Art Doll Quarterly Ad

We're so excited to see the Art Doll Quarterly ad in the Fall issue hitting newsstands on August 1!  It's a wonderful thing to see our show in a national magazine (even if we did pay for it. ;).

There are a few other magazines like Somerset's Mingle and also Holidays and Celebrations.  Gotta get those collectors to the show!  It's such a symbiotic relationship between the artists/vendors and the collectors.  Without one, we don't have the other.  Without either, we don't have a show!

Thank you all for your continued patronage of Halloween & Vine.  We hope to have the best show ever this year.  We have a full house of fantastic artists and vendors bringing their labors of love to Petaluma on 9/28/13 from 9-3.  Come on out to see us!

H&V Local Marketing Campaign

Yesterday, in the home city of Halloween & Vine, Petaluma had their coveted "Butter & Eggs" parade.  H&V Show Partners, Lesley and Stephanie (along with Alumni Artist Amelia Schaefer of Sweet B Folk Art) marched in the parade with an 8' banner advertising H&V, Stephanie dressed as a witch and Lesley wore a vintage men's suit and a brand new Jorge de Rojas Day of the Dead head.

They passed out magnets with H&V info on them and report it was a smashing success.

We are working hard to educate Petaluma on our art show.  There are collectors in the area that we know would love to see all the hand-made, one-of-a-kind Halloween works of fine folk art and jewelry so we're are getting the word out!

Like last year, there will be many banners around the area and posters as we get closer to show time - September 28th.  We'll have a full page ad in Art Doll Quarterly this year, as well.

Resource Post: Rust Anything, including paper and plastic

My friend, Robert Eberz, just turned me on to this Katalina Jewelry blog touting a line of rusting products.  I haven't tried these yet, but thought it was interesting enough to re-post.  Please take a look if you are into rust patinas.  She shows several objects, that once painted with an iron-infused paint, can then be rusted naturally or encouraged with a solution.  She rusts sea shells, paper tags, plastic, resin.......  Anything that can be painted can be patina'd with rust.


http://katalinajewelry.blogspot.com/2012/07/an-experiment-in-rust.html

Hope some of you can use this!

Best witches,
Dennis

Lesley Papola & Stephanie Sherratt - Halloween & Vine Show Partners
Dennis Haynes - Show Assistant

We have new look here at Halloween & Vine!  Thanks to our website contractor, David Everett of DHE Design (www.dhedesign.com and Chicken Lips - www.chickenlips.biz), a new look is born!

David created our new wall paper (see pic below) and we couldn't be happier.  So fun!

Halloween & Vine is committed to raising the bar for our show and taking it to new levels.  Evolution is at play and we hope you love the changes.

New artists are being added all the time and we'll be announcing our 2013 Artist line up soon!  In the meantime, you can catch clues and mini-announcements on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/halloweenandvine) or check out our soon to be remodeled website at www.halloweenandvine.com.

Life is interesting when planning a national art show.  From the big issues to the minutia, there is always something to handle, resolve, talk out, compromise and stand up for.  Spending a year to put on a one-day event is a challenge; experiencing the fun, joy and success on that day is worth every minute.

One of the fun tasks at hand is lining up the artist roster for 2013.  Right now we are creating the list of new artists that will be juried, receiving agreements from our "alumni" artists and working out all the details of website, marketing (Local & National), décor and many other logistics.  They are all great parts of producing the show.  Lesley, Stephanie and I have been on the phone, on Skype and on Facebook on numerous occasions exchanging ideas and working out the kinks and sharing the joy of the creation of a premier art show for our artists and our Halloween collectors.

Our artists are why we have a show.  Halloween & Vine isn't just a venue to sell "stuff to dust", but a place for artists to show their expression and creativity, meet their collectors - new & seasoned, meet or catch up with friends and have some fun.  It's also an opportunity to hone marketing skills with social media, email blasts and sending out postcards.  We are working diligently to encourage the artists to build their brand and continue building interest out there.  The success of the artists means we are getting our job done.  From alerting the artists to other show opportunities to sending out a monthly newsletter with tips, techniques, artist spotlights and show information, we are committed to their success.

Stay tuned as we ramp up the energy.  I'll be blogging regularly for the next few months.  Sometimes there will be awesome websites for supplies or artist spotlights and who knows what else we'll share about.  Thanks for stopping by our H&V blog, we'll be chatting soon!

Halloween & Vine: Halloween Art so good you'll want to be buried with it!

~Dennis Haynes - Show Assistant

Stephanie Sherratt and Lesley Papola - Show Partners

Artist Resource

by Dennis Haynes

With the internet being a wealth of art resources, I've still been asked from time to time where to find metal wheels or tissue fringe or miniature Victorian-inspired caste-iron feather tree stands....  I love the hunt for these kinds of things and I've developed a bit of a skill doing it.

At Halloween & Vine, we are working toward being more than our juried, high-end, Halloween collectible, one-day art show in Petaluma.  We are also committed to the success of our artists and being a resource for them.  Materials, branding ideas, social media, mentors, tutorials and classes are just a few of the things that artists need.

On an ongoing basis, I will be posting useful links to materials, supplies, interesting tidbits, etc.  If you run across a great website, send it my way.  I'll keep these in a file for reference.

None of these links are endorsed by H&V - they are just links we've found and want to share.

The first link that is a fun one to look at is "Beka".  It's a website of wood products - MADE IN THE USA.  (I particularly love that part!) www.bekainc.com

Another is Blumchen.  For those of you that like vintage-inspired creations, this is THE place for all your supplies.  They have German steifkantille (translated: real silver pipe cleaners), spun glass, vintage floral supplies, blown glass blank ornaments, glass glitter, dresdens, crepe paper and a bunch of other things that you could use.  It's a one-stop shop for all your Victorian/vintage inspired items.  www.blumchen.com

The last links for today are all about packaging.  Paper Mart and Premier Packaging have just about anything you could ever want for presentation and shipping of your creations.  It's always best to shop around for the best price, but I find these 2 places are pretty awesome.  Paper Mart has fantastic customer service and if you're in Southern California, you can pick up your stuff at Will Call.  They have everything in stock!
PaperMart - www.papermart.com

Premier Packaging - www.retailpackaging.com

Any links you want to share, just send them to us at halloweenandvine@gmail.com.

Best Witches,
Dennis

Welcome to the New Halloween & Vine Blog!

 Halloween & Vine

Here's the place for the skinny on the premier Halloween collectible art show.  We'll have artist spotlights, works-in-progress (WIPs) and other fun tidbits about the show. 

Lesley Papola, Stephanie Sherratt (Show Partners) and Dennis Haynes (Show Assistant) have been working on several tasks on our lists including an artist party, advertising and decorations for the show.  The clock seems to be ticking faster and faster and it's as exciting as it could get!  

There is a full line up of artists - some "veterans" and some "freshmen".  This is our second year as the production team for the show, we will build the show this year into a must-see, premier art show beyond H&Vs reputation.  

We have already rolled out new procedures and marketing strategies, Dennis created a monthly artist newsletter to keep them in the loop and we'll do another ambitious ad campaign - locally and nationally.

This year, we've already started rolling out a monthly newsletter for all the artists which will continue every couple of months until we get closer to September 28th - the show date.  We'll also send out newsletters to the collectors and artist fans on our mailing list.  

We will have great ideas to showcase artists and help them build their fan base.  We may even showcase avid collectors!  Anyone in mind, give us a shout at halloweenandvine@gmail.com!

Below is our ad inside Art Doll Quarterly for 2012.  We'll be working to top our marketing strategy from last year so stay tuned for more exciting developments. 

Best Witches,

Dennis, Lesley and Stephanie

www.halloweenandvine.com