Holiday 2006
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me a Holga from OKOK Gallery. The Holga, a cheap plastic camera that shoots medium-format film, is not a precision instrument; you could shoot the same photo with a hundred different Holgas and not get any two shots that resemble one another.
By Geoff Carter | November 9, 2006
Seattle Style File
Nancy, Schmancy, Fancy+Pants -- there's a lot happening on this short block on Second Avenue. The newest shop is Nancy, a tiny gallery and gift shop owned by artists Kate Greiner and Aaron Murray, who are husband and wife.
By Kathy Schultz | September 27, 2006
Convergence Zone
The duo started their company over a glass of wine in December 2005. Thiele bought a pair of tasseled pasties but never wore them. She wanted something more beautiful, alluring, and playful; something that conjured up images of the sexy – but tasteful – fan dancers of the 1940s. Armed with scissors, glue guns and materials, the pair created flirtatious feathered pasties, floral pasties and butterfly pasties. "We laughed so hard while trying different things," says Thiele.
By Kathy Schultz | August 4, 2006
Convergence Zone
This Capitol Hill shop and gallery carries an eclectic variety of arts and crafts by local artists.
By Kathy Schultz | June 16, 2006
Convergence Zone
What's a girl to do when she's on the road and she: a) is craving chocolate b) breaks a nail c) pops a button d) gets a flat tire e) all of the above She breaks out her Safety Girl Roadside Emergency Kit! The girly lunchbox style kit is...
By Kathy Schultz | May 26, 2006
Eight years ago, when Honolulu native Gail Stringer couldn’t find any leis in Seattle to console a friend who was having a bad day, she did what any determined gal would do: She set up her own shop.
It wasn’t that easy, however. “I realized that selling leis wasn’t lucrative enough; that’s why nobody was offering them,” says Stringer, who moved to Seattle from Hawaii in 1993. “I had to make sure there were other products at the store to support my lei habit.”
By Joann Natalia Aquino | April 27, 2006
Convergence Zone
Just about everything in the Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Central Library is far-out, so it's not surprising that the library gift shop has a clever set-up. When it's closed, the third-floor retail store known as the FriendShop resembles a giant, sky-colored box. During business hours, it slides apart into five separate structures loaded with gifts and artwork crafted by local artists.
By Katherine Sather | March 16, 2006
When husband-and-wife joint proprietors Tom Perilstein and Heather Stockdale first started Milagros Mexican Folk Art 15 years ago, they used to drive from Seattle to Mexico and then go from village to village looking for the finest in Mexican craftsmanship.
By Joann Natalia Aquino | March 15, 2006
Convergence Zone
Ahhh...Valentine's Day. Some people love it and others think it's just another holiday created by corporate evil-doers to make us spend more money or feel like schmucks for blowing it off entirely. Whatever your take on the 14th day of February, taking time out of your everyday routine to officially appreciate your sweetie can't be a bad thing. Nor does it mean you have to subscribe to giving the typical greeting card, red roses or box o' chocolates.
By Lori Hinton | February 6, 2006
Convergence Zone
With the opening of Ballard's Wild at Heart, thousands of secretly kinky Fremonsters, Wallingfordians, Green Lakers and Ballardites who don't want to make the trek to Capitol Hill can enjoy an equal — and in some ways, even more relaxed — adult shopping experience.
By Geoff Carter | January 24, 2006
