We’re happy to share an exciting development to our Mother’s Day trunk show this weekend — local truffle-maker extraordinaire Lisa Renoe. Lisa will be bringing a variety of her handmade, French-style chocolates to taste and purchase. A self-confessed chocoholic who wasn’t quite satisfied with store bought chocolates, she began creating her own three years ago to fill the truffle-ly void in her heart. This culinary adventure has lead to such delicious creations like curry mango truffles, port truffles, and orange blossom truffles, as well as rich standards like bourbon pecan and dark chocolate.
Basically, we totally have you covered for Mother’s Day, so be sure to stop by this Saturday from 11-5! Bring your momma, your baby momma, or just yourself, and pick out some gorgeous Lulu Smith jewelry and sumptuous chocolate. Whether it’s for yourself or a special lady, you can’t go wrong.
• Posted by Click Design on May 7, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: chocolate, delicious, handmade, jewelry, mother's day, truffle
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Once upon a time, a mom came into Click! and wanted to buy one of Sarah Loertscher’s “Double Lucy” pendants. But she was hoping that instead of the necklace having only two silver components (one bright silver, one darkened) it could also have a third, in gold, to represent her three kids. Her youngest was with her and exclaimed “I want to be the gold one!”. How could Sarah say no to that?
Ever since, this has been our favorite gift for moms. Think of the three polygons however you like (one each for mom and dad plus baby makes three?) or simply as a clean, durable design that can be worn everyday.
• Posted by John on .
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store, jewelry
• Tags: geometry, gold, jewelry, Lucy, necklace, polygon, silver
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We are thrilled to be hosting a trunk show for our friend and fellow jeweler Lulu Smith on Mother’s Day weekend, May 12-13th. Lulu is an established jeweler and colorist who has been crafting her gorgeous resin adornments for over twelve years.
Lulu and Click! proprietress Frances Smersh have spent many of those years trading jewelry stories, craft fair adventures and wholesale triumphs and tragedies. Both have scaled back their trade show schedule and relish running into each other in the West Seattle ‘hood instead of in convention centers and craft show booths.
Flourish pendant, Dragonfly earrings
Lulu’s intoxicating work is hand-pigmented resin inlaid in sterling silver — splashes of bright, punchy colors pop out of their graphic sterling silver frames. Some of her work lends itself to deep, subtle shifts in color, and other backless, translucent jewels shine like stained glass in the light.
Prose pendant
Trunk show: Saturday, May 12, 11-5 (that’s the day before Mother’s Day, friends!) Join our Facebook event for updates, and give us a like if you’re so inclined!
Lulu’s work will be in the store through the weekend — stop by, bring the family, and pick out some lovely jewels for the lady in your life.
UPDATE 5/4/2012: Another West Seattle artist will be joining us for this event: Lisa Renoe, who’s craft is making beautifully delicious chocolate truffles! We’ll be sampling a few of her favorite flavors and will have gift packs available for sale.
• Posted by Click Design on April 23, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, jewelry
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One of the things we love about Click! is sharing gorgeous hand-crafted goods with our favorite peeps (that’s you!). On the last trip to New York, John and Frances fell in love with the the work of Nick Rosato, one very talented woodworker from Vermont.
Click! just received a shipment of Nick’s beautiful, meticulously formed platters. We have two sets created from differing woods (flame maple and birdseye maple – detail below of the birdseye) and they can be sold together or separately. Perfect, thoughtful gifts for weddings and housewarmings!
Each piece is individually signed by the artist, with a reference to the specific wood each platter is made from.
small platter $39 • medium platter $48 • large platter $56
• Posted by Click Design on April 19, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store
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“Ebb”
We’re happy to announce our May/June featured artist will be local papercutter extraordinaire Hannah Viano. Artfully maneuvering an X-acto blade across black paper, Hannah delicately slices poignant moments from nature and suspends them in sweet & stark papercuts. The vignettes she creates evoke memories of shorelines and forests, and the tranquil moments a person experiences within them.
“Under Glass”
Please join us for the West Seattle Art Walk opening, Thursday, May 10th, 6-9. Hannah will be present to chat about her lovely creations, and as always the Junction will be bustling with Art Walk happenings! Keep in touch on Facebook, and join our event for updates.
“Rock #1″
• Posted by Click Design on April 18, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: art walk, hannah viano, papercut
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Woolbuddy is the alter ego of David Huang, an San Francisco artist who went looking for toys to give his newborn daughter. Not finding what he wanted on the shelves, he began needle-felting his own sweet, woolen characters to spark her imagination. Three years later, the Woolbuddy collection includes over three hundred personality-filled toys, each one still handmade by the artist.
We collected a menagerie of penguins, owls, and bunnies, along with how-to box sets if you’d like to learn how to make your own little owl buddy – a perfect craft time activity!
Small Woolbuddy $21 • Large Woolbuddy $34 • Owl Needle felting kit $27
• Posted by Click Design on April 17, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store
• Tags: baby, felt, toys
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As we have mentioned in a couple of Facebook posts, our very own Sarah Loertscher was asked by former Project Runway finalist Mila Hermanovski to design the jewelry to accompany Mila’s latest runway shows in LA and Palm Springs. Sarah’s crystalline structures are a perfect match to Mila’s clean, edgy designs, and this dynamic duo took California by geometric storm to cheering, sold out shows of a thousand-plus attendees.
Sarah’s bringing her hot-off-the-runway jewels to Click! for a month-long exhibit and one-day-only trunk show in April.
Opening reception: Thursday, April 12th, 6-9p
Trunk Show: Saturday, April 14th, 11-5p
These newest adornments are an exciting departure for the West Seattle-based jeweler — the runway collection is a strong gathering of large bracelets, pendants, and earrings that are easily twice the size of any of her past jewels. Meet this Designer To Watch and take home a piece of the runway!
• Posted by Click Design on March 26, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store, jewelry
• Tags: geometric, jewelry, mila hermanovski, sarah loertscher, west seattle art walk
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We’re happy to have Shelli Markee back as our featured artist in January! Shelli is the talented creator of the head-turning wire birds that are floating through the ether of Click!’s upper walls.
Shelli will be bring new work, including small wire drawings that are backed with wood and framed as small vignettes. We are also giving her the display room to fill with an installation of her linear, feathered friends, so be sure to check out our window display mid-week to see the transformation!
Please join us for West Seattle’s Artwalk next Thursday, January 12th, from 6-9 to meet Shelli and take in her newest menagerie of wire birds.
Jonathan Adler Owl S&P shakers regularly $48 sale $38
We should also mention that our January sale continues through MLK day! We have some fantastic deals on many of our best sellers, including Jonathan Adler, Highway, and Alchemy Goods. Now’s the time to snag those little lovelies you coveted for yourself while you were shopping for friends & family!
• Posted by Click Design on January 9, 2012.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: art walk, birds, installation, shelli markee, wire birds
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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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If there’s one thing we like as much as good design, it’s good sushi. Fortunately, we’re lucky enough to be right down the block from the best sushi in Seattle, Mashiko restaurant.
Tonight during West Seattle Art Walk and Shop Late Thursdays, Mashiko is rolling out some happy hour specials. If you make a purchase at Click! tonight, show your receipt at Mashiko (paper or smart phone if we email your receipt to you) and receive a complimentary order of edamame!
This should be a great night to spend in West Seattle with so many of the shops open late and what promises to be a particularly good Art Walk. Shopping + Art + Sushi = Love.
• Posted by John on November 10, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, holidays, in store
• Tags: art walk, shopping, sushi, sustainable
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From now until Christmas, many of your favorite Junction businesses will be staying open late for shopping and fun! Each week we’ll have rotating special events, including sales, trunk shows, tastings, and more. Below is an outline of our events; mark your calendars now!
Thursday Nov. 10th 6-9pm
West Seattle Art Walk! always a great time to be in the Junction. Featuring the art of Rachel Austin.
Thursday Nov. 17th 6-9pm
Trunk show! Dawn Benedetto’s Poppi rings are the perfect holiday party accessory, and their one-size-fits-most style makes them the perfect gift. Meet the maker: Dawn is flying out from DC with her full jewelry line and an infectious laugh that will make this a very fun evening.
Sample! Snack on holiday bites by Kim O’Donnel, local author of “The Meatlover’s Meatless Cookbook”. Rumor has it Kim is working on a new book about meatless holiday recipes and may have some ideas for your holiday meals.
Thursday Dec. 1st 6-9pm
Trunk show! Meet the folks from Seattle’s own Alchemy Goods. Expect to see the full line of these sweet messenger bags, handbags, wallets, belts and more, all made of “upcycled” bicycle tire inner tubes that in a previous life may have rolled down your street.
Thursday Dec. 8th 6-9pm
Artwalk! Most participating businesses will be collecting for various charitable organizations this night. Click! will be supporting Arts Corps.
Sample! Jams, jellies and preserves oh my!: a tasting of creative locally made (and grown) fruit concoctions with award winning preservist, Rebecca Staffel, proprietress and Taster in Chief of Deluxe Foods.
Thursday Dec. 15th 6-9pm
Trunk show! The amazing Erica Gordon of Steel Toe Studios will dress you up with her hand-dyed leather belts and hand forged/welded/fabricated steel, brass, and copper belt buckles, straight outta Georgetown.
Thursday Dec. 22nd 6-9pm
Wrap up your holiday shopping at our Wrap it Up sale. If you’ve left it this long, we’re here to help. Details to be announced.
• Posted by John on November 4, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store
• Tags: alchemy goods, poppi, Rachel Austin, sale, shop late, thursday, trunk show
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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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We’re looking forward to the first week in September! Our very own Sarah Loertscher is taking over the store, filling it with her drawings, prints, new installation work, and very new jewels from her latest collection, the F-series.
Fe is the symbol for iron, the element at the heart of her steel collection. Sarah’s clean, angular forms are cut and folded from mild steel to create light, faceted structures. Some of these edgy steel jewels have the addition of 18k gold to starkly contrast with the steel; others are studded with punchy colors of glass beads: aqua, orange, and magenta.
The details:
Thursday, September 1st 6-9pm — opening reception
Saturday, September 3rd 11-5 — trunk show
Mark your calendar — it should be a rockin’ show!
• Posted by Click Design on August 19, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, jewelry
• Tags: art walk, geometry, jewelry, sarah loertscher, steel
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Tis the season for wedding bells! We’ve compiled a few blog posts to help you choose a lovely gift for the happy couple.
Gleena ceramics
These hand made bowls, vases, and platters are sure to be a welcome, summery addition to the table, with their soft colors of orange, green, blue, and eggshell white. Hand applied decals are the crowning touch to these sweet dishes. $34 – $148
Modern Twist placemats & coasters
Modern Twist has long been a customer favorite. Silk-screened images on silicon mats and coasters are easy to clean and add a modern touch to the dinner table. “Jardin” pattern pictured above.
Single mats $18 • set of 4 coasters $23
• Posted by Click Design on August 16, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store
• Tags: ceramics, Gleena, modern twist, place mats, presents, wedding
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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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Father’s Day is coming up — Sunday, June 19th, to be exact. Give your guy some love!
Who doesn’t love the alpha male? Seltzer card, $3.50
Kick it! Fatboy beanbag chair $239 (or maybe he’d prefer the Fatboy hammock?)
Pop open a cold one with wall-mounted bottle openers by FluffyCo $38
Put a buckle on it! Belts & buckles from local company Steel Toe Studios. Buckles range from $45 — 140. “Supercog” buckle pictured, $55
Mix up an Old Fashioned (and other gritty, simple drinks) with coaching & humor from the old men themselves. Old Man Drinks $14.95
Alchemy Goods “Franklin” wallet, made from recycled bike intertubes $35
• Posted by Click Design on June 17, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store
• Tags: alchemy goods, bottle openers, fatboy, father's day, fluffyco, old man drinks, steel toe studios
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We’re thrilled to introduce Bahari, the newest addition to our home accessories collection. Bahari’s simple, clean designs are individually handcrafted from sustainably harvested teak.
Teak candleholders, $24 – $29
set of three dishes $26 • tiny spoons $3
If flowers and centerpieces are more of your thing, check out these gorgeous teak vases. Perfect for the mantel or pride of place at the table.
pierced vase (front of image) $121
• Posted by Click Design on June 8, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, eco-friendly, handmade, in store
• Tags: bahari, bowls, candleholders, candles, click, condiment trays, hand turned, handmade, home assessories, rosewood, spoons, teak, vases, West Seattle, wood, wood grain
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Meet our June artist Dawn Endean! Dawn is a local Seattle artist who will be displaying an elegant collection of her monotypes & mixed media prints for the months of June & July.
Dawn’s work is informed by her studies in archaeology and biology. She explores patterns that occur repeatedly in nature at both micro and macro levels — her interest lies in the structural components of bones and branches, cells and seeds. Dawn began taking classes at Pratt Fine Art Center, and has become an integral part of Seattle’s print community.
Join us on the West Seattle Art Walk this Thursday from 6-9 to meet the artist, and enjoy Click!’s late night ambiance including beverages by Dry Soda, nibbles, and of course many new Click! items. Dawn’s work will be on display from June 9th — July 31st. Come visit!
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• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: art, art walk, dawn endean, monotype, print, west seattle art walk
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Tall boat vase $148
This Sunday is Mother’s Day (thanks, Moms!), and the Junction has you covered for gifts, flowers, and delicious foods for that special lady. Make your purchases on the sly or make a day of it on May 8th!
We just got in new ceramics from Gleena, and who wouldn’t love waking up to a Gleena vase full of flowers (Fleurt Studio can help you out!) or breakfast in bed served up in a beautiful new bowl?
tea set $27
Also new in the store are tea sets from Sagaform – each set-for-one contains a mug, tea infuser, and reusable tin to store your favorite teas and sweets. Check out The Tuscan Tea Room for their delicious selection of loose teas, and Bakery Nouveau for an extra treat to add to tea time.
summer Highway bag, $148
New bags from Highway! Yummy summer colors and clean, organized design. These bags are a perennial favorite for the ladies of Click!
“Broadway” wallet from Alchemy Goods, $58
Also hot off the presses (so many new things!) are new wallets from Alchemy Goods. Argyle stitching sets this upcycled wallet apart from the rest of the pack. Slip in a new cd from Easy Street for some extra love.
Verre pendant, $94
For the jewelry lovers, check out work by Frances Smersh, Sarah Loertscher, Daphne Olive, Poppi, and Verre (pictured above). Whether your momma loves bold design, geometric facets, natural bamboo, or delicate color, we have the perfect jewels.
Need Mother’s Day brunch suggestions? There are loads of choices in our fab Junction! Two of our favorites are Spring Hill & Fresh Bistro.
• Posted by Click Design on May 5, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, holidays, in store, jewelry
• Tags: bakery, brunch, flowers, Junction, mother's day, music, tea
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rustic bowl $34
We’re in love with the porcelain ceramics of Gleena (which means clay in Russian). The woman behind Gleena is Asya Palatova, a Russian native who grew up spending lengthy summers at her family dacha, a Russian country house. Surrounded by her grandmother’s carefully tended gardens and apple trees, the dacha proved to be an source of endless inspiration for Asya’s simple, organic shapes.
large organic bowl $56
Asya’s porcelain tableware is all handmade in her Rhode Island studio. We love her delicious, sherbet-y colors and sweet, simple decals. Her images range from flowers and romantic lettering to tiny forks and spoons.
tall boat vase $148
• Posted by Click Design on May 3, 2011.
• Filed under: art, click, handmade, in store
• Tags: art, ceramics, dacha, Gleena, new., porcelain, tabletop
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