Please come in and shop local for the holiday season!  We have many unique one- of a-kind gifts….put some thought into X-mas and Make it Matter!

We are so excited to tell you about our new retail space.  We moved our D.I.Y. boutique to the Village of East Davenport.  We now share a space with the Mint Green, a unique resale boutique at 2218 East 11th street in Davenport.  Our old location  in East Moline now houses our studio space where we are busy making all of the time.  Our hours are Monday-Friday 10-5pm and Saturday 10-4pm

We had the pleasure of chatting with Bruce Carter on ArtTalks at WVIK. You can listen to a recording of the broadcast online at                                      www.wvik.org/listings-arttalks.htm and hear us talk up some arts & crafts!

On Saturday April 30th from 11-4PM we will be at the Handmade City craft show at Rozz Tox in Rock Island.  This is a great place to get goodies from fantastic local crafters.  Don’t miss it!

Visit us at the shop and see some beautiful new paintings, lovely Spring dresses, and many other handmade items.

Our holiday hours are:

Christmas Eve: Noon-4pm

Christmas Day: Closed

New Year’s Eve: (regular hours) Noon-6pm

New Year’s Day: Closed

We know you are tired of shopping in the same old places.  We know you want to find that perfect and unique gift.  You know the place to go is the Adventure Orange!  Let us help make your holiday gift buying exciting and fresh by stopping by our shop this season.  We have cozy, hats, mittens, and scarves to keep your honey warm.  We have a selection of delightful hair accessories, jewelry, handbags, and more.  Fine art, handmade clothes, and the most amazing finger puppets you’ve ever seen. Our holiday lights are on and we are ready to make your holiday shopping fun!

so.. the a.o. recently aquired a 4-color silk screen press thanks to a very awesome brother.  Heather & I are going to master the process this week and then we have plans plans plans.  Custom fabric is in our near future.  I can’t wait for future fabric.

In other news I saw Thursday the other day.  She was hanging out on the hill of the cemetery by my house.  I think she was planning her escape back to the orange.

-anne

The Orange is doing a bit of remodeling.  We will be closed for a couple of days early this week.  Stop by Thursday or Friday to see the results!

After having Thursday, the new cat for a couple of months at the shop, we are sad and happy to say that she is back with her original family.  It all started the other night when she wouldn’t come back in the shop after and afternoon outside.  Someone in the neighborhood found her and thought she was a stray and sent her to the animal shelter where it was determined that she was micro-chipped.  Long story short, Thursday is now back with her original family after a little sabbatical with us!

Check out http://www.etsy.com/shop/browncitypress for a limited number of 2010 Ladies of Letterpress Iowa City Calendars on sale for Haitian Relief.

There is exciting news brewing at the Adventure Orange!  Stay tuned in the next few weeks for updates about the store!

Are you on Facebook? The Adventure Orange is.  You should become a fan.

We have been hard at work the past few weeks making all sorts of goodies for you to gift this holiday season.  Stop by our booth at What a Load of Craft tomorrow at the Johnson County Fairgrounds from 11-7.  We will have record rugs and earrings, finger puppets, stuffed creatures, letterpress printed goods, handbound books, and other awesome accoutrements!