Salmon Festival round-up

The Salmon Festival Craft Fair always draws a varied crowd and one of my highlights was running into a friend I hadn't seen since elementary school! In terms of jewellery, the Melrose, Emlyn, and others went to their forever homes. Here is a shot of some of the earrings:


As always, a winner was drawn for a $25 gift card. Congratulations to Genevieve Hohnadel!

Free shipping voucher

The Salmon Festival Craft Fair is coming up soon and everyone who stops by my table inside the Steveston Community Centre gymnasium will get a free shipping voucher like this one, except it will have the code!

Ladies in Pink

The 2012 PINK in the City fundraiser took place at Society on June 24th and ARIA INDUSTRIES was proud to be a sponsor! The one-of-a-kind Christelle earrings were a raffle prize and all attendees at the fundraiser took home a code for free shipping for the shop. As well, the first five people who said "cancer sucks" also got a special code for 25% off any online order!


L to R: Socorro, event organizer Ying Ying of Sophisticated Adventure Consulting, me, and Hannah.

Pay in person with plastic!

ARIA INDUSTRIES is excited to announce that in addition to cash, credit cards will be accepted at the Salmon Festival Craft Fair this year! With picture ID, customers can pay for their purchases with MasterCard or Visa - this will be a trial run to see how well Paypal's services mesh with a craft fair environment. Come see the jewellery in person in the Steveston Community Centre gymnasium on July 1st!

Trio of beauties

Three of the most recent additions to the shop have interesting names: Circe was named after the goddess that Homer's Odysseus spent a year with on his fabulous journey; Damietta was named after the Egyptian port city where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea; and Sarinda was named after an Indian stringed instrument I fell in love with at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The last one features a large pink tourmaline in the centre of a shiny sterling silver frame, while a large citrine, lemon quartzes, and mystic pink quartzes dangle below with crystal quartzes:

Worldly Gia

Eighteen new items have just been added to the shop at aileen.etsy.com including the Gia earrings. Sharp eyes will notice they feature the same sterling silver component as the Paige and Cyrilla, but these earrings have their own style.

A true study in international collaboration, the stunning Swiss and London blue topazes were handpicked at a bead show in New York, while the sparkly lemon quartzes were found at a similar event in Hawaii. The tiny crystal quartzes were sourced during a trip to Seattle, and the chandelier components were from my favourite sterling silver shop in the Hong Kong district of Sham Shui Po. Doesn't the combination look amazing?

Christelle kicks cancer to the curb!

I am happy to announce that ARIA INDUSTRIES has donated a pair of earrings to a special charity event taking place this summer! PINK in the City combines fun and fundraising to aid research into curing women's cancers and this year's society party theme will be a blast!

The Christelle earrings were inspired by rain and will be a raffle prize at the June 24th event in Vancouver. The only way to get in is to order tickets online and there are a limited number so get your tickets now!

Coming to a craft fair!

Exciting news! ARIA INDUSTRIES has been selected for the Salmon Festival Craft Fair as part of the 2012 Steveston Salmon Festival! As in previous years, getting a table at this craft fair is by lottery because of the number of interested vendors always exceeds the space inside the Steveston Community Centre gymnasium. The craft fair is less than two months away and it will be great to debut all the new pieces!

Original Jemima

As promised last time, here is the original design for the Jemima earrings:


In the meantime, things have been busy in the ARIA INDUSTRIES studio... Several pairs of earrings have already been made including the Iris, which features turquoise and capiz shells, and the Agnes earrings, which are even fancier than the Jemima. Stay tuned for some previews of the new pieces!

Sexy Jemima

I'm back from New York, the items purchased during the SPRINGISSPRUNG sale have been shipped, and twelve pairs of earrings have been newly added to the shop at aileen.etsy.com! One of my favourites is the Jemima and I will post some pictures of the original design next time.