New Holiday Pieces

Winter has been a busy season for us at the studio! Look at some of the new holiday pieces that have been added to the line. If you see something that seems like the perfect gift for a friend (or yourself) be sure to come and see the entire collection at one of our holiday trunk shows at Flurry this weekend... Happy Holidays!

Crave Holiday Shopping Party

Thanks to everyone that came, all bundled up, to support us and all of the women of Crave at the Holiday Shopping Event last night! The event turned out great, the runway show, local vendors, food provided by Koi Fusion and exclusive Crave promotions!

Here are some photos that we took from the night:

If you couldn't make it to Crave last night, we will keep you posted on their next event so you can come out and support women entrepreneurs in Portland.

Happy Holidays!

Flurry Grand Opening Party!

Here are some photos from the Flurry Grand Opening last night.

Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the designers!

We are a featured artist in the Holiday Pop-Up Store: Flurry!

“TIS’ THE SEASON FOR A FASHION FLURRY”
1 Shop, 6 Weeks & 15 local designers!

This holiday season we will be one of the local artists featured in a unique pop-up shop in Downtown PDX. This store is a vision of Portland Fashion Synergy along with the help of the Portland Business Alliance.

The store is located in the old Nordstrom Rack space, and has been offered to PDXFS for the purpose of showcasing amazing local artists in a single, collective retail space.

We are thrilled to have been offered this opportunity and are happy to be working with such amazing locally talented artists. The artists and designers that are featured in the store are:

Billy Jean Couture

Christa Taylor

DefYance

Isaac Hers

Janeane Marie

La Merde

LOOPTWORKS

Luminata

O'Pearl Jewelry

Risley Design

Ryz Shoes

We Ma

and

Sahlia Michelle

Many people have helped make this store possible and we would like to give a special thanks to:

o Mayor Sam Adams for his Downtown Retail Strategy
o The Portland Business Alliance
o Portland Development Commission
o Downtown Marketing Initiative
o Downtown Retail Advocate
o Local design consultant Tad Savinar
o Property owner Greg Goodman and Downtown Development Group
o City of Portland
o Randy Higgins of Vizwerks
o The Art Institute of Portland
o Local participating designers
o Volunteers for PDXFS

Flurry is a must see for this holiday shopping season in downtown Portland!

Read Press on Flurry from Oregon Live:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/shoporegon/2009/11/flurry_pop-up_shop_grand_openi.html

Radish Underground's 1 Year Anniversary Party!

Come to Radish Underground's Birthday Party this Tuesday, October 16th!

They will be featuring signature and exclusive pieces from many of the artists that they have supported over the last year.

The soiree will be held at their store at 414 SW 10th Ave.

There will be food, fashion and friends mingling all evening,

so don't miss the opportunity to celebrate Radish's 1 year birthday!

Portland Synergy Fashion Show: Maytee's Collection featuring jewelry by Sahlia Michelle

Last weekend we provided the jewelry for maytee's collection in the Portland Synergy Fashion Show: Fuze. Here are some photos from the show...

(we love this pic of maytee after the show, adorable)

To learn more about Portland Synergy Fashion you can check out their website at: http://www.pdxfashionsynergy.com/default.html

PDX Collective Sale

So we are always looking for local fashion and shopping events around Portland... and we have found just the event this weekend! For all you savvy shoppers that have not yet heard of the PDX Collective Sale, this event is a collaboration of 11 local boutiques (including two from Hood River) that offer their discounted and clearance items at amazing prices! This will be the 8th sale of it's kind and is the perfect shopping outing to cap off the summer!

The featured boutiques will be:

Parts & Labour

Zella's Shoes

Suite 6

Nolita

Radish Underground

Physical Element

Bubble

Pin-Me

Moxie

Le Train Bleu

Shoefly

SameUnderneath

& more...

Last First Thursday of the Fall...

Sadly the end of the Summer is approaching and that means that this week will be the last First Thursday of the season. As per usual, we will have our booth outside of Bay 13 and we would love for all of you to come by and see the new collection! We will be offering a $10 off promo on all of the jewels and will be there from 5-10pm.  Come by and see all the art, music and vendors and celebrate the final First Thursday of the year! 

Have you heard about Minx?

(click on photos to enlarge)

So we are really excited about our event with Minx and Thirst coming up in 2 weekends... If you hadn't heard of Minx yet, now you have! On the 12th of September we will be a featured vendor at a the Minx Champagne Brunch.  You only need to come to one event and you are signed up to be an official  member of Minx, so you will be invited to all of the exclusive events that they have. The next event will be at Thirst and we will be featuring the entire new collection with a special event discount... there will be free mimosas, a delicious brunch provided by Thirst and some other local vendors for shopping too!

Its an fun, unique experience where you can shop, eat, sip wine and socialize! All the events are held at Thirst, and as a Founding Merchant of the organization we hope that you can come and see the new line, and become a Minx Member!

Bargain Hunting 101...loved it!

(pictured: Gina from Radish Underground)

We hope you came out to Bargain Hunting 101 this last Sunday at the Crystal Ballroom.  It was our first time at this "Mother of all Clearance Sales" and we had a great time! The event lasted all day, from 12 to 5 and featured tons of emerging PDX designers and vendors. It is the perfect opportunity to get a taste of a large number of Portland's upcoming brands, all within one unique shopping trip...with an open bar! 

Some of the vendors featured were: 

Frock, Mable & Zora, Parallel, Radish Underground, Moxie, 2 

Monkees, Handmade Julz, Gypsy Chic, Olio United, B Hive Designs, Knot 

Ugly, Bella Sisters, Chapter Four, Haggis McBaggis, Polliwog, Garnish, 

Ipseity, Pie Footwear, Plywerk, Sofada, Sky & Boat, Sofia, Tilde, Plue, and many more!

This was just the Summer BH101, so if you missed out, there will be another session this Superbowl Sunday in February. Mark your calendars!

 

This BH101 we shared a booth with Radish Underground (thanks Gina!) but next time we hope to have our own so we can bring even more of the jewels from the collection for all you savvy bargain shoppers!

From the new collection... Stackable Rings and Cuffs

These funky stackable rings (top) are available with an oxidized sterling silver finish or a brushed sterling silver finish, allowing you to mix up your look from day to day.                          

Rings are priced at $42 each or a stack of three for $100.

These C- cuffs (bottom) are also available with the oxidized sterling silver finish or the brushed sterling silver finish. You can wear a single cuff for a simple, sophisticated look, or throw on a few more for something a little more edgy.  These C-cuffs are $48 each.

These two designs are available exclusively at Lizard Lounge and our studio.

Some more new additions to the collection are these gorgeous torched pieces. Incorporating antler slices, TQ spikes and torched metal, this line is both edgy and unique.  We will be showing these pieces, as well as the rest of the line at First Thursday in the Pearl.  The booth will be located right outside of Bay 13.  Also, come by Radish Underground, another great spot to check out the collection as well as some other local artists!