The Joy of Jewelry

A shout out to the uber talented Athena Delene who has been taking some awesome photos for us.
We love the one below so much we're using it for our Susan Goodwin Trunk Show image!
And Athena's going to be a the show taking pics for us of everybody in their  bejeweled fabulousness

So yes Susan Goodwin Trunk Show - Friday May 6th (right before Mother's Day) starting at 3 pm!
Plus it's First Friday and there's several great art shows on our block.

 

Lindsay rocking some jewelry in a quieter moment

Jewelry Love

A little look back through the Passionflower archives....two years ago.....

So many beautiful things have passed through the shop over the years.

Feeling nostalgic and sentimental.

More Mind Blowing Loveliness from the Talented Susan Goodwin

 Just some super beautiful images that crossed our email this morning as we're getting ready for our May Day Trunk Show with Susan.

Can not wait to see what she's got up her sleeve!

Hippity Hop, Easter Is on It's Way

Having the best time going through old photos.(looking for the perfect, elusive, Easter Bonnet Contest photo)...I think this was Lindsey and Tara one day dressing up the bunny in all kinds of jewelry.  Yes, you think we're a retail store, but there's an element of kindergarten fantasy too!

Click here to shop some of our Easter offerings online

The Year of the Sheep

Happy Chinese New Year during this the year of the sheep (or the ram or the goat) which my Chinese friends tell me is all about community because sheep are gentle animals that like to hang together in groups.  So we're hoping for lots of community building (code for parties) at Passionflower this year.

We're starting with a party for Hatch Oregon on First Friday in March. Come find out all about this innovative way you can be a good sheep and invest in your community! 

Then First Friday in April we're having our big Passionflower Turns 21 /Easter Bash Blowout Extravaganza  (start working on that Easter Bonnet now!)
Come be part of our flock!
 

photo of a beautiful carved mammoth ivory necklace on a red brass chain from Exstasia.

Shop it here!

Something Beautiful

Just a little photo of a beautiful piece of jewelry - copper enamel coral pendant with a necklace of  the teensiest, tiniest little pearls we've ever seen.  Something beautiful. And handmade.  That is all.

Jewelry at Passionflower

  We are primping  our jewelry cases at the store.

And polishing everything so it's bright and sparkly -

And finding turquoise a lovely antidote to all that Valentine's pink (not that we don't love pink, because we love pink, just not all pink, all the time)!

May we all have a little moment of turquoise in our lives.

 

Bling, Bling

And now a little holiday bling, straight from the cases at Passionflower

 

Just in case you were thinking we were getting a little too minimal around here on the old blog!

Happy hunting!  Happy Holidays! 

Navone Jewelry at Passionflower

You know there's a lot of independent jewelry makers  out there in the world. And people want to sell it to me all the time at Passionflower.  And I say no a lot. There's a lot of reasons jewelry doesn't work for the store. Sometimes it seems too much like something we already have and sometimes it's just wrong for us and sometimes the price point is just way too high and sometimes I've spent all my allocated dollars and sometimes I'm just too busy to give it the time it deserves. And then, every now and then, there's a line that really stands out.  Hasn't happened in a while until Laurel said to me, "You might want to check out my friend Rachel Dean's jewelry.  She lives in Bend and I think it would be a good fit for us."  "Um, yes OK, I will".  And then Rachel sent me a lot of photos (all priced) and I could tell, not only did she have something original and fabulous to sell, she also had it together as a business person. And I need both those things to make it work here at Passionflower. So I said YES Please! 

And Rachel came over from Bend and we picked a really fun selection.  And now she's a house staple.  Her work definitely has a relaxed, boho vibe but add good design and color sense and it really sings.  It's mostly brass, beadwork, and gemstones but she adds thread and leather sometimes too.  And since Rachel seems like the energizer bunny when it comes to production, we thought it would be really fun to have a trunk show so you can see the huge, vast array of her work.  Please join us Thursday November 20th. We're open until 7 and will be serving a little bubbly and playing some lovely tunes.  

Or should partying on a Thursday evening prove too much for you, there's always our online jewelry store!

The One and Only Navone Jewelry

I'm working on doing some promo pieces for some fall trunk shows we have happening. Which basically means I'm looking for cool images.  Found this one from our amazing new jeweler Rachel Dean with Navone Jewelry in Bend.  I feel so lucky to have her work at the store. It's a great fit and it doesn't duplicate work we already have. In short, she's an original!  Stay tuned for a Navone trunk show in November.  More beautiful jewelry than you can imagine.

And while we're talking jewelry, do you think jewelry can bring you supernatural powers?  Well if we lived in the middle ages or studied ayurveda  we might.  And I have done neither of those things but I do think wearing jewelry is magical. I wore one of Rachel's rings all through my Oaxaca trip and I swear it made me more creatively inclined.

fabulous photo courtesy Rachel Dean

I think the Rings are my Favorite

Sometimes a girl gets lucky.  Like when your fabulous new employee tells you she has a friend who is a  jeweler in Bend and said friend does actually send pics of lots and lots and lots of beautiful jewelry and it is all priced in a professional way and it's kind of like nothing you've seen before....but it is kind of like things you've seen before so it is that perfect combination of the familiar and unfamiliar.  

The hammered metal makes me think of Ancient Greece and the beading and tassles and  wirework just take it to some other place.  Like maybe some beachside  bar on an island in the Aegean.

Can you tell I'm a little excited about this new jewelery  line Navone that we're carrying? 

And it looks pretty fabulous with these African beaded pieces from our friend on Vashon Island Sandrhyme.

Love carrying so much local jewelry.  There's a lot of talent out there.

Susan Goodwin Jewelry Comes to Town

 The ever talented Susan Goodwin will be joining us for a trunk show next Friday at 2 and her work will be up until Saturday afternoon.

 Word on the street is that Susan has radically changed her display and I had a little sneak peek when I visited her in Carlton.  It's ephemeral and incorporates photographs.  Susan not just a great jeweler.
She's a talented artist who has spent most of her adult life living off the fruits of what she creates with her hands.  I have so much admiration for people who do that. Just stick to their one thing and ride with it as far and long as they can - constantly re-inventing themselves and, at the same time, staying true to who they are.

I always find something lovely for myself. And hope you come and find something lovely too.

Beautiful Frida Earrings

And while I'm in the Valentine's mood, this pair of kissing dove earrings  would be quite perfect for Cupid's holiday.

Opening Our Online Store

 

You heard it here first.  We're open for online shopping!  Mostly jewelry but a few other goodies too.

It's a work in progress and it's been fun.  Check it out and enjoy!

shoppassionflower.com 

photo by Jane in the Woods Photographie for Passionflower

Susan Goodwin Jewelry at Passionflower

 

  You might want to put this on your calendar.  Our Susan Goodwin trunk show starts the day after Thanksgiving and goes through Saturday afternoon.  We always like that we have what it takes in Eugene to show her the love.   And we definitely couldn't do it without you.  

As always , it will be spectacular.  Susan will be here Friday evening.  She's a wonderfully generous person (not to mention supremely talented) who has a knack for helping you find something just for you.

We are so looking forward to it.

The Mother of all Mothers

 

How outrageous is this piece of jewelry I spied at the Pyrrha booth at the New York Now show?  It's halfway between amazing necklace and breastplate. Let's just say it was so outrageous, they didn't even have a price on it.  In the meantime, I bought a whole slew of lovely Pyrrha miniature pendants which i though would make lovely layering pieces. 

 

 

Transformation

Nature in some of her most amazing magnificence....simple pendants with butterfly wings inside them.  I have my favorites.  How about you?

No two alike.

Holiday Jewelry Bling at Passionflower

 I am suffering from world's most annoying headcold.  And so, because I can barely put two sentences together, thought I would leave you with a little photo montage of some of our holiday jewelry from some of our favorite vendors.

Gorgeous cloisonne pendant from Swallow.

 One of a kind Susan Goodwin.

 

Gypsy makes this dramatic pearl turqouise lariat.

 

And longtime vendor Exstasia with a handcarved mammoth ivory acorn on a carnelian chain. 

Like Becky says, we're glamourous nature girls, because after we come home from that lovely trek in the woods, we want to take a hot bath and put on some velvet and bling and go celebrate the season ((As soon as the headcold goes away!)

The ever fascinating, always inspiring jeweler Susan Goodwin shows her work at the store Thursday the 29th of November.  That's the Thursday after Thanksgiving.  You can come over to the store in the afternoon from 4-7 and Susan will be here.  She'll take over our large middle table with color coded gems, one of a kind pieces and her own very special magic.  We'll play some Pink Martini and have a little bubbly, learn about some new gemstones, try on everything, and just have some fun.

  Click here to see a Facebook album of some of Susan's recent work. 

And click here if you'd like the event link so you can invite someone to go with you.