Friday, May 14th, 2010
Trunk Shows: Past & Future
Thanks everyone who came to Heidi Sowa's fabulous trunk show! Scroll down for pictures of her fabulous wares.
Now we're having yet another trunk show!
Saturday, May 22nd - 5pm-8pm
In just one week we're having a party for the mind-blowing collaboration between Betsy Cross and Isaac B Watson. You may know Isaac as one of our ingenious artists, taking upcycling to the next level with his brilliant Focal Length Designs camera lens bracelets. Betsy Cross is the designer-proprietress extraordinare behind betsy & iya, the incredibly popular line of jewelry in which refined elegance meets bold, vintage grit. Together, they have created a new line of necklaces and earrings, called Betsy + i, combining materials and aesthetics of their existing lines, bridging the gap between vintage and industrial, deconstruction and reclamation.
Pictures from Heidi's Trunk Show
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Old Town Florist Mother's Day give away at Small Victories!
That's a mouthful isn't it? The first of our Mother's Day give-aways has arrived and it's an incredible Orchid provided by our friends at Old Town Florist! Yay.
To win this prize or 4 other prizes including gift certificates to take your mom to dinner, jewelry and other super-fun surprises, post a picture of your mom to our Facebook wall or sign up for our newsletter on First Thursday!
Mother's Day!
By now, I hope you've heard about our Mother's Day sale on Friday and Saturday. We'll be having 15% off all items all day Friday and will be serving refreshments (tea, lemonade, cupcakes, maybe something else...) from 4-7pm. But Saturday is the big day. From 12noon-3pm, we'll be having a Trunk Show for Heidi Sowa that you won't want to miss. Heidi will be showing mostly new works, varations on her nesting and petal bowls and darling jewelry boxes.
Post a photo of YR rad Mom on our Facebook page to win one of five awesome prizes.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Long-time no blog + events!
SO many things have been happening here at Small Victories, one of which has been trying to get our website in order. That's probably the most common issue ever, isn't it? That's what we'll tell ourselves. Otherwise, things have been happily and successfully moving along. See what's going on:
EVENTS!
Keep Portland Beard Opening - Saturday, April 24 8pm-11pm
Technically this is Tribute Gallery territory but we are so excited about it. Michael Buchino has curated an incredible show that is up right now. Featuring the amazing beardy work of Erin Dollar, Ashley Goldberg & Drew Bell, Ian Seniff, Chris Hornbecker, Mr. Buchino himself and many more. RSVP on Facebook & Check out Buchino's awesome blog, The Beard Revue.
Don't forget that Erin Dollar's prosthetic yarn beards can be purchased daily here at Small Victories! :}
YR MOM: a small victories tribute to yr rad mom -
Friday, May 7th & Saturday, May 8th
Here at Small Victories, we can't just have a sale! YR MOM will be a two day event that will feature a 15% discount, awesome prizes that will make awesome mother's day gifts and a trunk show by amazing and mom-worthy artist, Heidi Sowa.
RSVP on Facebook and post a photo of your rad mom to our Facebook wall and be entered to win one of our fabulous prizes.
! ! Heidi Sowa Trunk Show - Saturday, May 8th 12noon-3pm
Heidi graduated summa cum laude from West Virginia University in 2006 and has studied traditional ceramics techniques in Jingdezhen, China. Inspired by nature, Heidi's attention to detail and dedication to applied arts make her work incredibly unique. We are so excited to be featuring her and her work just in time for Mother's Day!
Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Featured Piece(s): Earrings by Catherine Chandler
'copper leaf earrings'
Portland artist Catherine Chandler is talented metalsmith who, like a lot of the artists at Small Victories, takes her inspiration from nature. We carry a beautiful selection of her earrings, pictured here. Catherine also has an awesome blog and was recently interviewed by Love to Know.
'blossom earrings' - detail
'blossom earrings'
'leaf blade earrings'
'scribble hoops'
'scribble hoops' - detail
'copper leaf earrings'
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Bloggy blog
Working on photographing more beautiful Small Victories for your eyes, but in other news:
Last night's First Thursday was so much fun and such an awesome introduction for us to the neighborhood. Tribute Gallery's March show, curated by Ashley D'Avignon Goodwin features Molly Landreth (Seattle), Amelia Tovey (Sydney, Australia), Rachel Papo(NYC), Carmen Winant (San Francisco) and Sarah McKemie (Tulsa).
Molly Landreth is also offering affordable prints from Embodiment:
prints on the baby grand via the embodiment blog
"shey" - one of the available prints
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Featured Piece(S!): Focal Length Design camera lens bracelets by Issac Watson
Isaac Watson's bracelets are an exercise in simple brilliance. The epitome of "why didn't I think of that?" So simple, beautiful, and just really freaking cool, Isaac recycles these bracelets from old camera lenses, making them the most perfect sustainable gift for anyone you know who loves photography. Or anyone you know who just likes looking awesome. Have I used enough hyperbole already? Isaac is also one of the hardworking folks behind the IHeartArtPDX event tonight.
'meanings & origins'
'orangina'
'bindilicious'
'groove armada'
'off-kilter'
'threaded nation'
All of these pieces are currently available in our shop. As always, e-mail with any questions or inquiries.
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Featured Piece: Tea Set by Heidi Sowa
Local Portland artist Heidi Sowa references nature in her ethereal porcelain works. This pale blue tea-set really personifies the concept of Small Victories, giving life to every-day objects.
12 piece tea set, 1 pot, 5 cups and saucers to match each. Other work available by Heidi include petite "petal" bowls, similar to the cup-saucers pictured above, jars, bottles and platters.
E-mail for more info, or just come by!
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Today marks our 1 week Anniversary. Whew, how time flies! In honor of this remarkable achievement, we are offering 15% off all items with little blue dots. The dots are so cute, you can keep them too if you like.
In the next few days, we will start featuring Small Victories artists and pieces here, among the many other things that make us happy.
Speaking of things that make us happy, it was warm enough to keep the door open all day. And also, we finished our tiny window display:
clockwise: cursive design, noemiah jewelry, a alicia accessories, michelle summers ceramics, lost machine, pigeon toe ceramics, naolab, heidi sowa
now to do something about that glare ...
February 13th, 2010
our grand opening was a success!
thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially
the Tribute Gallery & all of the artists involved.
very special thanks to:
the jetboat adventurer + his massive record collection, heidi white, dan cook, jason rouse, grant peterson, erin gardner, sarah newhouse, dorothy houlihan and of course, brian wilson.