Weekend Recap Y'all: Part 1

This weekend was filled with terrific weather and truckloads Wagonloads of awesome! It was great to be back in Dallas and hanging out with friends and making new ones. We began at the White Rock Local Market on Saturday, then headed on over to Good 2 Go Taco for some Sunday funday. There's just so much to talk about and show you guys that we have to make this weekend recap a two parter.  So we present Part 1:

The Market was packed with all kinds of yummy tummy locally grown and made foods. The vibe was laid back and casual, just like us, so we couldn't have asked for anything more!

We swung open our doors to a nice cool 75 degree morning, set up the Wagon, and turned up the music for a great Saturday.

Pamela rocked the Mer Jack shirt tucked into a fitted cotton stripped skirt, some slip on low rise boots and topped off with a wooded carved and painted necklace from the shop.

We even had the pleasure of hanging out  with some fellow Etsy Dallas members!! La Alicia showed off her recycled paper clutches while posing for a glamour shot.

Framed in one of La Alicia's wreaths, we caught Etsy Dallas member, Modest Ambition, playing with her adorable baby girl while helping out at the Hip Hazel Hoops booth.

Another Etsy Dallas buddy, Regal Cottage, was keeping it extra cool in the shade with a table full of cute! Regina, the artist, handmakes adorable little plush nesting dolls, pillows, fabric balls and so much more cool stuff for kiddos.

A great day was had by all. Thank to everyone who came and shared it with us. We'll see you guys next weekend at Bolsa Cafe in Oak Cliff, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Cheers!
-Pamela + Dylan

Fluffy Stuffy Pillows

We're so excited to be back in Dallas this weekend with the Dowdy Studio Wagon. We're also super excited to be rolling in and opening doors Saturday at White Rock Local Market, and Sunday at Good 2 Go Tacos with a plethora of new pillows!!

Here's just quick a teaser:

See you soon!
-Pamela + Dylan

Made it to Seattle!!

It's been one hella journey from Texas, the oven of the south, to Seattle, a cool place we've never been, and we're not even half way through it. 

This is our buddy James, aka our ship captain, aka One-Up Designs, aka the one who knows where stuff is in Seattle, because he used to live there.

He showed us this yummy place, which by the way has the best scones and coffee of this fine city.

We also ate burgers in a restaurant made out of a boat. And they were awesome!

Then Dylan's hand spring a leak....luckly in front of a huge water fountian, so no one noticed. :) He made it look natural.

We're so excited to begin Saturday with a 3 day music festival, Bumbershoot!!! We brought lots of fun tees for Seattle music lovers to enjoy, so we hope they like them. See you guys soon!

Cheers!
-Pamela + Dylan

It's almost Bumbershoot time!!

This Saturday thru Monday, while Dallas is jumping in lakes to escape the heat on Labour Day weekend, we will be showcasing our Dowdy Studio tees at Seattle's music festival, Bumbershoot. We're super excited to be on the same grounds of some really great bands and musicians. This weekend is going to rock!!! Then we're headed back to Dallas to bring out the Wagon for the White Rock Local Market and hang out at Good 2 Go Tacos on Sept 10-11th. See you soon!

BUMBERSHOOT

Saturday - Monday, Sept 3-5

Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA

Tickets sold online

more info: click here http://bumbershoot.org/

Not only will there be like a million awesome bands, but Flatstock, the best american poster show, will be there with tons of top notch talent. We're excited to find some treasures. 

We Are 1976 stops by the studio

Last week our buddy Derek, from We Are 1976, swung by the studio to hang out and get some action shots of us doing our thang. 

We Are 1976 is a great Dallas shop, that we just can't stop saying good things about. It's run by 3 awesome chaps, Vynsie, Jully and Derek. They hunt all things artsy cool and bring them back to there shop, where you can get your hands on them. If you haven't gone by their shop, dooooo it! Among all the awesome finds in their shop, you'll also see our tees and clocks.

Derek got a sweet action shot of Dylan printing one of our ladies v neck Guitar Rootings tee.

He also found our stash of freshly screenprinted coasters.

See more of the action shots and discoveries Derek made in our Studio from the We Are 1976 blog, here.

Weekend Recap - The Dustbowl Arts Market

This past weekend we packed up the Wagon and drove 3 hours north to Norman, Oklahoma, the home of the OU Sooners and the Dustbowl Arts Market. We had a great time hanging out with some awesome artists, listening to some great local bands play, and meeting lots of really cool folks.

This was where we parked our Wagon on Campus Corner. The alley across the street has some great graffiti and painted art which was great for getting this shot. We posted more pics of the fun street art on our Facebook page. Check it out.

Our new wooden wall clocks made their first debut. We were happy to send them off to their new loving homes in Oklahoma.

The night before we left we made this giant sandwich board sign to welcome friends into the Wagon. We learned once we set up, that we accidentally painted the arrow on the wrong direction....oops! So we had to improvise with some chalk at the last minute. Everything worked out :)

The Dustbowl was so much fun, and we look forward to traveling back to Oklahoma again soon. While we were away, we received news that we'll be coming back November 4-5 for the Girlie Show in Oklahoma City. We're mega excited!!! We hope you'll come party with us at the Girlie Show! We heart you Oklahoma!!

Cheers,

-Dylan + Pamela

He Likes/She likes - sounds from the studio

Since we've been in the studio a ton lately, we thought we'd share with you our top songs good for creating studio endurance, aiding in creativity and fun to dance around to on arty breaks. We want to know what your go to studio music is. What do you listen to that pumps you up while creating art, cleaning the house, getting ready for an night out? 

Battles - Atlas - from the album Mirrored

Rubik - Sun's Eyes - from the album Solar

The Wagon is Back!!

Our Wagon vacation comes to an end and it's now time to hit the road and visit the fun town of Norman Oklahoma for the Dustobowl Arts Market. This will be our second Dustbowl Arts market to attend, we went to the very first one, and had a hella good time, so we're thrilled to make it back again and this time with the Wagon in tow!! yay!

Dustbowl Arts Market

Sat Aug 27
7am-3pm
Campus Corner in Norman, Oklahoma
more info: click here and here

Challenge accepted!

When we see a challenge sometimes it's hard to resist accepting it. This was the case this morning when we saw Etsy Dallas' tweet offering up a MacGyver type challenge from midnight Saturday night. 

After a brief rummage throughout the studio, we realized two things: 1. we don't have a single newspaper on hand, and 2. someone must have broken in and stolen all our paperclips. Since the paperclip bandit could not be tracked down, we decided to improvise and secured the dental floss, two hair pins, and a paper towel. Close enough right? Well we hope so. We hope our improvisation wont get us disqualified from the challenge.

We busted out the scissors and got to chopping up the paper towel. We weren't sure what we were really going to do, but we pulled through. About 5 minutes later this little guys emerged from the rubble.

We submitted our challenge photo to Etsy Dallas, and with fingers crossed are waiting to hear the outcome. Fortunately, we snapped this photo right before our cats learned of our plan to submit it. I don't know if it was the bird, the fact that the ceiling fan was fluttering the paper towel or their plan to sabotage our efforts, but they had a little party of fun ripping it to shreds. So bye bye birdie. We'll miss you.  

Feeling inspired??? We'd love to see your version of this challenge too!! Send your pics to Etsy Dallas' twitter. 

Cheers!

-Pamela + Dylan

New ladies tees at WE ARE 1976

Today we took a batch of our super soft lady tees up to our favorite fun Dallas shop, We Are 1976.

If you're looking for cool, these guys have it. not only do they sell items from amazing local artists, but they often scour the globe to find the coolest of the cool to bring back to Dallas and sell in their awesome shop.

Check 'em out here: weare1976.com 

or

swing by in person: 1902 N Henderson, Dallas, TX