Showing posts with label crescent moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crescent moon. Show all posts
Thursday, September 16, 2010
A Colorful Networking Event at Crescent Moon
Our friends Joan and Mike Loch own Crescent Moon, a glass art studio located in The Cotton Exchange in the historic district of downtown Wilmington, NC. They recently joined the North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce and yesterday we had a ribbon cutting there. A good time was had by all. Check them out at www.CrescentMoonNC.com.
Friday, January 8, 2010
We Did It Downtown!
Marge and I had an appointment today to meet with our Quantum Results Coaching web site designers downtown, so we blocked out some extra time to do a little shopping and call on some friends. We've seen and heard about the Do It Downtown! campaign and figured this would be a great chance for us. We live in Leland and certainly we Do It Across the Bridge! as well, but this afternoon we had a blast in downtown Wilmington.
First stop was to drop of something for our friends Margi and Doug Erickson who own and run the C.W. Worth House bed and breakfast at 412 S. Third Street in Wilmington's Historic District.
We only stayed a couple of minutes because they had a good crowd coming in for the weekend and were getting ready. I realized later I didn't take a good shot of the house, so I grabbed the next house shot from their web site - I don't think they'll mind.
Next stop was TayloeGray at 105 N. Second Street. These are the folks helping us with our web site , which right now is only a single landing page for our book, 31 Days To Networking Event Mastery, but is about to grow exponentially in the next month to showcase our widely expanding and expansive range of business and personal development services and products -- wow, how's that for shameless self-promotion?
These guys are Nathan Tayloe and Andrew Gray (it's convenient that their names match the company name - must be why they decided to work there). They're the ones wildly at work on our web site. We had a great meeting. We're very pleased with their work and looking forward to the end result.
Next stop, right around the corner on Princess Street, was Moxie Floral Design Studio. We go there a lot because we really like Cynthia Lee and Djenana Ninkovic and we love their work. They do many many weddings and this year are aiming to do 100+ weddings. Last year I think they did close to 80 (and that, my friends, is a lot of weddings for a two-person studio).
Cynthia wasn't in the studio, but Djenana was there with some friends visiting from Oak Island. Below are Stacy Little, Doris Dawkins, Djenana, and Red Dawkins.
Doris grabbed my camera and got a picture of Djenana, Marge, and myself (bad hair day).
When we left I remembered one of my favorite decorative pieces in the studio.
We were getting a little hungry so decided it was time for a salad. But... then we remembered that Jody Carmichael's new store, the Hot Pink Cake Stand had just opened at 114 N. Front Street, so we bagged the thoughts of veggies and went on in.
The first thing one of us said when we went in was, "Oh, isn't this cute!" (Hint, it wasn't me talking.) And indeed the store is spacious and welcoming and in full startup mode. That's Jody, by the way, serving another customer as we entered. One of the cool things she's going to do, in the back part of the store which is open but you can't see it in these photos, is a live demo-like area where Jody is going to let people watch as she makes and decorates wedding cakes. In true social media fashion, Jody is going to announce the demo schedule on her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Hot Pink Cake Stand also has a full display selection of Old Wilmington Tea Company teas.
Next we went toThe Cotton Exchange, with two destinations in mind.
The first one was Crescent Moon, Joan and Mike Loch's handcrafted glass gallery.
Joan wasn't in, but Mike was explaining some of the work in the store to customers.
I missed an opportunity to get a shot of performance artist Susan Savia and her husband George Hammen, who have just moved to the Wilmington area from Pennsylvania. Susan will be performing tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at The Cotton Exchange and I encourage you to go give a listen. Here's Susan's website.
I did meet and get a quick photo of three women from Kure Beach who were visiting Crescent Moon for the first time. In the shot below are Chris Still, Jennifer Scott, Mike Loch, and Susan Haynsworth.
Jennifer Scott, by the way is one of the organizers of a Port City Basketmakers event that's taking place at the Scottish Rite Temple on 17th Street in Wilmington Saturday, February 6th from 8AM to 5PM. If you're a basketmaker or have ever wanted to be, this event will include classes and training so you can make one or two baskets with expert assistance and instruction. For more info see the flyer at this link, or contact Jennifer (her contact info is in the flyer).
Marge was taken by a display of Virgil Jones Witches Balls and Fairy Balls.
Here's a shot of one of Virgil Jones' balls from the web site - details on their purpose and creation are on the Crescent Moon web site.
Our second stop at The Cotton Exchange and last stop on our Do It Wilmington excursion was Two Sisters Bookery.
Susan Hipp, who we met on New Years' Day at the Crescent Moon brunch at The River Room, was working at Two Sisters Bookery and we had a nice chat. (Also picked up a cool book for our grand daughter).
So that was our afternoon. We had a great time, had a super meeting with our web designers, saw some friends, met some nice people we hadn't known before, and ate some pretty nice cupcakes. (Oh, and came home with some gorgeous flowers from Moxie as well.)
So I encourage you, do as the sign says, and Do It Downtown.
We did, and we're glad of it. In fact, we can't wait to Do It Downtown again!
First stop was to drop of something for our friends Margi and Doug Erickson who own and run the C.W. Worth House bed and breakfast at 412 S. Third Street in Wilmington's Historic District.
We only stayed a couple of minutes because they had a good crowd coming in for the weekend and were getting ready. I realized later I didn't take a good shot of the house, so I grabbed the next house shot from their web site - I don't think they'll mind.
Next stop was TayloeGray at 105 N. Second Street. These are the folks helping us with our web site , which right now is only a single landing page for our book, 31 Days To Networking Event Mastery, but is about to grow exponentially in the next month to showcase our widely expanding and expansive range of business and personal development services and products -- wow, how's that for shameless self-promotion?
These guys are Nathan Tayloe and Andrew Gray (it's convenient that their names match the company name - must be why they decided to work there). They're the ones wildly at work on our web site. We had a great meeting. We're very pleased with their work and looking forward to the end result.
Next stop, right around the corner on Princess Street, was Moxie Floral Design Studio. We go there a lot because we really like Cynthia Lee and Djenana Ninkovic and we love their work. They do many many weddings and this year are aiming to do 100+ weddings. Last year I think they did close to 80 (and that, my friends, is a lot of weddings for a two-person studio).
Cynthia wasn't in the studio, but Djenana was there with some friends visiting from Oak Island. Below are Stacy Little, Doris Dawkins, Djenana, and Red Dawkins.
Doris grabbed my camera and got a picture of Djenana, Marge, and myself (bad hair day).
When we left I remembered one of my favorite decorative pieces in the studio.
We were getting a little hungry so decided it was time for a salad. But... then we remembered that Jody Carmichael's new store, the Hot Pink Cake Stand had just opened at 114 N. Front Street, so we bagged the thoughts of veggies and went on in.
The first thing one of us said when we went in was, "Oh, isn't this cute!" (Hint, it wasn't me talking.) And indeed the store is spacious and welcoming and in full startup mode. That's Jody, by the way, serving another customer as we entered. One of the cool things she's going to do, in the back part of the store which is open but you can't see it in these photos, is a live demo-like area where Jody is going to let people watch as she makes and decorates wedding cakes. In true social media fashion, Jody is going to announce the demo schedule on her Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Hot Pink Cake Stand also has a full display selection of Old Wilmington Tea Company teas.
Next we went toThe Cotton Exchange, with two destinations in mind.
The first one was Crescent Moon, Joan and Mike Loch's handcrafted glass gallery.
Joan wasn't in, but Mike was explaining some of the work in the store to customers.
I missed an opportunity to get a shot of performance artist Susan Savia and her husband George Hammen, who have just moved to the Wilmington area from Pennsylvania. Susan will be performing tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon at The Cotton Exchange and I encourage you to go give a listen. Here's Susan's website.I did meet and get a quick photo of three women from Kure Beach who were visiting Crescent Moon for the first time. In the shot below are Chris Still, Jennifer Scott, Mike Loch, and Susan Haynsworth.
Jennifer Scott, by the way is one of the organizers of a Port City Basketmakers event that's taking place at the Scottish Rite Temple on 17th Street in Wilmington Saturday, February 6th from 8AM to 5PM. If you're a basketmaker or have ever wanted to be, this event will include classes and training so you can make one or two baskets with expert assistance and instruction. For more info see the flyer at this link, or contact Jennifer (her contact info is in the flyer).
Marge was taken by a display of Virgil Jones Witches Balls and Fairy Balls.
Here's a shot of one of Virgil Jones' balls from the web site - details on their purpose and creation are on the Crescent Moon web site.
Our second stop at The Cotton Exchange and last stop on our Do It Wilmington excursion was Two Sisters Bookery.
Susan Hipp, who we met on New Years' Day at the Crescent Moon brunch at The River Room, was working at Two Sisters Bookery and we had a nice chat. (Also picked up a cool book for our grand daughter).
So that was our afternoon. We had a great time, had a super meeting with our web designers, saw some friends, met some nice people we hadn't known before, and ate some pretty nice cupcakes. (Oh, and came home with some gorgeous flowers from Moxie as well.)So I encourage you, do as the sign says, and Do It Downtown.
We did, and we're glad of it. In fact, we can't wait to Do It Downtown again!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Crescent Moon Hosts a Marvelous New Year's Day Brunch
What a great start to the New Year! Marge and I were up and out fairly early this morning to two different fun events hosted and organized by friends.
The first was the Crescent Moon brunch at The River Room in downtown Wilmington. Crescent Moon is a fabulous art glass store located in the Cotton Exchange in Wilmington. All the glass artwork in the store is handcrafted, most, if not all by local glass craftspeople. The store is owned by Joan and Mike Loch, proprietors since 2007. I also learned today that the Loch's moved to a house in Wilmington last year after living on a 45-foot boat on the Cape Fear River for five years! That's pretty cool.
What isn't cool is that with all the photos I took while we were at the brunch today I neglected to get a shot of Joan and Mike - who were our exceedingly warm and gracious hostess and host.
The event was held in Ray Baca's great venue (which also opened in 2009) The River Room at 18 S. Water Street.
Gayle Tabor and Jenn Beddoe of Glynne Soaps were also at the event with a small display of their soaps. Marge and I had fun talking with Gayle and Jenn about the New Year and words or phrases we each were setting as our watchwords for 2010. The mood was definitely upbeat at the whole event, which is definitely a great way to start a new year.
There are two tables in The River Room that showcase event planners. The one below is for A Tent Event, Jeff Holmes' company.
This second exhibit table is by Wendy Wright, whose company is appropriately called, A Beautiful Event.
At one of the many tables with food at the brunch was a display by Jody Carmichael, the owner and cake artist of Hot Pink Cake Stand.
Adjacent was a table with some beautiful pieces from Crescent Moon, including some jewelry handcrafted by Joan's sister Anne Bartlett.
We talked for a while with Susan and Clark Hipp. Susan is an educator, a promoter, and a mainstay at some of the shops in The Cotton Exchange and Clark is an architect, Realtor, real estate developer, and, maybe as of this year, a published author (he has an idea for a very useful book for entrepreneur retailers and professionals - an idea I won't divulge because it's his, but it is pretty cool and an awesome concept). Below are Susan, Clark, and Marge.
We also spoke for a bit with Cynthia and Jake Hunt. Jake owns and runs the Wilmington Junior Golf Academy, which on his Facebook page he describes well as a "child development program that uses golf as a vehicle to teach life skills and core values to mostly less than privileged and at risk children."
We also met Hilary Piper, an event coordinator for The River Room.
In the photo below are Anne Bartlett, a glass artisan and Joan Loch's sister, and Wilmington Councilman Kevin O'Grady and his wife Diane.
We unfortunately had to leave early before the band showed up (literally, I saw Tweets and Facebook updates from people who were there who had a blast. Marge and I also had a commitment to get up to Topsail Island for the Dolphin Dip at noon. Before we left I took one last shot of the room and the gathering crowd.
To Joan, Mike and all the others who put on the event this morning, thank you very much, it was fun, relaxing, and the food was great. What a nice way to start the new year.
The first was the Crescent Moon brunch at The River Room in downtown Wilmington. Crescent Moon is a fabulous art glass store located in the Cotton Exchange in Wilmington. All the glass artwork in the store is handcrafted, most, if not all by local glass craftspeople. The store is owned by Joan and Mike Loch, proprietors since 2007. I also learned today that the Loch's moved to a house in Wilmington last year after living on a 45-foot boat on the Cape Fear River for five years! That's pretty cool.
What isn't cool is that with all the photos I took while we were at the brunch today I neglected to get a shot of Joan and Mike - who were our exceedingly warm and gracious hostess and host.
The event was held in Ray Baca's great venue (which also opened in 2009) The River Room at 18 S. Water Street.
Gayle Tabor and Jenn Beddoe of Glynne Soaps were also at the event with a small display of their soaps. Marge and I had fun talking with Gayle and Jenn about the New Year and words or phrases we each were setting as our watchwords for 2010. The mood was definitely upbeat at the whole event, which is definitely a great way to start a new year.
There are two tables in The River Room that showcase event planners. The one below is for A Tent Event, Jeff Holmes' company.
This second exhibit table is by Wendy Wright, whose company is appropriately called, A Beautiful Event.
At one of the many tables with food at the brunch was a display by Jody Carmichael, the owner and cake artist of Hot Pink Cake Stand.
Adjacent was a table with some beautiful pieces from Crescent Moon, including some jewelry handcrafted by Joan's sister Anne Bartlett.
We talked for a while with Susan and Clark Hipp. Susan is an educator, a promoter, and a mainstay at some of the shops in The Cotton Exchange and Clark is an architect, Realtor, real estate developer, and, maybe as of this year, a published author (he has an idea for a very useful book for entrepreneur retailers and professionals - an idea I won't divulge because it's his, but it is pretty cool and an awesome concept). Below are Susan, Clark, and Marge.
We also spoke for a bit with Cynthia and Jake Hunt. Jake owns and runs the Wilmington Junior Golf Academy, which on his Facebook page he describes well as a "child development program that uses golf as a vehicle to teach life skills and core values to mostly less than privileged and at risk children."
We also met Hilary Piper, an event coordinator for The River Room.
In the photo below are Anne Bartlett, a glass artisan and Joan Loch's sister, and Wilmington Councilman Kevin O'Grady and his wife Diane.
We unfortunately had to leave early before the band showed up (literally, I saw Tweets and Facebook updates from people who were there who had a blast. Marge and I also had a commitment to get up to Topsail Island for the Dolphin Dip at noon. Before we left I took one last shot of the room and the gathering crowd.
To Joan, Mike and all the others who put on the event this morning, thank you very much, it was fun, relaxing, and the food was great. What a nice way to start the new year.
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