The “taste good” part is a visit by Rebecca Staffel, proprietess of Deluxe Foods. Wow! She recently visited Click! on her way to help with the grape harvest for an upcoming jelly she was creating. A few tastes later, we were convinced, and Click! now carries a selection of her beautiful jars of taste sensational fruit concoctions that you can sample Thursday night. Rebecca has also promised to to bring a small collection of brand new cocktail syrups – pour into a glass of sparkling wine or water and you’ve got instant “festive beverage” and who doesn’t need that right about now?
The “do good” part of the evening involves a visit from Arts Corps. Click! will donate 10% of all sales during Art Walk to this fabulous local non-profit organization that brings art education and opportunity to youth who might otherwise not have access. Arts Corps will have volunteers on hand to tell us about their programs, give out information and accept donations. Several other West Seattle businesses will have a charitable component to their evening; please see the Art Walk blog and Facebook page for more details.
Our featured artist is Rachel Austin. See a preview of her beautiful map-inspired paintings by clicking the image below.
Columbia River, 9 x 15
The West Seattle Art Walk is every second Thursday from 6 to 9pm. December promises to be a particularly festive edition of this fun community event.
View Art Walk Map in a larger map
• Posted by Frances on December 7, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: art walk, arts corps, charity, jam, local, tasting, West Seattle
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Brett from Alchemy Goods will be joining us at Click! for Shop Late Thursday, December 1st from 6 to 9pm. He has assured us that he’ll have plenty of bags that you haven’t yet seen at Click! and of course all the favorites.
the Ravenna, $98 • one of the best selling bags we carry
Mission statement by Alchemy Goods: “Turning useless into useful”. In AG’s SODO studio this means upcycling used bike tire inner tubes for a second go ’round as great looking handbags, wallets, laptop bags, backpacks and more. These hardworking, stylish bags stand the test of time (again) and keep whatever you need to tote safe and sound. Although this time of year, their greatest feature may be that they are a great gift for both guys and gals!
the Pike, $138 • a new and welcome addition to Click!’s collection.
Elliott Dopp Kit, $32 • so much classier than a ziplock bag.
This is the 4th of seven Junction Shop Late Thursday events before the holidays. Don’t miss out on the fun. Most shops are open until 9pm with specials and events all evening. Stroll around and get festive! Check here for a full list of Click!’s line up.
Did I mention that beverages will be provided by Alchemy’s SODO neighbors DRY Soda? Keep it local!
• Posted by Frances on November 28, 2011.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, handmade, holidays, in store, reduce reuse recycle
• Tags: alchemy goods, bicycle, bike inner tubes, dry soda, gifts, handbags, handmade, modern, new., party, special events, trunk show, West Seattle, West Seattle Junction
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Hailing from Washington DC and Alki, Click! has the pleasure of welcoming Dawn Benedetto, jeweler genius of Poppi fame and Kim O’Donnell, the one woman powerhouse author of the “The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook”, for an evening of awesomeness at our second Shop Late Thursday event.
metal denim $42. 
cornucopia $42.
You know it’s a slam dunk evening when you can choose from copious quantities of Poppi rings, earrings, and pendants to brighten your Holiday wardrobe and/or check a few of your favorite ladies off the gift list
coffee date ring $72.
No shopping fatigue at this event. Kim will be dishing appetizers and advice on how to add some scrumptious meatless faire to your holiday table. (Rumor has it that she is working on a new book of meatless Holiday recipes!) In the in the mean time, we’ll certainly have a good supply of the “The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook” in store and ready to be autographed.
The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook $18.95
So stop by, get sparkly, have a little taste of the holidays and enjoy some causal shopping and dining in the West Seattle Junction.
• Posted by Frances on November 13, 2011.
• Filed under: click, handmade, holidays, in store, jewelry
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Very many of you have admired and/or purchased Rachel’s engaging work in the 2 years we’ve featured her at Click! We are so happy to represent an artist whose work continues to change in such a thoughtful and graceful trajectory. We hope you will take the opportunity to meet Rachel and see how her work continues to evolve.
Fisherman’s Bay
In the new “Cartography Series”, Rachel still uses maps to reference place and incorporate texture into her paintings. But she has added the graphic imagery of landscapes seen from high altitude, to give the work more abstraction than in her previous paintings. The results are wonderful.
Seattle
Mark your calendars for a pre-Artwalk Reception. Rachel will be at Click! from 2 to 5pm this Saturday November 5th, to chat and answer questions about the “Cartography Series”.
Of course there will be sips and snacks!
• Posted by Frances on November 3, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: cartography, maps, Portland, RAA, Rachel Austin
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During the first of the Junction’s 7 Shop Late Thursday events, Click! is hitting the holiday ground running. From 6 to 9pm, all our holiday decorations are discounted 20%. Who wants to wait for holiday sales and then have to store all the decorations in the closet for a year? Enjoy decorating for the holidays today for tomorrow you may not be able to remember where you hid everything.
porcelain ornaments $12 $9.60 each, Santa Lucia snowflakes sm. $19 $15.20 set, lg. 48.00 $38.40 set, large mod tree $26 $20.80 each.
New this year is a six piece forest of slightly “Seussian” brass trees each unique and displayed under clear glass domes. When the holidays are over the domes are a great way to display your favorite “walk in the park” seed pods and other objets d’art.
brass forest trees $26 $20.80 each.
BTW, have you heard that the Christmas Penguins have arrived!?! It really doesn’t feel like the holidays until these flightless water fowl get here.
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lg. penguins $5 $4.00, pack of 12 little guys $14 $11.20
Don’t forget that loads of super cool Junction businesses will be open till 9pm for Shop Late Thursdays from now until Christmas. Each week Click! will have one of our artist/designers visiting to answer questions and show you their latest work. Check back for a line-up soon!
• Posted by Frances on October 31, 2011.
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store, sale
• Tags: art, birds, Christmas Penguins, decorating, glass, holiday hours, roost, s, Shop Late Thursdays, special events
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Seven years ago on October 1, we opened a boutique in West Seattle showcasing contemporary home accents, gifts, and personal accessories. One year ago (again on Oct. 1) we moved the whole show into the West Seattle Junction. Now it’s time to celebrate!
• Rotating Sale • From October 1 through 15, we will have rotating sales on some of our favorite items. The sales will be announced here on our blog, and also via our Facebook page and Twitter feed.
• Celebrate with us • at our Get Lucky 7 year Anniversary event. Snacks, beverages, free drawings for Click! gift cards and a fair amount of fun Saturday October 15 from 6 to 9pm here at 4540 California Ave SW in the West Seattle Junction!
• Drawings for 7 loaded Click! gift cards • Everyone who comes to our Get Lucky celebration on October 15 gets a free entry to win one of 7 loaded Click! gift cards. Don’t worry if you can’t make it on the 15th: between the 1st and 15th, every purchase over $27 gives you an additional entry in the drawing!
• Posted by Frances on September 28, 2011.
• Filed under: click, in store, sale
• Tags: anniversary, lucky 7, sale, West Seattle
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Come on over to Click! before taking a whirl around the Farmers Market this Sunday. We are hosting food writer Amy Pennington, creator of 2 excellent books written to inspire you in your urban kitchen and garden.
urban pantry $19.95
Taste one of her seasonal recipes, get ideas and advice for your own kitchen, even purchase your own copies of Urban Pantry and Apartment Gardening and have them signed by Ms. Pennington herself! It’ll be a great afternoon and terrific inspiration to “Experience Junction Love!” Farm Fresh in your urban West Seattle neighborhood.
apartment gardening $18.95
Did I mention that our market shopping trolleys are discounted 15% during our event?!! Come and get them.
• Posted by Frances on September 21, 2011.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, in store, reduce reuse recycle
• Tags: discounted market trollies, Experience Junction Love, food, special events, West Seattle Farmers Market, West Seattle Junction
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The lovely monoprints by Dawn Endean are still enlivening the walls at Click! Make sure to see the Scroll Series that she created specially for us. The rich colors bring summer into any room and are accessibly priced.
sm $80, med $250, lg $350.
You also won’t want to miss the Dry Soda Truck in front of Click! (It’s pretty hard to miss actually.) The folks from Dry will lead you through a Dry Soda Flight to find your favorite flavor. Don’t forget to ask how your beverage experience can benefit the forward thinking Farestart program.
btw, have you heard that the Shopping Trolleys at Click! are still 20% off? that makes them a cool $39. Good thing, because as soon as you’re done tasting all the Dry Soda flavs you’re going to need that trolley to pick up a couple of packs of the delicious beverages from a local purveyor. See you tonight!
• Posted by Frances on July 14, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store, sale
• Tags: art walk, dry soda, endean, sale, West Seattle
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Yes we are open!…Stop in for that host gift you’ll need for the evening BBQ. Doors will be open, well, until they are closed, probably around 2:30pm. If you are cutting it close give us a call, 206.328.9252, and we’ll try to keep the doors open a bit longer.
Or head down to South Alki were you can catch up with the other half of the Smersh duo. John along with other Beach Naturalists from the Seattle Aquarium will be shedding light on the secret lives of tidal plants and creatures large and small. (12:30pm to 3:30pm) Just go on out there and ask the folks with the tan vests what’s going on. It’s pretty interesting stuff!
• Posted by Frances on July 4, 2011.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, holidays, in store
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From personal experience, I know that keeping up with a seasonal fashion schedule is tough as a designer/maker. Coming out with fresh, compelling design at least twice a year is challenging on it’s own but designing is only the beginning! A maker needs to source and inventory new materials, teach new techniques to assistants who will help with making, document and price pieces accordingly and promote the new work in order to have a successful season. Hats off to the Queen Bee crew! They do it so well and we are happy to have their summer handbags and wallets in store at Click!
Shown are “puddle jump” Truckette $98, and “loops” Maximo wallet $48
Also selected bags from fall/winter discounted 20%! (including those awesome industrial felt bags!)
• Posted by Frances on April 13, 2010.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store, reduce reuse recycle, sale
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Here we go. Beginning December 27th…
10% off all items in store at Click.
30% off all Thomas Paul rugs in store and 15% off any special orders.
50% off all holiday items.
Keep checking back to learn about new discounts!
By the way, Click! had a great year and a fantastic holiday season. Thanks so much for your enthusiastic support of our small business in West Seattle.
• Posted by Frances on December 26, 2009.
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store, sale
• Tags: holiday sale, sale, Thomas Paul rugs
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The best coffee that you will ever make in your own home will come out of one of these Bialetti stove top espresso makers. You use less coffee and get a strong, pure tasting espresso. Wake yourself up right with a shot of espresso or sip a smooth latte. Beautiful curves in stainless steel make the Class sweet to gaze at as well.
Bialetti “Class” stove top espresso makers $62
We recently sold out of one of our most popular pendants, so we did a last minute pour and made some more! Colored concrete and a pearl on a sterling silver ball chain… at $58 these are a great gift.
We’re open Christmas eve until 3pm, or more realistically whenever people stop coming in the door (last year we were here until 5). We’ll be closed Christmas day and Boxing Day.
• Posted by Frances on December 24, 2009.
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store
• Tags: bialetti, stainless, stovetop espresso
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This will be a short entry. We’ve carried Envirosax bags at Click! since 2007. They are great little gifts, for this post, let’s call them stocking stuffers shall we? For $9.50 you can pat yourself on the back for giving a beautiful, practical and environmentaly smart gift. The reason I am writing about them at this moment? cool new designs. Just a few of them are pictured below. There are lots more! See you soon.
La Boheme
Sweet Cat
Green Planet
• Posted by Frances on December 15, 2009.
• Filed under: click, handmade, holidays, in store, reduce reuse recycle
• Tags: envirosax bags, grocery bags, stocking stuffers, under $10
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Click! and Dinah Coops have been trying to get together for quite a while and it’s finally happened. We knew we loved her aesthetic but didn’t know how perfect the match was until the work was in our grabby little hands.
table mat $35, two napkins $32.
In her own words, “I work toward efficiency in materials, labor and energy; use less toxic materials and those made in the Northwest whenever possible; and create things that last and are made from recycled or quickly renewable materials.”
hemp/cotton dish towels $19.
It wouldn’t be a bad idea to come in and see them for yourself or for someone on your list. It is rare to find function so seamlessly entwined in art that you have to consider whether to dry your hands with it or frame it. Thanks Dinah!
• Posted by Frances on December 13, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, holidays, in store, reduce reuse recycle
• Tags: coasters, Dinah Coops, dish towels, hemp/cotton, linen, paper stone, table mats
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Cookies and Cake oh my! There are so many beautiful treats around this time of year and I just found a way to make them look even more tempting…cookie and cake plates by Stylegarden. Made in Tacoma of carefully procured vintage dishware, they are certainly useful around the Holidays and will probably resurface frequently during the rest of the year. If you ask nicely, we may give you a chocolate when you buy one…even if the plate is a gift for your friend.
two tier cookie plate $36, single cake plate $24
• Posted by Frances on December 9, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, holidays, in store, reduce reuse recycle
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I popped by at the tail end of the Urban Craft Uprising show at the Seattle Center this weekend and took this shot of the lovely Rachel Austin in a rather sparse looking booth.
She had a fantastic show which is no surprise. The really cool thing is that she also brought along new work for Click! We’ll have it all hung for the West Seattle Artwalk this Thursday the 10th (6 to 9pm). With the variety of prices and sizes of her work, gifting Rachel’s artwork is a great holiday idea .
It’s true that when you buy someone a nice plastic gift card, they know you probably risked life, limb and paid for parking…but art – the thing that people make – is awesome!!!
• Posted by Frances on December 7, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
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A few years ago our friend Becky gave John and I a couple of tiny bowls and several flavored salts. hmm…we’d never thought of that. Now we’re pretty lost in the kitchen without access to the subtle salt flavors and the sight of the lovely little bowls on our counter. We even brought the whole idea to Click! so you can come into the shop or check it all out at the Click! website.
Above are “Spash” bowls by Tampopo $36. These come in a really nice gift box. The salts $12, and spoons $19, are each packaged in sets of 4.
• Posted by Frances on .
• Filed under: click, holidays, in store, on web
• Tags: chefs, flavored salts, gifts, kitchen, splash bowls
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It’s getting cold out there.
Have you ever come in from the outdoor bluster and just not been able to shake off the chill? I have three words for you…Hot Water Bottle, or Hottie as we call them in our house. When I was a kid my Nana cured everything with a Hottie and a cup of tea. (Never mind that we lived in Southern California and not in “merry old England”.) Anyway, we have Hotties in at Click! and they are sooo cozy.
Made in Boston by the folks at Simplemente Blanco, Hotties are snuggled in a handmade soft wool cover, white or or dark heathered grey. $46
• Posted by Frances on November 18, 2009.
• Filed under: click, eco-friendly, handmade, holidays, in store, snow days
• Tags: gifts, Hottie, winter
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You know, it’s kinda weird buying Holiday decorations in August. But it’s exactly what John and I are tasked to do every summer in the sweltering heat/ice cold air conditioning, of the NY gift show. Well, things are arriving. It’s actually pretty exciting unpacking all the boxes. It’s a bit like Christmas, and as it turns out, I think we did a pretty good job.
These stockings are irresistible and it doesn’t hurt that that their designer Fernanda Bourlot is one of the sweetest people we’ve met at the shows. Originally from Argentina, she now lives and has her studio in Boston where all of Simplemente Blanco designs are made. Everything she does has such a pure, optimistic, beauty.
Certainly a refreshing take on the holiday stocking. $37 each
• Posted by Frances on November 10, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: coolest holiday stockings, gifts, simplemente blanco
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Just got a box full of Poppi rings in from the Poppi “factory” in Alexandria. We love Poppi, especially on a gloomy day. Thanks Dawn and all you Poppi makers!!!
Purple Haze $68
• Posted by Frances on October 29, 2009.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: glass beads, rings
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