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!

Suzy Q + MAKE

I don't think i've mentioned my friend Suzy ~ who creates cute + hip + unique baby clothes. She is an amazing illustrator that i went to school with and still a super duper friend. She just updated her site with all sorts of new choices. Here are my favs! Go have a looksy! FOCOLOCO.COM If you're in Dallas, you can now stop by MAKE and find my graphic jewelry! yippee! makedallas They are revamping the store this week so they have a lot of new crafty items!

Stores that carry Julz

I just sent necklaces to the Blue Bottle Art Gallery in Seattle. WA this week. They're selling my julz in their gallery and in their online store and they've already got the pics posted. On their site, click on gallery + store and then functional art. They have some other really cute stuff too! I sent them a new design that I've added to the line that I haven't even posted on my site yet. If you like to shop online - you can find my jewelry at My Etsy Shop Pixelgirlshop carries my large necklaces and Copacetique carries my small necklaces, rings, bracelets. I also recently created some very special rings for the very talented sara + brian at Cricket-press They handprint the most amazing posters so I created some rings for them with image crops from their posters. If you're in Texas (like me) you can find all of my julz Alter Ego Vintage in Denton.TX Dolly Python in Dallas.TX Parts & Labour in Austin.TX Texas Art Spot in Corsicana.TX In California you can find me at The Orange County Museum in Newport Beach.CA and Hitch Couture This is an independent designer mobile boutique in an airstream trailer! Pavement Shoes in Pittsburgh.PA also carries rings, bracelets + necklaces as well as The Wild Pear in Fort Madison.IA That's where you can find me right now! Of course you can always custom order through Handmade Julz • • • Let's be friends!

Super Terrific

OK. So my goal for the week is to get going with this blog! It seems like every 2 months is becoming a trend...In the last month, I was preparing for the MAKE Urban Street Bazaar that was held in uptown dallas.tx june 2-4 It was the first ever and it was fantastic! It was also my first time to do an all day festival sort of thing but it was really fun! my fabulous friend cara drove up from austin to help me. We had such a great time, I've already signed up for another show STITCH austin that is happening in november! Here are pics from the bazaar. This was our space for the weekend Brian my super terrific boyfriend helped me make that peg board screen! Cara + Brian + Me I made lots of rings + bracelets NEW handmade julz tees! yippee! I met some really cool people over the weekend too. Check out their sites. makedallas > the bazaar was put on by julie of make dallas beadsprouts > beautiful beaded plant hangers cococouture > unique baby clothes + blankies + bags superchica > very cool ceramic necklaces + wrist cuffs + more Last night I added some new necklaces + tees that I had made to my etsy shop. handmadejulz.etsy.com More tomorrow! xo

For your viewing pleasure

Hello! I hope you are all doing fabulous things out in the world! I wanted to let you all know what I have been up to lately. Hopefully I will get better at this blogging thing soon. In the past week I screenprinted new business cards! 2 colors on the front and 1 color on the back Brian and I planted some pretty flowers in our front yard. The yellow ones are Sweet Broom and the Magenta one is a New Zealand Tea Tree I made 4 martini glasses for a donation. I started working with wire + beads a few years ago while wrapping wire around the stems of glasses. At the same time I was making magnets with images that I had drawn displayed under the glass. I merged the 2 thoughts together a couple of years ago and that's where my graphic jewelry started! ;) It was fun to go back and create these glasses and incorporate the graphic jewelry. This week I will be busy preparing for Down2Earth. It's an event my gracious friend Rae has been putting together that will be taking place in Austin, Texas. For those in Austin, please come check it out! rsvp here www.tempoevents.org Friday, April 21, 2006, 6-10 TEMPO,LLc and the AVEDA Experience Center of Barton Creek in Austin are inviting hundreds of colorful earthlings to kick off a spectacular Earth Day Pre-party & Benefit. Nature inspired works will be presented and performed by some of our favorite arts groups to raise the spirit of community, raise awareness and raise support for that which connects us most. Learn more about local and regional issues facing the environment and be moved by Global rhythms. Over the weekend I worked on my display. I sewed a banner out of an old dress that I had been hanging onto for the past 7 years. I think that black + white rocks work nicely with my jewelry and I found an old type tray in our house that wasn't being used. More soon. Have a super week!

first post

It's the first entry in my new blog! I'm really excited about it! I started this because I wanted a place to share new things happening with me + my business. So ~ I've just finished 6 new images. The deer and the unicorn are my favorites! My boyfriend brian and I recently traveled to Houston to see the closing weekend of the Basquiat exhibit. The show was amazing + so cool to see his work up close. He used so many different surfaces as canvases + each painting had so much depth and so many textures. I loved this one! The Happily Handmade Giveaway started last week! I'm one of the participating sponsors. You can register thru my site and several other indie shops to win 1 of the 45 gift boxes! You can enter once through each of the sponsors ~ so the more shops you visit, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be announced on March 31.