New Baubles For All!

Here are some of the new pieces I whipped together this weekend...I lurv weekends.  

All for sale in the shop!

Black Friday Sale Y'all!

Agnes has joined with the PDXEtsy team for an Etsy Black Friday sale TAKEOVER.  Basically it's all the awesomest people in Portland coming together and offering their wares for cheapsies.  BAZING.  

I'll be offering 20% off all the goods!  All you have to do is enter "PDXETSY2012" in the coupon code section and you're good to go.  For those of you that don't know (what are ya, a freak?), Black Friday, is Friday (duh), November 23.

So you could, say...get THIS...

OR THIS....

GO!  LOOKY LOOKY!

Fall & Winter Agnes Love

We had an unusually warm Fall here in ole' Portland (make even one Portlandia joke and I will gladly fantasize about poking you in the eyeball).  We had a glorious September and even October so I took advantage of it with a fun little sunset photoshoot.  Once again, my little daughter Emily proved to be the best model ever.  Enjoy!

Bullet Jewelry...Be Gone...Off With You

Those of you that know me know that I am awesome. But also that I have terrible ADD, dislike most people, and have zero patience for doing something over & over again.  How to I maintain relationships, you ask?  Well...I don't really.  That's why I have a cat.  

ANYWAY...

In the crafting world, my hatred for repetition is both inspiring but also a pain in the ass.  Mostly because once something I make becomes popular and people want to buy it is exactly when I get sick of  making it.  Which is why I'll probably never be like SUPER famous.  Which is ok 'cause people freak me out.  

CASE IN POINT: BULLET JEWELRY.

I did it for a while...liked it...then lots of people liked it so I stopped making it because I am my own worst enemy.  BUT I made these instead.  Which I LURV.

These will be featured in the coming holiday season!!  Come & get em'.

Lotta Hardware, Very Little Hippo

Did this little shoot several months back. I like it. We went to the famous Hippo Hardware & of course it was awesome. There's brass & dust & lights & junk so I felt right at home. 

 

 

Oh and as promised...something NEW:

All baubles available HERE! Enjoy peeps.

It's Official...I am a terrible blogger

Can you even call yourself a blogger if you haven't done it for a year?  No?  Yeah, I figured. WELL I'M SORRY OK. I had....stuff...happen...or whatever.  Soooo now I'm gonna play catch up and post a bunch of stuff that already happened so I feel better about myself.  It's all about internal lies, really.  I'm ok with it.

To make this less lame, I promise to add something new for every old thing I post.  So there's that.

This is new:

MEEP MEEP.

OMG NEW BUSINESS CARDS

Have I mentioned before that I have an awesome friend who happens to be a letterpress printer? I'm pretty sure I have. Well anyhoo, her name is Allison & she is the talented proprietor of Lettuce Press. We will be neighbors at Crafty Wonderland this year & have happily become joined at the hip as giggly little craft companions at her printing studio in Portland.

Now, I've been toying with the idea of printing some nifty Agnes cards via her RIDICULOUS presses. They're big & shiny & clunky & have cool names (Hetty & Bib). <3

A few weeks back Allison & I were brainstorming on what an "Agnes" printed card would look like. My ideas were MEH...then she was like "what about a doily" and I was all like LIGHTBULB let's do some lace. And she was all like YES, and I was all like THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD.

AND IT WAS GOOD.

Behold, the Agnes card. Props to Lettuce Press!!! Have her print all your cards/invites/prints & whatever because she's awesome at it. She's also doing a calender. Which will be sold at Crafty. That you can buy. Do it.

Bite The Bullet.

Bullets with chains, bullets with crystal, bullets with pearls, BULLETS BULLETS BULLETS. I love to add these little guys to a craft table! They start conversation (one lady told me bullet shells always remind her of her childhood because she used to use them to catch ants which she would then bury, consequently killing the ants...wtf.), ANYWAYS, they always seems to make people smile so I've tried to keep them fresh & interesting for all you bauble-loving folks out there. I've got quite the collection to be sold exclusively at some upcoming holiday shows! You can always request a bullet bauble from the Agnes Etsy as well, I may even list them eventually. WHAT. Yeah. Proactive.

Enjoy!

All of these baubles (including the matching earrings!) are all under $30 which makes them a steal for holiday gifts!

Agnes Exclusives!

These little gems will ONLY be sold at the Urban Craft Uprising & Crafty Wonderland shows coming up in December! I only have a few of these little beauties to sell so I encourage all of you lovely reader(s) to swoop them up!

First up....drumroll please...

"Oh Deer!" Necklace:

These little guys will be $26.00...perfect gift for my fellow deer collectors.

(I hoard deer figurines, you people should be amazed I even considered letting these go)

Vintage Kellogg Pep Pin Necklaces:

I've got about 6 of these little guys...all for $24.00.

Not too shabby for a little piece of adorable history!

Again, these precious little baubles will ONLY be available at Crafty & UCU shows so you better roll your butt out of bed & snag them! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

I've Got Swag.

For you. Swag for you. They'll be in the Crafty Wonderland goodie bags on December 10 & 11. Gotta get there early though!

Psst...I little known secret is that you get one of these goodies when you buy something. So if you can't drag your lazy ass out of bed early enough to get a goodie bag you can always buy cool shit & then get free cool shit. I know, I know...I'm a genius. You're welcome.

The House That Agnes Built

This house exists. Wrap your mind around that people. No, you can't have the address because it's mine & I'm selfish. Plus if you went there & then took cooler pictures I'd look like a real asshole.

These lovely shots of my darling Emily will eventually be used for a lookbook & website updates but for right now they're just cool. Enjoy!

I'm Secretly A Seamstress

Before I brag about my jewelry making skills, or my photography skills, or my model-finding skills or my blogging skills (incomparable) I would like to give a heartfelt thank you to Ikea. Ikea, you make really cool, shitty things that break a lot. The sheets I buy from you get stolen from the laundry room even though the buttons pop off & they have like an 11-thread count. However, despite your avalanche of short comings, you happen to make textiles that I inevitably end up turning into wedding gowns (see the dilapidated house photo-shoot below). This photo shoot is no different. BEHOLD, the Ikea blanket wedding dress. Which turned back into a blanket the second we took it off.

Pretty great right? I know. My genius knows no bounds. Unless you give me a story problem...then maybe notsomuch 'cause those things are super hard. Luckily none of the things I'm super awesome at have anything to do with story problems. Long story made long, here are some shots from a bridal-esque shoot I did to showcase not only some new baubles but also how hot my co-worker Mary is.