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 We're just back from NY International Gift Fair and ENK Accessories Circuit. Both were crazy busy. Lots of new customers, lots of loyal existing customers, and a fabulous response to the new fall/holiday collection. Here are the highlights!
Our booth this time around got fun with shaggy cloths (right). Some best selling avindy themes: Pyrite sparkly nuggets, red garnet with raw aquamarine, metallic magnet strands which look great as necklaces and bracelets, funky pearls layered with oxidized chains, pale blue opals and labradorite to complement charcoal color palates in fall clothes, layered charms with diamonds in antiqued sterling silver mixed with hammered gold, and leather wraps mixed with diamond bangles. Phew!
We loved the newly renovated Handmade Section at the Javits Center. We were surrounded by other amazing artisans. We got excited about recycled soda bottle glassware from The Green Glass Company, white ceramic birds on rusty railroad hardware from Stiles in Clay, and oversized vintage inspired dominoes from Sugarboo Designs.
A surprise highlight of our trip was
Chelsea Market – WOW! We stumbled upon the Chelsea Market on our way to Iron Chef Morimoto’s new restaurant.
The market is housed in the old Nabisco factory (home of the Oreo!). What a diamond in the rough. Gorgeous old building with exposed brick, wrought iron, old wide plank hardwoods, industrial light fixtures and tucked in every nook and cranny was foodie heaven. Cheese shops, meat shops, bakeries, tiny restaurants, gourmet book store, and more!
 The proceeds from this wishing well in the Market (right) go to feed the elderly.
As for Morimoto’s restaurant: to die for! An eating experience and our top favorite restaurant from the show trips. Whole fried sea bass with fried rice. Watermelon gazpacho for app. It's a funky eclectic little restaurant in Tribeca. We highly recommend it!
The weather in New York was also amazing: sunny, cool and breezy. Finally, a taste of fall…
xoxo,
Cindy
Mom & Dad (Avril and Stanley Joffe)
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Little known fact: jewelry's not all we make around the avindy studios. Our monthly potluck is a fun way to share recipes and hang out. Since summer is potluck season, we thought we'd share a recent menu -- all made by avindy staff from scratch!
Mixed field greens with olives and roma tomato
Broccoli and avocado salad
Lasagna with fresh basil
Shrimp scampi bruschetta
Fried yucca with honey dipping sauce
Vanilla ice cream cake with chocolate crust, oatmeal raisin crumble and strawberries
Any favorite potluck dishes you think we should try next time?
Avindy staff!
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our trunk show and bead sale earlier this month! It was great to see all of you.
For those who couldn't make it, here are a few shots of our loft studio during the sale, to give you a peek behind the scenes of avindy.
Amanda handcrafting avindy jewelry
Some of our many handmade necklaces
And congratulations to Courtney, who won our in-studio diamond necklace drawing! Stay tuned to the blog (or our Facebook and Twitter) for our next jewelry giveaway.
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We're so excited to announce our first-ever in-studio trunk show and bead sale! It's your chance to see behind the scenes of avindy, score great deals on avindy jewelry (including one-of-a-kind pieces, diamonds and our fall, holiday and spring collections), and even get supplies to design your own jewelry. We'll have tons of beads, gemstones, diamonds, findings, charms, unique chains and more, to get you crafting away. Plus we think you'll love our historic loft studio. And we'll have sangria and snacks to make it worth your while.
If you're in the Atlanta area, we really hope you can make it! You can even RSVP and invite people on Facebook. Here are all the details:
Avindy Studio Trunk Show & Bead Sale
Friday,
April 30 · 12 pm - 7 pm
Saturday, May 1
· 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday, May 2
· 10 am - 6 pm
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Join us for:
- An
exclusive behind-the-scenes look at avindy's hip, historic loft studio
in Atlanta's new West Side.
- 20-40% off avindy jewelry,
including
one-of-a-kind and diamond pieces.
- The first ever avindy bead
sale: get the supplies to make your own jewelry!
- Sangria and
snacks served all day.
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Directions and Parking
Avindy Studio · King
Plow Arts Center
887 West Marietta Street NW, Suite M-101
Atlanta,
GA 30318 (see map)
Parking is available in the
King Plow Arts Center lot, through entrance 1. Please park in visitor
spaces.
From the parking lot, walk through the King Plow Arts
Center, through the courtyard, around the corner, and up the yellow
stairs on the right.
For more information, visit avindy.com/trunkshow or call 404.355.1165.
We
can't wait to see you!
- Avril & Cindy
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We’ve just gotten back from an amazing trip to the
Sundance Resort Trunk Show, coinciding with the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Cindy and Avril with Brent Beck
We were incredibly lucky to stay with Brent Beck, who ran
the resort with Robert Redford and later started the catalog with him. We wanted to adopt him and his wife Fae
as an extra set of parents! They were so good to us. Among other things, Brent
is a fabulous cook! Made us gourmet breakfast every morning and soufflés for
dessert at night.
The Trunk Show was a wonderful
experience. We got to show a little
bit of everything – new pieces, one of a kind pieces, pieces from our holiday
collection. Gemstones, diamonds, the works.
Cindy and Avril showing Avindy pieces at the Trunk Show
We’ve always had a very special place in our heart for the
Sundance Catalog, since it led Avril to her initial interest in beading. Plus the celebrities were out in force: we saw Robert
Redford and Bill Gates!
You can see lots more pictures of the trip in our Facebook
album (including Redford and Gates).
Snowy Sundance, Utah.
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And the winner is …
Congratulations to Alyssa from Atlanta, winner of our diamond ring blog giveaway! Thanks so much to everyone who entered, especially those who left awesome comments about their favorite Avindy pieces.
We still wanted to give the rest of you a little something something, so:
Get 25% off any Avindy purchase, plus free shipping, through December 10! Enter the promo code TWINKLE at checkout.
Plus, you can now use your Amazon.com account to checkout from Avindy. Just click the Amazon button in the Avindy shopping cart, and tada!
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 Update: The contest is now closed! Thank you to everyone for your enthusiastic entries. Check back shortly to see who the winner is!
Calling all aspiring treasure hunters: today's your lucky day.
To celebrate the holiday season, Avindy is giving away one of our bestselling diamond rings. You can win the Pave Diamond Circle of Life Ring in gold or silver, in whatever ring size you specify. Contest closes Thursday at midnight, with the prize drawing on Friday, so get your entries in!
The loot: the Pave Diamond Circle of Life Ring is a hammered 18K gold vermeil or hammered sterling silver handcrafted organic circle with seven 1.7mm fine quality diamonds on a delicate hammered band. All ring sizes available.
There are three ways to enter:
1. Leave a comment on this blog post telling us about an Avindy piece you love. (Browse our work here. Comments are screened, so your entry might not be visible right away.)
and/or
2. Become a fan of Avindy on Facebook.
and/or
3. Sign up for the Avindy email list.
It’s that easy! Be sure to use a valid email address when you comment, or make sure your Facebook settings allow people to message you, so you can be contacted if you win.
And after that, you can tell your friends, by clicking the Share button below to email this, or post it to Facebook or Twitter.
Happy hunting!
FINE PRINT Contest begins on Monday, November 30, 2009 and all entries are due Thursday, December 3, 2009 by 11:59 p.m. PST. No purchase necessary to enter. One winner will be selected at random from all eligible entries. Maximum three entries (one per entry method) per person. Avindy employees are ineligible to enter. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered. The winner will be notified by email or Facebook message and have 24 hours to confirm receipt of the email/message and forward their contact information for shipment of the prize. If no response is received within 24 hours, another winner will be selected. Winner agrees to have their first name and town published on the Avindy blog. Comments left on the blog become the property of Avindy and can be reused in the future. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Open to participants in the U.S. 18 years and older.
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