Last Minute Shopping Advice!!!

When did it become December 12th!?!?!
I'm half way done with my shopping, and hoping Saturday will really put a nail in my list.  How are you guys doing?  Need to get a little Lisa August for someone?  I've compiled a list of our favorite stores online that you can shop at.

Max and Chloe is a great website for jewelry gift buying.  Right now they are offering 20% off sitewide too! Max and Chloe

If shopping on Gilt is your thing, we still have a few of our exclusive items on sale there:
Gilt.com

I like shopping local as much as I can, and my favorite boutique to do so in Astoria is Lockwood, it's the type of store you can get lost in, and the type of store where you wish people would shop in for you! It's a great place to buy a pair of our famous tortoise hoops: Lockwood

Tuckernuck is a very tastefully edited online lifestyle store, with lots of clothing and accessories for everyone.  They do very well with all of out cabochon styles if that's your thing: Tuckernuck

You can find many of a styles at Anna Gray in Austin, Texas.  They sell our things both online and in store! Anna Gray

Fab.com is also a great lifestyle website that can really knock people off your list, and there are still three Lisa August styles you can purchase through them! Fab.com

So there you have our little Holiday Shopping list, hope this helps!

Vintage Button Necks

 

For the past few days I have been playing with the bags of old vintage parts (mostly buttons) from the 80s that I packed up and took with me in the move.  I've been wanting to find time to play with the pieces, so when I knew I had a trunk show at Lockwood Thursday, December 5th, I decided to take some time out to make necklaces.

The necklaces are fun and really funky.  Not everyone is going to wear one, but I feel like anyone can appreciate them, especially if you have a penchant for bold, over the top jewelry-very popular in the 80s.

 I look forward to creating more pieces, particularly cuff bracelets, but here are some examples of the necks, which I plan on selling on the retail site, most likely they will go live next week, when I have a little free time!

 I put the more black-toned necks on silver chain, and the browner, more tortoisy necks on gold chain.

I love this one, my friend Lydia described it as Long Islandy, and yes, although I'm not always super proud of it, I did grow up in Long Island, so I'm ok with that description!  I meant for it to be ironic, but I think it's still pretty.  I may just end up keeping it!

 I love the faux malachite in this necklace, and I think this may be the most 'wearable' of the necks, adding tortoise to any piece usually tones down the bold factor.

I like this red piece, it has a little 80s mod thing going on, and it's perfect for a black outfit.

This was the first neck I did the other day.  I think it's probably the most simple one, I love the button in the center.  That is one of my favorite 'old colors' that they don't make anymore that I wish I could use in the line, it's really stunning.

I also decided it was high time Lisa August Inc. joined instagram, so this was my first post:

 Pretty Cute!

No Junk in These Trunks

I'm happy to announce that Lisa August has been asked to be in a few trunk shows all just in time for some holiday shopping!  

The first one is happening in November right around Thanksgiving at The Lake Forest Shop, so if you live in the Chicago area, you should check it out.  The shop itself looks beautiful and has a very rich history, the doors opened in 1922!

http://thelakeforestshop.com/

Next up is a Champagne and Shopping event at The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida.  It's for two days, Thursday and Friday, December 5th and 6th.  Wish I could fly down for this one, it looks like a fun event!

http://www.cummer.org/store

Last but certainly not least, because I'm particularly excited about this one: also happening on December 5th, right in my neighborhood in Astoria at Lockwood.  Lockwood is a gorgeous lifestyle shop that recently opened, and it is just an amazing place.  You want everything in the store, and I'm very proud to have Lisa August jewelry featured there, right in my favorite part of NYC!  So, come and see me Thursday December 5th at Lockwood, I definitely won't be missing this one!

Check out the facebook even here: https://www.facebook.com/events/254320331386535/

I will also be coming up with some one of kind designs for the Lockwood sale, and I'm sure I'll be posting about it in the future.