As you (hopefully) already know, my super special lady friend Amanda Mauer Taflinger is the brains behind the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange. She’s been working her pretty, birdlike fingers to the bone since July on the fall show which is set to pop off on Fri., Oct. 2. The event will take place during IDADA First Friday at the Harrison Center for the Arts and will continue from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sat., Oct. 3. More than 70 vendors will fill three rooms (the gymnasium, Gallery No. 2, and the Underground) and we’ll have live entertainment from a whole mess ‘a folks, not the least of which are Mandy Marie and our favorite tighty-whitey-wearin’ bassist Mo, the Shirtless Biddles, and Annie & Andy Skinner.

Like I said, it’s Amanda’s baby but she’s worked with a lot of great people to make the Fall Show happen. In no particular order, thanks to…

Kristin Kohn at Silver In the City for supporting us since day one.

Earth House Collective for being the coolest hippies in the city.

A2 for the promotional hustle.

Amy McAdams for the awesome logo design.

Veto Productions for our first website and print ads.

The Harrison Center for the Arts for providing the space.

Candace Hartsough McDonald for the poster illustrations.

PRN Graphics for the shirts.

The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission for helping us promote the bejeezus out of the fall show.

‘Za for the piz’.

Sun King Brewing Co. for the support.

Karli Kujawa-Smith for the design help.

Patron for the new IHE website.

Indiana Living Green and Nuvo for their support.

Forum Credit Union for the ATM. If you’re disillusioned with banks, check out Forum, seriously. We can’t recommend them enough.

And last but not least, ‘Lil Johnny Bow Rau for cranking out mad ads for nothing more than pizza and a hangout sesh.