All You Need is Love + Cool Art

All You Need is Love + Cool Art is the show I was telling you about that a few of our friends and us decided to put on. It's happening February 5th over in Dallas, so please join us for some shopping, funness and awesomeness. Click here to visit the site and learn more.

We're working up some new love themed art for your loved ones, so stay tuned here and we'll post the sneak peek.

Have fun with a handful of local artists and crafters selling their wares to the public in a fun and relaxing private environment (Larry's Kessler Park home!). Free snacks, wine, beer, good company. Bring your credit card or cash. We can't wait to see you!

WHEN: Saturday, February 5th
TIME: noon-6pm
WHERE: 1027 N. Windomere, Dallas, TX
(Kessler Park in artsy north Oak Cliff)
WHY: Shop for you and your sweet Valentine(s) - jewelry, art, bags, home goods!
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clockwise: fabric sculpture necklace by tefi (Stephanie), I Heart You a Latte print by Dowdy Studio (Pamela), fused glass bracelets by Kessler Craftsman (Larry), Blooms and Birds handbag by Cut Out and Collect (Cheyne)

Won't you join us? We'll have free food, wine and beer; great company in a relaxed environment; a tour of the Kassler Craftsman's amazing studio; and some cool handmade shopping fun - just in time for Valentine's Day!

And Cool Art - Our bio

We did a bio last week for And Cool Art, a fun art show we are putting on happening Feb 5th in Dallas. We got together with a few of our artsy friends and decided to throw a small Valentine's themed trunk show in Oak Cliff. Read more about it here. And check out our bio below. We hope you can join us!

photo by Squaresville Studio

Dowdy Studio combines the talent of collaborative husband and wife team, Dylan and Pamela Dowdy to bring to the world original art and illustration incorporated into handmade items for you to enjoy. Dylan finds pleasure in silkscreening, illustration and crafting furniture out of wood, and Pamela, formerly known as artist Pamela Michelle, also loves illustration, and is crazy for designing wooden jewelry. Come meet them both at the All You Need is Love and Cool Art shopping experience in Dallas.

Music is my Weapon - Mens tee

Double Vision - 5x7 print

See these and find much more at the All You Need is Love and Cool Art show. To get your eye candy on early, just pop on over to the Dowdy Studio Etsy Shop.

Let's get our wrap on: Holiday How To

Today's lesson: How to avoid buying wrapping paper.

Here at the Dowdy House, we do our best to put a little creativity into everything we do. So when it came to wrapping our Christmas presents, we decided it would be best to find some things around the house to wrap them in, instead of spending extra money and stressing out buying wrapping paper at the already overcrowded stores.

So it being Christmas Eve, and with the stores shutting their doors before you can get in there to purchase that last minute roll of wrapping paper that you forgot to get last Tuesday, we'll share with you our little How To avoid buying wrapping paper and doing it yourself.

Step 1: Gather your materials

+ Some kind of paper. We had an extra roll of packaging paper left over from something we did earlier this year, but old newspapers, magazines, junk mail or a pile of papers out of your recycling bin will do the trick too.

+ Scissors - for cutting

+. A Sharpie!! If you're cool and have different colors of Sharpies, grab them all to make your gifts even more festive!

+ Tape - for taping the things you cut.

Step 2: Wrap your gifts with your found paper.

Step 3: Grab your Sharpies and decorate!!

We chose to draw on fake bows and ribbons, then fill in the paper with pretty designs. Just a simple stripe or dot pattern can be real cute. Don't forget to draw in a fake tag to write who it's to and from.

When you're all done, you should have some really fun and unique presents to give to your friends and family. Maybe they'll even save the wrapping paper to keep.

Cheers and Happy Merry Christmas

from Dylan and Pamela!