The Last Staycation Sunday in 2009!

Last Staycation Sunday on Church.
First chance to see many new things!


Sunday, August 9
1-4pm
The last Staycation Sunday in 2009!

Come on over to Church Street this next Sunday to Get Local. Each of the seven participating businesses on the block will be featuring local suppliers, offering samples and special sales, and door prizes at the end of the day!

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Detail of an old Indian trunk.
And, yes, if you haven't seen the new arrivals from India-- get on in here!

What's happening on the street?

Leon's Full Service: instant portraits drawn for $40
Taste: demo and samples of loose leaf organic teas
Hoopla: shoe trunk show with Pedipeds
Seen Gallery: a variety of visiting artists
Javamonkey: refreshing granita and yummy cookie samples

And a special treat! Welcome The Yogurt Tap! Right next door to Mingei, the Yogurt Tap opens this weekend, offering organic, local yogurt with a variety of toppings for 39 cents an ounce! FREE SAMPLES on Sunday!

Who will Mingei be featuring?

sara beads yellowsara beads

Sararabrazil
Sara Brandon, anthropology prof, jewelry designer and importer will be showing off her gorgeous, earthy Brazilian designs. And she's clearing out old stock and putting it on sale! Sara's work has quite a following at our store. Here's a chance to come and meet her!

denise wood

Denise DiSharoon
Denise's jewelry is inspired by organic forms found throughout the natural world and by the most basic, elemental shapes. The pieces pictured above are made from recycled sterling silver and walnut from a naturally felled tree in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood. She'll also be showing her lotus designs, which were a big hit at Mingei last November.
Treasures from the Sea

Daryn KaganThere can be no more unique gift. We have just received these antique celadon rice bowls, recovered last year from the wreckage of a Chinese junk that went down in 1850 off the coast of Vietnam. These bowls, used as ballast in the ship, were recovered just last year. They are not food safe, but they sure are gorgeous!

Bags to carry the end of summer with you
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These beautiful cotton bags, made by a woman's co-op in South India, are woven in an assortment of colored stripes and made into a variety of sizes, from totes to coin purses. These are the perfect bags to tote to the pool, the beach, the market, the library, or work! They are in a heap right inside our front door, so come on in and dig in!

In the News

Are you flying Airtran this month? We are mentioned in the flight magazine!

Check here online to read an article about finding global goods in metro Atlanta.

Mingei Book Club
Tuesday , August 11, 7:30pm

Unbowed

This month, we are reading Unbowed, by Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner

What's next? Books available at Mingei

September: Geography of Bliss, by Eric Weiner
October : Bury Me Standing, by Isabel Fonseca, the story of the Romany people, known as gypsies
November: Red Azalea, by Anchee Min, a Cultural Revolution memoir from China

And mark your calendars for the Decatur Book Festival, Labor Day weekend!
Visit their website to make your plans!

Looking forward to your visit in August!



Sincerely,

Ellen and Ann
Mingei World Arts
427 Church Street
Decatur, Georgia 30030