Did You Know We Sell Eyeglass Chains?

We have been selling these functional but not farty eyeglass chains for years, but kind of only to our customers who knew about them.  Kind of like when you order off the menu in a restaurant.  I've decided it is time to start publicizing these little blessings for 'women of a certain age'.  When a buyer notices them at our shows she gets so excited, and usually exclaims how she has been looking for them for ages, or owns one but her friends all want one too and never knew where to get them.  It's nice to be needed, so it is time to go public with our Eyeglass chains!

My plans in the next month are to start really putting a lot of energy into updating some of our styles and adding color and other elements to the designs.

Some people sometimes balk at the price of our eyeglass chains, but these hand-made necessities are for the long haul, not an impromptu purchase because you left yours at home.  I know some women who have had their same chain for over ten years.  I'm not saying you have to wear the same eye chain for ten years, but you could is the point, and it'll always look good. 

Below are our current styles, soon to be joined with some new friends!

Soon this will be available to purchase wholesale for your company on our website.   If you have any questions or would like our line sheet to order these chains please email us at sales@lisaaugust.com

Showtime!

Ah, trade show season.   Exactly what we need after the holiday season!  ENK Accessories Circuit has come and gone, and in a couple weeks the NY NOW will be upon us.  I'm looking forward to this show.   It does very well for us, we get to see a lot of old friends and the booth is going to have a new look! 
THEN, a couple weeks later we are heading west for the WWD Magic show in Vegas!  We haven't done this show in years, and it seems very different than it used to be.  I'm looking forward to some fresh faces and maybe reconnecting with some buyers who don't make it to New York, and why should you in the winter time! (Except for the NY NOW of course!)

Come see us!

NY NOW

Javits Center

2/1/15-2/4/15

Booth # 8517

WWD Magic

Las Vegas Convention Center

2/17/15-2/19/15

Booth # 74240

Exclusively on Gilt

Oval drop earrings in tokyo tortoise and mint

 We are very happy to have our first Lisa August jewelry on Gilt this month.  We put together a nice mint and chalky peach story, plus an aqua and abalone story.  These soft pastel colors are only being sold on Gilt, and we love how they came out! 

Our cabochon stud earrings in Oval drop earrings in tokyo tortoise and mint

These are our pagoda earrings from a few seasons ago, I still love and wear mine all the time, and I'm thinking about bringing this style back.  It's sold on gilt in our chalky peach.

Our cabochon studs in chalky peach and tokyo

Our cabochon cuff in chalky peach and tokyo

This is one of our fun long chains that combines varying link sizes, available in chalky peach and tokyo

Also available in mint and tokyo tortoise

Our minimal beveled bar neck threaded on chain, in abalone

Our cabochon studs in abalone and mint

Our long chain in Abalone and aqua

Our graduated link chain (love it) in aqua

Our cabochon cuff in mint and abalone

Last but not least, our filigree cuff in mint

So check us out on Gilt.com!!  Happy shopping!

New Kids on the Block

There's a new bestseller at Lisa August, and I would say the first post Bellissima best seller for Lisa August.  It's our "honeycomb" AKA "clover" however you choose to describe it cuff and earrings.

I'm excited because these are the first samples I have made from scratch using our engraving machine program, without the help of my Uncle Mike, who was always the sample maker extraordinaire at Bellissima.  I'm even more proud of my little buddies for being so popular for this reason.

I made the clover earrings first from an existing die, I loved the shape and wanted to create a pattern within that shape.  I thought these earrings were the perfect size, because we have always been a little lacking in the smaller earring category.  These little earrings are 1 3/4" long, on the short side for us!
 

The clover earrings are available in the following colors (pictured left to right):

Black-Light Horn-Tokyo-Safari-Turquoise-Peach

Once the Clover Earring pattern came out so well, I wanted to come up with a bracelet using that same pattern, keeping with the daintier look, I decided to use our tapered cuff.  Again, on the small side for us, and the taper gives the bracelet so much comfort.  Once I added the cutout to it, it was even lighter and more comfortable.  I wore it the whole show season, and never remembered I had it on, except of course when I received compliments and people wanted to buy it. 

The clover cuff is available in the following colors (pictured left to right):

Tokyo-Light Horn-Turquoise-Black-Peach

Both styles can be purchased by our retailers @ Lisaaugust.com.  If you haven't already created a wholesale account with us, it's easy.  Just click on 'My Account' and create an account. Email us at sales@lisaaugust.com that you have done so, and we will make you a wholesale customer, and you will be able to view and purchase our entire current catalog of styles.

If you are not a retailer and would like to purchase these earrings and cuffs check out where we sell them in your area:  http://www.lisaaugust.com/stores/

If you have any questions contact us @ sales@lisaaugust.com

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.

What's Happening

Things have slowed down a bit, and I think we're getting into our groove finally.  I took a few pictures around the place, just to give a little glimpse into some of the things we do here in a day.  Way more to follow, because, there is a whole lot going on here for sure!

 These are the colors I'm feeling for Spring/Summer 2014.  I've been working on a chunky bright group, with the brights on the top of the photograph, and next I will be working on a ladylike pastel group and a neutral group this week.

 One of my favorite moments so far happened two Fridays ago when Lenore, Claudia and I stayed a little late to get some things done.  I had bought a bottle of white wine, and was bummed when I realized we didn't have a wine opener-big peeve of mine!  It's about a 7 minute walk to the stores in Woodside, and I couldn't really waste 15-20 minutes for a bottle opener.  This was back when things were still somewhat in disarray, and Claudia asked-don't we have a tortoise one that you guys made back in the day?  I walked right over to my roll top desk, opened the top drawer and there was our tortoise corkscrew.  Awesome.  It was a small victory, but at that time, victories were few and far between.  Team work: that's what Lisa August is all about. 

 These are the vintage parts I plan on making my one of a kind pieces with, they're out of the bag, and I'm going to begin playing very soon!

 These are our bestselling 2" cuffs in jade and gator drying after being dipped into acetone.  The acetone gives it it's shine, although they usually still get polished after this step.  One side gets dipped, dries, and then the other side gets dipped also.

This is what our chain looks like after getting dipped.  The chain is dipped after it has been assembled.  Dipping the chain seals the links, and then the chain gets tumbled for smoothness and shine.
So there's a little glimpse into what we do here, consider this a mini golden ticket...