Caricature Drawings

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The HodgePodgery is proud to announce that on March 19th we will be having Caricature Drawing by Lindsey McClellan.  Prices are listed below, but we highly recommend that you sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. We will start taking reservations asap. She will be here from 6-9pm.

Lindsey can do single caricatures or double caricatures.  She can also work from pictures so give a fun wedding gift, anniversary gift, birthday gift or just for fun gift to your friends and family. Prices are listed below.

Face caricatures:

Full body caricatures:

 Call The HoPo to make your reservation today 717 236-0150.

February 19th 4-9pm

Each month we will be offering a new event for 3rd In The Burg. This month we will have Michelle Harvey from Michabella Creations making jewelry. She will also have a make and take earring workshop. You can make a basic beaded dangle earring for 5 dollars with your choice of beads or a chandelier earring for 10 dollars with your choice of beads. This workshop will continue while supplies last so come check out the beautiful work that Michelle will be offering. In addition to the workshop she will also have a vast display of her items for sale. We look forward to you coming to check out our shop and your chance to meet Michelle. Michelle is also our jewelry instructor so bring your jewelry questions along and she will be helpful in answering them for you.

Beaded Earring

Chandelier Earring

ALSO on hand for our February offering will be AVA BERG.  Ava has been an activist since the 1960’s strong in the civil rights movement and a revolutionary for Peace. Ava’s line of jewelry “Expressions of Ava” feature beads she had purchased in the 60’s and 70’s in NYC. She will be hanging out and schmoozing with everyone starting at 4 pm. She is a lot of fun to talk to and will truly bring “Retro” to life. You’ll love her creations!

NEW Green Gift Bags

As you know, The HoPo has strong values in repurposing and recycling. We are proud to announce that we now offer Green gift bags. We will offer a variety of four bag sizes and personal packaging service starting at $1.00 and going up to only $2.50 for the largest bag including recycled tissue papers. These 100% recycled gift bags are a wonderful addition to our shop and we are excited to offer you this option and service for your gift giving needs!

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~~~The Most Wonderously Friendly Staff at the HoPo!

Look at the faces around you. There could be a knitter, seamstress, blacksmith, soap maker, candle maker, jeweler, potter, paper maker, screen printer, graphic designer, painter, carpenter or even a glass worker around you. The HodgePodgery is a one stop shop for handmade and local and the faces below are the puzzle pieces that create this wonderful shop. These are the consignors and artisans of The HodgePodgery artisan shop and unique boutique for gift giving. Check our our new webpage with pictures of our consigners!

The Harrisburg Arts community now has its very own night of the month! Lancaster, York, and Philly have their “First Fridays” but starting here on Friday January 15th,  2010 you have a permanent date with Harrisburg, PA!  The THIRD FRIDAY of each month is 3rd in the Burg! Harrisburg’s artsy folk have pulled together for our very own night. We want you to gather up your friends and families and discover our gems. We have such a fabulous array of new voices in art we simply do not want you to miss out!

You can start your day in Harrisburg as early as 10 am with the very first monthly FREE Coffee Cupping (read as “mmmm coffee tasting!!”) then stroll upstairs to the Yellow Wall Gallery exhibiting  Matthew Murray’s “Abandoned America” within the incredible used book store and coffee shop The Midtown Scholar.

While you’re right there, check out JM’s Thrift n Vintage and the other shops in the next few blocks, or head across the street to the Broad St Market .

If you didn’t already gorge yourself at market, walk two blocks North to Breads n Spreads for a great lunch or seek out one of our other fabulous indie eateries (for reference, Gallery Blu is several blocks north on the same side of the street)

You can head south to do some shopping here in Midtown (Stopping at the HoPo is a no brainer of course)  then pop in to Café di Luna to warm up with more Coffee, Tea or Hot Chocolate (one can never have enough hot beverages on a cold January Day

Toward late afternoon and evening you’ll be geared up and ready to check out several of our participating galleries’ special events for the first ever 3^rdin the Burg:

POSSIBLE ITINERARY FROM THE HOPO:

Head SOUTH down 3^rd St a few blocks to Susan Schreckengaust’s Arts at 510for mixed media paintings by Susan  Gottleib and Music by 510 Express from 5:10 (of course!) til 7:10. Walk toward the river to 308 N 2^nd St to enjoy wine, music and hors d’oeuvres at Sprama Design’s Sprama Gallery, a collection of music and theater inspired art. Open til 9p. About a block down from there is The ArtHouse Lounge at 217 N 2nd, tucked among the bustling happy hour and nightlife of that which is Harrisburg’s Downtown for”The Best of the West by Piper” 6-9p. Still further south at 21 N Front St is the Art Association of Harrisburg showing “Figuratively Speaking” works with the human form in mind, with music by Hal and Felicity Fox from 5-8. There are scads of indie eateries and pubs open late into the night.

OR FROM THE HoPo:

Head NORTH on 3^rd St. If you missed the 10am coffee cupping you can still visit the Midtown Scholar’s Yellow Wall Gallery, then cross the street and keep heading North up 3rd to take in the Magnificent Minds Project by artists dealing with mental illness at  Christina Heintzelman-Jones’  community minded Gallery Blu at 1633 N 3^rd featuring Music by Jonathan Frazier from 7-9 (you may want to stop at Breads n Spreads for some soup or Vietnamese Garden for some pho to warm yourselves along the way!)  Come back to The HodgePodgery where you can watch a class in progress as Jessica teaches our own special “Charm Class” from 6:30-8:30 offering the Close to Your Heart Charm.  All Close to Your Heart products will be 15% off that day!Finally, you may end your evening at HMAC’s Stage on Herr with an extended Happy Hour from 7-9 and then my Rural Radio presenting A.D. Chandler w/ Work in Progress from 9p til 1 am or so.

SUPPORT LOCAL ARTS!!! 3rd in the Burg Friday January 15th, 2010

by: Dawn

It is hard to believe we are at the end of 2009. I know.  Everyone says the same thing, but for Jessica and me, it has been one strange year. Last year at this time, I was laid up after having had knee surgery on the 29th. I was reflecting on having been off throughout the Holidays, thankful for a lot of things in my life including an extremely supportive boyfriend in addition to my 4 kids.  All we really knew of 2009 was that in a few weeks, I’d be heading back to work  driving a truck, we’d be going to New Orleans for vacation in the spring, and  Jessica would be getting married in June.

Flash Forward to Lunchtime at Taj Palace Thursday April 23rd… I had injured myself AGAIN earlier in the week and was meeting Jessica for lunch.  It all started so innocently.  ”Instead of  just sitting around for the next few months WE SHOULD…”  and so it began.  A simple lunch brainstorm of a discussion between slightly OCD/ADD mother and daughter and next you know we are looking for the future site of a little shop ultimately known as The HodgePodgery. From there you all have been able to follow our progress through our blogs and to this  final, albeit fairly quiet day of 2009.  At this point we have over 130 active consignors who have collectively sold over $28,000 worth of their creations in 5 short months. No one would have guessed that our whimsical little idea would have developed such a following and generated such a buzz in Central PA.  We want to express our love and thankfulness to those of you who had enough faith in us to hand over your handmade heart-filled wares to fill this shop with such amazingly fun things.  We also want to thank all of you who have walked through these doors, by design, by whim, by accident, on business, in support of friends, because you saw us on Twitter, Craigslist, FaceBook, heard of us at a craft show, art show, bar, saw us in a newspaper, on a website, TV, flyer in a restroom, read an article, blurb or business card, spoke with an old friend, received a unique gift, took a class and/or passed along some info and spread some gossip about an interesting little shop in Midtown Harrisburg. We love you and are eternally grateful for all you have given to our spirit of adventure and this, our spirited venture in 2009!

To everyone who has come across our path and to all that will be steered our way in the future…

MANY BLESSINGS IN THE NEW YEAR!!!

You Won

It is time to celebrate the winners of the HoPo 12 Days of Christmas Raffle ! A ticket will be pulled for the next 12 days. Check this post for each day’s updated winner. To claim your prize, call the HoPo to schedule pickup of your free gift. 717 236-0150. You must pick up in person and present valid I.D.

December 14 Winner– Lara Moore- Soy Car Air Freshner (4.00 value)

December 15 Winner- Janet Avcin- Reusable Snack or Sandwich bag (5.00 value)

December 16 Winner-Kaylan Dorsch- Pet Candle (6.00 value)

December 17 Winner- Hannah Avcin-Roda vinyl record bowl (10.00 value)

December 18 Winner-  Lora Kasselman knit hat/ scarf set (15.00 value)

December 19 Winner- Josh Roberts- Men’s screen print t-shirt (18.00 value)

December 20 Winner- Erinne Dixon- Funky striped lap apron (25.00 value)

December 21 Winner- Matt Haley- 25 dollar HoPo Gift Certificate (25.00 value)

December 22 Winner- Luci Troup- Red Fashionista Knit Scarf (32.00 value)

December 23 Winner- Amy Welsh -Close to the Heart Charm with Sterling Silver Chain (35.00 value)

December 24 Winner- Cynthia Walters-Soap and Candle basket (40.00 value)

GRAND PRIZE

December 25 Winner- Laura Keating- BYOB CLASS Party for 6 participants (150.00 value) choice of crochet 101, close to the heart charm, or wine themed party- 2 hour class to be scheduled with the shop (we will pull this raffle and announce on December 24^th since we are closed on Christmas Day)

Winners- You may send your photo to Jessica@thehodgepodgery.com if you would like to have your picture added to your winning information!

This sunday, December 13th from 12-5pm, we will be holding a 5 dollar and under shopping area for kiddies to shop for family and friends. Bring the kiddos and let us help them shop and wrap while you shop as well! All gifts are 5 dollars and under with all sorts of wonderful gifts including handmade soaps, ornaments, spa sets, jewelry, candles, bookmarks, candy and soooo much more!

We hope to see you there!

Read the article about us! This publication is circulated statewide. We are the cover story!

http://www.keystoneedge.com/features/midtownarts1119.aspx

The HodgePodgery is proud to announce that starting Black Friday we will be holding a 12 Days of Christmas RAFFLE!! For every 20 dollars you spend at the HoPo starting this friday, you have a chance to win 12 different prizes. These prizes will be free classes, handmade products, gift certificates and even a gift basket. We will have the prizes displayed for you to see on Black Friday!! They will also be posted. Winners will be announced each day starting December 14th.  Winners will be called, posted on our website and announced via facebook and twitter.

Good luck to all and to all Happy Shopping!!