Orphaned jewelry makes room for new pieces

Having worked for many years in the retail fine jewelry biz, I've seen a lot of mishandled and misused jewelry. Spending time trying to restore knotted and tangled chains, dirty diamond rings and scratched pearls, I see these pieces like small dogs in the pound. Sad eyes and snouts pressed against cages, pleading: "Please take care of me."

I found it at the Urban Craft Uprising

Why is it that self imposed deadlines are always the hardest deadlines to manage? For someone who has a critical eye on what's new in jewels, I sure as hell missed this posting by a few weeks. I've been spinning the post in my head for a while, just never got the chance to put it down.

The dream of the 90s is alive in Portland

Yes, the dream is still alive and of course, I had that song in my head all weekend long-- thanks, Portlandia (shout-out).

So in the few years I've lived in Seattle, I never had the time nor good fortune to visit Portland, Oregon. Until now.

Heavy metal at the Punk Rock Flea Market?

"Screw you! Punk rock is its own reality and is not heavy metal!"  You scream in protest with fists in the air. 

How very punk rock of you-- unless you're into punk metal. (But for my cause, let's just move on...)