Gracias, Thank you, Merci, Danke, Mahalo...

Our Awards to You ... er, our Thank Yous to all who made the DCF Porque Burque Art and Craft Extravaganza possible!

Picture Perfect Thanks to Deana Nichols for the use of her "Lady of Guadalupe" photo in our ad poster and to Susan See for documenting the 'hanging of' and 'day of' the gallery show opening.

A Wow You Are Clever Thanks to Lolita Haze who did the flyer

Artsy Action Word Thanks to Blake Driver, Christopher and Carol at VERB for their generosity of time and spirit in helping all this magic happen.

Mad Props to all of our participating artists,and crafters: Susan See, Brendisimo, Jaqui Lewnes, Julie D’Arcy, Marc Gutierrez, Roadrunner Lady, Your Sharona, Ray Maseman, Jeff Sipe, Josephine Brionez de Flores, Barak Naggan, Terri Hansen, Brandon Atencio AND Adelita, RiRiSynCyr, vashti, Psychomom, Josephine Brionez de Flores, Harriet, Joanne, Andrea, Raine K, Electric Nomad, brookepal, Robin Palmer, August Wainwright, Jill, Roxanna Sipe, Cupcake Pharoah, Sue Orchant, Jeannette Miller, cathyray + Mark Tompkins and the Artist Trading Card Group

Keeping The Groove Alive Thanks to Lousy Robot, Burning Moonlight, and Aaron Lewis

(plus You Are So Understanding Props to AmpLab who understood our fumble and gracefully bowed out)

Delicious Treats Props to mombat, Maggie Gould, and Andrea for yummy amazing food for our opening night.

Happy Good Times Thanks to Marble Brewery for donating the keg to our opening night soiree.

(plus bonus extra thanks to Maggie Gould and Family for being super helpful at both the opening and the craft fair - plus bringing vashti treats which always makes life sweeter...for vashti!)

It All Started With You Thanks to Chantal for starting DukeCityFix.com, making this community festival of arts possible!

You Are So Fabulous Thanks to Sophie for helping us with giveaways, clean up, and general advising and inspiration throughout.

AND We're Real Not Just in Cyberspace After All Thanks to YOU, the folks who came out to view and chew, to peruse the art, purchase creative wonders, and socialize in the flesh.

Oh, and heck, let's thank ourselves. Adelita, RiRiSynCyr and vashti laughed, cried, made lists, made messes, cleaned them up, sent emails, responded to emails, color coded, scrambled, considered tiaras, had brilliant ideas, had questionably brilliant ideas, pulled it together and pulled it off. Now, we're just going to celebrate!

Josephine Brionez de Flores

Jolie Designs

Raine K

Serrano Weaving

photos courtesy of Harriet