<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426</id><updated>2012-02-15T22:45:49.166-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Spend on Trend</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-158777720676518123</id><published>2011-09-19T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T14:29:01.097-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Can't stop admiring my purchases from SOT!</title><content type='html'>Yup, we shopped at SOT too! Well how could you not resist?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QW5CdsjbUF8/TnemgXZw6wI/AAAAAAAAAGU/aM-UUgDbUSo/s1600/Fiveleft%2BLeather%2BHandbag.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170932155050754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QW5CdsjbUF8/TnemgXZw6wI/AAAAAAAAAGU/aM-UUgDbUSo/s400/Fiveleft%2BLeather%2BHandbag.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a sleek and unique, yet raw and "deconstructive" bag by Lincoln Heller of &lt;a href="http://www.fiveleft.ca/"&gt;Fiveleft Leather&lt;/a&gt; . It's made of one piece of leather I'm told. I love the hardware and the way the strap is just the right length. There's a little pocket in the inside where my iPhone will live. Peeks of natural leather come through the stain, the leather is punched with a decorative and expressive finish. Can't wait to see and feel how the leather will soften. We also got a belt and already have a guitar strap... Fiveleft also won the best booth award. Check out pics at &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/spendontrend"&gt;www.facebook.com/spendontrend&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_eXbkpLwjQ/TnembugFd1I/AAAAAAAAAGM/lrxyy5URja8/s1600/Flightpath%2BShip%2BBuckle.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170852456232786" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_eXbkpLwjQ/TnembugFd1I/AAAAAAAAAGM/lrxyy5URja8/s400/Flightpath%2BShip%2BBuckle.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It was really only a matter of time till I got this &lt;a href="http://flightpathdesigns.com/"&gt;Flightpath&lt;/a&gt; Belt Buckle by Naomi Joy Yamamoto. This ship image has always been my favourite. To me it's a symbol of travel and adventures abound! Love the vintagey old world look of it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_zWbXC3SGc/TnemWrTBlDI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qzl6NYa0KzY/s1600/Ole%2BOriginals%2BPurple%2BElephant%2BTee.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170765696799794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t_zWbXC3SGc/TnemWrTBlDI/AAAAAAAAAGE/qzl6NYa0KzY/s400/Ole%2BOriginals%2BPurple%2BElephant%2BTee.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The elephant is my new favourite motif. I wore an elephant print dress on Friday night that I bought this summer in NY. Now I own this purple elephant tee from &lt;a href="http://www.oleoriginals.com/"&gt;Ole Originals &lt;/a&gt;by Chandler Herbut. You can also buy these shirts at the upcoming Pop Up Shop Nov 2-27 called &lt;a href="http://festivecollective.wordpress.com/"&gt;Festive Collective&lt;/a&gt;. Visit &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/festivecollective"&gt;www.facebook.com/festivecollective&lt;/a&gt; for the latest deets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7nflRLORvnU/TnemQ2YuZQI/AAAAAAAAAF8/aMp7ywtLeIE/s1600/Revival%2BInk%2BWrap%2BShirt.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170665594283266" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7nflRLORvnU/TnemQ2YuZQI/AAAAAAAAAF8/aMp7ywtLeIE/s400/Revival%2BInk%2BWrap%2BShirt.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This wrap shirt is by Seattle based designer, Tara Smith of &lt;a href="http://revivalink.com/"&gt;Revival Ink&lt;/a&gt;. This will be a good layering piece for the Fall season and also a great device for adding a pop of colour to an outfit. This coming from the girl whose wardrobe is 50% black...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJwgybGS5zA/TnemKuVhIzI/AAAAAAAAAF0/51mD-2f8TqY/s1600/SOT%2Bfabulous%2Bfinds.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170560354132786" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zJwgybGS5zA/TnemKuVhIzI/AAAAAAAAAF0/51mD-2f8TqY/s400/SOT%2Bfabulous%2Bfinds.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Voila...!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oh, and the necklaces I didn't have to buy because I make them. You can check them out at &lt;a href="http://www.filoudesigns.com/"&gt;Filou Designs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9n4so8A5_OM/TnemFPsOy2I/AAAAAAAAAFs/RgF6t4dmc_0/s1600/Filou%2BDesigns%2BBee%2BNecklace.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654170466228554594" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9n4so8A5_OM/TnemFPsOy2I/AAAAAAAAAFs/RgF6t4dmc_0/s400/Filou%2BDesigns%2BBee%2BNecklace.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A closer look at the Bee Necklace 3D...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ciao for now :) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-158777720676518123?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/158777720676518123/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/09/cant-stop-admiring-my-purchases-from.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/158777720676518123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/158777720676518123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/09/cant-stop-admiring-my-purchases-from.html' title='Can&apos;t stop admiring my purchases from SOT!'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QW5CdsjbUF8/TnemgXZw6wI/AAAAAAAAAGU/aM-UUgDbUSo/s72-c/Fiveleft%2BLeather%2BHandbag.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-3211167587848325172</id><published>2011-08-30T18:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-31T09:22:12.257-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Shamila from Shamila Fine Distinctive Jewelry</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMQ2KILtrIc/Tl2NPsrzknI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0qZV2aIrH7s/s1600/StackingRings1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646824808624919154" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMQ2KILtrIc/Tl2NPsrzknI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0qZV2aIrH7s/s320/StackingRings1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1EetmKBAn40/Tl2NKGjBxZI/AAAAAAAAAEc/60PTrQ289fY/s1600/Tear%2BDrop%2BEarrings.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646824712488207762" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1EetmKBAn40/Tl2NKGjBxZI/AAAAAAAAAEc/60PTrQ289fY/s320/Tear%2BDrop%2BEarrings.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Q: What is your inspiration?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: I am a passionate, globe-trotting gem wrangler who designs collections of jewels inspired by colourful moments experienced in vibrating and enchanting environments. Using unique, cut-to-fit stones, I create timeless, elegant and luxe jewels; making each piece bespoke for the wearer. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: What is your favourite material?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Top quality and highly illuminescent labradorite would have to top my list, I insist on acquiring varying cuts, shapes, and designs and have quite the collection in my atelier, including material that is no longer in circulation and is extremely coveted. Rutile topaz is another favourite, a quite rare and interesting gem that has the clarity of a diamond with astonishing needles of trapped minerals.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: How did you start making jewelry?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Before I became a full-time jewelry designer, I spent years assisting local, national and international non-profit organizations on a broad range of topics spanning projects involving language learning to environmental health and policy issues. In 2008, I quit my job and within a few months found myself in Bangkok and Istanbul to seek out inspiration and to learn from masters in the jewelry meccas of the world. Istanbul was love at first sight and within a few months I returned to design a small yet highly inspired collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: What is your favourite food?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Authentic, spicy Thai and Indian food. My mom is a bonafide fusionist cook. I love what she creates, she has a special and unique approach to cooking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can check out Shamila Fine Distinctive Jewelry (&lt;a href="http://www.shamila.com/"&gt;www.shamila.com&lt;/a&gt;) at Spend on Trend September 16-18. Please visit &lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/"&gt;http://www.spendontrend.com/&lt;/a&gt; for our full list of designers and more details about the show!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-3211167587848325172?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/3211167587848325172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-shamila-from-shamila-fine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3211167587848325172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3211167587848325172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-shamila-from-shamila-fine.html' title='Meet Shamila from Shamila Fine Distinctive Jewelry'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eMQ2KILtrIc/Tl2NPsrzknI/AAAAAAAAAEk/0qZV2aIrH7s/s72-c/StackingRings1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-3198872238083741305</id><published>2011-08-18T11:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T11:26:53.447-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Christine from Pink Gargoyle</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642262731335380722" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKzjTaU6z0Y/Tk1YD2arrvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/iH0QlzrYFTU/s320/sterling%2Bpearl%2Bring.jpg" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nRTUBnQNn1g/Tk1YVb2YvsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/vOzVXMaaN0E/s1600/steampunk%2Bcuff%2Bedited.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642263033441468098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nRTUBnQNn1g/Tk1YVb2YvsI/AAAAAAAAAEU/vOzVXMaaN0E/s320/steampunk%2Bcuff%2Bedited.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: What is your inspiration?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: A lot of inspiration comes directly from the shapes and colours of the stones and shells that I use within the metalwork designs. I want to create pieces that complement the natural flow of the materials that I use in order to highlight the organic beauty of what I am working with. I do sometimes sketch designs, especially with the more elaborate pieces, but mostly I see the finished piece in my mind, then create it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: What is your favourite material?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Pearls! All shapes, all colours - the bigger the better. I've always loved them, always worn them. I am also in love with rough cuts of pyrite right now, and obviously any type of silver medium.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: How did you start making jewelry? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: It was a spontaneous decision that resulted from the purchase of a simple craft earring kit. Within weeks, I had signed up for markets and was determined to be successful. I am mostly self-taught, with a few courses here and there. There is always something else to learn. Four years later, I have a clear vision of what Pink Gargoyle is meant to represent. I always know I had to express myself creatively, I just hadn't found the right medium yet. I am in a good place right now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: What is your favourite food?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Hard to choose. Everything tastes better on bread; a fabulous pizza with fresh mozza, basil, prosciutto, mushrooms, truffle oil, carpaccio, tuna tataki, and a selection of fabulous cheeses with a great cabernet. Definitely savoury over sweet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can check out &lt;a href="http://stores.homestead.com/CRio/StoreFront.bok"&gt;Pink Gargoyle Design Co. &lt;/a&gt;at Spend on Trend September 16-18. Please visit &lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/"&gt;www.spendontrend.com&lt;/a&gt; for our full list of designers and more details about the show!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-3198872238083741305?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/3198872238083741305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-christine-from-pink-gargoyle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3198872238083741305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3198872238083741305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-christine-from-pink-gargoyle.html' title='Meet Christine from Pink Gargoyle'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKzjTaU6z0Y/Tk1YD2arrvI/AAAAAAAAAEM/iH0QlzrYFTU/s72-c/sterling%2Bpearl%2Bring.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-5739137956905975779</id><published>2011-08-12T13:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T13:43:57.729-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Magda from Piknic Designs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640070294387951506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hy9UQcz9poI/TkWODOU6B5I/AAAAAAAAAD8/wDFg-9zFsmM/s320/IMG_0436.JPG" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your inspiration?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: I'm mostly inspired by the desire to be comfortable and the need to look great! My line features bamboo and cotton dresses that are appliqued with one of a kind floral and nature inspired designs. They are all one of a kind and all super comfortable!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite material?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: My favourite material that has been getting a lot of attention is bamboo. It's sustainable and naturally organic! It's also super soft and amazing to wear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: How did you start making handbags and clothing?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: I started my line in October of 2010. I have always wanted to have my own line since I graduated from fashion school. It's just in my genes I guess!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite food?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: My favourite new thing to munch on right now is raw kale chips that I get from Tao Organics! They are a local company from North Van. The chips are sooo yummy and healthy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;You can check out &lt;a href="http://www.piknicdesigns.com/"&gt;Piknic Designs' &lt;/a&gt;new Fall Collection at Spend on Trend September 16-18. Visit &lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/"&gt;http://www.spendontrend.com/&lt;/a&gt; for our full list of designers and more details about the show!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-5739137956905975779?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/5739137956905975779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-magda-from-piknic-designs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/5739137956905975779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/5739137956905975779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-magda-from-piknic-designs.html' title='Meet Magda from Piknic Designs!'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hy9UQcz9poI/TkWODOU6B5I/AAAAAAAAAD8/wDFg-9zFsmM/s72-c/IMG_0436.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-1013094211651228933</id><published>2011-07-20T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T11:34:20.389-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Tara from Revival Ink!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tcq_tMaJTCk/TicbOclgF8I/AAAAAAAAADs/1xU5csM8q74/s1600/rose_tee1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631499794055698370" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tcq_tMaJTCk/TicbOclgF8I/AAAAAAAAADs/1xU5csM8q74/s320/rose_tee1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZM0l9z40cqc/TicbHd91ytI/AAAAAAAAADk/Z6jz9S-xhwY/s1600/nautilus1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 236px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631499674167134930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZM0l9z40cqc/TicbHd91ytI/AAAAAAAAADk/Z6jz9S-xhwY/s320/nautilus1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your inspiration?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: My inspiration comes from nature. I enjoy camping, hiking, and gardening. I get a lot of ideas while doing those things.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite material?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: My favourite matierial is organic cotton and bamboo. So very soft!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: How did you start making clothing?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: I started screenprinting first, on clothing I found at the thrift store. Then I started using organic fabrics, and learning more about clothing fabrication. I'm still awful at sewing, but I'm getting good at designing the cut and fit of a garment, and communicating that to someone who can sew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite food?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: My favourite food is chocolate. Does that count? I also like fruit, especially from my garden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;You can check out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.revivalink.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Revival Ink &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;'s new Fall Collection at Spend on Trend September 16-18. Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;http://www.spendontrend.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; for our full list of designers and more details about the show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-1013094211651228933?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/1013094211651228933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/07/meet-tara-from-revival-ink.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/1013094211651228933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/1013094211651228933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/07/meet-tara-from-revival-ink.html' title='Meet Tara from Revival Ink!'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tcq_tMaJTCk/TicbOclgF8I/AAAAAAAAADs/1xU5csM8q74/s72-c/rose_tee1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-3933518502708521407</id><published>2011-06-16T13:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-16T14:55:18.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Irit from Irit Sorokin Designs!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MsnrfeOP8E/Tfpu-spDnZI/AAAAAAAAADc/Rgckj1H4e5I/s1600/CRW_9089.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618925508512423314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MsnrfeOP8E/Tfpu-spDnZI/AAAAAAAAADc/Rgckj1H4e5I/s320/CRW_9089.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YfMlIcNvfj4/Tfpu1IHc5vI/AAAAAAAAADU/CFb9S10yPBo/s1600/CRW_8984.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618920662388527202" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hU7JjQCYMM4/TfpqknbFUGI/AAAAAAAAAC8/9URIu5zQkAQ/s320/CRW_9061.jpg" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your inspiration?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: Historical Mediterranean and jewelry designs from the ancient Roman-Greco period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite material?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: Beautiful gemstones and unique findings found while traveling, I prefer gold to silver.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: How did you start making jewelry?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: I fell into it - it was not even a hobby. I was making some jewelry with my cousin who brought over all her gems and findings to my house one day and I fell in love with the gems. I started to source the gems out on my own, and the rest is history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Q: What is your favourite food?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;A: Good artisan bread with European butter. Cheeses from all over the world with a good bottle of wine and some fruit, especially apricot and cherries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;You can check out &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iritsorokindesigns.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;Irit Sorokin Designs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;new Fall Collections at Spend on Trend September 16-18. Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;http://www.spendontrend.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt; for our full list of designers and more details about the show! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-3933518502708521407?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/3933518502708521407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/06/meet-irit-from-irit-sorokin-designs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3933518502708521407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3933518502708521407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/06/meet-irit-from-irit-sorokin-designs.html' title='Meet Irit from Irit Sorokin Designs!'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3MsnrfeOP8E/Tfpu-spDnZI/AAAAAAAAADc/Rgckj1H4e5I/s72-c/CRW_9089.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-3126993311391084203</id><published>2011-06-07T10:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T15:12:19.922-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hot Designer Line-Up!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;This year's event already has a hot roster of designers. Be sure to take the time to familiarize yourself with them through their websites before the show. There is so much talent!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please visit the link below for their websites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spendontrend.com/designers.html"&gt;www.spendontrend.com/designers.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Art to Wear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Astrosatchel&lt;br /&gt;Bronsino&lt;br /&gt;Brooklyn Designs&lt;br /&gt;Bueno Style&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Button &amp;amp; Bauble&lt;br /&gt;Carla Swope Jewels&lt;br /&gt;Clutch Jewels&lt;br /&gt;Drus Design&lt;br /&gt;Elroy&lt;br /&gt;Filou Designs&lt;br /&gt;Fiveleft&lt;br /&gt;Irit Sorokin Designs&lt;br /&gt;L'arbre Love&lt;br /&gt;Megan Kathryn &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Noei&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Nostalgic Links&lt;br /&gt;Not your Nana's Silver&lt;br /&gt;Ola Design&lt;br /&gt;Ole Originals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Piknic Designs&lt;br /&gt;Pink Gargoyle&lt;br /&gt;Revival Ink &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;color:#000000;"&gt;Schaart Clothing Co.&lt;br /&gt;Shamila&lt;br /&gt;Toodlebunny&lt;br /&gt;Valerie Gobert Jewelry&lt;br /&gt;Vintage Creations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/377451494790854426-3126993311391084203?l=spendontrend.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/feeds/3126993311391084203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/06/hot-designer-line-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3126993311391084203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/377451494790854426/posts/default/3126993311391084203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://spendontrend.blogspot.com/2011/06/hot-designer-line-up.html' title='Hot Designer Line-Up!'/><author><name>Spend on Trend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16766148744719388712</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='5' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TBbr9lR5EJ4/Te5VBNkcJtI/AAAAAAAAACE/BvxwYcgcy8Q/s220/SOT%2BNew%2BLogo%2B2011.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-377451494790854426.post-5618613886988225914</id><published>2011-06-07T10:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T10:24:34.272-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrating Independent Design</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lAwBlFRoQGc/Te5aGnsb-uI/AAAAAAAAACs/6xXgukmXNFo/s1600/SOT%2BModel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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