Carnevale: a magical evening in the Garden....

Thanks so much to everyone to came out to the Garden on Friday night; Carnevale was a huge success & I was so grateful to see so many familiar faces :)  We had close to 600 attend!  The food & drinks were amazing, thanks to  3 Girls Catering; and the performances were stunning!  A big thank you to the Red Light Variety Show, Fire Kittens, & Rose Red Flames---the Botanical Garden staff said they had never seen an event like this; it was definitely unique & fun! 

check out the pics....



Photos by:

Christina Birkinbine

Sibb's Custom Rides

3 Girls Catering

Fire Kittens

please do not copy without permission 

Thanks again for a magical evening!  We might have to do it again next year.....

Amber

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Carnevale Menu

Gretchen has put together an amazing menu for the festivities on Friday night; come join us for

dinner, drinks, entertainment, &

art in the Garden...

Mmmmmmm: can't wait! 

Prices will be between $3-$5 per item--no host bar style

6:00 pm at the Botanical Garden

Tickets available online at

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/178743

or get them at the Boise Co-Op or the Record Exchange

$7 presale $10 at the gate

Hope to see you there :)

Amber

Boise Weekly: win tickets to Carnevale

Work from industrial metal artist Amber Conger, who works under the name Refinerii, appears all over southern Idaho—including in Meridian City Hall. Conger has become one of the city's most well known artists, particularly for her large-scale pieces.

Idaho Botanical Garden is the most recent recipient of Conger's large-scale work and on Friday, June 3, there's not only an unveiling of the new work but a large-scale party to boot.

Carnevale is a celebration of Conger's art at the garden, with a performance by burlesque troupe Red Light Variety Show, Rose Red Flames and the Fire Kittens. There will also be glass blowing, fortune telling, face painting and fire, belly and arial dancing.

Conger isn't the only local artist whose work will be showing at Carnevale. Also showing will be: Filip Vogelpohl from Boise Art Glass, Bruce Maurey and Wren Van Bockel from Maurey Design, Cody Rutty, Erin Lunstrum Pietsch from Pietsch Pottery, Amber Shing, Reham Aarti Jacobsen of Mosaic Essential and Joe Lopez of mymindsphotographer.com.

Friday, June 3, gates open at 6 p.m., $7 for members and in advance, $10 at the door. Children under 12 are free. Tickets are available at tixxfixx.com, The Record Exchange or at Boise Co-op. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Old Penitentiary Road, 208-343-8649

 208-343-8649 idahobotanicalgarden.org.

Win Tix through the Boise Weekly

The Costume Shop: masks, glitter, gloves, & more!

OMG: I stopped in at the Costume Shop today for the 1st time ever (I know, huh?) Wow: they have a lot of cool stuff! 

Was looking for top-hats & masks for Carnevale, & ended up leaving with 3 hats, some fairy wings, this amazing glitter make-up stuff, some cool striped knee-high socks, & some feathers!  And, I think another trip is going to be necessary too, lol :)  

Wow: if you are in need of any costume-ish accessory or costume to rent, this is the place to go--I must have spent over an hour wandering about & chatting with the staff; who were soooooo friendly & fun!

If you are in need of a beautiful Venetian style mask for Friday, or makeup, or accessories, definitely stop in next week....

The Costume Shop

3777 Chinden Blvd.

Boise, ID 83714

208.343.9399
 208.343.9399
Toll Free: 1.877.992.67881.877.992.6788
Email: fun@thecostumeshopboise.com

Directions: The Costume Shop is located on Chinden Blvd. between Orchard and Curtis Road/Veteran's Parkway.

Amber

Win Free Tickets to Carnevale-

The Boise Weekly is giving away tickets to Carnevale :)

Enter to win by clicking below to visit BoiseWeekly.com

Thanks so much to the Weekly for sponsoring this event!

Look for the Carnevale add in the next weeks paper... 

I'm getting super excited about the event; can't wait to see everyone there...omg, I don't even know what I'm going to wear yet!  Yikes, where can I get a cute top-hat next week?  Shopping tomorrow after the Sat Market...lol

Amber



Kleiner Park Fabrication-Bolts

All three sculptures are put together now, & the bolts are going in!  So excited; they add so much to the look of the structure; very happy with the choice to use tension control bolts; they really do have the look of old-school rivets (on one side anyway)

Amazing how such a seemingly small detail can make such a difference!  Luv how they have the look of an old bridge....

s'more cool welding shots....

Next week will be the details; lighting brackets, wiring, wind turbine mounts, & white curvy things; more updates to come....

Thanks so much to everyone at Blake Trailers for all your hard work; it's coming together even better than I expected!  I'm excited for the next phase :)

Looks like we will be installing the sculptures sometime in June; I can't wait to see them in place...

The install should be interesting, lol: big trucks & trailers & big cranes: can't wait!

more to come...

Amber