I've Been a Busy Bee.

New work, sneak peek.

Inspired By...

1). Ellen Rogers via Flickr. 2). George Barbier.

"Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy."- Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer.

I Got Glasses!

I feel like a new lady! After years of working on jewelry so close to my face it turns out I'm nearsighted! I had to find out the hard way... the DMV told me I couldn't see very well when I went in to renew my license. Instead of getting bummed out I was actually really excited because it meant that I could go to Hollywood Vintage and pick out a pair of fancy vintage frames. It's amazing how well I can see now!

Halloween!

I've been working on my Halloween costume all day and am so excited about how it turned out! I found the most spectacular black Gunne Sax dress at Goodwill and it fit like a glove. I altered it today and have transformed it into a the perfect little number for a 1920's circus performer. I am working on a headpiece and already have the perfect shoes. I will admit, I've been ridiculously obsessed with all things old-time circus lately... it began with me watching Carnivale and moved onto me reading Water For Elephants and ordering Step Right This Way (The circus photography of Richard Kelty). I'll be spending Halloween evening at Slabtown watching The Silent Numbers performance... and I'll definitely post pictures when I have them!
(*Circus photograph by Richard Kelty).

Holiday Shows

Hard to believe it's that time of year again... but I'm starting to plan for upcoming Holiday Shows! I'll keep you posted with dates as I fine tune things but until then just know that I may be at this year's Crafty Wonderland (I'll find out if I was accepted in a couple of days) and I'll definitely be doing a trunk show at Flutter in early December as well as having an open house sale at my place (also early December). I'm looking forward to it all, now I just have to get busy so I can have enough jewelry to go around!

New Collections.

Brand new! Most of these have been created using the parts that I scavenged on my East Coast trip. Some of these pieces are already for sale at Flutter and some have been added to my shop. What are you waiting for?

http://www.papertreasure.net

Flutter Fall Soiree!

Don't miss this! Those Flutter ladies know how to have a good time, plus I'll be there! A new stock of Paper Treasure jewelry will be there as well...

Sneak Peek: Jamie Meinecke's Senior Collection

I met the very talented Jamie Meinecke a little while back and loaned her some Paper Treasure jewelry to use in the photo shoot for her Senior Collection from the Portland Art Institute. Check us out. More images coming soon.

Keep up with Jaimie's work here: http://www.ninjaseamstress.blogspot.com

Paper Treasure & Noun on Urban Weeds!

I have a huge crush on the site Urban Weeds, http://www.urbanweeds.blogspot.com which features beautiful photographs of Portland's most stylish folks. A little while back Liz from Xtabay was featured on there and now Stephanie from Noun! Noun is an incredible shop and it's always such a pleasure to work with them... Look how adorable Stephanie is (and check out her Paper Treasure charm bracelet!)

Image from http://www.urbanweeds.blogspot.com
Check out Noun! http://www.shopnoun.com