Win $50 custom earrings from GemKitty Jewelry
October 12, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat WIN
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Portland is home to a host of brilliant jewelry designers, and now you can count yourself among them. Meet GemKitty, a local online retailer of custom gemstone jewelry you can design online yourself and then have crafted by expert jewelry designers and shipped to your doorstep.
GemKitty’s creative concept was [...]
Neat TREND: Portland’s got oceans of love for the Octopus
April 13, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat STUFF, Neat TREND
By Erin Flesh and Karen Vitt, NEAT shopping conspirators
What has eight arms, three hearts and no bones? Why, the latest trend in fashion, of course. No, it’s not some freak “living coat” hybrid, specially engineered to keep Anna Wintour warm at night. The trend we’re referring to is… the OCTOPUS! We’ve recently been spotting this [...]
Hubris + Wonderlust trunk show at Union Rose tonight
March 5, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
Montavilla’s best boutique for local and indie fashion, Union Rose will host a dual trunk show by Hubris and Wonderlust tonight, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 5.
Rita Hudson-Evalt will show dresses in graphic prints from her handmade in Portland Hubris line, and Wonderlust will showcase stainless steel earrings and wrist cuffs featuring bold color-blocking [...]
Neat CONTEST
Win Betsy & Iya’s “I ? PDX” necklace
Let’s talk about love, baby: We love Portland. We love The Neat Sheet readers. We love jewelry. And we are so in love with Betsy & Iya’s I Heart Portland necklace that we asked (ok, begged and pleaded) jewelry designer Betsy Cross to create one just for YOU!
Cross, a Virginia native with a Masters [...]
Neat DEAL
Save $10 on Owlita designer feather earrings
Remember those long, stunning feather earrings featured in The Neat Sheet around Thanksgiving? You know, the slightly punky statement earrings by Portland-based Owlita jewelry designer Ashley Doty. The earrings so gritty and glamorous they were snapped up by movie stylists to be worn by Kim Cattrall in the upcoming Sex and the City II. Yeah, those [...]
Neat SALE
Betsy & Iya jewelry party + sale Saturday
There’s been much rightly deserved happy Twittering lately about Betsy & Iya Jewelry, an array of eclectic collections designed by Portland’s uber-creative Betsy Cross. Now you can meet the pretty powerhouse behind the dramatic jewelry at Cross’ semi-impromptu holiday shopping party and sale, noon to 6 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 19.
Just days ago, Cross decided [...]
Neat EVENT
Scarlet Chamberlin sale at Workroom 719
December 14, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
In additon to the flurry of excellent designer trunk shows popping up at Flurry next weekend, neighboring downtown designer pop-up shop Workroom 719 will host a jewelry sale by Portland’s talented Scarlet Chamberlain, noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Shop for last-minute gifts, new earrings starting at just $28, and original, show-stopping statement pieces from [...]
Neat CONTEST
Meet Gracey, winner of neat Owlita earrings
Congratulations to neat Portlander Gracey Pankey, winner of our recent Owlita feather earrings giveaway.
Pankey’s name was chosen in a random drawing to win these wild feather earrings by Portland’s Owlita jewelry designer Ashley Doty.
Pankey wore her new earrings to a White Bird Dance peformance last weekend, and was kind enough to send in a pic. [...]
Neat EVENTS
Local jewelry shows at Sole all weekend
December 4, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
The only thing better than gorgeous jewelry is gorgeous jewelry made by local designers and offered at affordable prices. And to our good holiday shopping fortune, we’ve found two precious gems for you to check out this weekend.
Tonight, Portland jewelry designer Ruthie Crawford of Harlow Jewelry will bring pieces from her holiday collection for a [...]
Neat EVENT
Shop the Kevia holiday jewelry sale tonight
November 13, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT, Neat SALE
Lewis & Clark grad and jewelry artisan Kevia Jeffrey-West will host a holiday showing and sale tonight, featuring her signature Kevia collections of handcrafted 22k gold vermeil jewelry. Join the party at North Portland’s Historic Overlook House, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 13
Kevia jewelry has been featured in many of our favorite national fashion and [...]
