…from the last few months.








lots of love.
***Song of the Moment: undertaker, by M. Ward***
Hi, lovelies! I’ve been spinning around lately, just returned from a trip down to California to sell at a big music festival, saw Lauryn Hill live, and picked up 2 new boutiques to sell betsy & iya. Shwew!!
I’m POOPED, to say the least, but I can’t take any days off and here’s why:
You know that AWESOME book I keep rapping about, well…

on THURSDAY, JUNE 17TH, starting at 7 pm, there will be a book signing for the AUTHOR of The Handmade Marketplace, Kari Chapin. I am sooo excited to have her in my shop and for the opportunity for you all to meet her. If this is the first time you are hearing about the book, I shout—GET IT! It is one of the most useful books that has ever come out for us crafter entrepreneurs. I am so honored her publisher wanted to do the signing at my studio and even more honored that I’m a small blip in the book.
Please come by on Thursday and say hello to us!!
1722 NW Raleigh St., Suite #101 (on the corner)
Can’t wait to see/meet you again!
xo~betsy
***Song of the Moment: Ladies on Parade, by Benji Hughes***
Aren’t we all glad April 15th has passed!?! If we’re not excited about a refund, we’re excited to have paid our dues and be moving on…or maybe we’re just excited to get the darn paperwork out of the way!
Me, Kim Werker, and Kari Chapin (author of The Handmade Marketplace) at Etsy in Brooklyn, NY.
a) wait for a revised invoice BEFORE you pay. It will appear in your email inbox, click it, then pay.
OR
b) go ahead and pay and we’ll refund your discount money right away!

or maybe by treating yourself to a new Peruvian Opal necklace, full of light and spring. Free shipping too!!
We work with an awesome woman who specializes in the complicated numbers from musicians, artists, indie boutiques, etc. She has done a stellar job with our taxes; she’s affordable, fair, and fun (and who can say that about their tax person)! I recommend her to everyone I know.
I hope you all have a lovely, beautiful, sunny, inspired weekend. I plan on it!
***Song of the Moment: Plastis Wafers, by Of Montreal***
(click here if you want to buy the envelope necklace)
I’ve been rambling on and on and on about so much giddily mushy stuff, that I’ve forgotten to announce all the good biz news. Yes, it’s been tough to get back into the groove of things after such a vehement love infusion, but I haven’t left you to fend for yourself, betsy & iya, no no. Oh those wheels, maybe I had to add a little juice in the past few weeks, but friends, they have been turning. And boy oh boy, do I have something in store for you:
frillier frills, frosty metals, drippier drips, wackier color combos, necklaces…lots of them (delicate, bold, refined, raucous), vintagier vintage, harder hardware, subtler subtleties, lightness, humor, human, hungry, handmade, hi – YAH!!!





Stay tuned. It’s all on the way.
***Song of the Moment: Secret Meeting, by The National***