mod : press

I can't believe I haven't mentioned this! I was so excited to see it was posted. I got a really nice write up in the Portland Mercury's fashion blog MOD:Mercury on DesignI love everything about the article that Leanne wrote. She even mentioned the summer deals that I have going on throughout the summer. And I am in love with her clothing line - Leanimal. You can see her 2007 spring, summer + fall collections online. I have never seen so many unique and really surprising details. These 2 are my favorites!

It's Monday!

It was a fun and exhausting weekend with the 2 shows. We had our friends Cara + Kelly in town all last week so that might have had something to do with the being tired part too! We did alot of exploring while they were here. I love this picture of Cara + I at Netarts Bay. And me and my love! CRAFTY WONDERLAND was a lot of fun yesterday! I introduced a new item that I have been working on and it was a success! It's a pin that in a way reminds me of a merit badge. I've created them using my images and varying fabric and ribbons for each pin. I can't wait to make more!

Winedango + Crafty Wonderland

I'm happy to be participating in 2 events this weekend. I'll be selling my jewelry of course...but I've also been working on a few other things to add to the mix! Come say HI if you're in Portland!

SATURDAY, JULY 7 WINEDANGO at Urban Wineworks, 1-5.

I am super duper excited about the adult snowcones and really nice jazz by 12th Avenue Hot Club. It should be a fantastic afternoon! IT'S FREE and it's going to be a nice day! (the event is outside) Here is the official write-up below.

*** Get your "django" on at Winedango, a great way to spend your Saturday afternoons in July (1-5 PM). Listen to D'jango style jazz by The Twelfth Avenue Hot Club. Have fun making a tie-dyed T-shirt when you buy three bottles of Bishop Creek Cellars wine. Meet local artisans and save room for adult snowcones. ***

SUNDAY, JULY 8 CRAFTY WONDERLAND at Doug Fir Lounge, 11-4.

IT'S FREE too and they always have a fun free DIY table! You can see the other vendors participating too!

4th of july : blueberry pie

As I promised - here is a very tasty blueberry pie recipe from an everyday food mag. It's fun to make too! You can click on the image to make it larger.

Berries!

Today brian and I went to pick berries. It was the first time I have really spent that much time picking berries...I guess because I have never been around so many at once. We picked strawberries + blackberries + raspberries + blueberries and there were more berries that we didn't take home with us. Here are a few pics of us showing off our berries! Strawberries + Raspberries A beautiful view of Mt. Hood I didn't know blueberries grew on trees? I think we ended up with over 10 lbs of berries! It was a fun few hours at Kruger's Farm As for the berries, we plan on making lots of smoothies + a blueberry pie for july 4. I'll post the recipe for that this week!

a whole lot of goodness

I have a lot of tees that I need to post on the web to sell. Yesterday I made a lot of large gems to work with. And I just finished screenprinting new biz cards with my new # on the good old print gocco. There are a lot - I need to count how many I ended up with!

Focoloco

I just received the cutest baby clothes in the mail the other day. They are made by my friend suzy of FOCOLOCO and they are so darn cute i had to share. All of the items I ordered were made with 100% organically grown cotton. I noticed on suzy's site that roughly 50% of her products are organic. The color choices are cool too. Another product focoloco just started carrying are shirts that you get to color yourself! You can start coloring as soon as they arrive too because they come with 2 fabric paint pens, a glitter pen, a metallic pen AND a glow-in-the-dark pen. Lots of art to choose from, but this is my favorite! Thanks Suzy Q!

cute kitties

I wanted to take this moment to introduce our 2 cute kitties, blackie + fattie. Their names are sort of self explanatory! They are brother + sister and they like to cuddle alot! I love them so much. I think that they're enjoying in our new home!

I also wanted to mention that my friend erica started a blog about her cute kitties Maple + Eligh titled: Tales of Cats with No Tails They really do not have tails, but they too are such cute kitties!

n.e.e.t.

I had such a great time at the lov.li fair yesterday! So many talented folks! A few that I met were Joelle She makes the cutest felt rings, pins, pendants! I love the lucha libre masks. They also had a diy table where you could make fused glass pieces with Jennifer Wells I wish I could have made one...but she does offer classes at her studio on NE Alberta. My really fun booth neighbor was Cara of Octavine Illustration She was selling some really wonderful cards that she hand painted and also kitchen aprons + tees with her beautiful illustrations!

The latest and greatest N.E.E.T. magazine is now online. Stephanie makes sure that everything featured in the magazine is unique and created by independent artists. The photography + illustrations are also really fun to look at too. Best of all - you click directly to all of the shops! Go have a looksie and see what is on page 99. The ReadyMaker Digest is also now available online for viewing + clicking!

I'd like to thank IguanaFashions and Jubella for recently blogging about handmade julz! Thanks for spreading the word!

Lov.li

Sunday - I'll be participating in my first crafty gathering here in portland! Here is info about the event below that i received from patrick,creator of lov.li and diane of diy alert Where: Rontoms, 600 E. Burnside (21 and over) When: Sunday June 3rd 11am - 4pm This Sunday, 35 of lov.li's best vendors from Portland and beyond will be at Rontoms for an art and craft fair. You'll find paintings and jewelry, handbags and needle-felted animals, fused glass and zines. We'll also have two make-and-take tables on hand, so you can relax and make stuff in the crafty atmosphere of RonTom's. You can assemble a fused-glass pendant with Jenny Wells, or make cards and bookmarks with Candice of ArtNeko Rubber Art. lov.li vendors have been mailing in items from around the world for a free raffle. when you're all shopped out, have a drink and relax on the outside deck- the music will be spun by Church of Girl's DJ Boy. * * * * * Sounds like a fun sunday to me! Stop by and check it out if you're in the area!

Saturday Market + ReadyMade

We had some fun friends in town from Texas over the weekend. They were the first friends to visit us in our new city and it was so nice to have a place like the Portland Saturday Market to take them to. There are so many artists creating amazing things in this city! It's so exciting. Somehow I got out with only buying one thing and it was a cuff from Erin Macleod I think I might need to visit her again because I didn't make it past the suitcase full of vintage tie re-creations. She also had cute skirts. Look what I purchased! While we were in her booth, erin recognized the rings we were wearing from her magazine. I purchased my first ad space last month in the readymaker digest which is inserted into Readymade magazine 2 times a year. and I was REALLY surprised to see this when she pointed out the picture that I submitted for them to publish! They featured my adjustable ring! TERRIFIC! Thank you READYMADE! you are great!

so sad to say good-bye

Only 5 days left til purple,pink+orange closes up shop. There are so many super duper cute things at 50% off...including a few items that i created and these amazing pincusions by loose string and art prints by helena garcia amy has been amazing to work with + fun to get to know, but for now she has decided to concentrate on school. you can still keep up with her here!

i heart pancakes

i think that it is super that i can get my favorite pancakes in the world made for me here at home! yesterday i enjoyed waking to the rain and then eating these yummy pancakes that my extra special brian made for breakfast. i think i like brian's the best because he adds vanilla and just the right amount of pecans! this picture was taken pre-syrup. i'm also lucky enough to have coffee shipped right to my door for free! my mom's coffee is enjoyed almost daily in this house. my favorite flavor that they have is the yankee doodle. it tastes like cinnamon hazelnut.

portland

i think i forgot to mention that i have relocated. me + brian + our 2 kitties moved on up to portland oregon! we have been enjoying everything about this city so far. i LOVE it! right now we're enjoying the weather (a bit of a change from the texas heat!) and all of the beautiful greenery outside. when spring arrived i was very surprised to see all of the bushes surrounding the front of our house bloom. i don't remember this ever happening in texas. we have bushes with all different colors. we've started several plants for ourselves here... herbs and strawberries and succelents. it's so fun to watch them grow! i didn't really participate in the watering of plants in texas because it was so hot and i was trying to balance 2 jobs, but i've promised brian i would help. we're also trying tomatoes in the backyard. I found this interesting concept on the Frecklewonder blog april 25 - about growing the tomato plants upside down. we might have to try that next time around.

Daily Candy

I have been anxiosuly awaiting this moment since my business started! On March 29th...I was featured on Daily Candy! It finally happened! They said some nice things...i'm happy.

it's spring already!

happy spring to you! if you haven't seen the site lately new photos! i think that they are beautiful...thanks to darnell! new spring images will be finished and posted by april 15. i promise i will keep that promise! I've got some new stores since i last wrote The Studio in newburyport.ma ~ Plasticland online ~ STUF in san francisco.ca ~ Purple Pink and Orange online ~ Sickles Market little silver.nj + Pretty Chic Boutique in guelph.on canada prettychicboutique@bellnet.ca and coming soon to L.O.F.T. in asheville.nc also BIG NEWS ~ i've gone full time with handmade julz! it was a big decision and i'm still trying to adjust, but i make my own hours now. how super is that?

Urban Bazaar : Dallas.Tx

I've been busy for the last month preparing for this show! Come out and see me if you're in Dallas. Tx I'll be posting all of the new images after this show. Have a great week!

¡ New Art !

I always enjoy creating new art to wear! Here are a few of the graphics that i have been working on...I'll be posting these + others on the site this week. My love, brian (who is also a graphic designer) helped me out creating images this time around. Here are a few of his images.

Let me catch you up...

We ended July by taking a trip to Portland + Seattle. It was so amazingly beautiful! Thanks to michele ~ sebastian ~ kim for showing us so much of both cities! of course we went to see haystack rock from the goonies these flowers were near cannon ceach that's me while we were on a stroll in downtown portland artwork from the kennedy school (an elementary school converted into a hotel + bars) These color palettes look the same! we took a train to seattle. this was pike's market. the space needle... we went to the EMP in seattle where we saw the art of modern rock poster show. and my man on the train ride back to portland. he makes me SMILE! I sent my jewelry to a new store this week. It's the Beech Tree Gallery in Massachusetts. Donna was really sweet to send me a pic of my julz set up in the space. I was recently featured on Modish It's a great site to check out daily and find cool new handmade sites. i've also been working on new images. i'll post a preview here this week before i upload them to the site. there are about 15 new ones! yea!