Mar 1, 2011

The Making of the Dowdy Studio Wagon: Part VI

Painting a chest:
Dylan built this wooden chest to sit under the tee rack. The he used his slick art skills to give it a fancy custom paint job. Check it:

Before
After - (with a little clean up)
This is what it looks like with the new drawers too. We stuck in some prop prints to show you how our handmade drawers are going to showcase our prints.



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-Pamela + Dylan

Feb 28, 2011

The Dowdy Studio Wagon - Part V

Today is all about Pamela fake making drawers.

Dylan made these really cool drawers that stick out of the wall to hold our prints. There are three of them and each is a different size to hold out 3 sizes of prints.

This is Pamela coming home for lunch and pretending like she's helping do something to the drawers. "This drawer looks great! Let me measure it and make sure there is a distance from this corner to this corner. Yup, all seems to be in order. check!" - Pamela

"Oh this already finished drawer seems to be level. I'll even do the pencil test. er...hrm....good good. Perfect! Well then, I guess I will take more pics, then go make a sandwich." - Pamela

We had fun diving in and out of shops and stores too looking for unique drawer pulls. We loved the mixed match look of the different metals, but after putting them on there we were thinking they might be cooler painted all bright colors. We still haven't decided, what y'all think?


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-Pamela + Dylan

Feb 27, 2011

Just a little fun at IndieGenius


We have a micro-boutique at IndieGenius, an indie marketplace near Bishop Arts in Dallas serving up some really cool goodies. A while back we made a little swing by and worked a few hours, then loaded up our boutique space with lots of new stuff! Hell to the yeah!

We stocked up the tees for the ladies, new necklaces, clocks and loads of new prints.

Then we took pics!

There was a photo booth at a party they held there for Valentine's so we decided to put on our pretty faces, and strike some poses.

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Cheers!
-Pamela + Dylan


Feb 26, 2011

The Dowdy Studio Wagon: Part IV

We're getting closer! After installing the bench, cash wrap and a tee rack, we decided we should probably clean this Wagon up a little before making more displays. Sweeping isn't really the most fun part of the renovation, but it must be done. Hey, at least I'm good at it! Especially when it's only 72 square feet of space.

We are madly in love with the faux wood floors against the gray and white painted walls. The the springy green wall in the back adds for some extreme pop!

We hung some tees on the tee rack just to see how they looked with the new furniture displays. We looooove it, and think they look stunning in their new home.

Dylan installed lighting around the ceiling for when we're out in the evenings. It's so bright in there. We closed all the doors just to see if you could still see in darkness and VAVOOM yes! Score!

Our hearts are racing with excitement, and we can't wait to show you more of our adventures of building this baby!

We also hope you can join us March 12th at the Gypsy Wagon in Dallas for their first Handmade Market of 2011 happening once a month through May. This will be our GRAND OPENING!!!!! Hooray!!! Stay tuned to hear about more of our upcoming events.

Happy trails!
-Pamela + Dylan


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Feb 25, 2011

NEWS! WEEEEE!

This just in: We'll be drag'n out the Wagon for the first time EVER EVER EVER March 12th at the Gypsy Wagon in Dallas.

You should come! We'd love to see you. Mark you calendars and plan to celebrate our grand opening with us!!!

YAY! WE heart you!
- Pamela + Dylan

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Feb 23, 2011

The Dowdy Studio Wagon: Part III

Our Mission: Insert a low shelf - That's what we did!

When it came to designing the inside of the Wagon, we were torn on whether we should find some cool old beat up furniture and refinish it to put in there, or if we should just start from scratch and build everything ourselves. Either way we knew we would be getting our hands dirty and being super DIY.

Earlier this winter Dylan and his pops worked on a set design for a small film, and we were rewarded with tons of left over wood and supplies after the shoot. So what better way to use them than to build our own displays for the Wagon! This way we would build and design exactly what we were looking for and not have to rely on finding the perfect vintage piece.

Lulu took a break from building the display furniture. She doesn't do that kinda stuff, and it's not good for her fur or something like that, so this kitty sunbathed instead.

The Low shelf was built, and placed in the Wagon. Perfect. Just one more thing to do....paint it.

Ohhh la la...white!

Once it was painted, we secured it to the wagon. We decided the best spot for it was on the window side, since we build an installed a hanging tee rack on the other wall. Dylan also built a small bar height cash wrap on the back wall.

Dylan putting the finishing touches on the cash wrap.

And we have been enjoying random paint on our faces.

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Roadside + Clouds

In January we took a little trip to Austin to visit some friends and enjoy the city. On the drive back, I realized I hadn't taken a single pic, so I shot some images of the side of the road. The clouds were blowing in and clustering up and you could only see bits of bright blue through them. It was very gloomy, but pretty, so I whipped out the camera phone and had some fun.

So for your viewing pleasure: Roadside + Clouds



Feb 22, 2011

+Cool Art Visual Recap


It was a couple weeks ago, there was snow on the ground, it was quiet outside and a few of us Etsy Dallas artists decided to hold an intimate trunk show called All You Need is Love + Cool Art. Here's some pics of what happened.

A view from our front window the day before the + Cool Art show.

Outside Larry's house, where the show was. Luckily the snow melted a bit that day. You know Texas shuts down when it snows, so we're really excited that we were able to make it.

It was warm and cozy inside where we set up out handmade goodies all over Larry's house. Larty, the Kessler Craftsman, and Tefi took over the dining room.

A close up of Tefi's pretty fabric yo-yo necklaces.

This was our set up. We shared the living room with Cut Out and Collect. We blocked the TV with our ginormous display.

That's okay, because Cut Out and Collect blocked the fireplace. We joked about turning it on....but we're too nice for that. Plus we heart her handmade bags and like them better not on fire.

Feb 18, 2011

The Dowdy Studio Wagon - Part II

Since our last post about the Wagon, we've been getting our paint on, and doing some fancy things like installing fine flooring and finishes. Here's a shot from the back side. As you can see we have primed walls!!! Oh yeah...primed walls baby!

After priming the walls, we realized that all those paint fumes in a tight small space is apparently not the best for making logically coherent or sane sentences. We both experienced bursts of looniness that probably would scare away any proper person.

Excerpts from our painting fumed delirium:

Dylan - "Do people playing the Wii ever say that they are going to wiiiii all over the living room?" followed by unstoppable giggles.

Pamela - "These paint brushes are so soft. They should take lots of these brushes and tie them together make even bigger brushes, that you can lay on and take a nap."

So we decided it was probably time to open the doors and window. After a bit of airing out, we stained the doors a nice medium brown to give it some nice color and protect it from wear and tear.
To spruce up the flooring, we found these faux wood tiles, that really made the room glow!

With a splash of on of our favorite colors, green, and some final trimmings, we called it done for the day. We've got a bit of a ways to go, but we're almost there. We'll be posting more pics and showing you what we're up to with it. Hope you like it! We can't wait to show you in person! yay!

-Pamela + Dylan

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Feb 17, 2011

Come play with us!

This Saturday, from 4-8pm, we'll be working at our favorite micro-boutique, Indiegenius!! We invite you, and we invite your friends to come on down Saturday to join us for some shopping fun. We'll be bringing up boat loads of new items and stocking up our boutique. We've got new prints, new jewelry, new clocks and new tees for the ladies and the mens!

So Saturday.....cancel your plans and come hang out with us. Then, go explore the Bishop Arts District. We recommend hitting up Eno's Pizza for dinner. They have great beers and tasty tasty pizza (get the Eno's Original. YUM! & save us a bite). Ladies, if you do need to run to the powder room, do check out the upstairs bathroom. We've taken over the walls with some of our artwork. Hope you like it. :)

See you Saturday!
-Pamela + Dylan