Images from last weekend

We took a little break last weekend and decided to venture out to the middle of nowhere, TX to explore country life at our friend's ranch house. We packed up our coolers and a bunch of friends and drove and drove until we got there. Here's just a quick visual of some of the pretty things we saw on our way. 

 some great Texas landscapes 

a small town that looked like it could be abandoned

At the ranch house we had a special surprise waiting for all our buddies. We made some fun camp tees to commemorate the weekend. It actually helped it feel like a real life summer camp. We made up a camp song and even came up with talents that we planned on showcasing at our end of camp talent show. We never actually had a talent show, because after all the adventures we were too tired and sunburned to do anything, but we still had a roaring good time.

Now we're back in town, and looking forward to this weekend, when we'll have the Dowdy Studio Wagon at Good 2 Go Taco in Dallas all weekend. This is a special weekend, because it will be our last Dallas weekend of the summer. We're just taking a little summer break to get in the studio and get ready for the fall. We're looking forward to new items, cooler weather and tons of fun!!

This Weekend: The Dowdy Wagon goes to Bolsa Cafe

Hey Wagon chasers! We'll be at Bolsa Cafe this weekend with our newest tee designs and all of our other good handmade goodies.

We'd love for you to join us and shop the Dowdy Wagon, plus take advantage of being at Bolsa and indulge in their delicious food creations. Not hungry? Then grab a drink at their top notch bar and hang out for a while. We dare you to ask the bartenders to surprise you with something new. Those guys are the best, and will definitely make your taste buds dance.

Bolsa Cafe

Sat+Sun. July 16-17

Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-2pm

Bolsa Cafe's parking lot

614 West Davis Dr Dallas, TX

Shop online for our two new designs.

Two of our newest designs we've drawn up for you are now for sale online in our Etsy shop. Not only can you find these babies online, but you can also grab your very own in the Dowdy Studio Wagon. This weekend we'll be at Bolsa Cafe in Dallas Saturday and Sunday. See all our Wagon stops on our Dowdy Wagon Calendar. We'd love to see ya! 

Drink Local - Men's v-neck  

Chief Lion - Ladies v-neck

Awesome Weekend Recap

Saturday, we wagoned on over to the White Rock Local Market at the Green Spot in East Dallas. There had to be at least 35 vendors selling everything from local produce, homemade cookies and sweets, shrimp,  art and crafts. We met lots of great people who came in and out of the Dowdy Wagon. We also took a little stroll around the market and met the makers behind Red Ranger Ray Guns and Will Ninja. We suggest you go check them out, because them kiddos are cool. 

Sunday, the Wagon arrived at Good 2 Go Taco and we saw their neighbors, Goodfreind, setting up for their big patio party. They pulled out reclaimed church pews for people to sit, and gave out free beer and wine, a sampling of their menu. Hundreds of people came out Sunday to check out the new place and meet up with friends and make new ones. We certainly enjoyed it and cannot wait until this place opens for reals!

Oh OH! And we also brought our new design, Drink Local. Drink Local is actually a redesign of a tee we made for an event in Bishop Arts District called Brew Riot (much fun). We decided to redesign it, so that all people could support their local brewers and makers of drinks. We don't have it online in our Shop quite yet, but we're bringing these bad boys with us in the Dowdy Wagon for now. 

Our other new design, the Cheif Lion, came with us this weekend too. We'd love you to meet them both over at in our Dowdy Wagon at  Bolsa Cafe in Oak Cliff next weekend. Join us for some fun, yum, and awesome handmade shopping. 

Cheers!

-Pamela + Dylan

Getting ready for a patio party!

Yah that's right, we're gearing up for a good times patio party that every patio will be talking about into next summer. We're talking about the good people over at Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House's pre-opening patio party. We'll be out in the Dowdy Studio Wagon this Sunday in front of Good 2 Go Tacos and Goodfriend for an all day Wagon extravaganza! 

We first were introduced to Goodfriend when we took the Dowdy Wagon over to Good 2 Go Tacos for the first time. We saw this vacant boarded up space next to them with some permits and notices hanging on the doors. We were instantly curious as to who G2G's new neighbors were going to be. 

We found out that it was going to be a bar named Goodfriend! We were instantly excited and immediately began stalking...I mean following them on their facebook page and watching the transformation. They are still far from finished with the renovations, but their patio is in need of a good party, so why not invite everyone out for some good times and free beers!

So here's the Goodfriend patio party scoop:

where: 1154 Peavy Rd, Dallas

when: Sunday, July 10th, 2-6pm 

bring: You + friends + summer thirst

Random: Once upon a time...

So....sometimes you just have to make little animations. This once is about a stolen purple Beetle and two ice cream's fleeing the scene near a large coffee factory. Don't worry the car was returned to it's owner and the coffee was all drank by me!

Do you have something to add to the story? Alternate ending? Plot twist? Post your version in the comments. We might just share the best ones.

Cheers!
-Pamela + Dylan

Join us this weekend for so much awesome!!

We are super looking forward to this weekend. We're packing in a ton of great places to take the Dowdy Wagon, and we also have a little surprise to tell you about very soon that you can witness for yourself this weekend!! We hope you'll come by, shop and say hi! See you soon.

White Rock Local Market

Saturday, July 9

8am-1pm

The Green Spot - 702 N. Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX

Free to attend, local growers and artists

more info: click here

Good 2 Go Taco

Sunday, July 10
7am-6pm
1146 Peavy Rd, Dallas
Tacos and Tees + much more! See you there friends! Join us from 2-6pm for a Patio Party at Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House next door. Free beer and good times my friends!
more info: click here 

This Weekend the Wagon is goes to Smoke Restaurant

Hey kiddos! It's one of those great american weekends and we are ready to celebrate in style. We'll be going to the best place in Dallas to get some great BBQ by Chef Tim Bryes, Smoke Restaurant! Come on out and Kick it with us in the Dowdy Studio Wagon. We'll have some great Fourth of July colors for sale for you to sport for your big 4th party, like the Sketchy Owl on red, the Double Vision on light gray, and the Super Ride on Navy. 

Smoke Restaurant 

date: Sat, July 2

time: 10am - 3pm & 6pm - 10pm

location: In front of Smoke 

901 Fort Worth Ave  Dallas, TX

Smoke's website: click here

Estate Sale Score!!

I'm not sure if we've mentioned (yes we have), how much we are obsessed with estate sales. Well, we are. It's like a crazy addiction unleashed by out inner need to always be finding beautiful thing to surround ourselves with.

When we moved into a larger place 2 years ago, we found estate sales to be the best place to buy affordable unique vintage furniture to fill our little house. We had a huge shopping list that included a dining room table, dressers, storage and even much more that we eventually just wrote in on our list, since we were finding so many cool things. Sometimes we're lucky enough to find big awesome furniture or art, and other times we're just happy to find little accessories that make us happy.

Like this little bird brooch Pamela rescued from a pile of jewelry, along with a button up blouse covered in racing horses.

In the same pile of jewelry, a small green ring hand painted with a little flower motif. We imagined it came from someone's travels from a far away place where they created many happy memories.

One of our favorite finds to date is this antique mirror we found hanging in a kitchen in a picked through home. It was the only item left hanging on the wall, and the second we saw it we knew we could give it a loving new home. It now rides with us every where we go in our Dowdy Studio Wagon and is perfect for our awesome shoppers to get a glimpse of themselves wearing their new purchases.

A weekend Recap in Pictures

Heya folks! We had a jam-packed weekend of fun. So much fun, that I'm going to try to fit it all in this one blog post. We're even going to make it confusing and start with the end of the weekend and move our way backwards towards the beginning of the weekend. So put on your bike helmet and follow our bike trail through the weekend. 

Sunday we spent at the Better Block Project's 72 Hour Challenge's reveal day on Ross Ave in Dallas. The event showcased how easily and affordably we could turn around a once deserted through traffic street into a more lively and pedestrian friendly meeting ground for the community. The streets were filled with art vendors, interactive games, food trucks, bike lanes, trees, urban-scaping, and so much more! If you missed it, rumor has it that the gang behing the Better Block will be hitting up different parts of town in the near future. 

On a quick stroll through the festivities, I found two of our lady buddies, Vynsie + Jully from We Are 1976, a local shop where you can also find our Dowdy Studio tees. They had created a cozy bus stop complete with a free art trade section and book swap shelves. We were blown away by the cool!

Just a few steps down the road was a huge tented area made from what looked like recycled vinyl advertising. There was seating and bands playing, along with an outdoor gym, photo booth and food trucks.

Sunday was a blast! It was also hot, but we were happy we decided to install fans in the Wagon just in time for the TX heat. We actually kept pretty cool in our breezy shade-mobile.

Ok, so rewind a bit and we find ourselves at Saturday, where we spent the day volunteering at the Etsy Dallas Supplies Me! Sale at South Side on Lamar.  All the Etsy Dallas members cleaned out their supply closets of unused do-dads and who-whats-its and covered over 10 tables in crafty supplies to sell to the public. 

Above is a group shot of all the ladies sporting their newly loved hair bows that Silla Soup was cleaning out of her stash. See more pics in the Etsy Dallas' gallery. Also check out our hair bow glamour shots.  

 

Read more about the show on the Etsy Dallas blog.