COS Town Tidings #25-355

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🌟 Local Spotlight: 🧵 Unleash Your Inner Designer With Jessica 

📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

🤗 Wellness Tips you missed

👉 Can you help next weekend?

🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

📆 Local Events + Concerts, 🤶 Holiday Markets, Fairs/Festivals

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, dry and cooler but still above average temps 

🙋‍♀️ Who Should We Feature?

Christmas trees are bad at sewing

👉They always drop their needles 🤣

🧵 Unleash Your Inner Designer With Jessica

👗 Discover Premium Fabrics & Personalized Guidance at Vestina Vintage Studios

Imagine the joy of creating something beautiful with your own hands, guided by an expert who feels like an old friend. That's the experience awaiting you at Vestina Vintage Studios in Old Colorado City, brought to life by Jessica Alexander.

As a young girl, Jessica treasured visits to her great-grandmother, a skilled seamstress who lived far away. While the adults chatted, she'd lose herself in pattern books, dreaming of possibilities. Those dreams took root in her high school home economics class, where she made her first poodle skirt (remember those?!) and treasured pieces she still has to this day. Years later, fate led her to work at a high-end fabric store, where handling luxurious silks and fine wools transformed her perspective on craftsmanship. When that beloved shop closed, Jessica knew it was time to create something special of her own.

Today, her expanded studio in Old Colorado City offers something truly special: access to designer-quality materials rescued from fashion houses and mills. These unique pieces, unavailable anywhere else in the region, enable customers to create extraordinary garments while supporting sustainable fashion practices.

The studio has become more than just a shop - it's a gathering place where beginners find encouragement through hands-on workshops, and sewists discover inspiration in the carefully curated collection of independent patterns and premium materials. From custom clothing creation to private lessons, Jessica shares her 35 years of experience with genuine enthusiasm and patient guidance.

More than a store, it's a community where your ideas come to life. Visit Vestina Vintage Studios at 1704 W Colorado Ave. Open Tues through Sat, 11am- 5pm. To learn more about workshops or inquire about custom sewing, call 720-663-9314 or email [email protected]. Join Jessica and discover the joy of creating something truly unique.

See more at the Vestina Vintage Studios website, Facebook (classes listed here) and Instagram

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📰 News from this week in Colorado Springs!

Here are some of the stories we shared this week. Check out any issues you missed.

• 🌟Community Corner, Non-profit Spotlight: 🕊️ The Street Story Colorado Springs Needs To Hear Today (Issue #25-354)

   

• 🎄 TRIVIA: Which New Springs Market Shocked Organizers? (Issue #25-350)

   

• 🎅 Christkindlmarket Tweaks for Week Two (Issue #25-352)

   

• 🧝 Downtown Gift: Where/when to get FREE Parking! (Issue #25-349)

   

• 🍽️ Local Eats: Wins & Warnings (Issue #25-353)

   

• 🧸 Local Toy Store Beats Price Crunch (Issue #25-351)

• 🧘 Daily Stretch for Lifelong Mobility

• 🥾 Holiday Hunt at Cheyenne Mtn State Park! 🎄

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🍳 Sizzle Up Your Week with Our Recipe Archives!

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• 🍁 Pomegranate Maple Glazed Baked Holiday Ham (under Entrees)

• 🍰 Eggnog icebox cake (at the bottom under Holidays / Christmas)

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📆 Sample Local Events

*Weather permitted

• Dec 21, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Dec 21, 26-28: Mary Poppins @ Fine Arts Center, 30 West Dale St $18-$70

• Dec 21, 4pm: The Importance of Being Earnest @ ENT Center $21-$47

• Dec 21, 1 & 3pm: The Ringmaster`s Christmas @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $26.50

• Dec 21, 10am-Noon: Beginner Dot Mandala Painting Workshop @ Treehouse Cafe, 5965 N Academy $50 (2 Seats Left)

• Dec 21, 5pm: Longest Night Memorial @ Evergreen Cemetery, East Fountain & Hancock FREE

• Dec 29, 9am-5pm: Dog Days at the Zoo @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo

• Jan 6, 2-3pm: Listening To The Quiet Voice Within: A Talk On Intuition @ Treehouse Cafe $20

  • —> Taught by Laurel: 👁️‍🗨️ The Strength To Endure Comes From This.

• Jan 9, 6pm: Soap Making Class @ Meraki Springs, 2703 W Colorado Ave $65

🎶 Fall Concerts - Weather permitting

• Dec 21, 2:30pm: Christmas Symphony @ Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S Cascade $57-$69

• Dec 21, 3pm: Pikes Peak Philharmonic: Jazz @ENT Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $14-$20

• Dec 21, 4-5:15pm: Trombone Christmas @ 2655 Briargate Blvd FREE

• Dec 21, 7pm: Christmas Concert @ Bethel Lutheran, 4925 Farmingdale Dr FREE

• Dec 30 & 31, 7:30pm: New Year’s Eve: Rhapsody In Blue @ Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S Cascade $70-$120

• Dec 31, 8:30pm: New Year's Eve Bash featuring Disco Revue @ Phil Long Music Hall, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $62 - $168 (21+ yrs old) (Limited Tickets available)

• Jan 10-11: The Human Equation @ Ent Center for the Arts $18-$41

🤶 Holiday Festivals, Fairs & Activities

• ⛸ Through - Jan 18: Skate In The Park @Acacia Park $15

• 🕯 Through Jan 4, Fri & Sat (5:30-10pm) & Sun - Thurs (5:30-9pm): Magic of Lights at Pikes Peak International Raceway (PPIR) $28-$72/vehicle

• 🎄 Through Dec 27: Christmas at Forest Bend @ Black Forest, 9525 Burgess Rd $15 (Tickets Sell Out Fast)

• Dec 21-23, 25-Jan 1, 5-8:30pm: Electric Safari @ Cheyenne Mtn Zoo $21-$24

• Christmas Lights Guide - COS, Manitou & Woodland Park

• Jan 3-Feb 21: Ice Castles @ Cripple Creek $16-$29 (tickets on sale now)

   

• Dec 21-23, Noon-8pm: OCC Christkindlmarket @ Bancroft Park, 2408 W Colorado Ave FREE to attend

• Dec 21, Noon-5pm: Christmas Farmers Market @ Ivywild School, 1604 S Cascade Ave FREE admission

• Dec 21, 6pm: Holiday Sing & Dance with 719 Swing 'n Jam @ 2103 N Weber $8-$10

• Dec 23-24: Christmas Eve @ Mountain Springs Church, 7345 Adventure Way

• Dec 24, 5pm: Candlelight Christmas Eve Service @ The Table at Highland Park, 2550 E San Miguel St COS FREE to attend

• Dec 24, 6pm: Christmas Eve Service & Candle Lighting @ Renovation Church, 13071 Bass Pro Dr FREE to attend

• Dec 25, 1pm: Christmas Feast @ Wackadoo Brewing, 5158 Centennial Blvd FREE

• Dec 26-27 (waitlist), 5:30-8pm: 🎄 2.5-Hour Holiday Lights & Bites Progressive Dinner @ Downtown COS $99

• Dec 27, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, The Hollywood Hit - Holiday Show @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $79.95

• Dec 31, 8:30pm: Broadmoor's New Year's Eve Bash $80 + $25 parking

• Dec 31, 9pm-midnight: New Year’s Eve Party @ Mining Exchange, 8 S Nevada Ave $99 (21+)

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