Holiday Hours Before Christmas

Ho,ho,ho! Oh no!

Only 2 more shopping days until Christmas, so you will be wanting to get yourself to the Dancing Eye Gallery asap!

Cool gifts, funny gifts, artistic, locally-made gifts--all under one historic roof in downtown Northville!

The clock is ticking ...

Sunday, 12/23                                   10-7
Monday, 12/24(Christmas Eve)       10-3
Tuesday, 12/25(Christmas Day)      Closed
Wednesday, 12/26(reg. hrs.)          10-6

And, of course, we wrap and we wrap and we wrap!!!

Merry Christmas from all of us to all of our devoted customers and first-timers who will become returning shoppers.

--Theresa and her elves at the Dancing Eye Gallery

Cyber Monday in Michigan

Appleman Michigan Ornaments

Haney Ornaments and MI sticker

Yes, today is "cyber" Monday and if your are looking at this, then you are participating in this big online shopping day! Congratulations!

And yes, sitting at your desk or couch or at lunch seems like an easy way to shop. The Dancing Eye Gallery can help you and send out your gift or something that you can't live without (and we have the perfect gift here for that hard-to-shop-for person on your list), but, isn't it more fun to actually come in to to store and see our smiling faces? We will even wrap your gift just because it's what we do!

This week we are featuring Michigan-made creations. Ornaments--because we love Michigan as much as you do. And ... we now have ornaments with the Upper Penninsula! Yea Yoopers! We heard you.

So see, we are concerned for you, our customers, because we like you and want you to stay healthy this holiday season, so take a walk and visit us. Thank you for coming in this past weekend, especially on Small Business Saturday! We appreciate you, too.

Please note our holiday hours:

Sunday    12-5
Monday-Wednesday    10-6
Thursday    10-7
Friday    10-9
Saturday    10-7

Homerun!!

GO TIGERS! THREE CHEERS FOR DETROIT!

Support our beloved baseball team this week as they attempt to clinch the division title. Will they do it?

Wear your orange and blue and cheer them on! 

Buy Michigan Now Festival

This weekend in downtown Northville, we celebrate the BuyMichigan Now Festival highlighting Michigan-based businesses and products, not to mention artists.  All the fun is downtown Fri., Aug. 3 to Sun., Aug. 5, 2012. As you know, the Dancing Eye Gallery features many local artists in our store, so come in to see what's new! We will be open Friday night until 8 p.m.

Don't forget to vote "yes" on Tues., Aug. 7 for your local art authority proposal. On this day, we have a rare privilege of voting on the importance of preserving a cultural treasure--the DIA. For more information click on artisforeveryone.org.

Plaaaaayyy Baaallll!!!!

Every Detroiter know it's a must to wear our colors for the Tiger's Opening Day game this Thursday, April 5!

Show yours with one of our DON'T MESS WITH THE MITTEN t-shirts in blue and orange. Send a message to those Red Sox that we mean business!

Justin Verlander will be on the mound and the weather should be great, so come in to get your Michigan "Tigers" shirt at the Dancing Eye Gallery.

And, why not start your day with a cup of coffee in our new mugs, same message, only available here.

Chirp, Chirp, Spring is Coming!

Spring is just around the corner! Yes, it is. Though our winter weather has been considerably mild this year, we as Michiganders are always ready for spring, right?

Well, just to tempt you with fresh ideas and eye candy as we sit on the cusp of a fresh, new season, we take a look at the birds. Feeding the birds and building bird houses makes us think of being outside. Sooooo, visit the Dancing Eye Gallery to get a leap on new spring merchandise like, new scarves, new cards, new jewelry, Don't Mess with the Mitten t-shirts in pink!

Before you know it, Easter will be here! See you soon.

What Day is It?

Tuesday, October 25th is Sourest Day! Celebrate by being grumpy, crabby or just downright mad at the world. This guy above is. Or maybe he's just peeved that the Tigers aren't playing in the World Series.

But we at the Dancing Eye Gallery say: "Thank you Tigers! You did a great job."

We also have advice for you on Sourest Day: "OK, be sour for 1 day. After that, come in to the gallery and let us cheer you up! We have a lot of art to put that smile back on your face. Psssst -- the best thing to make you happy is to treat yourself. That's right, buy something for YOU! Guaranteed to banish the 'sours' and release your 'feel good' endorphins. (Not to mention, the consumption of extreme amounts of candy will do the trick too!) If you stop in on Saturday, you can kill those 2 birds with 1 stone."

Oooohhhhh....Sccaaaarrrrryyyyy!

Buy Michigan Now Fest!

Visit us this weekend for the "Buy Michigan Now Fest" in downtown Northville. The streets will be filled with sidewalk sales, street vendors, live music and activities for the kids.

The purpose of the festival is to highlight Michigan-based businesses and Michigan-made products of which we can offer both here at the Dancing Eye Gallery. We are definitely a Michigan business and our gallery is filled with art by Michigan artists, so come and shop with us and help support our wonderfully talented Michigan artists!

The festival runs from Friday through Sunday, August 5-7.

It's also the First Friday Art Walk this Friday.

How can you miss it?

Happy New Year Everyone!

Here are a few things to ponder during the first week of January:

The birthstone is Garnet.
The flower is Carnation.

January is National Eye Care Month. Make an appointment for an eye exam!
January is Hot Tea Month. Call a friend and drink a cup together!
January is National Blood Donor Month. Save a life-donate this month.

Today is Fruitcake Toss Day!! I don't have to tell you what to do with that cake, do I?
1/4/11--Isaac Newton's birthday
1/5/11--the first woman governor, Nellie Ross, was inaugurated in 1925 in Wyoming.
1/6/11--Cuddle Up Day-snuggle with someone special and keep warm!
1/7/11--DOWNTOWN NORTHVILLE'S FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK-Dancing Eye Gallery will be open until 8 p.m. Come in to see our collection of Michigan artist's works.
1/8/11--Elvis Presley's birthday. "Thankyouverymuch".
1/9/11--National Static Electricity Day. Don't walk on any carpeting today or ZAP!

Yes MichiCAN Trunk Show - Nov. 6th

From Yes MichiCAN:
Looking for something to send a loved one living out of the state for the holidays? A shirt with a message about our state might be the answer and will be a gift that will keep on giving back here in Michigan. Two local Northville women created a few slogans to help lift the spirits of Michiganders this summer and are using the messages to help unemployed workers. Don’t Mess with the Mitten and MichiCAN slogans are being sold on t-shirts in stores throughout the Metro Detroit area. “People walk by the t-shirts and stop and smirk and turn back around to take another look,” said Terri O’Brien. Lisa Burnia says people definitely react when they see the shirts. “People walk by and they know exactly what it means and get a smirk on their face and a look of pride comes over them. Everybody is proud to have grown up here and want to stay and raise their families here in Michigan.”

Burnia says the idea was not to just sell shirts, but to create a sense of pride. They are donating part of the money they make off the sales of the shirts to Schoolcraft Foundation, Gleaners Food Banks and Bridgepointe, three organizations that are helping unemployed workers.

New fall colors will be available at the trunk show on Friday, November 6th. We hope you'll join us during downtown Northville's First Friday.