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RAW Artists: Mixology 07.19.2012

My jewelry display @ Bossonova Ballroom

Some of my new items below. Check out Berezki Jewelry for more new jewelry pieces!

Jewelry Displays

So, I am currently preparing for the art show on July 19th, here in Portland OR (again, if you are interested in coming, please visit http://www.rawartists.org/portland/mixology for more info!)

I am trying to decide how to display my jewelry. This is a project all by itself!  I was looking into some jewelry displays for examples and inspiration, and I found this great website:  http://www.houzz.com/jewelry-display  - It has a lot of different displays and even great ideas on how to display jewelry in your home!  Here are a few displays I really liked (captions are clickable) -

Montlake Traditional Bedroom

Park Cities Project - Contemporary Closet

Contemporary Dining Room

Channer Residence

Jewelry Rack - Contemporary Closet

Bedroom Focal Point

Vintage Inspired Apartment

RAW Natural Born Artists - Portland, OR

If you are here in Portland, I really suggest checking this out!

On July 19th @ 8pm, RAW Natural Born Artists presents Mixology - a multi-faceted artistic showcase. Each RAW event features a film screening, musical performance, fashion show, art gallery, performance art and featured hairstylist and makeup artists! Check out more information below - 

http://www.rawartists.org/portland/mixology  

 

I will be one of the artists there, featuring my jewelry line!  Please check out my profile here- http://www.rawartists.org/berezki  

 

If you do decide to come, please buy tickets on-line, and don't forget to select me (Berezki Jewelry) as supporting artist :)

Can't wait, will be lots of fun! Hope you can join!

Purples...

Love this photographer and make up artist, here in Portland, Oregon!

You can check her website out here - 

http://christineshieldsphoto.com

This photo captured my attention first, in love with the rich purples :) Now I want clothes with ruffles and rich colors like these! Might have to go shopping.. ;)

Quotes on Design

I needed some inspiration, some justification that I am not crazy, that design does matter, beauty and elegance is important in life, and that there is no design without intelligent thinking.  So, in the midst of all the people who were surrounding me lately that have no understanding on what design is and why it is needed, I began to doubt myself on the subject and quickly needed an escape.

I was browsing the web and found a great website/graphic designer, who reminded me that great design and beauty does make me happy, and it is a wonderful escape from the mundane and boring which surrounds us sometimes. 

A great tool or reference for design students, or maybe just for some inspiration -  www.davidairey.com

On a side note, I simply loved this idea of wrapping paper, found on David Airey's blog.
You can read about it here - How to make universal wrapping paper

Here is a collection of quotes on design that gave me a little uplift today...

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

 - Joss Whedon

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.

 - Mark Twain

The sudden hunch, the creative leap of mind that "sees" in a flash how to solve a problem in a simple way, is something quite different from general intelligence.

 - Martin Gardner

Interesting things never happen to me. I happen to them.

 - Bernard Shaw

To create a memorable design you need to start with a thought that's worth remembering.

 - Thomas Manss

 The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

 - David Ogilvy

There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think the old code is a mess. The reason that they think the old code is a mess is because of a cardinal, fundamental law of programming: It's harder to read code than to write it.

 - Joel Spolsky

A friend once insisted to me that the plural of "moron" is "focus group."

 - Ethan Marcotte

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

 - Warren Buffett

I met with a potential client today and part of their opening gambit was how they were looking for revolutionary work delivered within a tight timescale and if the work could be done at a reduced rate, then they'd be able to send a load more work our way. ..They were saying that they wanted work that was fast, good and cheap. And if the work was fast, good and cheap enough, the reward would be the offer of more work that is fast, good and cheap. ...Let me be clear about this, these people are evil, and their work is poison.

 - Hoss Gifford

When is the last time you saw a Lamborghini sale?

 - Chris Campbell

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

 - Maya Angelou

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

 - Oscar Wilde

Clients are the difference between design and art.

 - Michael Bierut

Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one.

 - Stella Adler

Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.

 - Paul Kleen

An ad should be an appetizer, not a buffet.

 - Lee Clow's Beard

For more quotes, you can visit - www.QuotesOnDesign.com

RESILIENCE

To spread the mission of Oncology Youth Connection (a nonprofit organization) to "Support young people challenged with cancer by providing a community of peers to inspire resilience during and after treatment."
You can purchase these bracelets on my Etsy site - berezki.etsy.com -  and a portion of the sales will be donated to this organization.
For more information on OYC, you can visit Oncology Youth Connection