HYD Blog
thoughts on dwelling
We are so excited to be presenting at The Dogwood Arts House and Gardens Show this weekend!
Our talk "The Ordered Home: How to De-clutter and Organize your Space" will be on Friday (2/13) at 11:00am. We will be manning a booth all weekend and we would LOVE to see you! The event hours are Friday 10am-9pm, Saturday 10-6pm, Sunday 11-5pm.
We are giving away a free closet makeover so come by and enter our drawing!
It's been a couple of weeks since HYD's first ever pop-up market & we are still a little high from the experience. Caroline & I were overwhelmed by the positive response from our shoppers as well as our vendors. The community support from our Knoxville family was tremendous.
We are excited to say that with our 10% of profits from the sale, HYD & the vendors donated over $200 to Habitat for Humanity of Knoxville.
HYD would also like to thank KBrew for providing their delicious coffee to our guests throughout the day.
Lastly, we wanted to show off some of the shots of the day that our dear friend, Katie Norrell took. HYD was overjoyed to watch all the hugs, compliments & conversations throughout the day of the market. We are looking forward to the next one, whenever it "pops-up!"
If you didn't make it out and are interested in purchasing any of these fine goods, let us know and we will get you in touch with the maker.
We had over 200 people come through our market and our vendors sold over $2,000 worth of goods. We had a blast seeing old friends and making new ones. If you took pictures at the market we would love to see them.
Look for these signs (above) on Saturday! This Saturday, November 8th at 1721 Coker Ave. is Help You Dwell's first ever pop up market and we are so excited! Please come out and support local Knoxville artists and craftsmen along with Habitat for Humanity (10% of profits).
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Habitat, the Knoxville chapter has been up and running since 1985. 475 homes have been built through the organization in our city for people who find themselves unable to afford typical housing. Habitat builds homes using volunteers and home buyers, sells them at no profit, and the homes are financed with a 25-30 year, 0% interest mortgage. Habitat makes home ownership an option for people who have fallen on hard times, or who need a "hand up, not a hand out". The home owners are heavily involved in the building of their homes and pay a regular mortgage like anyone else. Check out the website to learn more about Habitat for Humanity and how to get involved in Knoxville.
Some of our vendors are set up to accept credit/debit transactions but not all of them so make sure to bring cash. We can direct you to a close ATM if needed :)
Can't wait to see you all and please share our flyer on Facebook or your website!
Caroline & Taryn
The Help You Dwellers
Ericka Ryba, Eric Savage, Blair Wright, and Laura Cottrell
We are less than 2 weeks away from our Holiday Market and we are blogging today to announce the rest of our vendors.
Meet Ericka! We share a booth with her at Nostalgia on McCalla and often have a really hard time not buying everything she puts in it. Ericka is one of those people who has the golden touch--we are convinced that she is good at everything. Ericka sells her handcrafted goods under the name of Providence Road. In Ericka's words about the name Providence Road, " It actually started on a real road that I lived on from ages 3 mos. to 8 years old. Almost fifteen years later, and not a very direct route, I landed in Providence, RI. I remained in Providence through my post college years, abandoned my carrer trajectory, and started working on an organic farm. Thinking this was my destiny, I moved back down South to start a farm. Well...ten years later I'm back in school studying art and letting creativity reign. I love where I've been and am excited about where I am going (wherever that may be). Providence Road to me is the culmination of everything I've learned so far about the world and about myself. "
We have had the pleasure of knowing Eric for several years through church. Eric could do stand up or have his own sitcom if he wanted to but we are glad he hasn't left Knoxville for stardom. Eric learned carpentry from his dad and they began making furniture together a few years ago. We love the headboard he posted on instagram several months ago.
If its old, wooden and architectural, Blair loves it. He travels to the northeast for his real job but his passion is finding and repurposing architectural salvage and vintage furniture. He brings things home you don't see often in East Tennessee. He cleans them up and sometimes makes new things with them. Corbels, balusters, newel posts and more are what you'll see from White Station Architectural Finds.
We met the lovely Laura Cottrell at church and have loved getting to know her over the past year. Laura is a mommy of two and somehow still manages to find time to create all kinds of art. We are particularly excited about her recipe paintings and her fall themed banners. I shamelessly bought about 10 of her handmade ornaments last Christmas...don't judge me.
ONE WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY PEOPLE!! BRING EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
Ashley Addair
Mary Ann Watkins
Rob Laliberte
Jordan Wright
Daniel Aisenbry
KBrew Coffee Shop
Let us introduce you to Ashley Addair and Mary Ann Watkins who are collaborating on a project of art and hand lettered words. Ashley and Mary Ann are both moms of two boys and have been part of our church community for several years. They are both extremely talented and we are loving their collaborations which celebrate some traditionally southern phrases and figures of speech. Here is a link to Ashley's blog entry including their artist statements and pictures of some of their work.
Next, we are proud to introduce a good friend of ours Rob Laliberte who owns WDWRK Co and does beautiful woodwork in Knoxville, TN. We have collaborated with Rob in various ways and love his passion for community development and encouraging artists in our city. We share a booth at Nostalgia on McCalla with Rob and he also has a booth at the Market Square Farmers Market.
Jordan Wright has been blowing us away with his awesome new lighting business; Wright Mason Co. Currently his lights are for sale at Remedy Coffee shop and Blue Mason Coffee Shop in Knoxville TN. He uses vintage mason jars and repurposes them in one of the coolest ways we have seen yet. We are so jazzed that he will be selling his lights in our market.
We have known Daniel for several years through our church as well and have been drooling over his coffee tables ever since he started making them. Daniel owns and runs Knox Urban Homesteads and does everything from helping people start urban gardens to building chicken coops. Daniel does great work and we can't wait to share his furnishings with you all.
Finally, we are proud to announce that KBrew Coffee shop is sponsoring this event by providing coffee for all of you lucky patrons. They will also have tshirts and mugs for sale as well.
Next Thursdays blog will introduce our final four vendors.
We are only a few weeks away! Please share our flyer on your facebook page and invite your friends on November 8th.
HYD
Image by Brooke Bock
Over here at Help You Dwell we are BEYOND excited about this market of home wares on November 8th.
We have gathered a group of awesome local artists and vendors who have a wide range of talents and skills.
We will have paintings, woodwork, pottery, furniture, and other hand made goods for the home.
You can expect light refreshments and coffee from KBrew as well!
We will also have gift cards for home organizing and staging in the Knoxville area available for purchase.
Tell all of your friends and please stop by!
A few teasers of some of the items you might see...
Ashley Addair & Mary Ann Watkins
Ericka Ryba
