Helen's Daughters Studio

Friday, March 28, 2025

March/April - Inside the HDS Handbag

 March/April

(Inside the DDS Handbag)

Late Winter/Early Spring in the studio has been slow. I am working on

getting our home and studio Spring cleaned. It's a slow process.  

With our favorite fabric store going out of business, it's been a mad dash

 to find the materials we need, before they will be harder to find.

I think we are set for this year and will find new outlets for 

what we need to complete our handbags. This is nothing new.  We've been in

 business since 1989.  In our years of work, we've had to find almost all new outlets

for linings, trims, zippers, fabric, etc.  It's all a little easier than it was in the 1990's.  I

bought my first PC and had a website for Helen's Daughters in 1994.  How luck we are today to just

look on the business sites we find on our computer.

April will be busy with my first Spring Art Fair.

Stevens Point Festival of the Arts, Sunday, April 6, 

in the Artisan and Fare building in Plover Wisconsin.  My booth number is #46.

Come through the front door of the building and keep walking through about four rooms.

Just around the corner, you'll find me in the Barrel Room.    

 I've have a nice selection of new HDS handbags, slingers, and backpack.




We've had a Family Garage Sale in April for decades!

The dates this year are April 10 -12, 2025

323 Water Street in Baraboo, Wisconsin

Th - 7 -6/Fri - 8 to 6/Sat 8 - Noon

If in town stop by and find a treasure!




This is Mariella's LAST time doing the 

Bluff Country Studio Art Tour

April 25 - 27, 2025

in The Community Center in Lanesboro, Minnesota

She wants everyone to know, she is not retiring.  She has

a passion for the history of our family.  She is writing a book and

 wants to do more with the Fillmore County Historical Society.

 Visit her during this lovely studio tour in the Bluff Country in Minnesota


"An Afternoon in My Garden"


In the summer, so many of you want to stop by my studio and

shop for a handbag.  Sorry, we are closed to the public.  We live in an average neighbor

and cannot have a shop with hours.  However, we can have a few events during the year.

From the poll I conducted on the HDS Facebook page, most of you picked

 Saturday, August 2.  So, tentatively we'll pencil in that date. 

 The "in person sales" will begin at 1 pm to 4 pm.   

With a Facebook LIVE at 2 pm.  We thought some of you might enjoy watching 

"How the Sausage is Made".   Keep this event in mind and put it on your cell phone calendars.


Baraboobian Pouches


Baraboobian Pouches!  

 The phrase was invited by my friend, Brett Klawitter, from 

The Baraboo Shop in Downtown Baraboo.  Martha - Just Crafty -

print Baraboobian on the pocket fabric.  I know it's not for everybody. The people born here,

lived or live here, love it.  $62. plus $6. Shipping.   Thank you, Andrea - Buttons Tattoo Studio.

You are the perfect model for my new pouch!

March


*I also attended an Create Wisconsin Conference.

 *Helped at Downtown Baraboo Brew Ha Ha.

*Was accepted into the Hidden Studios Art Tour in October

*And.. actually worked in the Studio!


Thanks for checking in with my Helen's Daughters Studio Blog!

Hope to see you at one of our April events!

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