Swing by the Austin Handmade Grand Re-opening Party this Thursday!

Austin Handmade will be celebrating the Grand Re-opening of its new store location at 2009 S. First St. Combining launch efforts with this year’s Austin Fashion Week, the party will feature a fashion show by local designer Robie Dodson of Parsimony.

The Austin Handmade store’s Grand Re-opening Party will offer special in-store discounts, along with free giveaways from participating sponsors such as the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, select Austin based artists and a membership to The WonderCraft. Party guests will be able to try out the new Austin Handmade Do-It-Yourself Room using simple kits created by Austin artists with instructions and basic supplies available for purchase at the event. Continue with the on-site DIY fun with make n’ take projects provided by Austin’s newest creative craft-force, The WonderCraft.

Show entertainment provided by local band Lost Werks and DJ Beef Eigler of High Society. Event and fashion show photography by local photographer, John Pesina of www.johnpesina.com, featured in The Austin American Statesman, Envy Magazine and Austin 360.

Enjoy cake from Sugar Mammas Bakeshop with drinks provided by Austin favorites, Sweet Leaf Tea and Treaty Oak Platinum Rum. Treaty Oak is rum truly made in the spirit of Texas - Texas’s first & only distillery that both brews and distills locally, using only Texas ingredients.