2012 Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale!
By NEAT SHEET staff
Squeeeeeeeeee! It’s time once again for one of our favorite annual Portland shopping events, the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Show. This straight-up extravaganza of handmade goodies by local Portland talent will be held once again at the Oregon Convention Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 — [...]
Shop 85 local artists at GIVE Handmade Sale Sunday
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
We hope you saved some shopping strength this holiday weekend! We’re back from turkey break just in time for today’s GIVE Handmade Sale, a ginormous independent artisan market held at Northeast Portland’s Leftbank Annex from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28.
GIVE began as The Secret Society Sale five [...]
Betsy & Iya Holiday Sale + Studio Grand Opening
November 14, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
If you’re looking for hip presents to gift your hard-to-shop-for mom, girlfriend, niece or sister that are unique, gorgeous and affordable, you want to make sure to stop by the Betsy & Iya Holiday Preview Sale + Studio Grand Opening from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19 in [...]
Win $50 custom earrings from GemKitty Jewelry
October 12, 2010 by karenvitt
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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 [...]
Shopping crops up at Fremont Harvest Festival
October 9, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Harvest festivals aren’t just about pumpkins and corn. Ok, yes they are. But in Portland they’re also about shopping. Walk, bike or ride your tractor over to the Beaumont neighborhood for the Fremont Harvest Festival from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, and 10 a.m. to 5 [...]
Crafty Wonderland Pop-Up Shop Announced
October 4, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Yay! It’s only October and already we are feeling heavy excitement for holiday shopping! It’s in the air, and there is one place in particular that will be a must-stop for all Portland shoppers come winter. The super popular local craft vendor spectacular known as Crafty Wonderland is making our [...]
Little Winter handmade craft market coming soon!
October 3, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Be still our beating shop-hungry hearts! We’ve been holding off on sharing this because when we first heard about it, it was still in the very early planning stages and we didn’t want to jinx it. Even though it is over a month away, we just couldn’t wait any longer! We [...]
Fall is here just in time for the Belmont Street Fair
September 10, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Summer came late and left early, but let’s not dwell too long on our quickly diminishing tans and embrace the beauty of September, shall we? The air lately is a bit crisper and there won’t be a better place to breathe deep and test the waters of this new season than [...]
Sulu + Hubris trunk shows at Union Rose First Friday
September 2, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT xontributor
It’s not easy going from a being an elementary school teacher in the Bronx to a Portland-based jewelry designer (actually, maybe it is. Sounds like a pretty awesome transition to us).
But that’s exactly what Sue Lieu, the woman behind Sulu designs, did. Judging from how often we’ve seen her artsy [...]
Shop 150+ craft and market vendors at Alberta Street Fair
August 17, 2010 by karenvitt
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By Erin Flesch, NEAT contributor
Summer is fast slipping through our sweat covered fingers and we’ve got to squeeze every last bit of joy out of it. As we’ve stated before, one of our fave summer activities is scouring the local street fairs for neat locally made goods, and happily for us, there’s a big one [...]
