This Sat+Sun --> Urban Street Bazaar

Urban Street Bazaar

Sat + Sun April 14 + 15

sat noon-8pm, sun 1pm-5pm

Bishop Arts District N. Bishop Ave. and W. Davis St Dallas, TX

We're taking the Wagon to the Urban Street Bazaar this weekend in the Bishop Arts District of Dallas. There you'll find 50 artists and vendors selling awesome local items, plus you'll be surrounded by some of Dallas' greatest restaurants. So plan your weekend around the Bishop Arts District and come shop the Wagon. Admission is free and you get to run around in the street.

Check out some of our new Wagon items. Handmade fresh this week for you!!

Mer Bear tees in men's and ladies!

Folk Yeah in mens and ladies too!!

More to come, and you can also find these online in our Etsy shop

brand spanking new messenger bags!!

We know you'll get hungry, so here's some food places we like:

Need a break in the District - Eno's Pizza - 407 N. Bishop Ave

Walk a couple blocks for a romantic gourmet dinner - Bolsa - 614 W. Davis

Just coffee and street seating for me - Oddfellows - 316 W. Davis St

Hungry in a hurry - Bees Enchiladas - 202 West Davis

And other things going on in the area -
Ciclovia on the Houston St Viaduct bridge - We won't be there, but we hear there's some fun going on. Bring your bike and hit up both events!

See you there!
Cheers,
-Dylan + Pamela

Brew Riot! Mmmm...beer + tees!

**UPDATE** You can find Brew Riot tees now in our online shop. click here

Last summer we kinda stumbled into (and out of) one of the greatest events we could ever fathom, Brew Riot!!

It was a warm weekend evening, and we had just finished packing up our handmade goods for the day from a Dallas show we were in. Our spirits were high, but our thirst needed to be quenched. When we heard rumors of a beer tasting event in the Bishop Arts District, our ears perked up, we cheersed our figurative custom engraved beer mugs, and ran over there to see what all the fuss was about. We had a blast at the 2nd annual Brew Riot trying all kinds of local brews and new beers. 

When they needed tees done for this year's event, they asked us to design their 3rd Annual Brew Riot tshirts!! We power clinked our figurative mugs again in joy, and got to hand drawing a very cool design for the event. You can see a little of the hand lettering we did in this earlier blog post. 

The tees are a 100% cotton, hand screenprinted, prewashed, smoke gray tee, and will be on sale at Brew Riot for only $15. Yup, that's just fifteen buck-a-roos!

BREW RIOT

Go Oak Cliff will be selling our limited edition Brew Riot tees ($15). Get 'em before they run out.

date: Sun, May 22

time: 4pm-8pm

location: Bishop Arts District - Dallas, TX

cost: $20 suggested donation to sample free beer local brewers

more info: click here

Proof: Yes, we draw it by hand

Many people ask us if we R E A L L Y hand-draw our designs, and the answer is yes!! Each design we do is an original hand-drawn illustration that starts in our brains and ends up on on our Dowdy Studio goods. We love getting into a pile of paper, pens and ink and spilling our creativity all over it. We just can't help ourselves.

This week we're working on a tee design for the 3rd Annual Brew Riot, a home brew beer tasting festival and competition in beloved Oak Cliff. Local homebrewers compete in the streets showcasing their craft brews alongside live music, games, and more. Several regional microbrewies will also be on hand sampling their wares and answering questions. A suggested $20 donation benefiting non-profit Go Oak Cliff is all they're asking to get in on the beer sampling.

Here's the proof that we draw it all by hand:

Proof #1: wheat stock

Proof #2: a little hand lettering

Proof #3: a little hand-drawn script

Go Oak Cliff will be selling our limited edition Brew Riot tees on site, so get there early, grab a tee and enjoy the beers!! You'll be glad you did.

when: May 22nd, 4-8pm

where: Bishop Arts District, Dallas

more deets: here

Indie Genius Bazaar Recap

Last Saturday and Sunday we spent both lovely days in the IndieGenius parking lot on 7th and Zang with a bunch of cool artist folks + friends in our Dowdy Studio Wagon. We have a permanent small boutique space inside Indie Genius, but thought we'd have some fun and set up the Wagon outside too.

Here's some shots we took at the beginning of the event. We really wish we had more time to shoot more, but we got a little carried away just enjoying ourselves and meeting awesome people.

Our new chalkboard sign got it's first debut on the door of the Dowdy Studio Wagon all weekend.

There were lots of cool vendors. Must give a shout out to my Etsy Dallas peeps: Signifying Not, ReGeared, Karmacrocket, 2Enju who were all there and a special shout out to our friends from F is for Frank. They all rock'd it as usual.

Justin + Lindsay had the cutest lively bundle of fluff. The lovely Milo, waltzed in the Wagon and started shopping even before his parents knew what was going on. I think he was kinda bummed to find we didn't have any tees in his size, but we think he still had a good time.

Thanks for stopping by our blog guys! We hope to see you soon at the next Dowdy Studio Wagon event. We'll be at Oak Cliff Earth Day this Sunday from 12-5pm.

Hi!!! - from Dylan

Did you say food?

We didn't take this pic. We actually pulled it from the Bees Enchiladas facebook page, but we wanted to inlude a little shout out for our new favorite enchilada house. Bees, is just a skip across the street from Indie Genius, so we indulged in their tasty offerings. i'm sure everything on the menu is great, but may we suggest: try their mushroom and spinach enchilada's with avocado sauce (Pamela's fave) and the brisket enchilada with blanco queso (Dylan's fave).

YUM YUM YUM!!!

Cheers!

-Pamela + Dylan

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