Polly's Paper Studio,A Plastic injectionmoulding company, Lucky Penny Mosaics Open in Downtown Dexter
Downtown Dexter is home to two new arts and crafts-based businesses that opened their doors this week.
Polly's Paper Studio, located at 3238 Broad St., is a specialty boutique that sells hundreds of items for scrapbooking, handmade cards, and other paper crafts. Across the street, Lucky Penny Mosaics, located at 3205 Broad St., features a variety of classes for basic and advanced mosaic art instruction.
"We really love the family appeal and artsy vibe of Dexter," Polly's owner Ginny Nemchak said about her decision to open the store. "With all the downtown restaurants and stores,The beddinges sofa bed slipcover is a good ， Dexter has this neighborhood feel but it's also a destination location.GOpromos offers a wide selection of promotional items and personalized gifts."
Nemchak has been operating Polly's Paper Studio in Pinckney for the past two years, but decided to relocate the business to Dexter to capitilize on traffic from Ann Arbor and other surrounding communities.
"Fortunately, scrapbooking shops are few and far between, and if you want the more exclusive brands sometimes you have to travel. The nature of the craft makes our shop a destination spot that will hopefully bring other people into town, which will help other businesses as well," Nemchak said.
With a 20-year career in retail, Nemchak said she decided to open her own business after a friend turned her onto scrapbooking.
"I was a stay-at-home mom for several years, but I also like to work, so opening my own business allowed me to do something I enjoy while still getting to spend time with my family," she said.
The store offers 1,800 paper patterns, adhesives, embellishments and other scrapbooking products. It will also offer classes in handmade card making, scrapbooking and altered art projects.
"Paper crafting in general is an afforable hobby, and I think people like to give a handcrafted item as a gift because it's more personable. It's also a craft that you can manage in a small amount of space if you are doing it at home,Aeroscout rtls provides a complete solution for wireless asset tracking." she said. "We'll also let people work in the store."
Lisa Wandres, co-owner of Artistica in Dexter, opened Lucky Penny Mosaics above Life is Good, to expand her home-based mosaic classes. Wandres, who considers herself an "artist by accident" began her lifelong love affair with mosaics 10 years ago after learning about the craft.
"I was curious (about art) and discoverd courses on mosaic and luckily it turned out to be my thing," Wandres explained. "I have since ... dedicated myself to leaning more about mosaics and also to broadening my artistic influences."
Wandres has been selling work on commission with moderate success, which led to her decision to offer classes of her own for students.
"Mosaic is coming back in the art world and it's coming back as an art form, transcending the (stigma) of a casual hobby," she said.
The studio will offer a four-week two-hour basics class for $135, with materials and supplies. Wandres will also offer studio time for intermediate level students, at $10 an hour. Students will learn about cutting, grinding and working with glass cutting techniques. Other workshops include a pet portraiture project (four weeks, $135), and mosaic tables (six weeks, $165).
"Anyone can do a mosaic. You don't have to be artistic or know how to draw," Wandres said. "I want this to be a place where beginners and advanced artists come to work. We're a full-fledged studio,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? so we have all the equipment to complete a mosaic project."
Downtown Dexter is home to two new arts and crafts-based businesses that opened their doors this week.
Polly's Paper Studio, located at 3238 Broad St., is a specialty boutique that sells hundreds of items for scrapbooking, handmade cards, and other paper crafts. Across the street, Lucky Penny Mosaics, located at 3205 Broad St., features a variety of classes for basic and advanced mosaic art instruction.
"We really love the family appeal and artsy vibe of Dexter," Polly's owner Ginny Nemchak said about her decision to open the store. "With all the downtown restaurants and stores,The beddinges sofa bed slipcover is a good ， Dexter has this neighborhood feel but it's also a destination location.GOpromos offers a wide selection of promotional items and personalized gifts."
Nemchak has been operating Polly's Paper Studio in Pinckney for the past two years, but decided to relocate the business to Dexter to capitilize on traffic from Ann Arbor and other surrounding communities.
"Fortunately, scrapbooking shops are few and far between, and if you want the more exclusive brands sometimes you have to travel. The nature of the craft makes our shop a destination spot that will hopefully bring other people into town, which will help other businesses as well," Nemchak said.
With a 20-year career in retail, Nemchak said she decided to open her own business after a friend turned her onto scrapbooking.
"I was a stay-at-home mom for several years, but I also like to work, so opening my own business allowed me to do something I enjoy while still getting to spend time with my family," she said.
The store offers 1,800 paper patterns, adhesives, embellishments and other scrapbooking products. It will also offer classes in handmade card making, scrapbooking and altered art projects.
"Paper crafting in general is an afforable hobby, and I think people like to give a handcrafted item as a gift because it's more personable. It's also a craft that you can manage in a small amount of space if you are doing it at home,Aeroscout rtls provides a complete solution for wireless asset tracking." she said. "We'll also let people work in the store."
Lisa Wandres, co-owner of Artistica in Dexter, opened Lucky Penny Mosaics above Life is Good, to expand her home-based mosaic classes. Wandres, who considers herself an "artist by accident" began her lifelong love affair with mosaics 10 years ago after learning about the craft.
"I was curious (about art) and discoverd courses on mosaic and luckily it turned out to be my thing," Wandres explained. "I have since ... dedicated myself to leaning more about mosaics and also to broadening my artistic influences."
Wandres has been selling work on commission with moderate success, which led to her decision to offer classes of her own for students.
"Mosaic is coming back in the art world and it's coming back as an art form, transcending the (stigma) of a casual hobby," she said.
The studio will offer a four-week two-hour basics class for $135, with materials and supplies. Wandres will also offer studio time for intermediate level students, at $10 an hour. Students will learn about cutting, grinding and working with glass cutting techniques. Other workshops include a pet portraiture project (four weeks, $135), and mosaic tables (six weeks, $165).
"Anyone can do a mosaic. You don't have to be artistic or know how to draw," Wandres said. "I want this to be a place where beginners and advanced artists come to work. We're a full-fledged studio,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? so we have all the equipment to complete a mosaic project."
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