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To Bang or Not To Bang?? (please vote).

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

I’ve come to a crossroads.  (if you want to vote immediately, please skip to the bottom of this post)

A few years ago, a good friend cut bangs for me (had not had them since I was in 4th grade).   It took a little time for me to get used to them, but eventually I cut half my head into bangs because I liked them so much.  I rocked them for about 3 years, in varying lengths and thicknesses.  It was sort of a reinvention of me.  In that time, I finished graduate school, moved, started betsy & iya, fell in love harder, got engaged, married, etc.  big things.  big bangs.

BANGS???

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bang

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Just the other day I realized that I had accidentally lazily let my bangs grow out.  So much that I’ve seen myself in a different light:  a no-bang light, one that I have not considered in a long time… Like, big grown-up no-bang betsy.

NO BANGS???

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no bang

no bang

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no bang

no bang

no bang

HELP!!!!!!!!  please cast your vote below.  if you have something more specific to say about it, please say so in the comment section.  your cooperation is very much appreciated.

(earrings pictured in no-bang pictures are newly listed in my online shop.  you can click the picture below if you want to purchase.)

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Thank you and HAPPY WEEKEND!!

xox~betsy

***Song of the Moment: Weekend Wars, by MGMT***

Bangs?

No

Yes

uggs

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Royal Blue Shoes.

Monday, July 27th, 2009

Apparently I’m ahead of the fashion movements.  Before heading to New York, I was dying for a pair of royal blue shoes.  Every single store I walked into, the clerks said–”oh, those should be big in the fall!”  ummmm…but I’m ready now!!! I wish I could make my own shoes!  I’d spice them up bright cobalt and proudly traipse around my favorite American city.

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I ended up at Ether in PDX and settled for a $20 pair of sweet bright aqua (ish) slip ons.  I am definitely happy with these, but the royal blues still have my heart.

(btw, this newest betsy & iya addition would go perfectly with either pair of shoes!)

Any ideas on where to find bright royal blue (or “cobalt”) shoes?

***Song of the Moment: Blue Angel, by Antony and the Johnsons***

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betsy & iya: On The Street.

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
hot women wearing my jewelry!

hot women wearing my jewelry!

It’s not uncommon that I will get an email from a customer months after they’ve been wearing b & i, just to tell me how much they love their pick.  I can’t tell you enough how happy this makes me.  I tell them and I’ll reiterate here:  it’s that enthusiastic authentic unsolicited feedback that makes this whole thing worth it to me.

pure consumer excitement

pure consumer excitement

I’ve had a few customers send me pictures of themselves or their friends wearing my stuff—like I said, completely unsolicited.  I realized today that I had enough to make a new blog category.

Inroducing:  betsy & iya—on the street.

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So, thank you b & i customers, for showing your beautiful selves with your sexy jewelry on!  Please, if you’re a customer and you want to see yourself on here—SEND ME PICS!!!

You.  all.  rock.

***Song of the Moment: I want a little sugar in my bowl, by Nina Simone***

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Outfit of the Day: Layer Lady

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Never underestimate the power of layering.

dress, vest, skirt...too much?? NAH.

dress, vest, skirt...too much?? NAH.

Here we have some large and fancy brass filigree betsy & iya earrings.

The old cream colored dress with a paisley-esque pattern, straight from my favorite vintage store in town, Fringe Vintage, who now have an awesome online shop on Etsy.

The sleek black vest comes from another local favorite (just down the street from my studio), Folly.

square-gal fancies

square-gal fancies

Check these filigree fancies out in my shop.

colorful socks, check.

colorful socks, check.

pink, orange, purple and teal socks come from some awesome shop in Arcata, California, like the Porland favorite, Sock Dreams.  The shoes—Frye boots, of course.

outside the sunny studio

outside the sunny studio

Skirt comes straight from the hands of Sarah, down the street, at Folly.  She also has an awesome new Etsy presence.  She ‘em out!

***Song of the Moment: Guns are Drawn, by The Roots***

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