Daily Find
Amy Ruppel is a Portland-based multimedia artist best known for her quirky aviary art that is often spotted at Velocity Art and Design or hanging on the walls of your art collector friend. Amy Bengtson is a Seattle jewelry designer best known for her line of glass-blown jewelry that is often spotted at Velouria or hanging around the neck of your fashionista friend. And now, the two artistic Amys have partnered on a line of necklaces sold under the Amy Bengtson brand.
By Natalie Bow | March 14, 2007
Seattle Style File
Consumers who care can breathe easy knowing there are plenty of places in Seattle to spend their cash responsibly. Shops that carry eco-friendly products, organic items, products using sustainable materials and recycled goods are proliferating, providing green options for everyday living.
By Kathy Schultz | February 28, 2007
Daily Find
Feminine styles of previous decades reign at Diva Dollz, a vintage-inspired shop in Pioneer Square. The light-filled shop looks like it has occupied the corner location on First and Cherry, well, for decades. The store's 18-foot high ceilings with crown molding, honeycomb-design flooring and massive chandelier set the stage. An intricately carved wood display case occupies the bulk of one wall and glass display cases are filled with vintage and new jewelry. Ladylike pairs of gloves from the '30s with leather as thin as paper lay casually on the countertop. Red-lipped mannequins swathed in fur pieces peek out beneath wide-brimmed chapeaus.
By Kathy Schultz | February 22, 2007
Daily Find
The shop is spare and organic. A stuffed taxidermy pheasant forever suspended in time is perched atop a fallen log on a pedestal. Some jewelry is displayed under bell jars, as if Baker is protecting delicate insects or other organic specimens.
By Kathy Schultz | November 29, 2006
Daily Find
Need a cocktail ring to go with those shoes? Bruce Magnotti will have an array of stunning cocktail rings. These flashy baubles are hand-cut and polished estate stones set into vintage and new settings featuring garnets, peridot, amethyst, smoky quartz, citrine and other sparklers. Rings range from $300 to $2,000.
By Kathy Schultz | November 6, 2006
Seattle Style File
The tagline of the shop -- original, wearable, usable art -- pretty much sums up the concept of the store. The small, sparely decorated shop has more than 50 artists and designers from the Pacific Northwest, with one Midwestern artist out of Chicago -- which we'll excuse because she makes some really cool handmade shoes under the Mohop label.
By Kathy Schultz | November 3, 2006
Seattle Style File
Short of cash or tired of spending $80 for a haircut? The hip Belltown salon Vain offers $15 haircuts most days for walk-ins.
By Kathy Schultz | October 20, 2006
Seattle Style File
Nancy, Schmancy, Fancy+Pants -- there's a lot happening on this short block on Second Avenue. The newest shop is Nancy, a tiny gallery and gift shop owned by artists Kate Greiner and Aaron Murray, who are husband and wife.
By Kathy Schultz | September 27, 2006
Seattle Style File
The trio of owners has transformed the petite boutique for fall. A pair of antlers hangs outside the shop. The exterior and interior walls are now a deep plum color, an oversized gilt framed mirror gives the illusion of spaciousness, a faux raven sits atop a pair of stag horns adorned with necklaces, and a black "crystal" chandelier is squarely centered on the ceiling. While it doesn't replicate the intensity of Norman Bates' taxidermy decor, it certainly gives a nod in that direction with an emphasis on organic and entomologically influenced accessories.
By Kathy Schultz | September 15, 2006
Convergence Zone
Chic jewelry with a soul -- that's what Portland, Oregon's Lucina Company is all about.
By Kathy Schultz | April 17, 2006
