Friday, December 4, 2009

December 2009

Dickens on the Square
Holiday Shopper's Paradise

Friday, December 4th, 4:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 5th, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
13 E Side Square (between Pagliai's and Bronze It, Macomb IL

Featuring: Usborne Books, Diane's Crochet Design, One of a Kind Jewelry, Pampered Chef, Dandy Doggy Duds, Murdock Greeting Cards, Stampin' Up, Avon, and more! Pepsi Products will be available with all proceeds going to support our troops!

Fourth Annual Craft Show
Saturday, December 12th, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
West Prairie Middle School
600 S. Hun, Colchester IL

Several crafters from the area. This event is sponsored by the West Prairie Middle School Student Council. They will have consessions available.

Remember, you can always email us your order. We'll ship anywhere! Gift wrapping also available.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

More events for November & December 2009

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE
Sunday November 29th, 1-5 P.M.
McDonough County 4-H Center
3028 West Jackson Street, Macomb IL

18+ VENDORS including…
Dandy Doggy Duds, Shear Edge Salon, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Discovery Toys, Stampin’ Up!, At Home America, Uppercase Living, The Bag Lady, Arm Candy, Lia Sophia, One of a Kind Jewelry & Gifts, Hand-Made Crafts, BeautiControl, Celebrating Home, Scentsy,Geltmacher Enterprises-Amway Global, Thirty-One, Premier Designs Jewelry
STOP BY AND GET A HEAD START ON YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING
Refreshments and Door Prizes!

Fourth Annual Craft Show
Saturday, December 12th, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
West Prairie Middle School
600 S. Hun, Colchester IL

Several crafters from the area. This event is sponsored by the West Prairie Middle School Student Council. They will have consessions available.

Check back for more possible events before Christmas. Remember, you can always email us your order. We'll ship anywhere!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Fall 2009

Labor Day Weekend
Saturday, September 5 - Monday, September 7
Colchester Lions Park, Colchester, IL
Saturday & Sunday: 8am - 6pm, Monday: 8am - 12pm

A fun time for all in the heart of Colchester! Enjoy the food, carnival, music, and crafters!

Morton Pumpkin Festival
Morton, IL
Saturday, September 29
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

This annual event boasts lost of fun for the whole family. We hope to see you there!

Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive
Reed Park - Farmington, IL
October 3-4 & 10-11
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

This event covers several towns in the Spoon River Valley area. Farmington's Reed Park is one of the most visited sites along the drive, carrying handcrafted items. A must along your craft show stops this fall!

Altrusa Holiday Bazaar
Macomb High School - Macomb, IL
Saturday, November 14
9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Altrusa Bazaar is a favorite holiday event that helps raise money for the outreach programs run by the Altrusa club, including tutoring for local children.

Waren County HCE Craft Show
Lincoln School - Monmouth, IL
Saturday, November 21

This event is a lot of fun and carries a wide variety of homemade crafts.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

June 2009

Saturday, June 6
Elmwood Strawberry Festival
Elmwood, IL
8:00 am - 6:00 pm

We've always wanted to do a festival centered around food so here we go! From what we've heard, they have every food imaginable with strawberries. We even have Dandy Doggy Duds made with strawberry fabric purchase special for this event.

Saturday, June 20
Pin Hook Days
Industry, IL
Starting at 9:00 am

This is a small town festival with a lot of character. Come for the food, entertainment, the vendors, and of course the fun!

Friday, June 26 - Saturday, June 27
Macomb Heritage Days
Macomb, IL
Friday: 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Saturday: About 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Heritage Days is a fun local festival. This year's theme honors the local fire department, celebrating their 125th anniversary. We'll even have Dandy Doggy Duds with fire fighter hats fabric. Please note that our booth will not open until after the parade on Saturday morning so that we can spend this time with our family.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Upcoming events

Saturday, April 18
2nd Annual Spring Home Party Extravaganza
10:00 am until 3:00 pm
at Knights of Columbus
1556 E Fremont St
Galesburg IL

Bring a friend and enjoy a day of shopping from all of your favorite vendors, crafters, and at home businesses. Lunch will be available to purchase. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, April 25
KCAHCE Spring Fling
9:00 am until 2:00 pm
at Knox Agri Center
1805 S. Soangetaha Road
Galesburg IL

KCAHCE (Knox County Association for Home and Community Education) presents their annual Spring Fling 2009! This is the 6th Annual presentation of this show. Plant sale, craft sale, gardening tips. Crafters from around the county will display and sell their wares. A soup and sandwich linch will be served from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm for your convenience. There will be presentations by Master Gardeners on gardening tips.

Sunday, May 3
MIP Arts & Craft Fair
7:00 am until 4:00 pm
at Eriksen's Chevy Center
325 E 1st Avenue
Milan IL
I'm sorry that I was unable to attend this event due to a death in the family. I hope everyone had a wonderful time!

Rows upon rows of arts and craft vendors in the car dealer parking lot as well as inside. This is a huge event and a lot of fun. Stop by and say, "Hello!"

Thursday, May 7
Spring Fling for Local Vendors
4:00 pm until 7:00 pm
at First Presbyterian Church of Macomb
400 E. Carroll St.
Macomb IL
(Next to the YMCA - use Dudley St entrance)

Several direct sellers and crafters from the Macomb area are getting together to show you what's new for spring. Don't miss this great event and support your local home-based businesses, including: Tupperware, Mary Kay, Silpada, Pampered Chef, Entertaining At Home, Upper Case Living, Tastefully Simple, Scentsy Candles, At Home America, Stampin Up, Dandy Doggy Duds, R&R Spa, Discovery Toys, Dove Chocolate Discoveries, My Thirty-One

Check back soon! We're finding more shows all the time!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Etsy store

We now have a new store set up on Etsy. This will allow us to offer in-stock items for sale online. As always, if you have a special request just send us an email! You can see our Etsy store here. We have linked the new store off our main site, www.dandydoggyduds.com Thanks for all your support!

Oudoor Expo

Prestige Communications Outdoor Expo
Saturday, March 21st (9am-5pm) & Sunday, March 22nd (9am-4pm)
WIU's Western Hall

There will be Vendor Booths for Hunting, Fishing, Lawn and Garden and much more!
Admission: $2 per person - Children 13 and under are free
For more information, click here.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Upcoming show

Happy New Year!

What a wonderful year 2008 was for us! Our first year as an official business was great! Here's to an even better 2009!

Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1, 2009
Agriculture Mechanization Club Farm Expo

WIU Western Hall, Macomb IL
Saturday 9 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The 39th Annual Farm Expo at Western Illinois University, the largest student-run farm show in the United States. The two-day event, organized and conducted by WIU Agriculture Mechanization Club members and agriculture students, will feature emerging ag technology, farm tractors and machinery, livestock equipment and supplies, ag sales and service, conservation methods, crop supplies, ag structures, guest speakers and much more. More than 250 exhibitors will participate. Of course there will also be a kiddie tractor pull and a farm toy show. Look for us in the upper north concourse with the other crafters!