Minneapolis Gift & Art Expo

Happy holidays. I can't believe I'm saying that Well this weekend you can shop at a spot full of local makers It sounds fun reporter Kristen Hobrick is live at the Minneapolis gift and art expo. It's taking place at the Minneapolis Convention Center Hi Kristen Hi It's also a great time to find, So I'm gonna kind of walk around show you a few things I'm gonna bring in Tammy Scott. She's the director over here now in addition to the shopping There's also some other fun perks. Tell us about that. Yes come visit us tomorrow afternoon and Sunday afternoon We will have live music featuring area musicians live product demos by some of the artisans in our show And of course don't forget to enjoy it all we will have a cocktail bar. So sip and shop Exactly you read my mind Kristen Thank you I've got Melissa over here. Okay, Melissa. Tell us the name of your shop. So the name of a shop is maple and hickory woodworking Okay, and that's after some loved ones in your family. Yes my dogs I have two dogs German shard hair pointer and also a beagle teri Is it mostly wood? Yeah, so I use a combination of Yeah, I definitely do a lot of personalized pieces Lake art is one of my big things I do So and that tell us about the games to I'm seeing Yes. I have some awesome Crippage boards that are custom-made the new Minnesota State flag also just Minnesota and then epoxy resin boards I created using Well, thank you so much. You're very talented. I appreciated your time and chatting with you Now we're gonna go on another little walk and we're gonna go this way to talk about clay Okay, tell us your first name Katie and the name of your business when type a meets clay That is really great. That is really needed to bring my personality into it a little bit So you have a type a in our lives. How does clay help you balance everything? It is I work a corporate job during the day. So this is really therapeutic This is therapeutic. This is a moment that I can just take pop an audio book in and just kind of Yeah, exactly now Katie you're a first-time vendor here. What do you think so far? This is so much fun I was even setting up yesterday walking around and seeing all of the different vendors here It's I want to walk around and go shop. It is so fun and everyone'so supportive and it's been great Yeah, how is it because otherwise you wouldn't have you don't have a storefront a brick-and-mortar? So to have that face time with the folks coming in they can ask you about certain pottery pieces. What is that experience It's awesome. I love people just popping by and picking it up looking and just seeing what works for them So and then you're continuing to replenish so if folks want to buy yeah, they come on Sunday They're still gonna be plenty of stuff here. Yep, there is I've got a load coming out of the kiln today So I'll go girl. I'll go after this and pick it up. Okay fantastic. Keep up the great work. Thank you so much I'll rate You just let me know I really that pottery was so cute. I needed a closer look at it. I'm gonna have to look at her Etsy shop, too Thanks, Kristen the gift and art Expo is taking place at the Minneapolis Convention Center It runs today until 7 p. m. That's probably when Kristen will be there until Saturday from 10 to 6 Sunday from 10 to 5 Admission you can see right there six dollars for adults kids 16 and