Milestone reached, new scenic photographer added to store

Our Prairie Chic store blog has now reached the 13,000 page views mark! We reached the 10,000 mark on Jan. 10, so we have seen a 30% increase in our page views in just four months!

We just added another vendor today at Prairie Chic. You can see Concolleen's Visions photographs here:

 Railroad shot, $75; wheat, $65, front photos, $50 each

More cards will be coming, price TBA

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $100 a month or 5' x 7' for $50 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday though Saturday and by appointment Sunday through Tuesday. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. 

If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Scrapbook class planned on Feb. 21 would make great gift!

Happy Doxie Designs is hosting a Mini Album class on Feb. 21. Happy Doxie Design will teach this course at Prairie Chic. The cost is $20, which includes the class fee and supplies. This class would make a wonderful Valentine's Day gift for a loved one that doesn't need anymore collectibles, antiques or furniture pieces. Those interested in the class just need to bring 10 photos sized 4" x 6", or more smaller photos to fill a 5" x 8 1/2" album. Contact Stephanie at 785-571-3955 to reserve your spot. (Deadline is Feb. 16.) Here are some examples of scrapbook pages, from HDD:

 

If you are interested in an item, I have a 24-hour hold policy to allow you to take time to come see it for yourself. Feel free to inquire about something you are seeking but that you do not see pictured. We're happy to help you try to find it!!  Or, do you have items you would like to sell? We take vintage, antique or quality used items to sell on commission. 

Also consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday though Saturday and by appointment Sunday through Tuesday. We can help you, no matter what your need is for a purchase, a sale or a rental. For more about our store, see the tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Market Day set for Sunday in downtown Herington

Prairie Chic is holding our next Market Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday inside the store. Come to downtown Herington and shop at Prairie Chic, as well as Broadway Bargains across the street, Big MACs half a block south, and Miss Lizzy's half a block north. 

Market Day items for sale inside Prairie Chic will include many types of miscellaneous items, including decorative plates, nick knacks, doilies, Desert Storm handkerchiefs, advertisement buttons and pens, another vendor selling homemade soap scrubs, bath salt, body butter etc., bracelets made from belts, bottle art, and many others!

Are you interested in selling items inside Prairie Chic? We have a special event rental rates are of $2 per square foot when reserved prior to the show or $3 per square foot otherwise. You set up your own items on your own table, and pay according to the size. You sell your items on a "cash and carry" basis, so you tend your own sales and no credit cards nor collections will be taken by our staff. To sign up, just let me know if you're in for this event, or contact me at (785) 571-3955 any time, or PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com any time. 

Here are some items we've had for sale during previous similar events:

Or, do you have items you would like to place inside the store before the Market Day? We take vintage, antique or quality used items to sell on commission. Or if you would rather store an item instead, we do offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We can help you, no matter what your need is!  If you are interested in an item, I have a 24-hour hold policy to allow you to take time to come see it for yourself. Feel free to inquire about something you are seeking but that you do not see pictured. We're happy to help you try to find it!!  

We're open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Wednesdays though Saturdays, and by appointment otherwise. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. 
If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Holiday hours announced at Prairie Chic

Do you have someone on your Christmas gift list who is hard to shop for? We are having our second art class with Tana A. Churan-Davis on Dec. 28 at 6 p.m. at Prairie Chic. We need those interested to pre-register by calling 785-571-3955 by 6 p.m. Dec. 26. 

We offer climate-controlled storage units year round. Call or text us at 785-571-3955 for more information about them.

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

More items added for sale at Prairie Chic

Here are some updated photos of items we have received and now have for sale at Prairie Chic:

 

Twin poster bed, $40 -- NOW SOLD!

 

Twin sized iron bed, $135 (bed set sold separately)

 Wooden twin sized bed, $150

 Solid wood bed frame, $300

 Ornate pipe organ, $999

German dark wood buffet, $850

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday though Saturday and by appointment Sunday through Tuesday. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. 

If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

More upcoming events planned at Prairie Chic

Here are some upcoming special events and current promotions now offered at Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store, 9 S. Broadway St., Herington.

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out.  If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Recycled Robotics Art Contest winners announced

The Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques staff held our inaugural Recycled Robotics Art Competition on Nov. 15 in our store. We had four contestants enter the competition.

Here, Makay Davis looks her project over as she chooses where to place pieces on it.

 Meanwhile, David Sabata looks for the next step on his project, which included a recycled bicycle purchased from
 Here, Jameson Davis is shown putting last-minute touches on her entry, who looks similar to a Darth Vader character. "I am Luke's father" reads the sign on the right side of her entry.

 David won $80 as the adult first place winner with his entry named Scrappy.

Jamesson Davis won $20 as the younger youth winner. She is a 5th grader at Herington Elementary School.

Makay Davis won $20 as the older youth winner. She is a 9th grader at Herington High School.

The contest was held to encourage latent artists to think outside the box, and off the canvas, to create an original piece from recycled computer parts. The staff at Prairie Chic will be holding other future artistic competitions. Watch the blog for more details in the future as we schedule more of them!

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out.

If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com

Art class postponed, art competition set next weekend

Looking for something to do next weekend? We have a class and a competition both planned next weekend at our store. Prairie Chic is having our inaugural Recycled Robots Art Competition, 10 a.m. Nov. 15 in our store. There is no entry fee but the winner will receive a $100 prize. We are holding this contest to stimulate latent artistic juices of our area residents. The contest is based on looks and only that since it is an art contest. So artistic types, not technological and computer guru types should come on out! We have this contest open to age 14+ and older alone, or children with parental supervision.  The winning piece will be displayed in our store for 30 days following the event. 

Also, we are postponing our one-stroke glass painting art class that was scheduled to start this Sunday. We will start it instead at 5 p.m. on Nov. 16 and run it Nov. 23 and Nov. 30 at Prairie Chic. The class costs a $40 class fee + $15 supply fee (supplies can be reused for future classes). Interested?!? Rural Hope resident Tana Davis, who painted the End Zone photo shown above, will be leading the class! Call the store at 785-258-8004 to register! (Please leave a message if you call outside of our store hours.) She can also teach beginning art, watercolor acrylic, or any other number of art courses, as desired!

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Flea market planned Sunday

Prairie Chic is holding a flea market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday (tomorrow) in our store. Prices for vendors are $2/sq. ft. with reservations in advance, $3/sq. ft. on the day of the event. For our special sales events, you set up items on your own table, and sell them as "cash and carry."

Here are other upcoming events we will be advertising at the event! Please mark your calendars accordingly.


If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at (785) 571-3955!

Halloween, autumn decorations added into store

We have some other Halloween decorative and autumn decorative items added to the e Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store.

We also have some new holiday jewelry pieces added to Prairie Chic, made by a Herington woman.

Don't forget that a Midwest artist whose sister lives outside of Hope, Kan., is coming to Prairie Chic for an art show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.  Tienne Rei Kollars currently lives with her family in Southern Illinois. She was married to her husband Mike on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 2001 and hopes to eventually make a permanent move to the coast. Her sister, Tana Davis, recently moved to rural Hope and introduced Tienne's artwork to Prairie Chic. Look for more details ahead on this blog! Here are links to Tienne Rei Kollar's website and her Facebook page.

Also, the staff at Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store have announced a discounted rate for our holiday handcrafted decor and gift items! We are now offering 1/2 price on wall space, so instead of $15/sq. ft., it's now $7.50/sq. ft. per month (with a minimum of 4' space). That's just $30 for a 4' space per month (plus 15% commission rate). But, wait. That's not all! If you pay in advance for the holiday season (now through Dec. 31), you can prepay just $75 for the period.

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. 

If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!

Illinoisan artist to showcase works at Prairie Chic on Saturday

Tienne Rei Kollars, of Herrin, Ill., is having an art show at Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques store from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Her artwork, which goes by Tienne Rei Art, includes fine art with a surrealist fantasy.

“Costume design is a big influence with old time art deco and art nouveau,” she said. “There is a lot of interest just because of the slight art nouveau. Some of it is more modern. Some of it is surrealistic and sometimes it’s more realistic, but there’s a stylization that comes to it.”

Kollars has twins who just started Kindergarten.Some of her complex pieces she has wanted to paint will be inspired by different places she has visited lately.

“I’ve just started a lot more complex pieces that I’ve been wanting to do, but for five years, I’ve home with kids,” Kollars said. “I’ve been doing more simple works than what I've been wanting to do because the only time I have to work is when the kids go to bed. I’ve been limited for the past five years so I’ve recently been creating things I’ve been wanting to do for some time.”

Kollars lives in southern Illinois in Herrin, which is outside Carbondale.

“My latest project has some ties to a local state park where we took the kids camping,” she said. “The views were amazing, but I’m not a landscape artist. I like these figurative pieces with crazy costume aspects, but I can still do the ladies and have different elements from the area built in to them.”

Herrin is a town of about 10,000 people, while Carbondale is much larger.

Kollars is coming to Kansas for the show and to visit her sister, Tana Davis, who lives in rural Hope. She has been to and through Kansas before, as her husband used to be a truck driver and he also worked in Emporia for awhile.

Kollars is excited about  visiting Davis to come see the sunsets.

“I’m looking forward to a huge vista,” she said. “I can see a tree line where I live right now, but the sunsets and sunrises are what I loved about living in New Mexico, where I could see for miles.”

She said Davis has told her that she has a beautiful view and can see all around the property.

“I’m looking forward to seeing that part of it,” Kollars said.

Kollars will be selling some limited edition prints at the show.

“I’m really looking forward to heading out and seeing what is there and meeting everyone,” she said. “It should be a really good weekend.”

Denise Homer, Prairie Chic store owner, said she is really excited to have a young and talented artist whose work has been shown around the Midwest  to be holding a show in the local store.

“Hopefully this will encourage the citizens of Herington and our local area to tap into their inner talents that Mark (Homer) and I know are out there,” she said. “Her sister, Tana, has shown some of the pieces that our resident artist has to offer. She will be offering classes to help encourage young and older artists to take advantage of the experience.”

Dr. Mark Homer, store owner, also hopes the art show will help encourage other entrepreneurs who can turn their artistic pieces in to a business.

“This is what we have designed for our store, to help offer space for artistic types to sell their original works or repurposed pieces, making money in a storefront business without having to man it all themselves.”

More booth spaces now being filled at Prairie Chic store

Here are some views of the booth spaces that we now have filled at Prairie Chic Handcrafts & Antiques store.

Don't forget that a Midwest artist whose sister lives outside of Hope, Kan., is coming to Prairie Chic on Oct. 18 for an art show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Tienne Rei Kollars currently lives with her family in Southern Illinois. She was married to her husband Mike on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in 2001 and hopes to eventually make a permanent move to the coast. Her sister, Tana Davis, recently moved to rural Hope and introduced Tienne's artwork to Prairie Chic. Look for more details ahead on this blog! Here are links to Tienne Rei Kollar's website and her Facebook page.

We are Prairie Chic Handcrafts and Antiques at 9 S. Broadway Herington, KS. Come on in and consign your furniture here, or check out our other vendor booths with vintage and handmade items while you are here, or consider us if you need climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. If you have items that you are not interested in selling, but need more space in your home, we offer climate-controlled indoor storage units on a monthly basis, also. We have 10' x 10' for $105 a month or 5' x 7' for $65 a month, plus a $20 one-time administration fee to start your lease. We're open Wednesday though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more about our store, see the More about our Store tab here.  To see some of the items we now have for sale, please view the our Facebook  album here. We also have a Pinterest page if you'd like to check that out. If you have any other questions or prefer to call with your questions, please contact our store at (785) 258-8004 or the store manager, Stephanie Gilbert, at PrairieChicKansas@gmail.com or (785) 571-3955!