Made it to the Final Round of Commune's Contest!

Thanks so much to everyone who voted for me in the first round!!! Click here to vote and to watch the video:
 http://bit.ly/Commune-Feed-Need-Not-Greed
(Just click the pink vote button under my photo.) You can vote once a day until May 5th! Sorry to bother you but it only takes a second. Thank you so much!

Commune is a movement of artists, designers, musicians and folks that take a stand against tobacco corporations and their presence in the scene. Every month they host an event with a local band, DJ, designer and artist at Commune Wednesdays. I got to be their featured artist last Wednesday at Signal Kitchen.

They had Com Truise and other great DJs and a photo booth! So many people came out to this show and boogied down.

This campaign is called “Feed Need Not Greed” and will help raise awareness about world hunger caused by the tobacco industry. They chose 3 local vendors from each of the Commune cities (San Diego, San Francisco and Burlington) and I won for Vermont!
    
So they flew their video guy, Kevin, out from San Diego to film me in this featurette. We had just gotten back from Costa Rica and I was 2 days into a bad cold, luckily you can't really tell! I got to choose the music: Antibalas N.E.S.T.A (Never Ever Submit to Authority) an appropriately titled song and a fun and funky background sound. Kevin did an amazing job editing it all together.

The potential prizes for the finalist round are: 1st - $750, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $250. Commune will donate $1 per vote up to $1,000 to neverendingfood.org to go towards projects that help alleviate and/or contribute to healthy crops among tobacco growing communities in Malawi, Africa. So please vote!

Thank you! xoxo

Happenings

It's easy to never leave the house in winter, or at least not leave often. Working from home, days can blur together into a sea of chain and beads and earring parts and bits of wire. Not being a fan of the cold and this being an especially long (LOOOONG) winter, I was happy to get out and about a bit this past week.

Yesterday I had the fun of modeling a few things for Nicole's Threads. Like this dress, which I completely must have. I just pre-ordered one and you can too HERE. There are 4 rad colors to choose from. Note: Yay I'm not quite as pale as the wall! Also I'm wearing my Kyanite Necklace.

A few days ago, I posted these earrings on Facebook and within 2 days 7 pairs had sold! These were inspired by Rachel Cloutier (owner of Sweet Lady Jane and Trinket). They are hammered and oxidized brass with sterling and brass chain. They are super long, very swingy and shimmery, light and free, still edgy and mysterious...and very rock and roll. Find them in my Etsy Shop
or at Trinket.

Last week I did a little trip South. You can now find my work at the Shoe Horn in Montpelier! Not only do they have a wonderful shoe selection, they have a large variety of clothing that's both fashionable and comfortable. I put together this custom display for them, it really shows off the earrings well. Here Marin is receiving the first batch!

I also stopped by the Stoweflake Spa. Elements, the Spa boutique carries the best products and features many Vermont made lines such as: Lunaroma, Way Out Wax and VT Artisan Tea Co. In May they will be carrying my wholesale line! When I first saw this great shop I thought my Chakra wraps would fit in perfectly and I'm so excited to work with the lovely staff.

Mel and Juliana from the Stoweflake spa modeling their new earrings!
If you haven't seen me posting about the contest I'm currently in (which is probably not possible cause I've been shoutin' it from the rooftops!) You can read about it HERE. And if you've been voting for me, THANK YOU!!! So much! You can keep voting once a day until April 4th. 

Not much else to report, just trying to make it through the Arctic tundra that is VT and longing for spring. The lake is still frozen and my bones are a bit creaky but I am gettin' a lot of work done...

Please Vote For Me!

When you vote you get a coupon code for my shop!

To vote: First go the link: http://bit.ly/Commune-Feed-Need-Not-Greed and "like" it, then click on my image where it says VOTE on the image. They will receive your public profile and friend list. I hope that's okay! You can vote once a day for the next 3 weeks so please vote daily if you can. Sorry to bother you! I wouldn't ask but as contests go, with only 9 contestants my chances seem pretty good. It would be awesome to make it to the final round and have a video made of me and my work and to have a chance for 1 of the cash prizes!

Read more about the contest below. Thanks so much for considering this!

Commune has asked me to take part in their competition. Commune is a movement of artists, designers, musicians and people that take a stand against tobacco corporations and their presence in the scene. 

Every month they host an event with a local band, DJ, designer and artist at Commune Wednesdays. By celebrating local and educating people about the things Big Tobacco does or contributes to that they may not otherwise support, they hope to shift the creative scene image from one that smokes to one that focuses more on creativity, music and art. This Wednesday will be Jacques Greene at Signal Kitchen. Next month I will be the featured artist! 
   
For this contest, they chose 3 local vendors from each of the Commune cities (San Diego, San Francisco and Burlington) to compete to win a grand prize of $750. This campaign is called “Feed Need Not Greed” and will help raise awareness about world hunger caused by the tobacco industry. 
    
There are 2 rounds of voting, after the first round 3 finalists (1 from each of the 3 cities) get a featurette video filmed by Commune's video crew and a 1 in 3 chance of winning $750. The potential prizes for the finalist round are: 1st - $750, 2nd - $500, 3rd - $250. Also, during the finalist round Commune will donate $1 per vote up to $1,000 to an organization that helps feed children in a country heavily affected by hunger caused by Big Tobacco.  

I'm so psyched to have been chosen as one of 3 vendors to represent Vermont and to help spread the word about Commune and their efforts. To vote go to: http://bit.ly/Commune-Feed-Need-Not-Greed
Thank you!