<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338</id><updated>2012-01-02T15:31:53.807-08:00</updated><category term='Goodyear'/><category term='Sweeney Todd costume'/><category term='beer'/><category term='Bird Show'/><category term='Our Lady of Czestochowa Church'/><category term='Greek Festival'/><category term='Bird Toys'/><category term='Mrs. Lovett costume'/><category term='Bird Sanctuary'/><category term='Reptile'/><category term='Arizona State Fairgrounds'/><category term='Finches'/><category term='Gilbert'/><category term='Way Out West'/><category term='Macaws'/><category term='Mrs. Lovett&apos;s dress'/><category term='Holiday Boutique'/><category term='Jewelry'/><category term='Raptors'/><category term='Cages'/><category term='Feed'/><category term='Bird Rescue'/><category term='Scottish Highland Games'/><category term='Polish Festival'/><category term='Belly dancing'/><category term='Festival of Music and Dance'/><category term='Polka'/><category term='European pastries'/><category term='Phoenix Fairie Festival 2008'/><title type='text'>October Art</title><subtitle type='html'>Art with dark sensibilities</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>39</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-1528616400715790730</id><published>2012-01-02T15:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T15:31:53.824-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DarkCon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.darkcon.org/"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 502px; height: 502px;" src="http://s4.evcdn.com/images/edpborder500/I0-001/003/923/839-2.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.darkcon.org/"&gt;DarkCon 2012&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE DARKNESS APPROACHES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div id="event-info-what" class="info-wh-info"&gt;                                                                                                          &lt;div id="event-info-price" class="price"&gt;                             &lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt; Payment required - $40.00 thru 12/31/11 at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.darkcon.org/"&gt;www.DarkCon.org &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$50.00 at the door (Day rates and children rates at DarkCon.org)                            &lt;/div&gt;                                                      &lt;div id="event-info-description" class="description"&gt;                             DarkCon is the premier Fantasy, Steampunk  &amp;amp;  Gaming Convention for the Southwest Region and is based in  central Arizona.                                                        &lt;/div&gt;                         &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-1528616400715790730?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/1528616400715790730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=1528616400715790730' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1528616400715790730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1528616400715790730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2012/01/darkcon.html' title='DarkCon'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6795573990715377126</id><published>2011-10-20T11:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T12:21:01.662-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Upcoming Holiday Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.azirish.org/index.php?topic=Events"&gt;Irish Autumn Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Save the Date Autumn Celebration on October 29, 2011  A great family  day.  The Autumn Celebration will be a celebration of all things Irish  and Celtic.  We will feature Pipers, Irish Step Dancers, Some of the  best Irish Music in the Valley, Food, Drink, A Craft Sale and for the  kids there will be numerous kids games with prizes.  There will also be a  costume contest.  There will be food and a cash bar.  This is a great  way to celebrate Halloween with the entire family.  Start time 10 am  until 6 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NOVEMBER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ajlrpost27.org/"&gt;American Legion Post 27&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-  Come support the American Legion's fun family event November 5th&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 204, 255);font-size:85%;" &gt;      &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;1018 S. Meridian Rd &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;  Apache Junction, AZ 85120-4373&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;            (480) 354-2571&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a raffle!!! So come try your luck and feast on bbq from their kitchen. Lots of vendors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishfestivalaz.org/"&gt;POLISH OKTOBERFEST&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;- November 12th &amp;amp; 13th&lt;br /&gt;Free Admission, Pierogis, Beer Garden, wonderful Polish dancing, raffles, vendors.. everything you need for a good time!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishchurchphoenix.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishfestivalaz.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a&gt;Polish Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2828 W. Country Gables Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Phoenix, AZ 85053&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/PhoenixFaerieFestival.htm"&gt;FAIRIE FESTIVAL-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(254, 251, 214);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;5th Ann&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;ual Event&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;   &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nov 19th &amp;amp; 20th 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"&gt;  &lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Saturday 10am-9pm Sunday   10am-4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"&gt;  &lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/DirectionsPhoenixFaerieFestivalDirections.htm"&gt;  Estrella Mountain Regional Park,   Goodyear AZ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"&gt;  &lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Tickets $10 ea Kids 5 &amp;amp; Under   FREE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;The most family friendly event in the valley!! Bring your little ones to see live mermaids, knights in armor, trolls, goblins, and of course.. fairies!! Feel free to express your storybook side by dressing in your finest fey finery.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;DECEMBER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/christkindlmarkt.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;German Kristkindlemart&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;The Arizona Center for Germanic Cultures will present its third annual  Christkindlmarkt in downtown Phoenix at the Heritage Square, 7th Street  and Monroe &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Saturday, Dec. 3 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;Christmas vendors, Father Christmas, cheese, wines, lebkuchen, German/Austrian Dancing and music galore!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(204, 0, 0); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.12krun.com/index.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0pt; 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margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.12krun.com/index.php"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:100%;" &gt;Chip-timed12k &amp;amp; 6k Run/Walk&lt;br /&gt;1.2k Santa Sled Run/Walk&lt;br /&gt;Prizes! Costume &amp;amp; Decorated Entries&lt;br /&gt;Carolers at every “k”&lt;br /&gt;Christmas Bazaar&lt;br /&gt;Santa’s Pet Village&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6795573990715377126?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6795573990715377126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6795573990715377126' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6795573990715377126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6795573990715377126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2011/10/upcoming-holiday-events.html' title='Upcoming Holiday Events'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-7675645777021764865</id><published>2011-04-20T11:19:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-20T12:04:48.212-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May Events</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.leprecon.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;LepreCon 37&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;will be held May 6-8, 2011 at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel in Tempe, AZ. &lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt; Annual Arizona Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention with an Emphasis on Science Fiction and Fantasy Art&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Artist Guest of Honor &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.johnpicacio.com/" target="_blank"&gt;John Picacio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqmwHABiWzv8sqxlRiN40Jb9bNA4UVt5vkKgIymJYYmoXSyN-o"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 86px; height: 86px;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqmwHABiWzv8sqxlRiN40Jb9bNA4UVt5vkKgIymJYYmoXSyN-o" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;plus... a minicon featuring "Shadow Unit"&lt;/h2&gt;can't get enough sci fi, authors, gaming, larping, filking????&lt;br /&gt;then we got you covered because&lt;br /&gt;coming in September...&lt;a href="http://www.casfs.org/cucon/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;CopperCon 31&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a science fiction convention, scheduled for September 2-5, 2011, at the Hilton Garden Inn,&lt;br /&gt;11460 West Hilton Way, Avondale, Arizona. Membership is $35 thru April 30, 2011. Youths 7-12 are half&lt;br /&gt;price and children 6 and under are free. Author Guest of Honor: Carrie Vaughn. Local Author: Janni Lee&lt;br /&gt;Simner.&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71035_307890377032_7085634_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/71035_307890377032_7085634_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;h3 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.casfs.org/cucon/cu31/images/CopperCon-banner-3-.png"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-7675645777021764865?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/7675645777021764865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=7675645777021764865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7675645777021764865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7675645777021764865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2011/04/may-events.html' title='May Events'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-1816230043798176921</id><published>2011-02-10T07:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T08:13:06.288-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Highland Games</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.arizonascots.com/05games.shtml"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 135px;" src="http://www.jokelibrary.net/nationalities/a_to_z/scottish-bagpiper.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arizonascots.com/05games.shtml"&gt;Enjoy a wee touch of Scotland in Arizona!! Come to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arizonascots.com/05games.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;47th Annual&lt;br /&gt;Scottish Highland Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arizonascots.com/05games.shtml"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;February 26 &amp;amp; 27, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steele Indian School Park&lt;br /&gt;300 E. Indian School Road • Phoenix, AZ 85012&lt;br /&gt;(Just east of Central Ave.)&lt;br /&gt;Dogs are welcome ~ leash required!&lt;br /&gt;Entertainment abounds in Phoenix!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can watch Scottish Country Dancers, Highland Dance competition and Vintage British Cars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On stage, enjoy Alex Beaton, Tramor, Traveler, Brother and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over on the Northwest side you will find our World Class Athletics and the Pipe Bands competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scattered about are the many Vendors, of both food and merchandise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Something for everyone! Please enjoy your adventure&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-1816230043798176921?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/1816230043798176921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=1816230043798176921' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1816230043798176921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1816230043798176921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2011/02/highland-games.html' title='Highland Games'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-4050129492711167569</id><published>2010-12-13T12:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T12:54:34.341-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MythosCon  2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQKPW0AVKtlTMYiYS10KPM-Ok7mvhxTQYN_T8Q1_s3iv2-5tL8nVg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 217px;" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQKPW0AVKtlTMYiYS10KPM-Ok7mvhxTQYN_T8Q1_s3iv2-5tL8nVg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come join us for all things Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://mythoscon.org/Additional_Information.php"&gt;MythosCon &lt;/a&gt;                                               &lt;br /&gt;January 6 - 9, 2011  Phoenix, Arizona (USA)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;Your view into the worlds of H.P. Lovecraft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-4050129492711167569?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/4050129492711167569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=4050129492711167569' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/4050129492711167569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/4050129492711167569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/12/mythoscon-2011.html' title='MythosCon  2011'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-2206195647259169125</id><published>2010-11-04T10:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T10:19:12.993-07:00</updated><title type='text'>4th Annual Faerie Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wulfworks.net/fae5title.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 368px;" src="http://wulfworks.net/fae5title.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 20th and 21st – &lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/PhoenixFaerieFestival.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Phoenix Faerie Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  (4) this is also a two day mini-event, but the experience is anything  but mini!   Can you imagine your little ones’ face seeing Faeries,  mermaids, magic folk, Pirates, and animals!  There will be plenty of music,  shopping, activities for young ones, and even a Faerie Tale or two.   This is a delightful and safe experience for the entire family.  You  will meet many nice people, making a wonderful childhood memory.  Be  sure and wear your wings! Please check out the faerie link to see more!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-2206195647259169125?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/2206195647259169125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=2206195647259169125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2206195647259169125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2206195647259169125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/11/4th-annual-faerie-festival.html' title='4th Annual Faerie Festival'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-4382565005988868823</id><published>2010-10-07T09:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T09:25:35.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Come buy October Art at Octoberfest!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 336px; height: 90px;" src="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/uploads/pics/oktoberfestlogomay08rgbwebsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 class="csc-firstHeader"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1 class="csc-firstHeader"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/"&gt;5th Annual Old World&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 class="csc-firstHeader"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/"&gt;Phoenix  Oktoberfest &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="bodytext"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Saturday October 9th – 10 am to 9 pm&lt;br /&gt;Margaret T. Hance Park 200 East Moreland&lt;br /&gt;(Above the deck tunnel)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="bodytext"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Admission: $5 (FREE for children under 12)  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="bodytext"&gt;This year, the Phoenix Old World Oktoberfest is  partnering with Grace Lutheran Church to support their local community  outreach programs. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="bodytext"&gt;Put on your Lederhosen or Dirndls and join us for  this great Bavarian Festival… a traditional German “Volksfest” in the  heart of Phoenix… a giant “Bier Garten” with buxom beer maidens serving  Bavarian brews; Bavarian bands playing lively tunes and leading  sing-alongs of old time drinking songs; mouth watering sausages and  strudel; Bavarian dancing and lots of good old-fashioned fun at this  authentic old-world family event! Our “Festhallen” is for the young and  the “young at heart”, whether you hail from Germany or central Phoenix.  Sample traditional German foods and drinks, enjoy the music, and shop  from a variety of authentic German products. Bring the family - there  are lots of fun kid’s activities for their enjoyment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-4382565005988868823?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/4382565005988868823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=4382565005988868823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/4382565005988868823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/4382565005988868823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/10/octoberfest.html' title='Come buy October Art at Octoberfest!!!!'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-2696212739836033904</id><published>2010-05-19T11:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T11:01:38.294-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Random Con and Copper Con!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.animatedgif.net/games/dice2_e0.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 95px; height: 67px;" src="http://www.animatedgif.net/games/dice2_e0.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Random Con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get out your dice and get ready for &lt;a href="http://www.westernsfa.org/RandomCon/"&gt;Random Con&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's Convention will be held&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At the &lt;a href="http://www.resortmesa.com/imgs/location/map.pdf"&gt;Windemere Hotel&lt;/a&gt; and Conference Center&lt;br /&gt;  Friday July 9th to Sunday July 11th, 2010&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.westernsfa.org/RandomCon/"&gt;RandomCon&lt;/a&gt; 2010 Is OPEN to REGISTRATION          &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October Art will be one of many vendors pandering to your costume, gaming, and historical needs with our many one-of-a-kind treasures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a family friendly event... bring the entire family!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.fg-a.com/ship_11_animated.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 100px;" src="http://image.fg-a.com/ship_11_animated.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Copper Con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to mark your calender in September for the &lt;a href="http://www.casfs.org/cucon/"&gt;Copper Con&lt;/a&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This convention is for all you Sci Fi fans out there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will also be held at the beautiful &lt;a href="http://www.resortmesa.com/imgs/location/map.pdf"&gt;Windmere Hotel&lt;/a&gt;.  Along with many interesting vendors, there will be gaming, writing and film making workshops, and a Rock Band tournament.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-2696212739836033904?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/2696212739836033904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=2696212739836033904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2696212739836033904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2696212739836033904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/05/random-con.html' title='Random Con and Copper Con!!!'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-592092669202318208</id><published>2010-04-01T12:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-21T11:02:59.033-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LepreCon 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.heathersanimations.com/dragons/drag20.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 141px;" src="http://www.heathersanimations.com/dragons/drag20.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;GET YOUR GAME ON!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h2 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:large;"  &gt;&lt;a href="http://leprecon.org/lep36/"&gt;LepreCon&lt;/a&gt; 36 will be held May 14-16, 2010 at the  Phoenix Marriott Mesa in Mesa, Arizona.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;LepreCon  36 will feature an art show and art auction, a charity auction,  expanded gaming, hospitality suite, dealers room, modern dance, and much  more.  Make sure you check out their website for a complete list of all the great games they will be playing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can contact LepreCon 36 via email at lep36 (at)  leprecon.org, by phone at (480) 945-6890 or via mail at LepreCon 36, PO  Box 26665, Tempe, AZ 85285&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Adult membership: $40 thru 4/30/10, and  $45 at the door.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Child Memberships (7-12) :  $20 thru  4/30/10, and $22.50 at the door.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Children 6 and under are free with paid  adult memberships&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://leprecon.org/lep36/l36paypal.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pay  online using Paypal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-592092669202318208?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/592092669202318208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=592092669202318208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/592092669202318208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/592092669202318208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/04/leprecon-2010.html' title='LepreCon 2010'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5772465307075077935</id><published>2010-03-10T08:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T09:09:41.031-08:00</updated><title type='text'>March and April</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thebachelors.co.uk/Rotary%20Web_files/AnimatedLeprechaunDancing.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="http://www.thebachelors.co.uk/Rotary%20Web_files/AnimatedLeprechaunDancing.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Short Notice- &lt;a href="http://www.phxirish.org/"&gt;St. Patti's Day Saturday March 13th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Margaret T Hance Park in Phoenix&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;N. Central Ave and W. Culver St., next to the Irish Cultural Center.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parade starts at 10am sharp, with the faire following immediately after in the park, until 5pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As always, great food, beer, dancing.... get in touch with your Irish heritage or be Irish for the day!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishfestivalaz.org/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polish Festival&lt;/a&gt; - April 17th and 18th&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/genimg/flaggen/Poland-240-animated-flag-gifs.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://www.crossed-flag-pins.com/genimg/flaggen/Poland-240-animated-flag-gifs.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free Admission, Pierogis, Beer Garden, wonderful Polish dancing, raffles, vendors.. everything you need for a good time!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishchurchphoenix.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishchurchphoenix.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Polish Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;2828 W. Country Gables Dr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p face="verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Phoenix, AZ 85053&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5772465307075077935?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5772465307075077935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5772465307075077935' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5772465307075077935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5772465307075077935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/03/march.html' title='March and April'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-789821857136321077</id><published>2010-01-14T07:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T08:09:32.405-08:00</updated><title type='text'>January</title><content type='html'>Hello Everyone!!! and Happy New Year!!!&lt;br /&gt;     I really must apologize for not posting since November.  It has been a whirlwind.  We took a couple of weeks off for the Holidays.  I didn't get to posting our December's- Mesa Antique Show.  I promise to be more vigilant in posting upcoming events.&lt;br /&gt;         On short notice... this weekend, January 15-17, is &lt;a href="http://www.darkcon.org/Darkcon/index_files/Page426.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Darkcon&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darkcon will be held at the &lt;a href="http://www.darkcon.org/Darkcon/index_files/consite.htm"&gt;Grace Inn&lt;/a&gt; in Ahwatukee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February brings us the &lt;a href="http://www.arizonascots.com/05games.shtml"&gt;Highland Games&lt;/a&gt;, 27th- 28th.  Fun for the entire family and a great way to teach your children about Scottish history (not to mention good food too.. I'm all about the food!!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.darkcon.org/Darkcon/index_files/Page426.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-789821857136321077?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/789821857136321077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=789821857136321077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/789821857136321077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/789821857136321077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2010/01/january.html' title='January'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6905655271892584942</id><published>2009-11-02T09:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:24:54.421-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Indian School Corridor Block Party</title><content type='html'>Saturday, November 8, we are privileged to be part of the &lt;a href="http://www.yelp.com/events/phoenix-2nd-annual-partners-of-prosperity-block-party-on-indian-school-road"&gt;Indian School Corridor Block Party&lt;/a&gt;.  This family friendly event has blocks of live music, shops, entertainment and family fun.  Did I mention over 100 Classic cars will be there??? and don't forget there's a beer garden.  Come and join us for fun, food, shopping and see why this historic part of Phoenix is so important to our community.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6905655271892584942?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6905655271892584942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6905655271892584942' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6905655271892584942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6905655271892584942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/11/indian-school-corridor-block-party_02.html' title='Indian School Corridor Block Party'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-2968006680494497617</id><published>2009-11-02T09:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:23:17.653-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Faerie Festival Reminder</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wulfworks.net/fae5title.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 368px;" src="http://wulfworks.net/fae5title.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 14 – &lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/PhoenixFaerieFestival.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Phoenix Faerie Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (3) this is also a one day mini-event, but the experience is anything but mini!   Can you imagine your little ones’ face seeing Faeries, mermaids, magic folk, and animals!  There will be plenty of music, shopping, activities for young ones, and even a Faerie Tale or two.  This is a delightful and safe experience for the entire family.  You will meet many nice people, making a wonderful childhood memory.  Be sure and wear your wings! Please check out the faerie link to see more!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-2968006680494497617?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/2968006680494497617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=2968006680494497617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2968006680494497617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2968006680494497617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/11/faerie-festival-reminder.html' title='Faerie Festival Reminder'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-9142680553656008441</id><published>2009-11-02T08:55:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:07:49.927-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Christkindlmarkt</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/christmas-animated-gifs-06.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 466px; height: 351px;" src="http://www.turnbacktogod.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/christmas-animated-gifs-06.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 5th we will be in downtown Mesa for a Christmas event!!!!  The Christkindlmarkt will give the holiday goer a wonderful chance to hear beautiful music.  You can also shop at glass blowers, woodworkers, book and toy sellers, and for other holiday gifts while the children watch a puppet theater. There will be bratwurst, hot apple cider, hot chocolate, gingerbread, holiday cookies, candles and some of the best chocolate in the world.  The Arizona Center for Germanic Cultures will present its first annual Christkindlmarkt in downtown Mesa on the first block of North Macdonald Street on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-9142680553656008441?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/9142680553656008441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=9142680553656008441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/9142680553656008441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/9142680553656008441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/11/christkindlmarkt.html' title='Christkindlmarkt'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5902507990215342493</id><published>2009-11-02T08:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T09:26:33.596-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5902507990215342493?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5902507990215342493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5902507990215342493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5902507990215342493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5902507990215342493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/11/indian-school-corridor-block-party.html' title=''/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6678538080154443388</id><published>2009-10-04T09:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T10:02:14.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oktoberfest</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://image.fg-a.com/germanyf2t11x.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 68px; height: 50px;" src="http://image.fg-a.com/germanyf2t11x.gif" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Willkommen – we have been invited to the &lt;a href="http://www.phoenixoktoberfest.com/"&gt;PHOENIX OKTOBERFEST&lt;/a&gt;, which takes place next Saturday, October 10, 2009.  It is at Margaret T. Hance Park, Phoenix.  Join us for this wonderfully traditional German “Volksfest.”  Bavarian bands will be playing traditional folk music.  Mouthwatering sausage and strudel will be available!  There will be lots of great shopping and there is a “Kinder” village for the children with inflatables, arts and crafts projects, contests and games.  This is a wonderful event for the entire family to enjoy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6678538080154443388?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6678538080154443388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6678538080154443388' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6678538080154443388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6678538080154443388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/10/oktoberfest.html' title='Oktoberfest'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-7846763925056291630</id><published>2009-09-02T12:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T13:02:30.645-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Another Show!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vettesandrods.com/Heroes2009.pdf"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/img/misc/usa/sparkling-usa-flag.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are bifurcating (I always wanted to use that word in a sentence!) on Saturday, October 31.  Not only will we be at the wonderful &lt;a href="http://festival.azirish.org/index.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Irish Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  – parts of us (our best parts, I might add) will be at the &lt;a href="http://www.vettesandrods.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;“HOT RODS AND HEROES”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  car and vintage show at the Arizona National Guard Armory (52nd St.) This show features wonderful vintage Corvettes and other fabulous Hot Rods and Muscle Cars, along with great American food and vintage shopping!  The festivities start at nine am and will go through the afternoon.   This event is absolutely free and a great place to take your family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;amp;source=hp&amp;amp;q=1335+N.+52nd+St.+Phoenix,+AZ&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;split=0&amp;amp;gl=us&amp;amp;ei=q8yeSpunKoq4NpyMsYMC&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;amp;ct=title&amp;amp;resnum=1"&gt;ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD AT THE 52 ST. ARMORY&lt;/a&gt; – PAPAGO PARK&lt;/span&gt;    1335 N. 52nd St.  Phoenix, AZ – S/E corner of 52nd St. and McDowell&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-7846763925056291630?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/7846763925056291630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=7846763925056291630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7846763925056291630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7846763925056291630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/09/another-show.html' title='Another Show!!'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6447685417623047390</id><published>2009-08-10T15:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T13:05:30.529-07:00</updated><title type='text'>August</title><content type='html'>It is indeed August and as we promised – we are lowering our web prices.  We have paid off our financial start up fees.  We will now be selling our on-line items at a 50 percent reduction!!!   If you have been waiting to add to your collection – now is the time.   We believe in sharing our good fortune with loyal friends.  If you have ordered from us in the past – simply mention it on your new order and we will surprise you with a free gift – the gift of a copyrighted, unseen, original print. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 31st (Halloween day!)  We will be at the &lt;a href="http://festival.azirish.org/index.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Irish Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.   As you might remember, this takes place at Margaret T. Hance Park and Irish Cultural Center. Check out their link for all the details.  We are especially glad to be invited back to this event, even if it is on such a special day.  This event is one of the best, well run activities in Phoenix.  The people are nice and it is a very family orientated show!  You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy good food and fantastic entertainment and shopping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 14 – &lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/PhoenixFaerieFestival.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Phoenix Faerie Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (3) this is also a one day mini-event, but the experience is anything but mini!   Can you imagine your little ones’ face seeing Faeries, mermaids, magic folk, and animals!  There will be plenty of music, shopping, activities for young ones, and even a Faerie Tale or two.  This is a delightful and safe experience for the entire family.  You will meet many nice people, making a wonderful childhood memory.  Be sure and wear your wings! Please check out the faerie link to see more!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 8, 9, 10 - &lt;a href="http://www.azminfun.com/asp/activities1.asp?level=1100&amp;amp;stope=1"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Flagg Gem and Mineral Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  This is a jewel (pun intended!)  Three days of shopping at a huge outdoor show featuring hundreds of vendors displaying fabulous minerals and gems.  You and your family can see and touch minerals, fossils, gems, meteorites, and jewelry. There is a large area for children to learn about rocks and gems and receive free samples to start their collections. This event is in the Mesa Community College parking lot and parking and admission is free!!!!  Does your child love dinosaurs?  Where else can you buy him/her  dino poop!   Do you love crystals!  Have you always wanted to talk with someone that really knows his “stuff”?  Or, do you just love looking at beautiful things?  Do you like good food?   This is the show for you and your family. &lt;br /&gt;We have been invited to more shows, and will post the dates and events when we work out conflicting dates and, most importantly, we want to make sure the events are truly family orientated.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6447685417623047390?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6447685417623047390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6447685417623047390' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6447685417623047390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6447685417623047390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/08/august.html' title='August'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-8978377272045763703</id><published>2009-07-09T13:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T14:02:22.052-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;     June was a wonderful month.  Our internet sales have increased exponentially!!  We appreciate all of you who love our art work even through these tough economic times!!!  In thanks to all our patrons, we will be lowering our prices in August to celebrate paying off the initial start up fees for our business (such as printing costs, packaging, etc.)  We have taken a break from conventions and shows for the summer, using this time to concentrate on new and wonderful fabrications.  We will  post our fall event schedule soon.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-8978377272045763703?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/8978377272045763703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=8978377272045763703' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/8978377272045763703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/8978377272045763703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/07/june.html' title='June'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5223492936466611919</id><published>2009-05-13T14:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T14:09:43.418-07:00</updated><title type='text'>post randomcon</title><content type='html'>We had an illustrious time at RandomCon!   We were reacquainted with old friends and made new acquaintences, which will in turn, become old friends.   The youngsters enjoyed the video game room, and the old board games like, “Apples to Apples”, “Yahtzee”, “Dominoes”, and “Conflict.”  Matt, Espy, Lorena and Duncan were privileged to play “Tunnels and Trolls”, with its inventor, Ken St. Andre (Kenstandre@yahoo.com) .  Also, we were fortunate to meet Todd VanHooser (&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.toddvanhooser.com"&gt;www.toddvanhooser.com&lt;/a&gt;) and watch his role playing game, “The Laughing Moon Chronicles”, based on his epic books.  This is sure to be a successful series based on the enthusiasm of the gamers.   During all this mayhem, we took a break and joined an enthusiastic group to preview upcoming movies.  This will be a spectacular season for adventure, thrills, and comedies!    Matt brought his own handcrafted pieces for “Settlers of Catan”, and was, himself, ardently received.  Thanks to people like Bob, Susan, Craig, Gary, and Ric (&lt;a href="www.FlyingBuffalo.com"&gt;www.FlyingBuffalo.com&lt;/a&gt;), the convention was friendly and invigorating.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5223492936466611919?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5223492936466611919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5223492936466611919' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5223492936466611919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5223492936466611919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/05/post-randomcon.html' title='post randomcon'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5030626065666577379</id><published>2009-05-01T13:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T13:58:38.534-07:00</updated><title type='text'>RandomCon 2009</title><content type='html'>This is a convention for gamers.  It will be lots of fun. There will be RPG's and board games of all genres.   This year's convention will be Friday May 8th to Sunday May 10th 2009.          Go to their website to get a schedule of games.  The fee is $25 at the door (this is for all 3 days of gaming and memebership for the year of 2009).  Check them out at&lt;a href="http://www.randomcon.org/"&gt; RandomCon.org&lt;/a&gt;.  The convention is being held at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" class="subheaderSmall"&gt;The Grace Inn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;        10831 S 51st St&lt;br /&gt;        Phoenix, AZ 85044&lt;br /&gt;        (480) 893-3000&lt;br /&gt;        &lt;a href="http://www.graceinn.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5030626065666577379?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5030626065666577379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5030626065666577379' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5030626065666577379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5030626065666577379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/05/randomcon-2009.html' title='RandomCon 2009'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-506906883047232180</id><published>2009-03-25T10:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T10:22:09.120-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polish Festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='European pastries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Our Lady of Czestochowa Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polka'/><title type='text'>6th Annual Polish Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://friendsofpolishart.info/dotnetnuke/Portals/0/eagle2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 237px;" src="http://friendsofpolishart.info/dotnetnuke/Portals/0/eagle2.png" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3dflags.com/art/comps/pol0001/3dflags_pol0001-0002a.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 63px;" src="http://3dflags.com/art/comps/pol0001/3dflags_pol0001-0002a.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the mood for good Polish food??? Visit us at the &lt;a href="http://www.polishfestivalaz.org/"&gt;6th annual Polish Festival&lt;/a&gt; April 25th (Sat) 10am to 9pm - Sunday April 26th 10am to 6pm.  There will be live entertainment and Polish cuisine.  European pastries and cakes will be served all day.  There will be a beer garden with imported Polish beer.&lt;br /&gt;                               Be sure to wear your loose pants:)&lt;br /&gt;   There will be lots to do for the children.... including games and face painting. Don't forget all of the fabulous music and dancing..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;FREE ADMISSION&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This event is located at OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA CHURCH&lt;br /&gt;2828 W. Country Gables Dr. Phoenix, AZ 85053&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.polishfestivalaz.org/"&gt;www.polishfestivalaz.org&lt;/a&gt;   602.212.1172&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-506906883047232180?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/506906883047232180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=506906883047232180' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/506906883047232180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/506906883047232180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/03/6th-annual-polish-festival.html' title='6th Annual Polish Festival'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-3555459535135561079</id><published>2009-03-25T09:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T09:23:51.795-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Merchant Square Sidewalk Sale</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;    Sorry about the short notice, but we will be in Chandler Saturday March 28th for Merchant Square's Sidewalk Sale!!! It is from 7am to 2pm.  There will hundreds of vendors (over 200).  We hope to see you there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-3555459535135561079?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/3555459535135561079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=3555459535135561079' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/3555459535135561079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/3555459535135561079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html' title='Merchant Square Sidewalk Sale'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-9183531301699301480</id><published>2009-03-15T19:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-15T19:29:52.656-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona State Fairgrounds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Raptors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird Rescue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird Sanctuary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Macaws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Finches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Way Out West'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird Toys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird Show'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reptile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jewelry'/><title type='text'>Way Out West Bird Expo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://parretfamily.com/Parrot_animated2.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 156px;" src="http://parretfamily.com/Parrot_animated2.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be at the Way Out West Bird Expo April 5th (Sunday Only) from 9am to 4pm.  It will be at the Arizona Fairgrounds (19th Ave and McDowell)&lt;br /&gt;Admission&lt;br /&gt;Adults                    $6&lt;br /&gt;Children (5-12)    $3&lt;br /&gt;Under 5              FREE&lt;br /&gt;There will be over 200 vendors, so come and explore!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-9183531301699301480?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/9183531301699301480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=9183531301699301480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/9183531301699301480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/9183531301699301480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/03/way-out-west-bird-expo.html' title='Way Out West Bird Expo'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-54990899965921721</id><published>2009-03-04T09:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T09:45:41.787-08:00</updated><title type='text'>March</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.solomods.com/images/four-leaf-clover_1_.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 268px;" src="http://www.solomods.com/images/four-leaf-clover_1_.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well,  I did update the website, but it is a constantly changing creature with its ever increasing need for my attention.&lt;br /&gt;New this month, we have updated our vintage jewelry page... sorry, we have been cleaned out of our posted jewelry - yeah:) this is a good thing, as new ideas mean new adornments!!  Email us with your requests!! We love getting them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;March 14th we will be at the 2009 &lt;a href="http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/phoenix/2005_phoenix_saint_patrick_day_parade.htm"&gt;St. Patric's Day Faire&lt;/a&gt; and Parade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am tossing the idea around of putting a birthday cake idea page on the website..... time, time, time.. I wish there was another me!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-54990899965921721?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/54990899965921721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=54990899965921721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/54990899965921721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/54990899965921721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/03/march.html' title='March'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6346898943247805299</id><published>2009-01-27T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T11:13:48.437-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scottish Highland Games'/><title type='text'>January</title><content type='html'>Well, it's the new year!! What a beginning.  Unfortunately, I didn't get to post January's events as we got so dang busy that I just didn't get to it.  So, we had the Gem and Mineral Show (which was fun- it was hard to keep our profits because there was such cool stuff there, but we managed) and coming in February we have the&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.arizonascots.com/games.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Highland Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in Phoenix.  Should be a blast.  We hope to see some old faces and learn some new ones:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now for updating the website!!!! I'm getting to it.  Hope to have it done by February.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6346898943247805299?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6346898943247805299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6346898943247805299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6346898943247805299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6346898943247805299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2009/01/january.html' title='January'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-8013501529505367615</id><published>2008-12-05T07:49:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-05T08:08:50.439-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December</title><content type='html'>December is a crazy month.  We have been so busy!!  The shopping season has started and we are not complaining:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We met so many nice people at The Way Out West Bird Show.  Lots to do and see there:)  And we made some new customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a wonderful time at the Greenfield Holiday Boutique.  Lots of nice people with good taste in jewelry!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coming up this month....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a Car Show December 13th.&lt;br /&gt;(will post more information as I get it)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all you who have been asking if we will be planning to attend more of shows, we have decided to wait till January to attend any more so that we may get ready for the holidays ourselves:)&lt;br /&gt;February will be huge and we do have a couple lined up for January.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry for all of you who have been shopping off the website.  We have been tremendously busy and I just haven't finished updating our website and much of our jewelry has sold out.  I will be updating in the next few days to put up new and take off the old.  Thanks so much for your understanding.  Keep in mind that we have a large inventory and that we probably have something for any occasion -ask us what you are looking for and will find it (we can email a picture-it's much quicker than posting it on the web).  If you've  seen something from one of our shows that you are interested in, email us to see if it is still available,  even if it isn't, we might have something similar.  Thanks again for your understanding.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-8013501529505367615?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/8013501529505367615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=8013501529505367615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/8013501529505367615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/8013501529505367615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/12/december.html' title='December'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-2193043990105710834</id><published>2008-11-12T07:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-12T08:04:10.487-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett costume'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett&apos;s dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeney Todd costume'/><title type='text'>Sweeny Todd/ Mrs. Lovett costume pictures</title><content type='html'>Hi everyone,&lt;br /&gt;Here is a picture of our costumes we wore for Halloween.  I think they turned out really well.  Enjoy!!!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SRr9oZ9lHzI/AAAAAAAAACg/5mbFKKdKyfA/s1600-h/IMG_0213.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SRr9oZ9lHzI/AAAAAAAAACg/5mbFKKdKyfA/s200/IMG_0213.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267801584768982834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-2193043990105710834?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/2193043990105710834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=2193043990105710834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2193043990105710834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2193043990105710834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/11/sweeny-todd-mrs-lovett-costume-pictures.html' title='Sweeny Todd/ Mrs. Lovett costume pictures'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SRr9oZ9lHzI/AAAAAAAAACg/5mbFKKdKyfA/s72-c/IMG_0213.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-1563404065965976001</id><published>2008-11-06T17:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T17:42:16.549-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona State Fairgrounds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Phoenix Fairie Festival 2008'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday Boutique'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gilbert'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goodyear'/><title type='text'>November</title><content type='html'>Wow!!! What a month October was!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halloween, our favorite time of year, has come and gone like a blink of an eye.  We hope that everyone enjoyed their holiday.   Good news is, we are now in jacket weather... okay maybe hoodie.  But still, there is a definite crispness in the air... LOVE IT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a marvelous time and turnout at the Festival of Music and Dance, Saturday.  Thanks to all that visited our booth:)  It was amazing seeing all the beautiful belly dancing garb!!! The food was DELICIOUS!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;WHAT'S COMING FOR NOVEMBER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;  you may ask???? Well let me tell you:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Saturday November 15th is the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Fairie Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt; in Goodyear.  We are definitely very excited about this event!!  We are thrilled to hear that one of our favorite musical acts is going to be there...Traveler.  We have made some great friends amongst the Fey.  We look forward to seeing some of you at the festival.    Be sure to check out the link for the festival for more information.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Also coming this month...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;The Way Out West Bird Show &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;November 23rd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;9-4pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Arizona State  Fairgrounds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;NEW IN DECEMBER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;We have a Holiday Boutique that we will be showing our wares.  It will be held Wednesday, December 3rd at Greenfield Elementary School in Gilbert, AZ from 6-9pm.  Hope to see you there for some holiday shopping:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-1563404065965976001?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/1563404065965976001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=1563404065965976001' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1563404065965976001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/1563404065965976001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/11/november.html' title='November'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6010962082226658106</id><published>2008-10-07T15:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T16:14:54.907-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett costume'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett&apos;s dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeney Todd costume'/><title type='text'>How to make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett costume update</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/10000/itm_img/B3648.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/10000/itm_img/B3648.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SOvehZbGvFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/BwRaNkqUBdM/s1600-h/sweeney1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SOvehZbGvFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/BwRaNkqUBdM/s320/sweeney1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254538055599438930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FINISHED!!!&lt;br /&gt;I just finished the major sewing parts of the costume... Yay!!!&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures of the finished product.  When Halloween arrives, I will post us wearing them:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I decided to make Matt's pants and used Butterick 3648&lt;br /&gt;This was definitely a tricky pattern, took me hours to make it...but worth it I think.  I used some navy blue suiting that I had gotten on $1 day at Savers.&lt;br /&gt;I did make some hand warmers for Matt using a pair of grey socks.  I think it looks pretty good, I just cut it off at the heel and then a little hole for the thumb.  Now if I can just find a scarf!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6010962082226658106?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6010962082226658106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6010962082226658106' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6010962082226658106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6010962082226658106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/10/sweeney-and-lovett-costume-update.html' title='How to make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett costume update'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8Ah1L3ba4TQ/SOvehZbGvFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/BwRaNkqUBdM/s72-c/sweeney1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5841451266641822607</id><published>2008-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T10:53:16.605-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Festival of Music and Dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Belly dancing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greek Festival'/><title type='text'>2nd Anniversary Celebration - Festival of Music &amp; Dance</title><content type='html'>Watch some Dancing and eat some yummy Greek food at the Festival of Music &amp;amp; Dance.  We will be there with bells on, selling our finest sparkly jewelry from our treasure trove right out of Ali Baba's cave!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2nd Anniversary Celebration - Festival of Music &amp;amp; Dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Saturday, November 1, 2008, 10 AM - 5 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Papyrus;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;First Congregational Church&lt;br /&gt; 1407 N. Second St. &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;(1/2 blk S of McDowell) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Phoenix, AZ 85004   &lt;a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;q=1407+N.+Second+St.+Phoenix+AZ+85004&amp;amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;amp;sspn=50.02446,76.640625&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;iwloc=addr"&gt;View Map&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: Papyrus;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;480-233-0022&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Papyrus;"&gt;Festival admission is $5.  Children under 5 are free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5841451266641822607?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5841451266641822607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5841451266641822607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5841451266641822607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5841451266641822607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/10/2nd-anniversary-celebration-festival-of.html' title='2nd Anniversary Celebration - Festival of Music &amp; Dance'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-7122680645675244810</id><published>2008-10-07T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T10:53:55.723-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona State Fairgrounds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Way Out West'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bird Show'/><title type='text'>Way Out West Bird Show</title><content type='html'>We will be having a booth at this years annual Way Out West Bird Show in Phoenix.  This is a wonderful show for all you bird lovers out there.  This show will be held&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 23rd, 2008 (Sunday)&lt;br /&gt;Arizona State Fairgrounds&lt;br /&gt;1826 W McDowell Rd&lt;br /&gt;Phoenix, Az&lt;br /&gt;9am-4pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you there!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-7122680645675244810?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/7122680645675244810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=7122680645675244810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7122680645675244810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/7122680645675244810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/10/way-out-west-bird-show.html' title='Way Out West Bird Show'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6365163170095779564</id><published>2008-10-05T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-07T16:14:23.014-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett costume'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mrs. Lovett&apos;s dress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sweeney Todd costume'/><title type='text'>Make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Costume</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/01/18/sweeney_todd300_080118123325288_wideweb__300x333.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/01/18/sweeney_todd300_080118123325288_wideweb__300x333.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2008/01/03/todd-carterx.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2008/01/03/todd-carterx.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/VintagePatterns/s4083-m.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/VintagePatterns/s4083-m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.patternreview.com/sewing/patterns/simplicity/2777/2777.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://images.patternreview.com/sewing/patterns/simplicity/2777/2777.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/10000/itm_img/B3418.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://img.sewingtoday.com/cat/10000/itm_img/B3418.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have decided to make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett costume this year for Halloween.  Since there are no real patterns out there, I am going to try to find something to make my own.  I will keep everyone posted to new developments in the outfits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been thrift store shopping for vintage clothing at Goodwill and such places with no luck.  I did go to Joanns recently and bought some cool decorator fabric that looks very antique for $3/yard - got 7 yards (I am trying to do this on a budget).  I have looked all over the internet for costumes and they are soooooo expensive and not up to the exact look I want.  I figure $50 will be my budget for the costume (so x 2 = $100 total budget .... I will try not go over:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do tend to stock up on patterns when they go on sale for $0.99 each, so I had some patterns in my arsenal.  Luckily, patterns were on sale again so I was able to find something that would fit what I had in mind...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for Sweeney's vest I decided on Simplicity 4083 - I will make the dickey too since Matt already has a similar shirt but not collar... had the pattern and I already have some fabric I think I will use, it's a brown moleskin that I happen to have... so far I haven't had to buy anything yet:)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for Mrs. Lovett  bloomers and shirt - simplicity 2777&lt;br /&gt;                    skirt - butterick 3418 ($1.99)&lt;br /&gt;                    black and red verticle stockings - Ordered online from Jaded Minx ($14)&lt;br /&gt;                    underbust corset - Fredericks of Hollywood Ultimate Cincher ($25)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6365163170095779564?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6365163170095779564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6365163170095779564' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6365163170095779564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6365163170095779564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/10/sweeney-todd-and-mrs-lovett-costume.html' title='Make a Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Costume'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/VintagePatterns/th_s4083-m.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6141335663644513500</id><published>2008-10-05T21:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T22:53:47.470-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Phoenix Fairie Festival 2008'/><title type='text'>Irish Festival and Fairie Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7609/phxfaeriefest2008myspacru6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7609/phxfaeriefest2008myspacru6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a wonderful turn out at the Irish Festival yesterday!!!  It was so nice meeting some of our customers and making new ones:)  It was such a lovely day for a festival too! We couldn't have asked for better weather.... very Irish!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, don't forget about the Fairie Festival November 15th.&lt;br /&gt;  Estrella Mountain Regional Park&lt;br /&gt;14805 West Vineyard Avenue&lt;br /&gt;Goodyear AZ, 85338&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are so excited for this festival.  It is going to be great!!&lt;br /&gt;Click on the icon at the top right of the blog to see their website and festival information or go to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com/"&gt;http://www.westerngatesfaerierealms.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you all soon!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6141335663644513500?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6141335663644513500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6141335663644513500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6141335663644513500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6141335663644513500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/10/irish-festival-and-fairie-festival.html' title='Irish Festival and Fairie Festival'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5640097087721392129</id><published>2008-09-20T16:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-20T16:04:37.029-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Irish Festival 2008</title><content type='html'>Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;   We just wanted to announce that we will be having a booth this year at the Irish Festival in Phoenix from 10am -9pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="boldsienna"&gt;Arizona Irish Festival&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="weebold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;             &lt;b&gt;Sat. October 4th&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;          &lt;span class="plaintext"&gt;at Margaret Hance Park and the Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix.&lt;br /&gt;                         1106 N. Central Ave.&lt;br /&gt;                         Phoenix, AZ, 85004&lt;br /&gt;             (602) 308-4601&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5640097087721392129?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5640097087721392129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5640097087721392129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5640097087721392129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5640097087721392129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/09/irish-festival-2008.html' title='Irish Festival 2008'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6530381422162257573</id><published>2008-08-14T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-14T13:38:47.549-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Studio Art Quilt Association Annual quilt auction</title><content type='html'>Check out the SAQA website, for their annual auction.  Loreena Everhart has donated a quilt square for the auction and can be viewed at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.saqa.com/newsebulletins/Squares08_9.aspx&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6530381422162257573?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6530381422162257573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6530381422162257573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6530381422162257573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6530381422162257573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/08/studio-art-quilt-association-annual.html' title='Studio Art Quilt Association Annual quilt auction'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-2876460534435968927</id><published>2008-07-15T10:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T10:46:21.590-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beginning Silk Painting Class</title><content type='html'>We will be having a class August 2nd, 2008 at 2pm painting silk scarves.  If you are interested contact Loreena at Freja13@yahoo.com.   We have 3 slots left so contact us soon while there is still space available.  Also, coming in late August, a pearl dyeing class.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-2876460534435968927?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/2876460534435968927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=2876460534435968927' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2876460534435968927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/2876460534435968927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/07/beginning-silk-painting-class.html' title='Beginning Silk Painting Class'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-5706557255248445582</id><published>2008-07-15T10:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T10:33:51.020-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Phoenix Fairie Festival 2</title><content type='html'>Hello again,&lt;br /&gt;     We are proud to announce that we will be having a booth at the second annual Phoenix Fairie Festival in Goodyear.  The location for the festival is at Estrella Mountain Regional Park, 14805 West Vineyard Avenue Goodyear AZ, 85338.  The festival takes place November 15th, 2008 (Saturday Only) from 10am - 9pm.  We hope to see you there!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-5706557255248445582?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/5706557255248445582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=5706557255248445582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5706557255248445582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/5706557255248445582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/07/phoenix-fairie-festival-2.html' title='Phoenix Fairie Festival 2'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353885807752668338.post-6652051743925539881</id><published>2008-06-29T17:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T18:39:58.091-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to our blog</title><content type='html'>We have just started a blog to discuss things that will be happening in the future.  We are excited to have this up and running.  This forum will be to ask questions, inform customers of future shows and laud the genius of our wonderful artwork!! We look forward to hearing from you&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6353885807752668338-6652051743925539881?l=octoberart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/feeds/6652051743925539881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6353885807752668338&amp;postID=6652051743925539881' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6652051743925539881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6353885807752668338/posts/default/6652051743925539881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://octoberart.blogspot.com/2008/06/welcome-to-our-blog.html' title='Welcome to our blog'/><author><name>October Art</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10462307759213558657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
