We’re looking for protestors to display their signs & volunteers to help with set up & break down for this event in Mentone, Alabama that is completely free and to the public for both attending and exhibiting.
Come one, come all, except fascists!
#Alabama #LookoutMountain #MentoneAlabama #Protest
BLOG POST: Announcing our upcoming gallery show, Signs of Resistance. An event for sane, democracy-loving blue dots in our red state to be in community and another opportunity to display our protest signs, will take place in #Mentone, #Alabama.
#MentoneAlabama #LookoutMountain #Resist #CallForArt
March 29th here in #Mentone #Alabama!
Join us!
#MentoneAL #MentoneAlabama
Two small pieces of wood have been cut into roughly the shape of the state of Alabama, then painted with a diagonal rainbow (the gay pride flag) plus brown, black, light blue, white and light pink (for people of color and transgender folks). I have then painted the words “Y’all Means ALL,” and, “No Fascist USA” in white, which I will then outline with a darker color. Next, I glue a small magnet to the back of each one and paint my signature on the back. Then they’re varnished, dried, and ready to go!
Working on a new set of these again, because every time I paint more, people come in and buy them! 😅
Yes, even here in Alabama!
#Handmade #NoFascistUSA #Y’allMeansAll #Magnets #SmallBusiness #BlueDotInARedState #TransRightsAreHumanRights #MentoneAlabama
Join us for this event next month at the Moon Lake Library in beautiful Mentone, Alabama!
#Mentone #MentoneAlabama #Alabama #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
No Kings - Fort Payne, Alabama - March 28th! See you there!
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#NoKings #FortPayne #FortPayneAlabama #Alabama #Protest #NoFascistUSA #StopTrump #MentoneAlabama #DekalbCountyAlabama
The only solid requirement is you MUST be left-leaning. We represent artists who are disabled, LGBTQIA+, POC, etc., and fascists and their supporters are NOT welcome in our shop.
Inquire by PMing me or emailing comingupviolets@gmail.com.
Website: www.comingupviolets.com
#MentoneAlabama #ShopSmall
An elderly gentleman with long white hair and a cowboy hat, standing in my shop (in the background you can see lots of clothing, art on the walls, craft items, and lavender walls) and holding a ukelele with a design painted on the front along with the words “Mentone Ukes.”
I was delighted to see Debra Fey and Jerry Megli, who stopped by the shop to say hello with the Ukelele I painted for Jerry (one of the founders of the Mentone Ukes!)
My dad bought the separate parts and then built the #ukulele after I #painted the design on the body.
#MentoneAlabama #Handmade
White on black digital image (drawn by hand in Procreate) featuring a crystal ball containing the image of a witch looking down at her cellphone, surrounded by smaller images of a dagger, potion bottle, bundle of herbs, candle, crystals, a little toad wearing a big pair of over-the-ear headphones with a tiny witch hat strapped on to the band, and a broom with five white candles melting on it. At the top and bottom of the crystal ball are unfurled scrolls that read, “I FOUND A CURSE ON PINTEREST!” This was based on an offhanded but very funny comment made by Ash Kelley in an episode of the podcast Morbid.
Purple, white and red image on a black background. White line art depicts a woman’s jawline and nose, red lips and then the long, wavy hair is all solid purple. Arranged over the image are the words, “I mean a purple-haired mom, who can relate?” This design was inspired by a nasty comment some kid made to me that I just found hilarious instead. As soon as I finished laughing I decided it needed to be a t-shirt for the purple-haired moms.
It’s a hand-drawn fairly close facsimile of the illustration in a medieval manuscript, with the words “I About Died” in some old-timey calligraphy font in the center. It’s the first in a series of creative illustrations of southern sayings.
These designs will be available on t-shirts soon at my shop in Mentone, AL and on www.comingupviolets.com! (Click alt-text for more info)
#TShirt #LocalArtist #ShopSmall #Witchy #Southern #Handmade #Pinterest #PurpleHairedMom #IAboutDied #TShirtDesign #ShopLocal #MentoneAL #MentoneAlabama #TShirts
Amigurumi (cute little crochet creatures and things) by Rebecca Benjamin. This one is three marshmallows on a “stick”. They each have a different expression on their “faces”. The last marshmallow on the stick is on fire and that one is frowning.
Amigurumi (cute little crochet creatures and things) by Rebecca Benjamin. This one is a cute little smiley watermelon slice.
Amigurumi (cute little crochet creatures and things) by Rebecca Benjamin. This one is a tiny chicken sitting on a nest, a yellow chick, and a little white egg.
Amigurumi (cute little crochet creatures and things) by Rebecca Benjamin. This one is a blue dragon lovey or blankey. Basically there’s the head and spine of a dragon and the rest is just a very small square crocheted blanket. For small children to hold on to.
Some of the adorable crochet #amigurumi items available at my shop in #MentoneAlabama and at www.comingupviolets.com, made by Rebecca Benjamin.
#crochet #handmade #ShopLocal
A stack of postcards with my original Watercolor painting of the view from Lookout Mountain across the Wills Valley to Sand Mountain and the slogan, “Leave Me In Mentone.” At the top, across the sunset, in black cursive it reads ‘Leave Me In’ with an orange oak leaf attached to the first letter and an orange maple leaf attached to the last letter, and the word MENTONE is at the bottom, outlined in black and filled in with yellow.
My new postcards arrived! They’ll be available in my shop tomorrow 😊
#WatercolorPainting #Postcards #ShopLocal #MentoneAlabama #Alabama #LookoutMountain #LocalArtist #Mountains #Postcards
In the next 6 weeks, either a community effort will swell up to help me figure out how to make this work, or I will be having a big sale on furniture, fixtures, secondhand clothing, etc., for those of you who are in NE Alabama.
#LookoutMountain #MentoneAlabama #NEAlabama #Alabama
PRIDE MONTH We're Here, We're Queer: Community & Struggle in Small Town Alabama hosted by: North Alabama Queer Alliance in partnership with: Progressive Women's Action Coalition Sunday, June 8th, 2025 2:00-4:00pm Moon Lake Library 4607 Alabama Highway 117 Mentone, AL 35984 Allies are welcome.
Tomorrow, Sunday, June 8th, 2-4 PM Central Time. Moon Lake Library, #Mentone #Alabama. #PrideMonth event organized by a group of local teens, @pwacal.bsky.social & #NorthAlabamaQueerAlliance
Please come!
#MentoneAL #FortPayneAL #MentoneAlabama #LGBTQIAPride #TransRightsAreHumanRights #northalabama
A photo of the door to my shop propped open to the little porch. On the inside of the door, which is now facing out towards the world, hangs my hand-painted sign that says “Y’all means ALL” with the word “all” being painted in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple black, brown, light blue, white and pink.
A photo of my hand-painted sign that says “Y’all means ALL” with the word “all” being painted in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple black, brown, light blue, white and pink.
New sign all hung up. Already getting compliments on it! Had a lady come in the shop yesterday and see my #Penzeys spices and get excited too!
#Handpainted #Handmade #YallMeansAll #SmallBusiness #MentoneAlabama #LookoutMountain #Resist
Hand painted sign. Black rectangle with the words, “Y’ALL means ALL.” The first two words are white and the word ALL is in the colors of the pride flag including black, brown, pink, white and blue.
Work in progress. Latest instalment in the unapologetic Queerification (in every and any possible sense of the word) of my small shop in Alabama.
#YallMeansAll #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alabama #MentoneAlabama #LookoutMountain #SmallBusiness #ShopLocal #Represent #Handmade
The shop will be closed today because I can't see. 🙈
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#MentoneAL #MentoneAlabama #Alabama #LookoutMountain
This weekend's hours for the Coming Up Violets Shop/Gallery/Studio!
Today (Thursday, March 6) - Closed due to medical appointments
Friday, March 7th - 10-4
Saturday - 10-4
Sunday 11-3
#MentoneAlabama #Alabama #AlabamaArtist #LookoutMountain #LocalArtists #Handmade
Shop hours this weekend: Today til 3,
Tomorrow (Friday) & Saturday: 10-4,
Sunday: 11-3
We are located at 5866 E. River Rd, #MentoneAlabama, behind the Moon Lake Library. Most items are also available on the website, and more and more items are going up on my Ko-Fi:
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#ShopLocal
Tomorrow in #MentoneAlabama
Saturday Sketch & Chat!
Info here:
www.comingupviolets.com/single-post/...
Free, fun, casual. No fascists allowed.
#LookoutMountain #Mentone #Alabama #LocalArtists
Tomorrow and most every Saturday in #Mentone #Alabama going forward, come hang out, socialise, doodle or work on a project! It’s Sketch & Chat! Or Sketch & Kvetch, whatever works for you!
#MentoneAlabama #OpenStudio #MoonLakeVillage #LocalArtists
