good morning guys! ac and i are heading to portland in two weeks where i’m speaking at the IDSA conference on august 4th. when we’re in town i thought it would be fun to have a little meetup to have fun and hang out with anyone in the area who wants to come join us! carla at alder & co. graciously offered to host the get together on august 3rd (5-8pm) at her shop downtown. we’ll be enjoying hors d’ouvres from the restaurant next door (yum!) and cocktails, mingling with friends and local artists, and checking out the goods at carla’s newly opened shop. if you’re in town for IDSA or just want to come by, i hope you’ll join us- it’s going to be a blast!
also, we’ll be collecting art supplies to support a fantastic local charity, p:ear. p:ear is a portland-based non-profit organization that creatively mentors homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation. alder & co. will donate a percentage of the evening’s sales to p:ear, and we are asking guests to bring art supplies to donate to these wonderful kids. items needed include: water-based paints, brushes, craft supplies, crochet and knitting supplies, glues, glitters, markers, papers, sewing supplies, and scissors. (p:ear does not currently need crayons or oil-based paints). ac and i will be collecting supplies while we’re in town, so if you have a few extra dollars (or some extra un-used supplies) i hope you’ll join us in helping out this great local charity.
hope to see you there! the summary details are below:
event: d*s portland meetup
date: tuesday, august 3rd
time: 5-8pm
where: alder & co., 537 SW 12th Avenue
(503-224-1647)
details: rsvp not needed, but please bring an art supply or two (see list above for items needed) with you for local pdx kids. we will have snacks, cocktails, and lots of mixing and mingling. i hope you can join us!
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Wish I lived in Portland, but I was wondering what the font is on the “D*S Portland Meetup” headline? I love it!
Oh! I wish I were going to be there! I have a whole huge BOX of old art supplies in storage I don’t use that I could donate. I assume P:ear take donations of these supplies year round?
LOve, love, LUV your blog and the super stuff you do! Keep it coming!
PS: got real excited seeing that you’ll be in “portland.” Then realized you meant the other one, not the “real” one ;-)
I will be there!
I’ll be there! It’s on my calendar.
How exciting! I will be there if I don’t have to work–so looking forward to meeting all of you!
Isn’t Portland the best? ;)
Oh, awesome!! I will be there!
I hope I can make it! I’d love to meet up with other design-minded folks.
yay, i’m so excited to finally meet in person, grace!! can’t wait :)
I’m there! I have all sorts of fun supplies lying around. Also, anyone wanting to show up with supplies (but don;t have much to scrounge up) could hit up SCRAP and put together a cool donation basket on the cheap!
Only unused (new) supplies, or are clean, functional, used supplies also appreciated?
Katie
Only unused supplies are needed at this time. Hope you can make it! (the donation isn’t required to attend, but would be a great, inexpensive way to give back to your community)
G
Hooray for Portland! So glad you’ll be coming. I’ll be coming out to meet you!
Three cheers for Portland! I will be there! And p:ear is an awesome non-profit -great choice!
your going to love the restaurant next door! Gruner is amazing, the chef makes amazing food he is a good friend of mine.
ENJOY!
Awesome – I can’t afford the design seminar but to meet one of my favorite bloggers – is a real treat!
be sure to check out SCRAP while you’re down there! It’s a community art, craft, and recycling project held together by volunteers and gorilla glue. I find amazing, weird little bits and bobs every time i go there- but beware, this is not your normal pretty art supply store, these are items that have been deemed unusable or unwanted. but the secret is that there’s probably something in there that’s exactly what you needed.
look out for: fabric pieces, yarn, string, thread, cards, paper, notebooks, misc tiles, wood, caps, bottles, boxes, misc canvas totes, and all kinds of goodies.
seriously worth a look!
geez, here’s the link.
http://scrapaction.org/
hi guys!
so excited to meet you all there :)
grace
this sounds so fun! Look forward to it!
Is this totally open to the public? I’m not part of the industry at all, just an eager student who loves making pretty things and would love to see whats going on!
I’ll be there! See you soon. :)
I can hardly contain my excitement!
oh wow – I am so there! Yay, looking forward to seeing you again.
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