summer social

vendor profile: nicolle null of sacred lotus

Nicolle is  a 27 yr old mother, wife, home-schooler, and photographer located in Portland, Oregon. She lives with her 5 yr old son, her husband and her two Australian shepherds.

She uses a variety of both film and digital cameras and her shots have such positivity, they always brighten my day. In addition to being a fabulous photographer, Nicolle is an amazing baker and will be selling delicious cupcakes at the sale! Yummy...

Visit Nicolle's cool blog here and visit her photo shop here.

Thanks,  Nicolle!

vendor profile: cori kindred

Cori Kindred is one of those people who can find treasure anywhere. She's a thrifter, a photographer, a writer and a mixed media artist. Mostly, Cori is a maker; a do-er of things. The things she makes and the things she does are beautiful.

Cori will be selling hand picked vintage goodies, home made ephemera journals, amazing little art kits, flowers and plants in vintage tins, hand made garlands and beautiful cards. She's even got a few other surprises up her sleeve.

You can check out her site which has links to all the loveliness she produces.

vendor profile: lynn of satsuma press

We are so lucky to have the lovely Lynn of Satsuma Press come to our little sale!

Lynn creates amazingly beautiful, timeless letterpress designs.  You can tell she loves what she does and her eye for detail is admirable.

I've bought several of Lynn's items from local shops and I can't wait to peruse her whole selection in person!

In addition to being a talented print artist, Lynn's personal story is an inspiration to me. You can find a little more about her on the about page of her website and read her journal over here.

vendor profile: tricia martin of taste matters

Tricia Martin is a designer, utilizing all five senses to understand the world around us and expose the beauty of the everyday through Eating Design. It is about the verb ‘to eat,’ creating and offering solutions through an exploration of taste, place, personal history, memory, and community.

In addition to planning awesome events like Pietopia, creating amazing meals like the Secret Supper, Tricia sells beautiful prints in her online shop, glorious posters, and fun tongue in cheek hoodies.  At the Summer Social Sale, Tricia will be offering neat recipe books, prints, hoodies and posters. Oh yeah, she's also developing custom cooking classes that will be available in the near future....keep an eye on this girl!

Check out her awesome blog here.

photobooth testing...

At the Summer Social Sale there will be arts+crafts+food....and a Polaroid Photobooth!

The lovely Amy Nieto, photographer extraordinaire will be all set up to take portraits of you lovely people for you to be able to take home for keeps.

How fun is that?

She will be using vintage Polaroid pack cameras, an awesome backdrop and there will even be cool props and costumes for you to use if you'd like.

Today we had fun testing out the cameras...thanks to James and my adorable neighbors for modeling for me :)

I hope you'll join us at the sale!

Here are some of my favorite shots of Amy's. She's amazing and available for hire!

vendor profile: alyson graves of postal press

If you like to read blogs, you probably know Alyson from her super cool lifestyle blog, Unruly Things. Alyson has a knack for picking out beautiful, simple things to blog about and I am thrilled to share with you her newest venture, postal press.

Alyson will sell beautiful packaging items as well as simple, modern stationary. I'm already swooning over those vintage stamps and twine! I am so happy Alyson will be at the summer social sale.

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Also, we have a few super amazing posters left.

I'm looking for a couple of special places in Portland to hang them.

Any ideas or leads? Maybe you work someplace cool and can hang one for us?

Let me know and I'll get one and/or  some of our postcards over to you.

Did you see how pretty they are:

Thanks for printing them, Chelsea! They are gorgeous. (psst...you can get one over here)

vendor profile: elisabeth bentz textiles

Elisabeth Bentz experimented with screen printing on linen a few years ago and fell in love with the process. Since then she's been screening and sewing a whole line of products and selling them in her etsy shop and brick and mortar shops like my favorite, ink+peat.

I own several of Elisabeth's products and can tell you, they stand up to a lot of abuse. I love the fact that my dishtowels are functional and nice to look at. Elisabeth's simple designs and discerning use of color make for classic items sure to please many folks.

You can follow her great blog over here.

vendor profile: abby powell thompson of abby try again

(This is a little funny because I am Abby Powell Thompson...but I'm embracing the awkwardness and going for it.)

I'm a Portland based, self taught photographer who documents her daily life in film. The cameras I use are vintage ones I've picked up and tinkered with. My main camera is a broken Yashica tl-electro.

I run a personal blog called abby try again as well as a small online shop where I sell prints of my photos.  My photos are often full of colors and soft focus.

At the sale I'll be selling all sizes of prints, post cards and a few surprises.

vendor profile: susan of sulu (suelieu) design

(all photos by Susan)

Many of you reading this probably know the wonderful Susan in one way or another. I am so happy that she'll be offering her creations for sale at the summer social. Susan is the sweetest soul and funny as hell. Her creations are *almost* as awesome as she is.

Susan makes beautiful earrings and necklaces by hand in her gorgeous apartment in NW portland (hey, you can even check out some photos of her place here). Her simple designs are modern and classic all at once-I've given several as gifts and the recipients are always delighted.

Susan also creates pieces inspired by scenes from her daily life. She calls this series "Original Intent" and you can check out more about it here.

Susan's etsy shop is here and her blog is here.

Thanks Susan!