As we just finished our first Craft Show for 2017 - Unglued Craftfest in Fargo ND - I'm reminded what goes together for a great show for both vendors and customers. There was excellent communication leading up to the event. It was well advertised in local papers as well as on TV with a 4-5 minute segment. The venue itself was extraordinary - if anyone ever goes to Fargo - you owe it to yourself to spend an hour or two in the Plain Arts Museum....what a building! The hospitality of the director as well as all of the volunteers helping us unload and setup and then breakdown and re-load our truck at the end = fantastic! The crowds at both the Gala Friday night event and all day Saturday were great. All in all - a wonderful experience and we made several new contacts with a few vendors. Pam came away with creative ideas on a new bag (future spoiler alert!) and the salmon leather vest that Joe was wearing was remarkable and quite often received many comments. The photo will be up in our Fashion Gallery any day now.

Our schedule of Art Fairs & Craft Shows will be slightly interrupted in April when Pam & I take an 8 day trip to Italy - the birthplace of my mother. We are really looking forward to it. Joe plans to spend some time visiting the leather artisans in Florence and Pam hopes to get in on a pasta-making cooking class. Stay tuned!

We hope to see you an upcoming event. Check our "Where to Find Us..." for a location near you!

Spring will be here soon....

Our busy summer schedule is about to start - we had a very fun Spring season - attending several shows for the first time....and we will be back!

In June we return to Penna - for the Lititz Ambucs event and a chance to smooch granddaughter Serena - we also return to one of the top small town art fairs in beautiful Lanesboro, MN for Father's Day weekend...

One of our biggest events will be in July - we will head east to Erie, NY for the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America rally - this is an international event held every year in a different location. Looking forward to this..

In August - for the first time ever - we will be two places at once! Yes - Joe will be manning the booth at our first time in Grand Marais Fisherman's Picnic - while Pam will be returning to Minneapolis and the Powderhorn Park Art Fair where she won an award last year. This means we need twice as much inventory for our displays and twice as many canopy booths!! How will we take bathroom breaks???

​Hope to see you at one of these events...We have a few new products we will be showcasing...stop by and shout HOWDY!

We are about to embark on the 2016 season - with one show in February and March already done. Check our Itinierary page (Where to Find Us) for specifics. We start off with Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on April 2 and then begin several fiber festivals - in which each of them will feature Pam teaching a class on "How to make Fish Leather Buttons". Exciting! We will be at Ann Arbor, Michigan, West Bend, Wisconsin, Clarksville, Indiana, Lake Elmo, Minnesota and finally Wooster, Ohio.

Our booth has undergone a radical design change - as we were able to purchase some used "pro panels" that are carpeted. In some of the shows we may not be using this new design but Joe has built several hexagon pedestals and a new display desk.

This past winter, Joe got started making handmade soap - out of beer! Yes! It is quite luxurious and leaves a very smooth feel on the skin. He has opened an etsy shop and you can reach him at: soapsbyjoe@gmail.com

Hope to see you at one of our Art Fairs or Craft Shows!

Finished a major update to the website Store today - all of the various sizes of Pam's created buttons (covered in fish leather) are now available in the Store under Women's Fashion Accessories. Many thanks to son Davey for use of his camera and tripod. It was a lot of work - setting up the shots - taking the photos and then cropping them and adding to the website - but I'm glad it happened. Take a look if you have a chance. The photo here is of salmon - natural - size of buttons are 1 & 1/8 inch diameter - 2 per card. $8.00 each.

Tomorrow we leave on our western road trip - headed to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the Sheep & Wool Fest on Sept. 12. Then down to Winfield, KS for a 5 day blue grass festival! yahoo!

At Powderhorn Art Fair on Sunday August 9 the Festival Art director, Dixie - presented Pam with an Invitational Award - one of the top artists in the Art Fair! Yahoo!! Congratulations!!!

Check out the new men's wallet - made from 100% salmon leather:

We have had a busy month of July...We participated in the Tuesday Night Market at Bauhaus Brew Labs on July 21. We just came back from a 3 day Blueberry Festival in Ely, MN. Our camper was parked on a lake shore at Silver Rapids Lodge - what a delightful setting. It was hot, hot, hot - unseasonably hot for northern Minnesota. The crowds dwindled in the mid-afternoon sunshine. We are gearing up for Red Wing Riverfest this upcoming weekend. Website store continues to be updated with our products. Little by little it is getting built. Hope to see you at one of our shows soon....stop by and shout Howdy!

Recently we completed a two week trip with our travel trailer & shows in 3 states: PA, WI, & MN. Fun but exhausting. July will find us at these locations: July 5 @ Brainerd Art in the Park, July 18 & 19 @ Cannon Falls Art & Wine Festival, Ely Blueberry Festival on July 24-26. We are on waiting list for Grand Marais Art Festival for July 11 & 12. Stop by our booth & shout howdy!

Another year for Fiskur to expand and develop new products and new creative ideas!

We have been working on men's accessories - and will have a BIFOLD wallet available now in 2015. Also an assortment of belts... And Pam has been releasing her creativity into home decor artwork - check the gallery!

NEW for 2015: FiskuROO - yes - we have been working on a blended product using the world's strongest leathers: FISH and KANGAROO - the marriage we are calling "FiskuROO" - ask about this when you see us at one of the upcoming Art & Craft Fairs!

Our Itinerary has been updated - when we receive confirmation from the exhibitors - we will try to identify the show as "confirmed!"...

40th Wedding Anniversary Celebration - we head once again to ICELAND - for a 8 day trip to the south & east of ICELAND...yahoo!!!