Thursday, September 16, 2010

A BIG Weekend for Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor History Museum - Grand Opening -
It was a beautiful, sunny day for the Grand Opening...take more time and return now!
OPEN STUDIO TOUR - FREE Admission BOTH days
Saturday was a beautiful day. Sunday sunny and rain....studios are inside. Hope you had fun. Check back here Thursday for FREE art!!
Lots of places to find FREE art this weekend...where you gonna find yours???

Do you need spices or beautiful linen or perhaps new pots and pans or perhaps some special wine.....or perhaps a little wine stopper?

Perhaps a little hunting and thinking is good for this one. So get UP and find your FREE
art!!
Yep!!! This is painting is FREE to you if you are really fast!!! A big welcome to FC's PawPrints here in the harbor....get there fast...find this FREE art!! Are you one of the millions of pet owners? This is a one of a kind original oil painting of Mr. Wonderful lab. The artist is Robin Peterson and if you are looking for the perfect gift for the pet owner, dogs, cats, horses..any animal, then contact Robin for a pet portrait.

By the way, Harbor Hounds Dog Walk is this weekend. Stop in and have a visit with the good folks at FC's PawPrints!!

Well, you better take a bucket with you when you go to the Tides, lots of FREE art there!!! This is a wonderful art card by Laura Bethke. Laura is a participating artist for this project. When you find one of her cards...you will feel very good. If you miss Laura's art at the Tides, just go round the corner on Pioneer to Ebb Tide Gallery and you will see more of her wonderful work!

Saturday, September 18 Grand Opening of the Harbor History Museum. FREE ADMISSION all day. This is one of the historic collectible photos of the Mosquito Fleet. Just EVERYBODY is collecting these photos, have you found yours yet?

October 15 - 17 is the 3rd annual Gig Harbor Film Festival. Yes, this is a small version of the GHFF 2010 poster. They are collectible, so find yours before October 15!! Click on the link...check out the great website!





"The early bird gets the worm...but the second mouse gets the cheese!" Are you a scrapper? Are you someone that is organized to keep their photos in a book? Do you need some special made invitations - you can do it and the wonderful ladies at Toadilly Scrappin' can show you how!!

How about a little warm soup or something else special for lunch...perhaps brunch? Want to be warm and cozy? Check out the Harbor Kitchen in the Finholm area. Soup sounds good right about now!!!
How about a little FREE art while at the Harbor Kitchen? A comfortable seat at Harbor Kitchen and a view of the harbor, one cannot help but to dream....This is a beautiful cross stitched "DREAM" bookmark by the hand of Stacey Webber. You will find it very special!


These beautiful earrings are from artist, Chantelle Tracy.
If you miss Chantelle's beautiful earrings at the Harbor Kitchen, head on over to Ebb Tide and enjoy more of her beautiful art.

Here is a beautiful art card from artist, Kathy Thurston. Pen and Ink artist, beautiful work. You could frame this card, you could gift this card to me!!! But find this card quickly.....or go to Ebb Tide Gallery to find more of Kathy's beautiful art!!!
That's a photo of Shirley Temple beside the FREE art, so my guess is you will find this FREE art in the Gig Harbor Film Festival Office. While there, find out all things about the GH Film Festival, Oct. 15-17; 72 hour film competition, KidsFest movies....where you want to be!
FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK!!!

Meet Gary Jackson, metal artist. Amazing Eagle hanging from the rafters in Gary's studio. You can see both, when you visit with Gary in his studio during Open Studio, this Sat. and Sun. Be sure and click on the link to get a map. Grab a friend, get in your car and go visit some artists. Creativity at work!!! Also check out Gary's gorgeous fish with a very special patina. It is really beautiful and you can see how he makes it.
I know some folks who are sort of into ravens...Gary makes those as well!