Showing posts with label heart of Fort Mill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart of Fort Mill. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Main Street Crawl 2012

This past week 13 stores on Main Street rallied together for the Main Street Crawl.

Art, Funk & Junk, All Party, LLC, Dave’s Comics, Fort Mill Gun Shop, Hanauer Bow Ties, The Knife Shop, Local Dish, Gym on Main, The Painted Parrot, Pucker Butt, Studio on Main, United Artisans of America, and Vintage Wear participated by having refreshments and drawings.
Trish at Art, Funk and Junk and Karen from the Painted Parrot were the instigators for this fun event. 

There were live musicians in 2 locations: Leslie Carpenter, Joshua Fox, Mill Town, Jogust and Company, M3, and Bryan Rudolf. Thank you musicians for coming out!

I have no clue how many people actually came out, but Main Street was bustling. Twas a beautiful site. Reminded me of Cars II, how that little restaurant off Route 66 was restored. I hope the interest remains. We met many new faces and hugged some more familiar ones, what a joy to see so many people discover Main Street in Downtown Fort Mill. If you happen to live close and want updates there are 2 websites that can help: http://HeartofFortMill.com and http://myfortmill.com.

My "main" excitement: At our shop United Artisans of America, we had a drawing for a Crocheted Hat and for a Poly Mesh Wreath. During the day a very sweet woman that is currently losing her hair from chemo and radiation mentioned liking my hats. I asked if she put her name in the drawing, to which she said she had. I was hoping she would win.
We drew 3 names... The 2nd name I called to say she won and she came to pick it up yesterday (Monday)... It was the woman I just mentioned!!! I didn't know her name until she walked in. I was so very excited. She selected a black hat with beads woven in that I had made over a year ago. She was delighted to have it, saying it was definitely a "God-wink" considering she didn't even know about the crawl but just wanted to come on down to Main Street since it had been a long while.

My heart is so grateful. The other winners were Jael (hat) and Penny (wreath). What fun=)

The Scavenger Hunt Winners were the Fantastic 4 Team (Including Digital) and XYZ Babies.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Having fun on Main Street

I have met some wonderful incredible people being here the past month! I just love Fort Mill, SC =) Smiling faces and beautiful places is a great motto for South Carolina=)
We have wonderful and amazing artisans that are filling the store, 2 new ones are coming in this week! Exciting times.
So far, we have a jeweler that does AMAZING bead-work, and she will be hosting a class...
a welder who is very creative and has really fun and reasonable priced items...
a purse-maker who makes every single one different with an excellent quality...
4 photographers with pictures of landscapes, horses, butterflies, buildings, roosters, and the grand canyon in lovely frames...
6 painters from tiny fruits to large flowers and several birds...
Shell crafter that made beautiful candle holders...
Crocheted hats, and if you have been reading my blogs you'll know who makes those=)
We have cards available from some of the painters and photographers....
It has been really inspiring to see the amazing things they are bringing in, wonderful things that are made in the U.S.A! Amazing!
I have been having a great time meeting people and love seeing beautiful things coming in!