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.

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Local Discoveries
1627 NE Alberta Street
Portland Oregon 97211

Daily 11-7pm


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

Recent Custom work.. Really Gratifying,

Egyptian Scarab focal with vintage glass beads and Turquoise.















Jimmy Hendrix African Trading Beads and coconut,












Wow, is all I have to say about these two pieces. I have been blessed to have a great customer with some really cool pieces and ideas for custom finished pieces he can actually wear with pride.

The Scarab was a gift to my customer years ago and came together nicely with some vintage glass beads he bought in Carmel in the 70's add some turquoise and voila!! he calls this a piece of art.

The Jimmy Hendrix beads on kthe second necklace are another story alltogether, they invloved my customer being in the recording studio in 1967, Jimmy Hendrix was recording that day and had fallen and bumped his head, My customer has a picture with the said Hendrix and bandaged head from the studio that day...

Well I guess maybe Hendrix needed to relax after the fall? so he traded his necklace to my customer for something green and relaxing LOL. The beads I removed from the original necklace are the 5 larger beads which were then added to from some newly found also old smaller African trading beads, Coconut disks were placed in between and now there is a great flow to the piece.

I love working on vintage and antique pieces for my customers!!

Thanks for reading

Shelley