Maike's Marvels https://www.maikesmarvels.com inspiring you to marvel at life Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:25:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 143844110 Popping up at the 13th Wilder Mansion Holiday Market https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-13th-wilder-mansion-holiday-market/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-13th-wilder-mansion-holiday-market/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:17:06 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29657 I am excited to resume holiday pop up fairs this year after quite a hiatus.  During the first weekend of November I’ll revisit the Wilder Mansion for the 13th Annual Wilder Mansion Holiday Market. This year’s holiday market will be held Friday November 1 from 4-8pm and Saturday November 2 from 10am-4pm in the Wilder […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-13th-wilder-mansion-holiday-market/feed/ 0 29657 Celebrating a fresh new Main Street https://www.maikesmarvels.com/celebrating-a-fresh-new-main-street/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/celebrating-a-fresh-new-main-street/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:24:08 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29693 I’ve recently been re-watching Gilmore Girls which reminded me that I live in my own Stars Hollow. My Main Street just underwent 3 months of construction which was tough on our small businesses but we kept block parties and wine walks going to keep foot traffic coming. To celebrate the brand-new sidewalks and un-pot-holed smooth […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/celebrating-a-fresh-new-main-street/feed/ 0 29693 Popping up at the 22nd Ravenswood ArtWalk https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-ravenswood-artwalk-again/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-ravenswood-artwalk-again/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:50:09 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29606 It’s been a few months since I replenished earrings, and made a few more for this coming weekend. I will be popping up at the Ravenswood ArtWalk on September 14-15, 2024, from 11am to 6pm. It feels good to have creative brain space again after a long hiatus, and bending the wire was easier than […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/popping-up-at-the-ravenswood-artwalk-again/feed/ 0 29606 Literary Minds on Main Street https://www.maikesmarvels.com/literary-minds-on-main-street/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/literary-minds-on-main-street/#respond Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:49:53 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29559 This is the year I especially appreciate my own neighborhood and it is always fun to learn more about it. So when the Evanston Literature Festival offered a literary walking tour along the Main-Dempster Mile, I signed up right away. I am of course familiar with the bookstores on Main, but it is always fun […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/literary-minds-on-main-street/feed/ 0 29559 A Historic Brood https://www.maikesmarvels.com/a-historic-brood/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/a-historic-brood/#respond Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:43:31 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29512 It’s been a busy summer researching some passion projects and rehoming myself after a few years of caregiving flux. In June two broods of periodical cicadas descended upon Illinois, and I fully expected them to land on my back porch like the annuals do. However, South Evanston was spared and I had to drive to find […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/a-historic-brood/feed/ 0 29512 Main-Dempster Mile Valentines https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-valentines/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-valentines/#respond Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:53:36 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29469 I fell in love with Evanston years ago, but in the most recent years I’ve really come to appreciate my neighborhood filled with local independent businesses. When Katherine Gotsick of the Main-Dempster Mile announced a Valentine’s poster program, I made a list of all the places I loved and started having fun with limericks. The […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-valentines/feed/ 0 29469 Main-Dempster Mile History https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-history/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-history/#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2024 21:34:47 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29387 Today I am taking over the Main-Dempster Mile Instagram account and some of the stories warrant a bit more background that Instagram has space for. I’ve been a Main-Dempster Mile resident since 2000, and document many of the block parties and wine walks since they’re the perfect way to bump into friends! I also wrote […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/main-dempster-mile-history/feed/ 0 29387 2022 Holiday Pop Ups https://www.maikesmarvels.com/2022-holiday-pop-ups/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/2022-holiday-pop-ups/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 00:44:04 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=29313 Hi! It’s been a couple of years… After my last holiday market at the DANK Haus in 2019 I took a temporary job that turned permanent, which was fortuitous as the Pandemic unfolded and Art Fair markets shut down. My art-making went dormant for a while, and with my computer getting clunky my blog went […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/2022-holiday-pop-ups/feed/ 0 29313 Love is Love Ornaments https://www.maikesmarvels.com/love-is-love-ornaments/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/love-is-love-ornaments/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:15:22 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=28469 My art fair season ended with a whirlwind of other developments on the home front, which put the blog in hibernation mode. This snow inscription on my January 1 walk was a lovely intention setter for 2020. Now I am slowly getting adjusted to a new schedule, which gives me a moment to share my […]

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]]> https://www.maikesmarvels.com/love-is-love-ornaments/feed/ 0 28469 Weihnachtsmarkt December 14 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/weihnachtsmarkt-december-14/ https://www.maikesmarvels.com/weihnachtsmarkt-december-14/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:13:27 +0000 https://www.maikesmarvels.com/?p=26895 I am winding down my holiday circuit early with the DANK Haus Weihnachtsmarkt on Saturday. I will set up for a warm indoor Weihnachtsmarkt with German-inspired Christmas shopping, Glühwein, food, music and some fun performances. The Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) takes place on Saturday, December 14th, 2019 from 11:00am to 6:00pm. The Dank Haus will have […]

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