Buy Local for the Holidays and Support an artist....

Hello all,

It has been some time since I have posted and alot has been happening in my world, Work, Market, helping out with various things and lastly moving, <--- this one sucked big time.

As we move in to the Holidays us artists generally ramp up and look to see what we can do to make our selves unique and special for branding, with these times holding Occupy messages all the more help for us as they are pushing the Buy Local message.

2 years ago this month a great friend opened a store to give herself income and get out of the corporate world allowing many of us local artists to OCCUPY her lovely space with our wares all lovingly handmade, I have since made it my goal to purchase my Holiday goodies for friends and family from this location making lovely gift baskets out of candles, Handblown glass ornaments, soaps, carmel corn, Local coffee, Handmade Coffee Cups from a lovely local potter jewelry and more.

I would invite you to do so as well, for 1) its unique, 2) handmade, and 3) Local, Nuff said here is the place to shop in PDX, PS, You can find my Lovely (Shell's Jewel's) there as well.

Our 2 year anniversary is November 11th!

watch for an update on our holiday party and anniversary with gifts with purchase as well.

On Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=190532622275&set=a.190531007275.127340.187950007275&type=3&theater

Local Discoveries
1627 NE Alberta Street
Portland Oregon 97211

Daily 11-7pm


Thanks Shelley And Thanks to Julie for making it all possible...

Holiday Open House

Local Discoveries and Studio 1627

Holiday Shopping and supporting Local artists!

Help us Celebrate Our one year anniversary at Local Discoveries too!



Please Join us for a Holiday Open House at Studio 1627 and celebrating our one year anniversary at Local Discoveries! Hours for the event are 1-9pm Address: 1627 NE Alberta Street, Portland Oregon 97211,

Featuring Local Artists on site and Music:

Allie Bentley, Brett Hostetler, Courtney Erskine, Devi Morris, Julie Benois-sage, Kathleen Baker, Judith Slevin, Kristen Larson, Mami Yamada, Nicole Bereczki, Renee Shearer, Sarah Dunn, Shelley Loring, Stan Griffith, Todd Oretega & Laura Burke, Tokiko Anderson and more!

Come out and enjoy!
From Shelley at Shell's jewel's

Portlands Largest Gargage sale!

Here are the links hope to see you there this weekend

http://www.portlandgsale.com/index.shtm

www.portlandgsale.com/index.shtm

http://www.portlandgsale.com/map.html

Last Thursday on Alberta Tonight 6/25/2009

Welcome to my first blog, from Shell's Jewel's,,

Yada, Yada, hope I can bring many more informative topics regarding artists, selling art, venues to sell at, Jewelry making, selling at a Farmers Market and so on.

OK, Here goes since everyone else in the world is Blogging, I might as well dig in and add my two cents.

The first topic I chose is an event I am doing this evening (rain permitting). This is Portland you know.


Last Thursday on Alberta, (every last thursday of the month in Portland oregon 5-10pm)

I will discuss this from a Vendor's point of view, the first thing I want to say is WOW, this event is literally off the hook!! My Favorite monthly event..

(Later we will discuss my favorite weekly event- Parkrose farmers market)

This event is free to artists who come down and set up there handmade wares. The crowds tend to be near 10,000 people and there is food music and art everywhere in about a 12 block radius of the Alberta Street from like 18 th to 30 th. The event goes from 5-10pm and is flooded into the street (when the street closes) from 7-10. artists line the sidewalks in an attempt to show what they recently have created.

YOU WILL SEE EVERYTHING here... from fire jugglers to stick walkers Bicycles of every shape and size,

The People: this is another WOW hippies, artists, yuppies, kids, grunge, old, young, rich, poor, families, every ethnicity, you name it lots of college aged people and drinking buddies as well.

Generally there is amplified music on every corner which will not be allowed this month, This is great for me since last month lookers at the artists work made several comments at the corner of 25th about how bothersome the crooning music was at our corner!! kind of a waaaaaaah waaaah fog horn sound and way too loud!! this discouraged alot of people from shopping and kept them moving down the street unfortunate for vendors as a few (vendors) left since it was so annoying. (this with police asking them to turn it down on the hour).. that is my only complaint and should be rectified this week with no amplification being allowed. I love music but i have a limit when it affects sales LOL.

I am attaching a picture of my set up at 25th so you can find me if you want to say hello tonight!!
http://www.twitpic.com/6zd3e


Also below are a couple of links to comments on Last thursday on Alberta for further viewing entertainment!


From: The Sentinel
http://portlandsentinel.com/?q=node/4744

From: Art on Alberta's explanation of Last Thursday!!
http://www.artonalberta.org/last_thursday.html

Thanks for reading shelley