Workshop News!

Sorry to report the "Painted Wine Glasses" workshop has been cancelled on May 28th, but hopefully we'll be able to reschedule with Steph Calvert on that one.

Coming up on Wed. June 3rd artist Lisafaye Dawson will be leading an art workshop. She will be teaching us how she creates her wonderful pieces (her mixed media pieces are on display at the store right now), using handmade paper, decoupage, paint and great imagination. All materials will be provided to create your own piece of art, just bring scissors and creativity! Materials and fee is only $25! See the really bad picture I took of a sample piece.

Call the store or come in to prepay for this workshop to reserve your spot, since we have limited space. Wed, June 3rd from 6pm-9pm. (562)433-5890

We are also very excited to announce that we will be part of the "Barbie on Broadway" Party that Spa Sidney is hosting on Sunday, June 14th from 1pm-5pm. Celebration of Barbie's 5oth Anniversary! Meet the Barbie Designers, Manis and Pedis by Kreme de la Kreme, Barbie Art Exibit by DDR Projects and more! "The Kids..." will be leading a "Glamour Barbie Headband" workshop for this event. Oh and lots of treats from EJ Malloy's, Olives and Lashers. Should be a fun and glamorous time. All ages welcome.

Spa Sidney is located at 3519 E. Broadway. For more info call them at (562)433-9665.

Coming soon will be Knitting and Felt Accessories workshops.

Jewelry Trunk Show this Thursday!

We are excited to host another trunk show for Anne A. Designs this Thursday! She will be introducing her new line, "Jeans Collection". This collection features beautiful necklaces, bracelets and earrings in sterling silver accented with delicately placed gems. One of my favorite pieces is the peace bracelet (pictured).

If you're still in search of that perfect Mother's Day (May 1oth) gift please join us this Thursday from 6pm-9pm. As usual we'll provide the wine, treats and great shopping.

We'd also like to thank everyone who came out on Saturday for Lisafaye Dawson's art show and the Bel Kai trunk show. Lisafaye's show is almost half sold out. If you didn't make it please stop in and check out what's left. She also does commission pieces and she's awesome. I have my choice narrowed down to two pieces. Hopefully I can make a decision before those pieces are gone as well.

Hope to see you Thursday!

Artist Reception this Saturday, May 2nd!

We are hosting a reception for local artist Lisafaye Dawson, this Saturday, May 2nd, from 5pm-8pm! Her mixed media pieces are amazing and surprisingly affordable. I have my eye on a few of her pieces. Her work will be up for the next month, so if you can't make it Saturday be sure to stop by and check out her work. Times are tough, but investing in art is always a good thing.

The Outfit will also be hosting a trunk show for Bel Kai Jewelry that same day. Beautiful designs by Whitney Hill. The Outfit will have all their handmade kids for 30% Off, and The Kids... will have selected items at 25% Off, including some of our new Spring stuff.

Join us Saturday for some Art, Jewelry, Wine & Treats. Don't forget Mother's Day is Sun, May 10th! Hope to see you there.

Busted By Bio-diesel But Still Trying

We hope everyone took time out on Wed. to celebrate Earth Day. At "The Kids..." we had 2 great workshops this month and we want to thank all those who came out. A special thanks to Kim Kessler and Steph Calvert for leading our workshops. Hopefully we can all continue doing little or big things to reuse, reduce and recycle.
A few things that my household has committed to:

No more plastic sandwich bags, only reusable storage containers.

No juice boxes, only reusable water bottles.

We purchased a Brita water filter, (the water bottles in the recycling container were getting out of control).

Replacing all the light bulbs with energy efficient lighting.

I'm working on remembering to bring my canvas bags to the market. Although I do reuse all the paper bags for recycling. Definitely no plastic.

Check out http://www.storyofstuff.com/. It's a 20 minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Anne Leonard. We could all use a little reminder about how all our consumerism effects our environment directly.

Now on a sad note my Mercedes 300E that was converted to run on veggie oil about 2 years ago has been converted back to just run on diesel. Unfortunately the conversion that we did has slowly over the past few years ruined our fuel system. We haven't completely figured out if it has to do with the year of our car (1998) or if it is that we don't know enough about the effects the veggie oil has on a diesel engine. Not to discourage anyone from getting their diesel engine converted, but definitely do a lot of research before you do. We haven't given up on the idea, but we are taking some time to figure it all out. We'll keep you posted.

xxoo-The Kids...

Celebrating Earth Day All Month Long!

Ok so Earth Day is Wed. April 22nd! There is so much we want to do to celebrate we're going to have 2 work shops, a trunk show and 10% off all sales the 1st 2 weeks of April.

The 10% discount really has to do with the crazy tax increase that goes into effect April 1st. If you haven't heard sales tax is increasing to 9.25%! Crazy, right?! Well we figured why not give our customers 10% off April 1-15th, to help ease the pain.

That brings us to the 1st "Make & Take Workshop" in April. "Turn Your Old Tee Into A Cute Tote!" On Thurs., April 9th from 6pm-9pm, join us for this event. Kim Kessler had so much fun doing the Apron Workshop she came up with one more!
Do you have a favorite T-shirt-preferably used with maybe a stain or a tear that you just can’t throw away, but you can’t wear it either? Well that is your blank canvas for this workshop. You can cut it, sew it, twist it, and turn it. You can deconstruct it, you can reconstruct it. Recycle it, resuscitate it, refashion it, and re-invent it.
It is the perfect place to start, and Kim Kessler can help you create that perfect bag. It will be something unique (and cheap) and your old Tee will continue to be with you to fulfill many new adventures.
Cost $25. If you don't bring in a tee we will provide one for an additional $5.
Perfect workshop for all ages and requires minimum sewing. See the cute tote below!

Workshop #2 is on Earth Day, Wed. April 22nd from 5pm-9pm! "Decorate a Flowerpot and Plant Something"! This workshop will be led by amazing artist, Steph Calvert of Hearts & Laserbeams! She will provide the flowerpot, all the materials to decorate/paint your flowerpot and seedlings to plant something beautiful later. This is a great gift idea for Mother's Day coming up on May 10th! Materials and fee is just $15! All ages welcome! See 1st picture of sample flowerpots.

We will also be hosting a trunkshow for Hearts & Laserbeams new line of goodies featuring her "Underwater Critters" that same evening. Her new line features everything from blank recipe cards, pocket mirrors, coasters, notecards and more. Great gift ideas at awesome prices!

Hope to see you at one or all off our events next month! Happy Earth Month!

Spring is here!

Lots of new stuff going on at "The Kids..." for Spring! New merch. from Raasta, Good Society, and amazing one of a kind jewelry by Anna Herrington. Raasta is one of our fav lines from Spain and we just received our 1 shpmt (see cute dress above). Good Society does organic cotton denim and also donates a portion of all profits to charities in India and Cambodia. We just got the Raw Denim Slim Leg in. Cute jeans and helping our world community, what more could you ask for. Anna Herrington designs one of a kind necklaces by combining vintage pieces, creating timeless jewelry for all occasions (check out the amazing piece above.)

We are also excited about being feature in the May issue of "Lucky" magazine, under "lucky breaks". Look for it, come in, get something new and keep some extra $$ in your pocket.

Come in right now and get 20% off all denim, including denim already on sale. Now thru March 31st!

Lots of Aprons!

Thanks to everyone who attended our apron workshop and especially to Kim. We had a very skilled 6 year old who made a skull apron. Check out some pix above. There were some who couldn't make it to the workshop, so if anyone out there is still interested come sign up at the store. If enough people sign up Kim will reschedule the apron workshop.

We should have a schedule for future workshops up in the next week.

xxoo - The Kids...