#1. BIG Impact.
Small, locally owned businesses in your community are part of the dynamic place you call home. We provide jobs, contribute to the economic backbone of your town and are the place you turn for helpful information & donations for your church, civic group or a family in need. We are in this together.
#2. Special Finds
Make it special. One of a kind, artisan made, perhaps by you? There is nothing more special than getting (or giving) something that you spotted in a small shop. It’s unique. One of a kind. Heartfelt.
#3. Funky’s Is In!
We are joining the shop small movement and are offering you a little thank you for joining us too!
On Saturday November 29th
the first 20 shoppers
(with purchases of $20 or more)
will receive a
FREE Shop Small Tote bag filled with prizes, including a gift certificate for a free class at Funky’s!
Join us for the final First Friday of 2014 as we welcome Funky friend and author of Bead Crochet Basics, Candice Sexton. She’ll be here from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, December 5th, signing books and demonstrating, and she’ll have jewelry from the book on display as well! Looking forward to sharing her with you!
Who needs to fight crowds at the malls and big box stores on black Friday when you can have your cake and eat it too! We opened the day after Thanksgiving 17 years ago!
Our creative classroom space is open for free use all day. Enjoy delicious birthday cake from our favorite O&H Bakery and enter to win an amazing gift basket giveaway! THANK YOU!!!…for making the last 17 years an amazing adventure!
Cheers to another year of collaboration & creativity!
On Friday, November 14th from 6-8pm we join our neighbors at Art Metals Studio and envi for a night of art & merriment!
Local artisans & friends Joann Haas and Amanda Paffrath join together for a one night only sale of their latest work in metal and glass.
Joann Haas creates one of a kind jewelry in steel & copper embellished with fine silver, pearls and semi precious stones. Her work is affordable and exquisite. This is Joann’s only local showing of work before the holidays!
Amanda Paffrath’s blown glass reflects her love of color and illumination. Fond of functional objects one can use in daily life, this show features her latest series of drinking glasses and vases.
The show is held at Funky Hannah’s and new work is created just for this one night event. See you there!
First Fridays continues in November & December! November 7th and December 5th 4-9pm.
Imagine the impact if everyone who love First Fridays did some holiday shopping in our lovely downtown. Shopping local never mattered more than it does today.
We’ll be doing demonstrations for fun and easy holiday gift ideas you can make.
Downtown Holiday Parade! November 8th
The sweetest hometown holiday parade passes right by our doors! Come shopping on November 8th and then stick around for the evening parade at 5:30 and enjoy dinner out at one of the amazing restaurants in the area.
Happy Anniversary Funky Hannah’s! November 28th
Thank you for being part of the magic over the last 17 years! Stop in and have some birthday cake with us on November 28th!
Small Business Saturday November 29th
Shop small businesses for a big impact on Saturday November 29th 10am-5pm. We’ll have treats, door prizes and a few surprises throughout the day!
Holiday Hours
Thanksgiving Day Closed
Open the day after 10am-6pm for our 17th Birthday Party! Cake! Presents! Fun!
This most popular downtown event continues each first Friday of the month through December!
Imagine the impact if everyone who love First Fridays did some holiday shopping in our lovely downtown. Shopping local never mattered more than it does today.
We’ll be doing demonstrations for fun and easy holiday gift ideas you can make.
November 7th and December 5th 4-9pm.
See all that is happening downtown – including free admission at the Racine Art Museum and mesmerizing glass blowing demonstrations at our sister business Hot Shop Glass www.firstfridaysracine.com
We asked for your help and you responded. (See the back story below.)
Your generosity of donations of beautiful jewelry raised $2079.50 for Reyna’s Toy Drive. We are so blessed & grateful! Thank you.
We will keep you posted on the Christmas toy giveaway as it happens!
…and we need your help!
This summer I taught Adele Kimpell’s Lentille Bracelet class…it’s one of my favorites, but a little tricky to teach, so the other Funky gals left the task to me. Only one student signed up. In this case we normally postpone the class, but something told me to teach it anyway. So I did.
The student comes to Racine a few times a year to visit family, and while here she has taken classes at Funky’s during her visits. I personally had never met her, but buzz was that she was a great beader even though she was new to it. The class would be easy to teach. So not long after the bracelet’s ‘tricky start’ we started to talk. That’s what we do at Funky’s…bead and chit chat. During our conversation I soon discovered that I was sitting with a woman who has been on an incredible journey, a story she has written about in a memoir called The Distance Between Us. A quiet and humble woman, it wasn’t until I Googled her later that I discovered what an impact her work is having within communities across the country. Reyna Grande is a literary rock star, but would never say so herself. Curious to learn more, I picked up her book from the library and could not put it down. It’s one of those books that will stay with me. It’s real.
So what is the BIG IDEA …and how can you help?
COME SHOPPING! SHOW CLOSES THIS FRIDAY AT 9PM!
One of the things Reyna shared with me during our beading time together was her idea to bring presents to the children in her hometown in Mexico. These are kids born into extreme poverty, with no gifts at Christmas time. Reyna wanted to change that and bring some of her good fortune back to her place of birth. She wanted her children to know. This past Sunday night I got a Facebook post announcing her toy drive. I knew immediately I wanted to help, but wasn’t sure what to do. Then it came to me…
As ‘beaders’ we all make lots of stuff, can’t possibly wear it all, usually giving our work away as gifts. So lets do just that! And raise money for Reyna’s Posada Toy Drive!!
We’re so excited to host South Dakota lampwork bead and jewelry artist Tanya McGuire! On Tuesday, September 16th and Wednesday, September 17th, Tanya will join us here in the store.
