Blog Sponsor Spotlight: LSR Jewelry & the bench

Is it really already Friday?! What a week! We're so happy to see the sun shining today. And today we're honored to feature Horseshoe vendor and blog sponsor, LSR Jewelry & the bench. Read below to find out more about Lisa's fabulous work.

If you're interested in being a Horseshoe Market Blog Sponsor (includes ad on right sidebar, Sponsor Spotlight blog post, and chance to do "giveaways") email horseshoemarket@gmail.com for more information.

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Lisa Rundall lives in Edgewater, Colorado with her husband, Rahja, and their two beautiful boys, Oliver and Noah. She was born in the suburbs of Houston, Texas, and moved at an early age to the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout her childhood Lisa was encouraged to play in nature and explore her creative side. This was the start of her journey to becoming an artist.

Before moving to Denver, she lived in the beautiful northern California town of Arcata, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Art with an emphasis in jewelry making. Her jewelry is organic, textured, and handmade, no two pieces alike. She often adds precious or semi precious stones to add an element of color into the design. She currently works out of her home part time as a graphic designer and the other half as a jewelry artist and teacher.

She is starting a jewelry studio/school in 2011. The inaugural classes start in February. The classes are created for people who are interested in finding out more about metalsmithing and lost wax casting, but don't want to purchase a lot of expensive equipment before they know if it is something they really want to do. Also folks that have experience in these areas can come to use the studio, which will be opening later this year.

Find LSR Jewelry & the bench here and on Facebook.

New website and applications are open!

It's an exciting day over here! We are just launching our new and improved website courtesy of the ever-amazing Lisa Rundall Creative, and we've just opened our 2011 vendor applications! We thought we'd give you a run down of the website changes, and also talk about our 2011 vendor applications.

The new website now has a "main" homepage, and then each market has its own page--Spring Market (May 7), Summer Market (August 6) and Fall Market (October 1). However, you can apply for one, two or all three markets on any vendor application.

In terms of vendor applications, we are having early bird discount prices from today until February 14th. If you apply to any market between now and Feb. 14th, and get accepted into the market (we are juried), your booth price will be $75 for one 10X10 booth ($60 for DHA members) per market. If you apply after February 14th, booth prices will be $100 for one 10X10 booth space ($80 for DHA members) per market.

Please note--you can apply to one, two or all three markets! If you apply to all three, we cannot guarantee that you will be accepted into all three. This is due to the high volume of applications we get, and that we want a great variety of products and vendors at each market. In terms of sharing booths, you may--but both parties must apply. No more than two can share a booth!

Additionally, we want to encourage lots of folks to apply! Are you an artist, crafter or estate sale junkie? Do you dream about selling your wares and having your own business? Maybe you have an Etsy shop, and you've always wanted to do a "live" market. Well, why not give it a go? Check out this page for detailed information on what kinds of vendors we are seeking.

We are so excited about this upcoming market season. Our seasonal markets will each be unique, collaborative, and super fun community events! We will feature kids activities, local food and a few local non profits at each of our markets. Additionally, we are seeking sponsors! Please email horseshoemarket@gmail.com for information on sponsorship opportunities.

Let the fun begin! Go to our website, check things out, and fill out an application! Also, leave a comment below for any feedback or suggestions you may have about our website. See you all soon!

More Featured Vendors!

Here are some more Horseshoe Market Featured Vendors! One more round coming tomorrow :) Take a gander at these lovelies...

1. Jason LeDoux Art 2. Photographic Amy 3. LSR Jewelry 4. Pheatherism

Just a few more days until the Horseshoe! Don't forget--we're doing a GIVEAWAY on Twitter! Follow us and mention us using @horseshoe to enter the drawing. We're giving away three boxes of caramels from vendor Helliemae's Salt Caramels and also two Horseshoe t-shirts! We're choosing winners on Thursday afternoon so hurry and enter! Also, first 25 folks at each entrance of the Horseshoe Market (at 46th and at Tennyson) get a FREE Horseshoe Craft and Flea shopping tote!!!