Join the fun this weekend.

Join the fun of our annual Women’s Weekend this Saturday and Sunday, November 2 and 3.  Look at all the events we have planned for you.
·    Sandy’s Pick what you want from the spring Neon Buddha line, and Neon Buddha will make it just for you. Relax with a $1 per minute chair massage.   
·    Abode Gallery Meet the ladies from Mirasol Farms and sample their handmade, organic body products.  Talk to stone artist Richard Erickson, jewelry artist Lucy Elliot, and painter Maria Kowalski. 
·    Stockholm General   Taste wines and specialty foods.  Saturday taste award-winning wines from local winery Villa Bellezza. 
·    Stockholm Pie Company Meet Janet Garretson, the pie lady, and try six different pies from 2 - 3 p.m.  $10 per person.  Reservations required. 715-442-5505.
·    Ingebretsen's  Learn the pattern and brush strokes to create your own Swedish sandwich board from 10 - 4.  $95 class fee covers all materials and a light snack.  Call 612-729-9333 to register.
·    Stone Fern Gallery  Stop by for a professional makeup session.  Sue Rowe, Hilarious Bear Lady, will host the event, and a Henna artist will join us, apply henna, and explain the tradition behind the art form.
·    Huggs Bubba   Watch spinning artist Joy Gerad’s spinning demonstration from 11 - 2 Saturday.
·    Black Cat Farmstead  Find out how to create your own yarn and meet the sheep who produce the wool at the Yarn Farm. 
·    Running Dog Ranch Folk Craft and Learning Center  Learn to make unique gifts for the holidays in our Scandinavian fiber arts classes.  Call 651-206-6719 to sign up.  Check us out, take a tour, and meet our friendly critters.
·    The Palate  Enjoy delicious foods that Mary of Eat Drink will stir up in our kitchen.  Get the recipes, too.
·    Widespot Performing Arts Center  Top off your Saturday at Awkward:  An Evening of Mostly True Storytelling with Music by Minneapolis actor/writer Amy Salloway and music by Patrick DuPaul starting at 7 p.m.  Tickets are $10.  Go to www.widespotperformingarts.org

Browse the shops for gifts and holiday ideas.  Relax at one of our eateries. 

We’d love to see you again,
Stockholm Merchants

Add Hallowine to your Halloween celebration….

Door County has a wine just for your Halloween festivities, and we are offering it at Stockholm General.  Named Hallowine, this apple wine is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.  Warm up the wine before serving it, and the wine will warm up all those who enjoy it. 

This is the time of year to relax in a comfortable chair and enjoy a special beverage.  Stop by Stockholm General, choose yours from our hand-picked selection, and stock up.  Build your own six packs of several different beers.  Fill your wine rack with regional flavors. 

We’ve remodeled so that browsing the store is even easier.  We’ve added several new items.  The forecast for Sunday is sunshine with temperatures in the 50’s.  Take a drive down the Great River Road, enjoy the last of the fall colors, and pick up some Hallowine and other special beverages at Stockholm General.

We’d love to see you again,
Steve and staff
Stockholm General     

See the flyway this weekend.

The fall colors along the Great River Road are at their peak.  The stunning reds and yellows of the maples, ashes, and sumacs intermix with the vibrant golds and ambers of the aspens and oaks to create a spectacular panorama.  Overhead, raptors are passing through on their way to winter feeding grounds.  Gulls and terns are flocking over Lake Pepin. 

In the midst of this feathered flyway activity is the sixth annual Flyway Film Festival offering many opportunities for you this weekend.  Preview over forty independent films, some with Oscar-buzz.  Attend workshops on crowd funding, breaking in from outside of Hollywood, and screenwriting.  Meet filmmakers, screenwriters, directors, and others in the film industry.  Find out more here.   

Take a break at our restaurants which are staying open later during the film festival.  Check out the new items in the shops.  Enjoy the film spectacle inside and the feathered one outside this weekend in Stockholm.        

We’d love to see you again,
Stockholm Merchants

Learn the art of Swedish decorative painting

Have you seen Dalamalning, Swedish decorative painting, and thought, how do they do that?  During Women’s Weekend in Stockholm, learn Dalamalning and take your handiwork home with you.  You will paint a small sandwich board, using a pattern and acrylic paints to apply a basic brush stroke.  Place this board on your table as an attractive addition or take it on a picnic.  Either way, you will learn a new skill and have the results to display.  See one here.

When you look at Dalamalning, remember that the Swedes developed this technique to give themselves something to do and brighten their homes during the long winter months of more darkness than light.  They painted colorful designs of flowers, scenery, and light memories on their dark, wood-grained furniture.  By doing this, they helped retain their sanity and added beauty to their homes.  

The class will be instructed by Carol Bender, a descendant of early Swedish emigrants to the Stockholm area.  Her fascination with the craft is in her genes and her family history.  Carol has gone beyond her initial interest and studied Dalamalning at Norskedalen's Heritage Center in Wisconsin and Klas Hansper of Nusnas in Sweden.  She is an expert painter of Scandinavian folk art, specializing in Dalamalning/kurbit painting and Norwegian rosemaling.  The class will be held at the Samla Rum in Stockholm from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 2.  Sign up by calling 612.729.9333.  The $95 class fee covers all materials plus a light lunch.

We will also have Katherine Kennedy demonstrating Swedish huck weaving and selling her huck weaving kits Saturday, November 2, from noon to 3 p.m. Find out more about Katherine's work here.

Register for Carol’s class and mark your calendar to join us Women’s Weekend, November 2.

We’d love to see you again,
Diane and staff
Ingebretsen’s av Stockholm