Modern Relics 2015 - Hit My Kickstarter Goal!!!

So happy to have reached my goal on Kickstarter! Thank you all so much for your support - just 40 hours to go! I'm going to use additional funds toward advertising for the show and at the show, excited to be able to do that! 

Mother's day is Sunday... If you'd like to pick out a piece for your sweet mama or wife, I'm happy to send them a special gift card in time, with your personal message, letting them know they'll be receiving a new piece of jewelry next month and before it's available in shops. Just let me know!

Here's the gorgeous Molly modeling what will soon be her new Mixed Texture Circle necklace, goes great with her Sweet Lady Jane earrings. 

Took a nice little bike ride last week and came upon this moment of zen.

 That night I ran back out to get these gorgeous sunset and moon photos! 

On Friday I helped Nicole open her AMAZING new shop in Winooski called Birdfolk. What a great time! 

Fun to see my work on display there! 

So great to get that email last Friday night! Thank you all so SO much! Getting this email was a wonderful way to kick off the weekend. 

To those who've pledged, a survey will be sent out when the project ends that will allow you to select your piece(s). I've already contacted many local backers for their answers, I hope to have those pieces ready in time for pick up at my studio opening in early June. Above is a photo of the two most popular rewards so far - the Brass Riveted Relic and the Carved Silver Moon. Thank you again, so much, to those who've backed my project and spread the word! I can't wait to get the rewards out!

Last Minute Holiday Gift Guide - 8 Gifts From $28 - $98

Here's 8 (GREAT!) gift ideas under $100. These range from $28 to $98 through $10 increments. Something for everyone! These are all still available in my Etsy Shop, just click on the link under each image to purchase. You can even use coupon code FREESHIP but orders must be made by tomorrow to get these by XMAS.
I also have ONE MORE SHOW! Find me and all your favorite BCA Artist Market vendors at City Hall in Burlington this Friday (4-8) and Saturday (10-6) for the Annual Holiday Artist Market.

1) For your Pop: Brass Keychain $28 - Great stocking stuffer! This features a kind of patchwork pattern which delineates the 14 Vermont counties. The VT letters are made up of my signature "patch" design. 

2) For your new Girlfriend/Boyfriend: Tiny Sterling Key $38 - This little key is a sterling replica of a vintage skeleton key. 

3) For your Daughter or Son: Tree Pendant $48 -This lovely piece features a tree on one side and a leaf pattern on the other. Wear it on either side, great for an "every day" necklace. 

4) For your Momma: Small Copper Crescents $58

Can’t go wrong with my crescents! The color on the copper is due to a Flame-patina, which is a spontaneous process and allows for an array of red/orange colors patterns, no two are exactly alike.  

5) For your Wife: Ring Holder Necklace $68 - This simple necklace resembles a horse shoe and serves as a ring holder. I had a request from a massage therapist, she wanted a necklace that she could hang her wedding ring from so she could have her hands free. Also great for pregnant women for when finger sizes change.

6) For Rockin’ Out New Years Eve! Large Silver Pendulum $78
They are definitely related to my crescent earrings but maybe somewhat edgier, flashier, a bit more dramatic, a modernized/ futuristic version yet still an Ethnic and tribal feel. 

7) For Yourself? You deserve it! Sterling Ladder Necklace $88

This modern necklace is so edgy but so simple. Sleek, thick, hammered sterling is united by oxidized sterling chain. 

For a Good Friend - Gold Chakra Necklace $98

Chakra Kahn - healing pendants. There are 7 major chakras. Each one has specific associations with certain elements, glands, colors, gemstones and physical and emotional disorders. Each one is also related to a personality trait, which can manifest in positive or negative ways depending if it’s energy is balanced or imbalanced. 

24k gold fused to pure silver suspended from precious stone strand.

First Annual Trunk Show at Heartfire Henna

Come down to Rebecca Freedner's cozy studio, in the heart of Vergennes this Saturday from 12-5. Heartfire Henna is located at 237 Main St, Vergennes. See the Facebook invite HERE. Shop some of the finest art and craft in the area, curated and assembled just for you. Have a snack and warm cup of tea while you browse pottery, jewelry, hand bags, ironwork, and more. Bring your friends and make a day of it maybe have lunch at Three Squares or chocolates at Daily Chocolate? 

Check out new work by Rebecca, she will also be doing henna so make some time among the hectic holidaze to get adorned!

David Matesi - Vermont Wood and Iron Works 

I love my blue mason jar mug, these make such great gifts.

Me! I've even reduced the prices on all of my Druzy Pendants.

Josie Furchgott Sourdiffe  - Feisty Ink I have this tank top and I love it!

Tessa Valyou - Foliage Handbags Can't go wrong with one of these bags, what a nice gift!

Carry Root - The Root Studio Carrie has great holiday decorations and soft gifts for little ones!

and Samantha Cofino -pottery

There will even be a cookie decorating space, by donation, to benefit the John Graham Shelter which tirelessly serves families in housing transition/crisis right here in Vergennes.

Where to Find My Work this Holiday Season - Shops, Shows and Sales!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I'm very excited to be a vendor at the Women's Festival of Crafts this weekend. This is always a wonderful show, now in it's 25th year, I think it's my 8th year! Find me at booth 42, I'm sharing my booth with Molly and it is her first show, come drool over her gorgeous rings! 

 You can also find my work in 7 shops across the state and 7 shops across the country! 

 I'm giving out lil JK jute gift bags with purchase at the show this weekend. I'll also have special re-usable gift tins. 

Trinket is fully stocked for the holiday season. Rachel picked a huge selection of earrings. 

 Trinket and Sweet Lady Jane and Spellbound, as well as many other shops on Church St are all taking part in #ShopSmallBTV

 Spellbound is also having a sale, 20% off all full price items store wide - which means you can get my Kahn Man line on sale!

Everything's Coming Up Druzy

I just love how dramatic these druzy cabs are, they look like they're filled with overflowing sugar or a dimension to some other sparkly galaxy. Druzy crystals take hundreds to thousands of years to form, as molten rock begins cools with trapped gases inside. The gases cause gaps in the rock and groundwater flows through the gaps. Centuries go by like this and minerals crystallize forming this concentrated crystallization. I've used PMC (Precious Metal Clay) pure silver for the setting which is why it has an organic look and textured design. I chose an open back because these pieces look so beautiful when the light shines through. These are all available in my Etsy shop.

Kahn Man - Coming Soon to Spellbound

For over a decade I've just been making things and adding them to my "line" and now I'm starting to separate pieces out into collections. For a while now Mara Brazilian has been requesting that I make jewelry for her store Spellbound (previously Salaam), we've talked about me making a "man" line to accompany the large selection of men's clothing and accessories that they carry. So now I'm pulling apart my line and rebranding most of my pendants (the ones that come on black waxed cotton cord) into Kahn Man. (Heh.) 

These pieces parlay perfectly into a man line, really they are unisex. Simple but eye catching, they are a mix of industrial and rustic, and look great on guys. Guys could use some cool, edgy jewelry made of sterling or brass. I'm making the necklaces longer and the clasps bigger. There will also be keychains - great gifts. This is all happening just in time for the holidays and exclusively at Spellbound. I plan to add onto this line in the new year. It's really exciting to move these over, change them, develop them and rebrand them while still keeping them under the umbrella of Jennifer Kahn Jewelry. So be sure to check out Spellbound this holiday season, I should have these there by the end of November.

So happy to have my work in 2 places on Church St! Trinket will now carry a much larger selection of earrings and they will be very well stocked for the holidays. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful Halloween weekend!

Taking Stock...

As I sit here...procrastinating from cleaning my studio, I'm reflecting on this past Artist Market season. This is the first year I haven't attended every market and this is the first year I started wholesaling. I loved having the ebb and flow of markets and store orders. I would think how well it worked out that one week I would have the market and the next I would fulfill an order and then realize that it worked out like that cause I scheduled it like that! 
•It's really nice to not have a weather dependent income and to have some Saturdays off! 
•It's also nice to be able to transition to something new but maintain the stability (and joy!) of the market. 
•Doing fewer markets made all of them good markets! Instead of ups and downs they were all really great and I'm so thankful for that.
You can read about how I made the switch HERE.

New 3 Piece Turquoise collar necklace and new Sterling Hoops

I started the year with my work in Trinket (where it has been since Rachel opened in '09) and the Stowe Craft Gallery where I had my work last holiday season.

When it came to finding new shops, I figured my best bet was to focus on Vermont. The Shoe Horn had been trying to get my work for a few years and they were happily on board to represent me in Montpelier. Then I got into Common Deer in Shelburne and then the Stoweflake Spa reached out and ordered. I contacted one of my favorite galleries, Gallery in the Woods in Brattleboro and they ordered too. This was a great start and it gave me the confidence and credibility to seek out shops in New England.

I did a lot of research. For every artsy/hip/funky/bohemian town I would look for a cool boutique and a shop that carried handmade goods. I would send both emails and catalogs and hope that one would write me back and this often worked! One of my favorite shops I've found is Ode. In July, instead of doing a market on a Saturday, I did a trunk show on a Friday at Ode and then they became an account.

Wherever we travelled, I set up appointments, some of those shops will be carrying my work next year. I managed to get my wraps into an Oxygen bar and my earrings into a beautiful shop, Maya in Santa Fe. 

I also had my share of rejections but there's no time to get upset about those. I would just cast a wider net, write more shops and move forward...plenty of shops in the sea!

I've had 3 Etsy wholesale orders since getting juried in last May. Each one has been super exciting, especially not having to make the effort to find the shop - they find me! And they just order! And it's gotten Colorado -T.Karn Imports, Washington D.C. -Wake Up Little Suzie, and Maine -Nest on the map! 

Montana from Trinket recommended my work to Magpie in NYC and Earth and Wears was carrying my chakra wraps and she just picked up my earrings. 

So now I'm in 13 shops! And most are ordering for the holidays and I'm just a tad... slightly... FREAKED OUT!!! Luckily I have my two interns, Molly and Fiona to help out. So thankful for them, I don't know what I would do without them. I can take a break from looking for new shops now and focus on the ones I'm in, I'll resume the search next year. Meanwhile more random Etsy Wholesale orders could come through so that's exciting/terrifying.

This year I'm taking it easy on shows, just the Women's Festival of Crafts and the Holiday Artist Market. I usually do 4 but I have to make room for shop orders. 

So that's where I'm at. Feeling super proud at getting to this point. Feeling like I've taken a huge leap forward in my business. Excited to send my little babies out into the world to fend for themselves, they are in great care in these gorgeous shops and galleries. 

I guess it's time to clean my studio...

This week in pictures

The most beautiful time of the year in Vermont! Been taking a lot of photos...

View of Mansfield in all it's fall glory from Underhill

This tree in Underhill was fiery red!

Gorgeous yellow trees by the King St Ferry

Sunset view from the Ice House

Kayaking on Lake Champlain

Visiting Kiwi pup at Celie's

Patiently (not so patiently) waiting for a treat

At Celie's - like a painting!

Love the colors - at Celie's

Kithcari lunch with Celie

Pear and Root Chakra Wrap

Finished a BIG order for Ode boutique!

Necklaces for Ode! 

What glorious autumn things have you been up to?