Design Hive Market is Better than Honey!

Disregard the cheesy title, I'm just excited! I stumbled upon an incredible designer's market today by way of my favorite fashion blogger's myspace page: Punky Style. Be sure to check out her fashion blog and her vintage store on etsy.com.



Punky collaborated with MakeReady.us and shoestringmag.com, YOURfairygodSHOPPER.com to organize another fabulous (and huge!! about three times the size of the impressive swap she held in Worcester in August 2008, Swap 'til you Drop (click link to view my blog entry & photos)!) clothing swap! I brought a small bag of clothes to swap and had to send myself home quickly as I found TOO MANY things I liked including a mint DKNY Sweater...oh yeah, the swap was that good.

The quantity of cool things at the Design Hive Market almost need two entries to write about...but instead I will bless you with one, really long, juicy entry. I am completely enamored of Designer Nicole Deponte's line lilian asterfield. She repurposes vintage neckties into some beautiful neckware and obi style belts for women! I bought my self a scrumptious belt and am actually wearing it as I write this blog (along with an outfit I acquired at the swap today, yay insta-dress-up)...that's right!

I can honestly say this is some of the most innovative design work I have seen for a long time. Her architectural shapes really flatter the neck, waist and the vintage ties used. Wonderful color combinations and textures abound. And definitely the most innovative design work I have found at a market.

I was also very impressed with the unique shapes and fabric combinations used by Designer Saya Cullinan of Saya Studio. Saya generously answered my prying questions about her line and such. Thank you Saya!

There was a lot of stunning jewelry at the Design Hive Market today, however two Designer's collections really stand out: minta77.etsy.com who has really great shapes and tasty color combinations and cadencedesigns.etsy.com by Designer Cadence Mapes, whose love for paper not only lends itself to tempting packaging but bold jewelry as well!

The all out win for most creative packaging ever is Zamforia.com and Designer Jonathan. Zamforia t-shirts which have hip urban graphics and feature the word love in many different languages, come packaged in slick potato chip bags along with toys and other goodies! Talk about addicting!

Conclusion: YOU NEED TO GO TO THE DESIGN HIVE MARKET IN CAMBRIDGE EVERY FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH!!!

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Please note: Design Hive logo originally found on www.designhivemarket.com . Saya Studio Purse image found on Saya Studio's etsy.com store sayacully.etsy.com

stART on the Street was a huge success!

Be sure to visit the Worcester Telegram & Gazette today, look for the light blue box (as depicted below) and the heading "Slide Show", click on "stART on the Street '07" to view a quick slide show of the event. Be sure to click on the "captions" button so you can read about each image.


The turnout was incredible! Rumor has it that more than 20,000 people came to enjoy this years stART on the Street. I believe it! There was a river of people flowing by straight through from 11am to 6pm no joke.

Thank you to the many fantastic people that stopped by to say hello; Maria of Unique Boutik on Highland St. stopped by and really enjoyed the new YazBerry pieces. Miss Punky of www.punkystyle.com a local style maven and fashion blogger stopped by to check out the goods and snap a few photos (see above). Be sure to check out her blog. Phil Raptis of the band Gold Star Campaign came by twice with his girlfriend Lisa and they were so great to cover the YazBerry booth for a little break. Gold Star Campaign will be playing at the Hotel Vernon September 28th!

Greg Roberts a local graphic designer and his girlfriend Jenny also stopped by a couple of times. As did YazBerry's official body sculptor, I mean Pilates instructor Nina Cerviatti- who is teaching 5+ classes this season! Look her up in the Worcester Night Life classes, at the YWCA and at Eaze Fitness. The booth was even graced by my old neighbor Julian Moseley! What a great day! Thank you all for stopping by and checking out the YazBerry new releases and saying hello!

Virginia spoke with 100's of amazing people at the festival- please drop me a line if you are one of them, I'd love your feedback and to be in touch with you. Also, your comments are invited in the YazBerry Guestbook and in the YazBerry myspace!

Stay tuned to www.yazberry.com in the next few weeks as many new pieces were premiered at the Art Festival and will be up for sale on the website soon!

Thank you everyone who made it out to this year's stART on the Street for a great event and great conversations!

Love,

Virginia