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Magazine Bracelets

Back when I was in high school, I made bracelets out of gum wrappers. I would buy them in bulk, not even eat the gum and just make bracelets to sell at Portland Saturday Market. Then Wrigley’s discontinued using paper wrappers. Not too long ago, I decided to revisit the concept, using magazine paper instead. [...]
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Wild Ones Best New Band

In a sister piece to my Wild Ones Publicity Shots post, here’s a fancy dancey photo of Wild Ones (and my photo of them) appearing in this year’s Best New Band issue of Willamette Week. Out of the five bands I voted for, they were my top pick on my ballot for the paper’s annual [...]
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Wild Ones Publicity Shots

Hello old news! Yes, all the way back when spring was beginning to sprout its first leaves and petals were sprinkling from branches, I shot publicity shots for Wild Ones, hands-down my fave Portland quintet. So lush! So pretty! Is that about their music or their photogenic qualities??? Let’s say both, so even if it [...]
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Death By Pop Party Photos

So I’m back in Berlin and back in the swing of party photos. For the last two Fridays I’ve jaunted down to White Trash in Prenzlauerberg to capture the party peoples who come to dance to a mix of electro and indie. There’s even been two bands to boot – Nathaniel Fregoso of the Blood [...]
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Action Weaving

So guess what I’ve learned in recent weeks? Etsy Deutschland hosts free craft classes and this past Monday I went to one! While they tend to typically be held at their lab location, this one was held in the quirky outdoors of Kjosk across the street from Gorlitzer Bahnhof. And what did entail? Action weaving! [...]
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First Full Day Back in Berlin

Did I spend it exploring? Soaking up the sun? Looking at flats? Not quite. First of all – it was quite overcast, secondly I was locked in. From the outside and without keys on the inside. So what did I do instead? Watch the remaining episodes I had left of Mad Men Season 4 and [...]
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Drop offs and Mail outs

Before I left Portland for Berlin, I had some busy days doing drop-offs at local stores and mailing out items that had been purchased on etsy and via Facebook/Paypal. First I hit up the US Post Office to mail out a Portland on My Sleeve Canvas Tote Bag to Paris on behalf of Simon, stylist [...]
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Portland on My Sleeve in Powell’s

Hark! What can now be found at Powell’s City of Books downtown??? Portland on My Sleeve tote bags!! Why yes, prominently displayed in the gift section of the orange room are the tote bags that I make. Dream dos accomplished! Air high-five! Of course this has been a goal from Day 1. When I returned [...]
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Oregonian Feature!!!

Whoo-hoo! A few weeks ago something so magical happened on the way to the races. What races? I don’t know – it just sounded fancy, but anyways – the Oregonian ran a feature on me and the Portland-themed canvas tote bags that I make! So psyched! Running both in the paper and on the web, [...]
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A Perfect Circle for Spin.com

Wednesday night was a night of firsts. How so? Well, Miss Nilina has a brand new camera and Wednesday night marked her very first night of putting it to use. Not only putting it to use, but even turning it on… ahahaha… Last week an email arrived in my inbox. Actually they do everyday, but [...]
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