Kids Gone Wild for STABILO at Flax Kidsfest!

Kids descended upon Flax Art & Design by the HUNDREDS this past Saturday for a day of artistic discovery! Most of them made it to the STABILO table where they grabbed up Point 88 and Pen 68 pens, CarbOthello and Woody pencils and went crazy making artist trading cards on Strathmore ATC papers. It wasn't just the kids who got in on the fun, the parents were right there up in the mix trying different products and indulging their artistic imaginations. Not surprisingly, the big hits of the day were the Point 88 pens and Woody 3 in 1 pencils.

To see all the pictures from Kidsfest, check out the Flickr link below!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157621866647000/

STABILO Coming to Flax Kidsfest in San Francisco!

Flax Art & Design in San Francisco, CA provides visual bonanza of art & creative supplies as far as the eye can see! Tons of imagination goes into the design of their store displays. Not to mention that this massive store also carries an amazing variety of fun and unique products. This Saturday, July 25th is Flax's Kidfest, a day full of interactive events, demonstrations, and prizes done up Flax style! STABILO is very excited to join in the festivities for the first time ever! We'll have a table there showcasing the best of STABILO products for trial along with some free samples and swag. The growing STABILO artist trading card album will be there as well, and we'll be inviting attendees to make a card for the album using STABILO pens and Strathmore ATC papers.

http://www.flaxart.com/pages/whatsnew.html

The event goes from 11am - 2pm - hope to see you there!

Kidsfest Creative Arts Festival

Flax Art & Design

1699 Market St.

San Francisco, CA 94103

415-552-2355

HOT Deals and HOT Temperatures at Rileystreet!

The 98 degree temperature didn't keep hundreds of customers from making it over to the 41st Anniversary Sale and 12th annual Demo Day event at Rileystreet Art Supplies in Santa Rosa, CA last Saturday!

In a sea of white tents that housed over 30 art supply vendors, our red STABILO tent caught the eyes and interests of many of the attendees. We were able to collect several pages worth of new artist trading cards that attendees made to help fill up the new album. Favorite products of the day were the Point 88 fineliner and the Woody 3 in 1 pencils.

Check out the pictures from the event here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157620741158680/

STABILO Demo Coming Up at Rileystreet - Santa Rosa, CA

Every June, Rileystreet Art Supplies holds their highly anticipated big Anniversary Event. This year marks their 41st anniversary with a big store wide sale, and also brings their 12th annual Demonstration Day. Saturday, June 27th from 10am - 4pm, the Rileystreet parking lot will be filled with numerous art supply industry vendors doing free demonstrations with all the latest cool products.

http://www.rileystreet.com/index.html

This is the first year for STABILO to join the event, and we are very excited to join! So excited, we're bringing out the STABILO tent for it! Under our red tent you'll be able to try all the hottest STABILO products, and use them to make your own artist trading cards. I've also started a STABILO artist trading card album, and everyone who makes a card for the album that day will get a FREE STABILO gift! All products in the store will be on sale, so there will be HOT deals on STABILO inside as well. Rileystreet is well stocked on a variety of STABILO products, so there is definitely something for everyone!

Here are the details of the event - hope to see you there!

Rileystreet Art Supplies

103 Maxwell Court

Santa Rosa, CA 95401

707-526-2416

• Demo Day is Saturday June 27th, 10am - 4pm


• Sale runs both Saturday and Sunday, June 27th & 28th

STABILO Demo at University Art a Success!

Pen Master Adam and I enjoyed speaking to and sharing STABILO with over 30 participants in 2 hours at the University Art demo in Palo Alto, CA this past Saturday!

Adam had an awesome idea to make a "house" with windows cut to the size of ATC cards out of a mat board. He cut the window holes himself and drew a cute house around them. We then invited participants to fill in the windows of the house with different scenes they created on Strathmore Artist Trading Card paper. You can check out the pictures from the event here;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157618990223799/

Participants got to try a variety of STABILO products, grab some free samples and goodies, and purchase all STABILO products available in the store at 30% off that day! The most popular products were Point 88 pens, Woody pencils, and Pen 68 pens.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the demo that day!

For those of you who live in the San Francisco Bay Area, there will be another chance in June to check out the world of STABILO at an upcoming retailer event in Santa Rosa. More details to come on the blog soon!

STABILO Demo Coming Up in Palo Alto, CA

I'll be back out on the retail circuit doing a free STABILO demonstration on Saturday, May 30th from 1pm - 3pm at University Art in Palo Alto, CA. This time I'll have my good friend and native New Yorker, Adam Lisbon with me. Adam also happens to be an incredibly talented artist who knows how to wield a pen and make some mind-blowing designs on artist trading cards!

Come join us to pick up some tips and techniques from Adam - we'll have a wide variety of STABILO pens and pencils for everyone to try out, and Strathmore ATC paper so that you can make your own artist trading cards to take home or trade out. Make an ATC card for our STABILO Artist Trading Card Album and you'll get a free raffle ticket with the chance to win a cool STABILO gift bag! There will also be free samples and goodies on hand to take home and all STABILO products in the store will be 30%!!!!

Here are the details of the event;

Saturday, May 30th, 1pm -3pm

University Art - Palo Alto store

267 Hamilton Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94301

650-328-0728 (ph)

http://www.universityart.com/demo.htm

STABILO is Now on Flickr! Check Out the Pics from the Palace Demo!

It was a beautiful, sunny day in Capitola this weekend. The weather made for a pleasant drive down to Palace Art & Office Supply for the Stabilo demo. The demo started strong with a full table of eager participants waiting to try some cool STABILO products such as Point 88 pens, Pen 68 marker pens, CarbOthello pencils, Woody pencils, and Colorgel pens. The favorites of the day were the CarbOthello and Woody pencils - customers were delighted to learn that both these products are water-soluble. Starting with CarbOthello or Woody pencils, they were able to take their mini-masterpieces to the next level with a brush and water. Everyone made their own unique artist trading card to go in the Palace store album for all to enjoy. In return for making a card for the store album, participants received a free raffle ticket for fabulous STABILO prizes!

To see the pictures from the event, check out the link below. More to come as I continue to post STABILO pictures on Flickr!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37818132@N06/sets/72157617281179379

Stabilo Event in Capitola, CA - Saturday April 25th

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I'll be riding into the seaside surfer community of Capitola, CA this weekend to host a Stabilo event at Palace Art and Office Supply. A full arsenal of Stabilo pens, pencils, and markers will be coming with me for you to try out and create your own works on Strathmore Artist Trading Card papers. Attendees are free to take their finished cards home, or trade them with your ATC buddies. But, if you make an ATC card especially for the Palace ATC store album, you'll get a free raffle ticket that will put you in the running to win an super-cool Stabilo gift bag! Don't worry, if you don't win, there will still be free samples and goodies for all! Not to mention hot in-store deals on Stabilo products!

Now for the details;

Palace Art and Office Supply
1501-K 41st Avenue

Capitola, CA 95010
Phone: (831) 464-2700

Event Date: Saturday, April 25th

Event Time: 1-4pm

Looking forward to creating with you there!

Stabilo Makes a Splash at ArtyGras!

For our first retail event of the year, I set up Stabilo camp with a demo table at ArtyGras, a yearly art supply extravaganza held by Art Supply Warehouse of Westminster, CA. On Sunday, March 15th, hundreds of customers flooded the store for the third and final day of this very successful store wide event. Those same lucky customers were able to play and create with a whole breadth of Stabilo products - from the ever popular Point 88 fineliner pens to the chunky, funky Woody pencils.

We partnered Stabilo with Strathmore papers, to offer customers the chance to use any Stabilo products they liked to create their own mini masterpieces on Strathmore Artist Trading Card papers. They also had the chance to drop their newly minted masterpieces into a raffle box, where a winner was pulled every hour. Winners walked away with a very cool gift bag filled with Stabilo and Strathmore goodies. Those who didn't win still got to walk away with free Stabilo swag from the table. Hey, everyone is a winner with Stabilo! Customers who tried and fell in love with Stabilo pens and pencils at the table were elated to find that Art Supply Warehouse had hot deals to boot on Stabilo products inside the store.

Stay tuned for more information on upcoming Stabilo retail events!