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Category Archives: Trunk show

Christmas pop-up shop Nov 21-23

24 Wednesday Oct 2018

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This year Theodora and I will be doing our Christmas show on Main Street in the trendy Little Mountain neighbourhood. It’s happening mid-week, Wednesday to Friday.

Wednesday, Nov. 21 to Friday, Nov. 23
4386 Main St. (near 28th Ave.)
Wed – 4 p.m to 7 p.m.
Thurs, Fri –  11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
(or by appointment)

 

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This necklace is fresh off my workbench and headed straight to the trunk show: Blackened silver and creamy baroque pearls, punctuated with a sparkly spinel clasp.

And I think the upside of winter is that it just gives us new ways to wear jewellery. Like my scarf pins. These are new for me and I have only a few in stock; I’m taking commissions. Sterling silver pins with big, bold baroque pearls, silver charms, and semiprecious stones bring some glamour to a simple scarf.

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Come for the earrings; go for the cake

27 Monday Nov 2017

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I’m popping up again at Designers Collective in Kerrisdale. The shop is located at snacks central: kitty corner from Butter Baked Goods and around the corner from Bigsby the Bakehouse. Lots of pastry and parking.

2885 W. 33rd Ave. (at MacKenzie St.)

Friday Dec. 8 — 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday Dec. 9 — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday Dec. 10 — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

My pal Donna Tangye, the painter, is joining me. Photos don’t do her brushwork justice, but here’s an idea of what she’s up to.

Hope to see you there,

XO, Anne

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Big, bold green amethysts are perfect grey-green shade that goes with everything

ACD-E-LondonBlueLeafLondon blue topaz topped by a leaf of delicate sterling silver

 

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Garnets accented with decorative sterling silver beads

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Baroque pink pearls topped with decorate silver beads

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Raindrops of white baroque pearls

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Faceted rutilated quartz topped with pyrite

 

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Rutilated quartz on a sterling silver chain

 

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A pink kunzite necklace, layered with a rope of blush pearls with a marcasite toggle clasp

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Linger in Harmony

07 Monday Aug 2017

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That’s where I’ll be lingering on the August 11 -13 weekend — at the Harmony Arts Festival’s, Fresh Street Arts Market.

It’s a juried market of artists and artisans and I’m thrilled to be included in this line-up of talent. You can download the guide to the festival here.

Fresh Street Arts Market, West Vancouver

White Tents, Argyle Avenue

Between 14th and 16th Street

Friday, Aug. 11, 2 – 9

Saturday, Aug.12, 11 – 9

Sunday, Aug 13, 11 – 9

 

LOOK FOR MY POSTER AMONG THE TENTS 

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I’m keeping the new designs under wraps for now, but here are some pieces from my portfolio. If you see something you love and it’s no longer available, I can alway make you something similar (which you might love even more).

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One of my two-in-one necklaces. You can wear this combination of dove grey freshwater pearls and a sterling silver chain, accented with faceted lilac amethysts, as a long rope.  Or wrap it as you see here into a collar length necklace. Or wear the pearls as a choker, by clasping the silver links into a pretty finish at the back. 

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If you think this long string of beige, grey, and blush pink pearls with lilac amethysts accented with a marcasite clasp and sterling silver beads would be perfect for a strapless bridal gown, you’ve guessed where the owner first wore it. But she’s been wearing it for years now, with crisp white shirts, business suits, little black dresses…

 

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Simple and elegant: a sterling silver chain with aquamarine pendants. 

Hope you can come by and enjoy a little Harmony,

XO, ANNE

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Trunk Show, Thurs. July 16

11 Saturday Jul 2015

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My lovely friends at JAC by Jacqueline Conoir, the Vancouver fashion house, have invited us to their cocktail party and trunk show at the JC studio

Thursday, July 16 

4 p.m to 7 p.m 

164 W. 5th Ave. at Columbia St.

I’ll be showing some of my new pieces, including more of my layered looks. And I’ll be sharing some of my tricks for getting the most out of your necklace wardrobe.

If you don’t know clothing designer Rozemerie Cuevas’s work have a look at the JAC website. It’s fashion for grown-ups: elegant, edgy, and something you won’t ever find in any chain store.

I hope you can join us for a glass of wine and a glimpse of what’s new on the style front.

Here’s a glimpse of some of the new pieces.

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Wedding keepsakes

24 Friday Apr 2015

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One of the joys of my job is seeing how my pieces become keepsakes.

Brides looking for long-lasting mementoes of the big day often find their way to my workshop, so every year I do a wide range of pearl statement necklaces ideal for finishing a strapless gown on the day or elevating a boring business suit later.

Jewellery really is the one part of your wedding day outfit that you can wear again and again. And freshwater pearls, semi-precious stones, and sterling silver never lose their beauty, so these necklaces will give joy to the next generation of brides too.

Here are a few pieces from my portfolio that graced the necks of bridal parties.

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Freshwater pearl-and-chain necklace with a baroque pearl and vintage coin accents

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Pale pink freshwater pearls mixed with sterling silver beads, a rose quartz accent stone and a marcasite clasp.

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Blush pink pearls and white meringue pearls mixed with silver and rose quartz.

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Faceted white quartz tear drops with a frill of freshwater pearls.

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White meringue pearls mixed with silver and moonstone accent.

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Grey pearls mixed with lilac amethysts, silver beads, and a marcasite toggle.

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Ivory pearls mixed with silver beads, moonstones, and a marcasite toggle.

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Pale blush pink pears with a silver bead.

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Pink meringue pearls and rose quartz accented with sterling silver.

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Blink and it’s gone

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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New customers tell me my jewellery newsletter should come with a warning: “blink and it’s gone.”

So I’m happy to report that I have a few of these heavyweight sterling silver bracelets accented with an antique Roman coin and a phantom quartz, at $325.

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But it’s true that many of my pieces are one-of-kind. Like these two necklaces, layered: Baroque pearls with lilac amethyst accent stone and a marcasite toggle clasp, $545. Sterling silver chain with baroque pearl accents and an antique silver coin, $435.

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I feel awful having to say something is sold out. While I can sometimes create a variation on the piece in the photograph, the truth is that I can only lay my hands on so many matched amethysts or aquamarines. Often that means making just one fabulous piece.

That’s why only a handful of my designs find their way to the online store. I need to have enough stones to make more than one, which is why this gorgeous collar of sea green chalcedony, $310, is available in the shop. I can still fill these orders.

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Even with earrings, I often do only three or four pairs of one design, because I need to have identically matched stones. Since I deal in natural gems and pearls it means that within every strand of turquoise or garnets I buy I can find only a few twins.

For example, there are so few of these delicate, green-hued prehnite and matrix earrings with a silver bead accent, $110, that they will probably be gone before my May 1 trunk show at the Granville Island Hotel. But I can never resist the subtle green stones.

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I know it’s frustrating for new customers to hesitate over making a purchase and then decide, only to find the piece they had their hearts set on is gone. But that is exactly why clients come to Anne Carson Design instead of a mass-producer like Tiffany’s. They want to wear something no one else has.

You might find these pieces in the May 1 trunk show. But if you want to snag them before they go for sale at the show or the shop, drop me a note at info@annecarsondesign.com

And please come by my trunk show for a glass of wine and to peruse my latest one-of-kind pieces. You never know what you’ll find.

Trunk Show – Friday May 1, 2015

2 PM – 7 PM

Granville Island Hotel

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Trunk Show on May 1, 2015

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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Announcing my spring trunk show

Friday, May 1, 2015

2 p.m – 7 p.m.

Granville Island Hotel

You know you won’t feel like working on a Friday afternoon… So come by for wine and nibbles and to have a look at what I’ve been up to for the last four months.

Lots of aquamarine and turquoise pieces, and other stones in spring’s fashionable blue and green shades, as well as lots of pearls in a range of colours.

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And I have plenty of silver chains in different sizes and weights. Those big, bold links are the ideal statement necklaces in summer – eye-catching, without adding a lot of weight. They give a dressed look to even the lightest linen shift or a bare summer frock.

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A few of my new creations have found their way to the online shop. But most of the one-of-a-kind pieces will at the show.

Hope to see you there.

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And the winner is…

25 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by annecarsondesign in Pearls, Trunk show

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The door prize for the October trunk show was a pair of my classic pearl earrings.

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And they went to Cheryl, in Calgary. (Yes, of course people fly in just for my trunk shows!)

These pearls are everybody’s favourite go-to earring on those mornings when making one more decision seems just too hard. They go with everything, but they have more pizzazz than a stud.

I make pearl drops in a variety of shades from classic whites and pale blush pinks to distinctive dark chocolate pearls in unusual shapes. And I have a few customers who have a pair in every colour. They’re probably my single most popular gift item too, since it’s rare to find a woman who never wears pearls.

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Vancouver is such a generous city

30 Tuesday Sep 2014

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I can’t get over the kindness of Vancouverites. Other small business people, journalists, and all sorts of Twitterati have been blogging, tweeting, and sending me high-fives for my trunk show this Friday.

My VanCity blog posted a piece on my show. And the lovely folks at Real Weddings have tweeted away for me, too. Not to mention all the kind retweets from people I’ve never met in Twitter. At least, I haven’t met them yet.

I’m looking forward to meeting all these kind strangers this week. Now back to my work table…

Oops. Better mention the trunk show details first: Friday, Oct. 3, at the Granville Island Hotel in the False Creek Alder Bay Room.

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