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BEADazzled by Rebekah
“BEADazzled by Rebekah” is owned by Rebekah Sarber, a local jewelry artist from Harrison City, Pennsylvania. Rebekah has been selling her unique, trendy, handcrafted jewelry at local arts & crafts festivals for the past 5 years. She also does in-home jewelry shows, beading parties, and private jewelry making classes. You can contact her via email at hippichick@comcast.net or phone at 724.787.6309.
juNxtaposition is the ‘juxtaposition’ of ‘junk‘
after years of junking, collecting, and creating, juNxtaposition was formally launched in November of 2005. i am an independent pittsburgh artist and designer, lending my main focus to handcrafting goods from re-purposed found items. i tend to incorporate an innovative approach to recycling in a time when we have become a throw away society. my work is dedicated to creating functional art from yesterday’s leftovers, thus doing my little part to keep anything useful out of our ever overflowing landfills.
i create many one-of-a-kind items with a unique ‘juxtaposition’ of the old and the new. my work includes art-infused handcrafted goods from re-purposed found items, including old bottles, long forgotten antique typewriters, formica samples and old wood covered with layers of peeling paint. while utilizing items for purposes other than that for which they were intended, i am combining my creative energy, unique prospective and other’s discarded ‘junk’ to design eco friendly goods that are hip and trendy while being appealing, decorative and useful to society.
Cha-Ching Is Coming!
CHA-CHING Coin Jewelry is the brainchild of Suzy Fiori, a Pittsburgh resident who, several years ago, decided to make a change. After purchasing a pair of Mercury dime earrings, her inspiration came sometime later when she found herself charmed by change she’d received in the islands, Bahamian starfish pennies. Cha-Ching was conceived and soon she began scouring the Internet for exotic and unusual coins and tokens. Before long Suzy had an extensive collection from around the world. She lovingly works with the coins, creating unique jewelry for discerning customers. In the process, she has been blessed by encounters with fabulous people who, she readily admits, would not have impacted her life otherwise. According to her, that is the important bottom line. We hope you have the opportunity to meet her and wear her wares. You will be richer for it!
Lynne Mack of Decorative Painting by Lynne
Pittsburgh artist Lynne Mack is a self taught artist who was always passionate about art. She began painting signs and murals 23 years ago and has recently started painting on canvas. Her subjects are mainly animals and her works are bright and colorful. She has started a business called Decorative Painting by Lynne. You can view her works on her web page.
E-a-poo’s®
E-a-poo’s® has been on the Pittsburgh home front since 2002, pioneering the resurrection of cloth diapers on a local, national and international front for almost 8 years.
Mary Beth Karchella-MacCumbee is a long time cloth diapering mother to three and fiber artist to many. Her cloth diapering experience began in 1989. She is a supporting member of the RDA – http://www.realdiaperassociation.com . She is also a member of the Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh and a returning student walking the journey to a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. With an approach to voluntary simplicity she continues to bring forth new, useful, reusable items from her original patterns, many suitable for the entire family.
While fitted cloth diapers have been the signature product of this company, the ideas did not stop there. You can find over the years the hand crafted One of a Kind or Few of a Kind manufactured items to include but not limited to:
Luxurious Dupioni Silk Ring Slings
Organic Hemp or Bamboo Velour Nursing Pads
Natural and Organic Cloth Menstrual/Incontinent Pads
Tie Dye and Silkscreen shirts
Tie Dye and Silkscreen shirts
Reusable waterproof wet bags for all needs
A variety of household cloth: Unpaper Towels, Un-TP for family, Baby Wipes, Produce and Tote Bags and Natural Hemp Cosmetic Rounds.
Natural Goat Milk Soaps
E-a-poo’s® is a supporter of community and world needs, using fiberart to improve the needs of the world through collaborative charity since 2004.
www.eapoos.com Make the leap to cloth………..it’s a soft landing!
strawberryluna at the SSW EXPOSED
strawberryluna is me, and my name is Allison. I am a screen printer & designer raised in Philadelphia, now living in Pittsburgh, doing work under the name ‘strawberryluna.’ I work on art prints, rock posters, bags, well…anything that sits still long enough is likely to get inks upon it. My husband and I work on the designs and then I set to work and print all of my work myself. My posters are real posters, used for real shows, for real bands. Yup!
I print entirely by hand, the super old fashioned way out of a community, artists run co-op studio here in Pittsburgh called Artists Image Resource (AIR for short).
I like smarty-pantses with sharp wits and secretly soft hearts and things that are fluffy-wuffy and/or creepy. I also love to lay in the grass.
To see more of my work and portfolio feel free to peruse my website.
Meet Laura Williams of www.Llambchoppes.Etsy.com
Hi. I am a local crafter from Dormont Borough, Pittsburgh, Pa. I hand make natural gemstone jewelry sets on memory wire. I especially like to utilize natural gemstones in whole and chip bead form and frequently find myself working with seashells. I have really come to appreciate all gemstones as they have been created by mother earth. 
I often accent my pieces with metal and/or other stones. I enjoy using using memory wire because it is cool and it is a fresh alternative to the more conventional type of chain jewelry design. The memory wire puts a unique spin on the traditional jewelry set!
Visit Laura’s shop at Llambchoppes.
