Archive for August, 2009

TINY TOKEN DESIGNS

Thursday, August 13, 2009 0:00 191 Comments

In a very short time, Sandi Bahr and her shop, Tiny Token Designs, has become the go-to place for stamped jewelry.  And it’s no wonder, too.  Tiny Token Designs is a well stocked collection of sweet, delicate, personalized jewelry you can wear on your ears, fingers, or around your neck and wrists.  You can pretty [...]

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AN EXTRA SMASHBOX WINNER

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:06 8 Comments

Kristen K., the team at Smashbox is really rooting for you to have a great business trip in October. Although you didn’t win the grand prize, they would love to send you a little something to “improve your odds” with all the right people.
So if you are Kristen K. (comment #199), please send us [...]

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FRUITFLY PIE

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 0:00 210 Comments

You didn’t think we would give away as much jewelry as we have this month without giving away a charming way to hold it all, did you? Of course not. The good news is that even if you didn’t happen to score a bunny necklace or two, you can fill these little trinket [...]

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EMILY ELIZABETH JEWELRY

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 0:00 170 Comments

Gentlemen, please take note. Crackers in bed will get you to the curb faster than you can crunch a Triscuit. If that is your preferred destination, then by all means play the death card. If you’re looking to hold something softer than a Nabisco box for the long haul, might I suggest [...]

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WHITE FLY

Monday, August 10, 2009 0:00 303 Comments

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We think every item we feature on The Bright Side Project is unforgettable, but even we have our favorites. And for Miss B., the Remember Me bangle by WhiteFly is at the tippy top of her Must Have list.
Amanda White is the owner and designer behind WhiteFly, the studio she started [...]

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THE SCARLET FIG

Sunday, August 9, 2009 0:00 193 Comments

Despite the impression you might get from Don Draper and Joan Holloway, advertising and marketing isn’t the end all be all for everyone. At least not for Laurie Wisbrun, who in 2008 left the industry after twenty years to follow her passion for pattern and textile design.
Since then, Wisbrun has been creating original fabric [...]

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I {HEART} GUTS

Saturday, August 8, 2009 0:00 171 Comments

Entertainment Weekly once said of today’s contributor, “Who hasn’t dreamed of owning a shirt with a bright, animated uterus on the front?” Well, my grandmother, probably. My mother, definitely. But certainly not anyone familiar with the work of Wendy Bryan of I Heart Guts. They not only dream of uterine [...]

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ACTS OF KINDNESS

Friday, August 7, 2009 0:00 249 Comments

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Miss B. and I have talked about our shared love for animals before. And anyone who knows me knows how much I love elephants above all animals. I don’t know how or why it started, but since the age of nine I have been all about the pachyderms. [...]

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MOONFLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY

Thursday, August 6, 2009 0:00 126 Comments

We couldn’t have a month called Sugar, Sugar without offering up a little cotton candy. What would the neighbors think?
Luckily, we didn’t have to look far for a little spun sugar to add to your Thursday morning coffee. In fact, many of you are already familiar with today’s contributor, Racel Ballard of Moonflowers [...]

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LE PAPIER STUDIO

Wednesday, August 5, 2009 0:00 191 Comments

{please visit Le Papier Studio here}
Call us old fashioned, but Miss B. and I are huge fans of silhouettes and lockets. So when we stumbled upon the lockets at Le Papier Studio and saw they came with silhouettes of your choice inside, well, we knew we had to have owner Vana Chupp as part [...]

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