rain Beauty by actionLove

Horsin' Around by DreamOn

For Dads and Grads by BayMoonDesign

And you can always check out more shops all month long through our AWETeam Member Shop Page here on our blog

For those of you on Facebook, we have a First Friday Art Walk Weekend Page, where our team members can link up their shops and FB pages to our monthly profile image update.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out our monthly post and we hope that you are able to get out locally and see artists showing off their work where you live or are visiting.
Thanks for supporting handmade, vintage, and supplies for handmade making fun!

Friday, May 6, 2016

May 6-8, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the May 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend, hosted by the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

This monthly online event is a meeting place for our team members to add items from their Etsy shop to our "Event Thread". Please check out the May 2016 Thread.
Moonlit Saguaro Pendant by Lisa Boucher
Mint Green Serving Bowl by RisingStarPottery1
Handmade Copper Earring Components by TrixiesJewelBox
Handmade Earrings by MarshaNealStudio


Etsy Treasuries curated by our team members for our AWETeam can be found HERE.
May First Friday Art Walk on Etsy by Lisa Boucher
Please check back through this weekend, and the rest of the month to see what other items our members are wanting to show off.

Please take some time to look and see what events your local art scene may be doing this month.
You may find some great artists and shops that like to support handmade.

Please consider joining our Art Walk Etsy team if you have items that you make, are made for making handmade, or are vintage, and add a couple of items into the monthly event thread.

Friday, April 1, 2016

April 1-3, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend Event Post

Welcome to the April 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend blog post!


Every month we ask members of our Art Walk Etsy Team (AWETeam) to add a few items from their Etsy shop to our Team Event Post over on Etsy so we can help promote each others work through social media. Please hop on over and take a look to see what people are up to!

Etsy Treasuries played a large part of the startup of this team, and a few of our members are quite good at coming up with collaborations of team and non-team members.

Take a look at some of these AWETeam Treasuries.

Thanks for stopping by!
We hope you get out and see some local art in your area.

Friday, March 4, 2016

March 4-6, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Happy First Friday!


We hope that you are able to get out and explore local art this weekend for First Friday as a lot of local galleries traditionally host an opening of month long new work on this evening.

Over on our AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team) we have a monthly "event" post where artists selling their work on Etsy can join our team and list items from their shop in this monthly thread.

Here is the link for the March Event Thread (check back through the month as people will add new items).

We have team members that like to make treasury collections on Etsy that help support team members and our event. Please click HERE to see the most recent ones.

Ah, Spring by Dix Cutler
Easter Gift Guide by Kathy Lindemer


Friday, February 5, 2016

February 5-7, 2016 First Friday Art Walk Weekend

Welcome to the February First Friday Art Walk Weekend Blog post for the AWETeam (Art Walk Etsy Team).

Each month we ask members of our team to share their new work, seasonal work, or anything else they would like to promote in our monthly Event Thread over on Etsy: February Event Thread.

Nautical Whale Card by BayMoonDesign
Sunset at Cabo by JanetsArt
Handmade Glass Hearts by PLJohnsonGlassArt