Mano y Metal | Lifestyle Blog: July 2011

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Pitchfork Highlights & Thanks you Shout outs!

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Mano y Metal

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The Vending Experience @ Pitchfork Music Festival 2011!

Best Music Concert Outfit:

Cheetah Print Spandex paired with a Razored T-Shit, and Jordans

How did she pull it off?

Red Lip stick and big hair pulled it together.

Best Hair

So people from all over the U.S attended this Music Fest & so many funky hairdos caught my eye but I'd have to say the tangerine orange highlights against an asymetrical cut with a background of light brown hair was the winner for me.

Weather:

90 degrees (overall) all THREE DAYS

yes, mama was sweatin'

heatwave started Saturday

with a heat index of 100-105!

I almost melted but survived with only a mild heat-induced headache on Sunday.

my eyeliner and hair however, did not make it 15min in that heat!

thank goodness for SUN GLASSES to hide the melted eyeliner! ;p

why did I even bother with eyeliner?

force of habit.

Las Ventas

("Sales" in Spanish)

Sales were great!

Sooo busy & c.o.n.s.i.s.t.e.n.t all three days!

I would come home and fall into my bed exhausted, then wake up and create new pieces each morning!

What was cool, was a lot of people had 3 day tickets, so if they only browsed one or two days, they were back for what they wanted by the final day of the fest!

Gente

("People" in Spanish)

I had no idea I was to meet so many people from so many surrounding States!

had many interesting conversations

and one customer even surprised me with an

Ice-cream delight

to help me fight the heatwave off! :)

so sweet!

(literally & meta)

Gracias!

Big Thank you to...

Sarah Bortt & Janet Ecklebarger from Coterie Chicago for being the brains and organizational hands behind facilitaing the participation of 40 artisans in Pitchfork Music Festival!

I was so excited when I received the acceptance email!

Thank you!

A BIG GRACIAS to:

My friend Yali who delayed her trip to the beach

to save me from being late to set up on Friday

& gave me a ride to Pitchfork when Flashcab FAILED ME & made me wait over an hour!

what the?

A BIG GRACIAS to:

My friend Mayra is one of the AWESOME-EST Scorpio's I know!

She came with me two days in a row and

brought along her 15+ yrs in merchandising & retail experience, so I had no anxiety about leaving

her alone

at my table with her while I wandered around the festival searching for cheese fries.

Thanks Mayra for enduring the heat with me! <3

A BIG GRACIAS to:

to all the friends who stopped by my table

to say hi, bring me a cool-refreshing drAnk

& just keep me company... THANK YOU! Gracias!

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Check out a review of Coterie Chicago at Pitchfork 2011

by HandsOcuppied.com

HERE!

Mano y Metal is included!

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GIVEAWAY reminder!

Mano y Metal is featured with an interview & my hand stamped pieces were in a photoshoot

by local Chicago Artist/Photographer

Chelcie S. Porter

Click HERE to JOIN the Giveaway!

Photograph by: Chelcie S. Porter
see more in interview here>> http://neighborhoods.redeyechicago.com/pilsen-uic/2011/07/13/mano-y-metal-pilsen-based-and-custom-made/

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that be it.for now..

Thanks for reading!

STAY POSITIVE!