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You Slacker.

Friday, December 17th, 2010

If you’re anything like us, you haven’t done ANY Christmas shopping.  None.  If you’re a lot like us, you’ve also been working 12-14 hour days, so you don’t feel particularly beat up about it either.  But guys: Christmas is breathing down your neck.  Can you feel the chill?  Why not kill a few birds with one stone tonight?  Allow me to enumerate the birds:

1. jewelry
2. complementary booze
3. free gift wrapping
4. avoiding wandering aimlessly around the mall on 12/24 in a cold sweat.
5. making at least one special lady in your life very, VERY happy.

This evening, stop by Uncommon Jewels, where yours truly and six other high-profile Portland jewelry designers (Alisha Louise, Amy Bengtson, grayling, Lauren Harkness, Sahlia, and stone + honey) will push your gifting across the goal line.  The deets:

Olympic Mills Building
107 SE Washington Street
Portland, OR
3pm-9pm

*Major credit cards accepted.

Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle: THIS WEEKEND!

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

We’ve been prepping all week for our trip to Seattle this weekend.  We’re thrilled to be a part of “one of the finest craft fairs in the nation.” (There’s a blog for everything, don’t you know…)  Indeed, we’ve heard big things about Urban Craft Uprising.  Even the view from the aerial fishbowl is exciting:

Image courtesy of www.urbancraftuprising.com

So who’s coming out?!  What vendors are you excited to see?  Where should we eat???

Pertinent deets:

Seattle Center Exhibition Hall; December 4 & 5; 11am – 5pm both days.

***Song of the Moment: Folds in Your Hands, by Passion Pit***

PDX International Women’s Day

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Portland International Women's Day by Tessa Hulls

Did you know:

“On March 8, 1857, thousands of working women marched through the streets of New York City demanding an end to sweat-shop conditions, improved childcare facilities, equal pay for equal work, and the right to vote. In 1910 at the International Conference of Women Socialists, Clara Zetkins proposed that March 8th be observed as International Working Women’s Day in honor of the New York March. Since that time, International Women’s Day has been celebrated around the globe.”

Guess what?  It’s March 8 again!  That means more than springing ahead (you did reset your clocks, right???).  It means there’s an awesome festival in town that I’m thrilled to be a part of.  Come see me (and SOOO much more) today:

When: Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Where: Portland State University Smith Center (1825 SW Broadway)
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: Free and donations are welcomed

(thanks to Tessa Hulls and PIWD 2009 for the beautiful art and quoted text, respectively, in this post.)

***Song of the moment The Most Dangerous Woman, by Ani Difranco & Utah Phillips***

(this better be a) Hip Happening.

Friday, February 6th, 2009

And it would be way hipper if YOU showed up and said hello to me!

hip happening

hip happening

7126 SE Milwaukie Avenue.

11 am to 5 pm

There will be loads of awesome vendors, great food, great fun, and loads of juicy shameless love jewelry.

Whether or not I see you tomorrow, I hope you have hugely love-filled weekends!

-betsy

***Song of the Moment: Love on a Budget, by Benji Hughes***