Icon Tattoo Host First Holiday Craft Event

ICON TATTOO STUDIOS PRESENTS FIRST ANNUAL HOLIDAY FESTIVAL WITH BENEFITS GOING TO THE P:EAR ORGANIZATION.
(Portland, OR)-
Icon Tattoo, located in the heart of Portland’s bohemian Eliot neighborhood, extends a hand to the p:ear organization and hosts its first annual holiday craft extravaganza. Saturday, December 5th, from 12:00 - 8:00 p.m, Icon Tattoo Studio will bring good cheer as it serves as the site for a handmade bazaar featuring dozens of local craftspeople. The event is set to feature beautiful letterpress cards, handmade clothing and jewelry, artisan jams and chocolates, ceramics, accessories, and much much more.
Icon will have its first holiday tree as well as an appearance from Santa himself who will be available for photos, with proceeds going to p:ear. Shake a leg as you peruse the fabulous holiday gifts to numerous live performances throughout the festivities: Christmas Carol singalongs, hula hoop performance, DJs Tinsel and Tantrum performing holiday-themed dance music, Elie Charpentier, and the beautiful vocal stylings of fanclub. Merry-makers can imbibe guilt-free as all sales from the cash bar will go to p:ear!
Also featured will be a holiday cooking demonstration with Chef Abby of Abby's Table: cooking scrumptious holiday fare gluten, dairy, sugar free, and deliciously indulgent. Food booths from Abby's Table, Ladles, and more will also be onsite.
Portland local businesses have joined forced with Icon and are offering services with benefits for p:ear such as: special Gingered Pear cocktails from the Mint Bar (located across from Icon Tattoo), Dinosaur tarot readings, cakewalk for p:ear, bicycle "sleigh" rides by PDX Pedicab, and the first 50 people to attend receive awesome goodie bags courtesy of PDXneatsheet.com.
p:ear is an organization that builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth, ages 15 to 24, through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives. Each year the program serves more than 350 homeless and transitional young people.
This year p:ear is conducting a different fundraising event each day for the twelve days of the season and is featuring the Icon holiday festival as one of the happenings.
Icon is proud to host a silent auction to benefit p:ear with loads of amazing crafts and gifts for sale, which can be previewed after November 15th by visiting: http://www.flickr.com/photos/icontattoostudio
Icon Tattoo Studio is located 813 N. Russell St., Portland, OR, 97227-1731
Contact: Melanie Nead, owner /lead artist, 503-757-0705 melaniecatherine@gmail.com
For publicity inquires please contact: Corrin Wilcox PR 215 430 3131 corrinwilcox@gmail.com
LINKS: http://www.icontattoo.net http://www.icontattoostudio.com http://www.pearmentor.org/