Reflections: November 2014

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24 BLU STEEL

Inside the fine art of forging cookware.

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34 42 HOUSE OF DIAMONDS

Meet the Raine family, a local diamond dynasty.

40 HIT THE HAY

Get your hands dirty during your next vacation.

THANKSGIVING TO GO This year’s packages and pricing information for the popular holiday tradition.

TAKING FASHION TO THE STREETS Explore Seattle’s fleet of fashion trucks and tents.

BOTTLE TALK Master distiller Marc Bernhard explains why he went back centuries to get the recipes for his spirits.

ETSY MADE EASY Three local veteran Etsy vendors share their wisdom.

DESIGNER ON FIRE Taking inspiration from around the world, Elizabeth Rung designs the hottest jewelry around.

2014 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Make this year’s shopping easy as huckleberry pie.

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14 Employee Q&A 60 Classifieds 48 Body | Mind 66 Heard in the Halls 56 F-Stop

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EDITOR’S LETTER MANAGEMENT STAFF

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n a world filled with mass-produced goods, it’s nice to be reminded of the charm of handmade objects. I was recently reminded of this when I decided to make my own coffee table.

Like all stories about DIY home projects these days, mine started with Pinterest, where I saw photo after photo of rugged coffee tables, side tables and bed frames made of upcycled wooden palates. The concept seemed easy enough: locate two used palates, sand them, stain them dark brown and attach four caster wheels to the bottom. Hundreds of artists have created all kinds of unique pieces of palate furniture, so although the only tool I owned at the time was a screwdriver, I thought surely I could do the same. No problem.

The trouble started immediately. Loading and unloading the palates that I hastily forced into the backseat of my small car was painful (for both me and the upholstery); sanding the large pieces of wood resulted in a significant amount of blood (due to a sharp splinter that went under my fingernail); and staining the pieces produced a foggy headache so bad I had to evacuate (my deck is far too small for airing out such things). After all that I also realized I had no idea how to actually attach the two palates. So I went to the hardware store looking for screws and hopefully some advice.

After buying my first power drill, a wrench and 16 screws, I left cursing Pinterest and wishing I had just spent the money on getting a nice table, no assembly required, delivered to my doorstep. Nonetheless I got home, figured out how to work my new power tool and painstakingly secured the screws.

When all was said and done, despite the blood and property damage—or maybe because of them—I’m proud of how the table turned out. Because I made it with my two hands, and because I learned many valuable lessons along the way (mainly that I shouldn’t give up writing to pursue furniture design), it’s perhaps the thing in my apartment with the most character and charm.

To read stories of much more successful craftsmen, be sure to check out “House of Diamonds” on page 34, “Etsy Made Easy” on page 30, and “Blu Steel” on page 24.

Lauren Hunsberger, Editor

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UP-FRONT CONTRIBUTORS

New Season, New Beginning

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MICHAEL M AT T I

Michael Matti is a Seattle-based photographer who shoots everything from architecture to weddings .

SEE M ICH A EL’S WOR K IN

“TAKING FASHION TO THE STREETS”

s a chef, each new season is like a new beginning. New vegetables and herbs become available, new flavors take center stage and even new methods of preparing food suit the time of year.

As we get into the thick of fall and winter, this time of year is no different, and as Bellevue Club’s Executive Chef, I’m looking forward to bringing many fresh, exciting dishes to you as the weather turns cold and the skies turn gray.

But when I really think about it, this whole year has been a new beginning for me. After 16 years in the industry, I joined the culinary team here in March, and what that’s meant for me is a new staff with over 35 chefs and support staff for the Club’s multiple culinary outlets. It’s also meant a new customer base, a new environment in which to utilize my experience and expertise, and a new approach to food preparation and presentation.

What I hope that means for you, our members, is that you have and will continue to experience some new things at the Club’s restaurants as well. For starters, we’ve begun experimenting with new menus, complete with a new look. We’ve also been working hard to come up with new events, dinners and ideas to help you enjoy a unique dining experience. You also have a new person to which you can voice your excitement, concerns or ideas. And finally, I am also thrilled to announce that a new look for both the Atrium and Luna is in the works.

But with all these new ventures going on, we’ve also made sure to retain some of the important, time-honored traditions that take place during this time of year.

We will be offering our Thanksgiving To Go menu (see page 16 for details) again this year as well as the sit-down dinner option. So whether you are hungry for something new this November, or in need of a little tradition, I invite you to come and be our guest.

Bon appétit,

Chris Peterson, Executive Chef

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HALEY SHAPLEY

When she’s not on the road, Haley Shapley writes about travel, health and more from her home in Seattle.

SEE HALEY’S WORK IN “HIT THE HAY” [PAGE 40].

K AT I E VINCENT

Katie Vincent is a Seattle-based freelance writer specializing in outdoor living, wellness, travel and sustainable gardening.

R EA D K ATIE’S WOR K IN

“ETSY MADE EASY” [PAGE 30].

M AT T OW E N S

Matt Owens is a local photographer who enjoys traveling and dining with his wife and new baby. He regularly enjoys shooting everything from Bourbon to brides to brisket. SEE MATT’S WORK IN “HOUSE OF DIAMONDS” [PAGE 34].

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COMMUNITY november 2014 EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Chelsey Simpson HOMETOWN: Ellensburg, WA

➼ POSITION:

Membership Coordinator

➼ WORKED AT THE BC:

2.5 years

➼ THREE WORDS TO DESCRIBE ME:

friendly caring cheerful

➼ FAVORITE PART ABOUT MY JOB: My coworkers.

We have an amazing group of people working at the Club, and they make my job fun. ➼

➼ BEST MEMORY MADE AT THE CLUB: Having my picture taken with the Vince Lombardi trophy. ➼ FAVORITE BOOK: The Last Summer (of You and

HOB B I E S : Reading, writing, photography and

traveling

➼ SIBLINGS: One older sister who lives in California. ➼ HIDDEN TALENT: I can play the piano (but sadly not

Me) by Ann Brashares

that well).

➼ FAVORITE MOVIE: Love Actually

➼ AN ITEM ON MY BUCKET LIST: travel to Santorini,

➼ FAVORITE FOOD: Italian ➼ FAVORITE FICTIONAL CHARACTER: Dory from Finding Nemo

Greece

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I JUST CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My iPhone; it’s

horribly addicting!

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FAVOR I T E PL ACE I N T H E WOR LD :

Cannon Beach, Oregon

➼ THIS IS OUR HANDCRAFTED ISSUE, SO WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CRAFT?: I’m not supercrafty, but I used to make magnets to sell at my mom’s store when it was open. They were fun to make, and I made a profit too.

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TASTE november 2014

Thanksgiving TO GO THANKSGIVING IS A HOLIDAY RIPE WITH TRADITION, AND MOST OF IT HAS TO DO WITH FOOD. HERE AT THE CLUB, WE ARE HONORED TO BE A PART OF YOUR FAMILY’S TRADITION AGAIN THIS YEAR BY OFFERING OUR POPULAR THANKSGIVING TO-GO MENU. BELOW ARE THIS SEASON’S PACKAGES AND PRICING INFORMATION. PACKAGE 1: $180 SERVES 12–14 • An oven-roasted free-range turkey, 16 to 18 pounds • Turkey-bacon gravy, 2 quarts • Cherry-fennel-ginger chutney, 1 quart • Apple-sage stuffing, 4 pounds • Garlic mashed potatoes, 4 pounds • Green beans, caramelized onions, 4 pounds • Roasted butternut squash, 4 pounds • Rolls with butter, 2 dozen • Pumpkin and pecan pies

PACKAGE 2: $125 SERVES 6–8 • Half an oven-roasted free-range turkey, 8 to 9 pounds • Turkey-bacon gravy, 1 quart • Cherry-fennel-ginger chutney, 1 pint • Apple-sage stuffing, 2 pounds • Garlic mashed potatoes, 2.5 pounds • Green beans, caramelized onions, 2 pounds • Roasted butternut squash, 2 pounds • Rolls with butter,1 dozen • Choice of pumpkin or pecan pie

PACKAGE 3: $305 SERVES 12–14 • Rosemary-rubbed slow-roasted prime rib • Au jus gravy, 1 quart • Creamed horseradish, 1 quart • Garlic mashed potatoes, 4 pounds • Green beans, caramelized onions, 4 pounds • Rolls with butter, 2 dozen • Pumpkin and pecan pies

PACKAGE 4: $180 SERVES 6–8 • Rosemary-rubbed slow-roasted prime rib • Au jus gravy, 1 pint • Creamed horseradish, 1 pint • Garlic mashed potatoes, 2.5 pounds • Green beans, caramelized onions, 2 pounds • Rolls with butter, 1 dozen • Choice of pumpkin or pecan pie

➸ ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Starting November 1, to-go orders may be placed, changed and canceled by calling the catering coordinator at 425.688.3382.

The deadline for all orders is Monday, November 24, at 3 p.m.

2. Members can pick up their to-go meals on Thanksgiving Day from 9 a.m. to noon.

3. Additional side items will be available for purchase at Luna on Thanksgiving Day. 4. Reservations for Thanksgiving dinner at the Club can be made by calling Polaris at 425.637.4608.

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ADD-ONS • Au jus, $15 • Cherry-fennel-ginger chutney, $16 • Gravy, $16 • Creamed horseradish, $15 • Green beans, $24 • Garlic mashed potatoes, $28 • Apple-sage stuffing, $23 • Butternut squash, $24 • Half a prime rib, $95 • Half a turkey, $55 • A whole prime rib, $180 • A whole turkey, $80 • Pumpkin pie, $17 • Pecan pie, $17

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STYLE november 2014

taking fashion to the streets

BY NOW, EVERYONE’S HEARD OF FOOD TRUCKS, THE ROVING RESTAURANTS THAT POP UP AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY TO DISH OUT THEIR FARE. WELL, THESE SAVVY AND STYLISH ENTREPRENEURS TOOK THAT BUSINESS MODEL AND RAN, OR RATHER ROLLED, WITH THE IDEA, CREATING SEATTLE’S OWN FLEET OF FASHION TRUCKS AND TENTS. photogr a ph y

CELLAR DOOR MERCANTILE Owners: Justin Allan & Adam Spencer Years in business: four

Reflections magazine: Where did you get the idea to use this modality to sell your products?

Cellar Door Mercantile: When we first had the idea to open Cellar Door Mercantile in 2009, our original conception included a brick-and-mortar retail store. But as we worked on our business plan, we realized we didn’t have the capital, resources or experience to be successful. We also knew that an online-only store would be a challenge; we knew we needed to get our items in front of people to make the biggest splash.

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So we took a step back and considered our options. We’ve been fans of the Fremont Sunday Market for years; when Adam lived in Fremont, we would visit often. So we decided to start small: instead of trying to fill a 2,000-squarefoot storefront, we realized we could easily fill a 100-square-foot tent. We also realized that this would provide the opportunity to concentrate on producing, manufacturing and featuring solely our own designs.

Thus was born the idea of the mobile mercantile—an intimate retail environment that we can take to street markets and craft/ artisan fairs.

RM: What made you go the handmade route versus mass-producing T-shirts?

CDM: Again, this has a lot to do with the scale at which we operate. We are both artists and enjoy the hands-on experience of working directly with materials. We knew that we wanted to print the shirts and paper goods ourselves, but were constrained by the capital costs of purchasing all the equipment as well as by the size of our home office and studio—a 650-square-foot condo we own on First Hill.

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When we first started manufacturing goods, this scale worked well. There were challenges and it took a lot of trial and error, but Adam is an expert at efficiency in small spaces. Even as we’ve grown, this small-batch, hands-on approach continues to work well.

At some point, we hope to move to a larger studio, if only to make production more efficient. But I think that we will always take a personal approach to the manufacture of our goods. It allows us ultimate control of the quality and is a source of pride to know that we’ve personally touched and inspected every item.

RM: Why do you think there is a resurgence for handmade goods these days?

CDM: We think that the modern consumer is getting tired of the mindless stuff that is available at big-box stores. Not only is the quality inferior and the item disposable, but it’s not the least bit personal. Consumers are tired of having little emotional attachment to something as personal as the clothes they wear—not to mention no connection with the manufacturer.

We’ve found that people are very excited to talk to us about our designs, particularly if they have an attachment to or anecdote about the animal, pattern, or design on the shirt or poster. They build a relationship with us, and the item is imbued with more meaning. In talking with fellow arti-

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sans, we’ve found they all have similar stories.

In short, we think it is because consumers want a more personal connection to the items they buy and the people who manufacture them.

RM: What’s the inspiration for the aesthetic of your products?

CDM: As practicing artists, we have established personal styles that we’ve developed after years of experimenting and exploring individually. Our designs for Cellar Door are always a collaboration between the two of us, and our aesthetic is a result of smashing our two personal styles together.

One feature that remains constant in our designs is a sense of humor. Sometimes it is a clever visual pun, sometimes a fun turn of phrase.

Humor and irreverence are important to us— there just isn’t enough of it in the design and apparel industries; people take themselves far too seriously.

RM: Where did you get your design training/ talents?

CDM: We both grew up as artistic, creative kids—doodling, drawing, painting. We both went to Cornish College of the Arts; Justin dropped out in 1993 and Adam graduated in 2006.

After dropping out of Cornish, Justin fiddled about on his own, concentrating on painting. He started digital design in the early 2000s, when he had a brief, flirting desire to work as a web designer. He learned digital and graphic design largely through trial and error and reading far too many Adobe software manuals.

RM: What’s in store for the future of Cellar Door Mercantile?

CDM: We hope to open a brick-and-mortar storefront within the next three to five years—a space that will feature handcrafted and artisanmade goods, a gallery space for emerging artists and a print studio. Until that day, we will continue to produce great designs, grow our wholesale business and find new places to bring our mobile mercantile.

RM: What are the best ways for people to shop your goods?

CDM: Seattle-area folks can visit us nearly every week at the Fremont Sunday Market—we are there weekly March through December.

In the summer (June–August) we can also be found at the Waterfront Arts Market, located at Waterfront Part. Fans of craft markets should keep their eyes peeled as we often make appearances at Urban Craft Uprising (Seattle) and Crafty Wonderland (Portland). We can also be found online at etsy.com/shop/cellardoormercantile.

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CLOSET SPACE Owners: Rosie Itti

Reflections magazine: Where did you get the idea to use this modality to sell your products?

Rosie Itti: I wanted to start my own online boutique and have different businesses around town host my popups, where I sold merchandise for specific events. After a few months, I wondered what it would be like to sell out of a truck instead. I did my research and found the American Mobile Retail Association, where I later became the Chapter Ambassador for the Pacific Northwest.

RM: What inspired you to include handmade items in your inventory?

RI: My goal with Closet Space was to sell unique finds that I would wear myself. Handmade treasures inspire creativity and innovation. I am constantly blown away by all the handmade designers I discover.

RM: What’s the inspiration for the aesthetic of your business?

RI: I’m inspired by travel, love and history. All these things are incorporated into my business, from the maps that decorate the interior of my truck to my business model of being a traveling boutique.

RM: Where did you get your fashion/ styling talent?

RI: I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles and have worked in the fashion industry ever since. My experience came from a broad range of wholesale work, trend forecasting, corporate selling and even working at the small boutique in my hometown, where I now have my own brick-and -mortar shop.

RM: What’s in store for the future of Closet Space?

RI: I’d like to see Closet Space take over another city—whether that’s having the truck down south or opening a brickand-mortar shop in Seattle as well.

With a bigger playing field, I would be able to travel to find even more unique treasures for my customers.

RM: What are the best ways for people to shop your goods?

RI: Shoppers can find my pop-up schedule on my website at shopclosetspace. com or visit me on the Olympic Peninsula in Port Townsend where my brickand-mortar shop is. But I’m also able to ship anything that customers find through my social media accounts.

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BOTTLE TALK november 2014 One of Marc Bernhard’s favorite gin cocktails is the Last Word Cocktail, as rediscovered by bartender extraordinaire Murray Stenson: 3/4 oz. Voyager Gin 3/4 oz. green Chartreuse 3/4 oz. maraschino liqueur 3/4 oz. fresh lime juice Tools: shaker, strainer Glass: cocktail Method: Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass.

Bernhard also really loves the Monkey Gland cocktail. It features absinthe in a remarkable way: 1 ½ oz. Voyager Gin 1 ½ oz. fresh orange juice 1 tsp. grenadine 1 tsp. simple syrup 1 tsp. Pacifique Absinthe Ice cubes Tools: shaker, strainer Glass: cocktail Method: Shake all ingredients in a shaker for 10 seconds and strain into a chilled glass.

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OLD SCHOOL COCKTAILS

Master Distiller and Owner of Pacific Distillery Marc Bernhard explains why he went back a few centuries to get the recipes for his spirits and what it means for modern drinkers. interview

Reflections magazine: Where did the idea for Pacific Distillery come from?

Marc Bernhard: It began as a hobby.

When friends would taste what I made they would often joke that I should open a distillery. When absinthe became legal again in 2007, I decided to open a distillery to share my passion for this misunderstood and wonderful tasting spirit.

RM: Why absinthe and gin?

MB: The easy answer is that I love those two spirits. I’ve always loved the flavor of anise (the main flavor of absinthe), remembering the anise cookies my mother used to make. I also had a fondness for the juniper flavor of gin. My father used to give me small sips from the Gin & Tonics he would enjoy occasionally.

RM: What does it mean when you say you make Old World spirits using Old World skills and equipment?

MB: The recipe/formula for our absinthe is from an old French distiller’s manual from 1855. I actually own the antique book, and our Pacifique Absinthe is made exactly from one of the formulas in the book. Our processes for distilling our products are the same craft methods the best distilleries of the 18th and 19th centuries embraced.

We use whole organic botanicals in the making of our products. We don’t use artificial flavors or colors or chemicals that are so common in many of todays’ liquor products. The stills we use are genuine

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copper-alembic potstills that are handmade from a Portuguese still manufacturer that has been in business making stills since 1837. These are the same type of stills that have been in use for centuries. There is no automation in the running of these stills; it requires a skilled distiller to operate.

RM: Why go with Old World techniques versus new?

MB: Part of it is because I have the romantic notion of bringing back spirits that are rooted in history. Part of it is because I think that in many cases the quality of the liquors and spirts from the best distillers of the 19th century are of a higher level that you don’t find today.

Much of what you see on store shelves today is just mass-produced alcohol with artificial flavors and colors added.

RM: You grow your own herbs for the spirits as well. Why is this important to you and your product?

MB: We grow a significant portion of the botanicals used in our Pacifique Absinthe ourselves because it is brings us closer as distillers to the core of what makes our products unique.

RM: Absinthe has a reputation for being extremely strong, even hallucinogenic. Is this true for your product?

MB: The reputation of absinthe being hallucinogenic is, and has always been, a complete myth. Absinthe, outside the

effect of alcohol, has never had any psychoactive or hallucinogenic effect.

Much of that myth had its beginnings in the late 19th century as propaganda put forth by the wine producers seeking to regain market share lost to absinthe, and the anti-alcohol prohibition movement seeking to ban all alcoholic beverages. It is unfortunate that some disreputable companies making fake absinthe use and propagate these myths as a marketing tool to promote their ersatz products.

RM: What’s in store for the future of Pacific Distillery? Do you have plans for growth?

MB: Yes, we have plans for growth and new products. At this time we are working on producing a vodka that we hope to launch at our tasting room soon. We will also be investigating producing, in limited batches, unique liqueurs and spirits that once were favorites of the past. Also, we are in the beginning phases of re-creating cocktail bitters from old 19th century protocols.

RM: What are your favorite recipes for your gin and absinthe?

MB: In addition to the time-honored Absinthe French Drip (the traditional method of consuming absinthe) and the Gin & Tonic, I do have a couple of favorite cocktails that use our Pacifique Absinthe and Voyager Gin. (See page 22) ➸ pacificdistillery.com.com bellevue club november 2014 | 23

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➸ TOOLS OF THE TRADE: A BIRD’SEYE VIEW OF BLU SKILLET’S WORKSHOP IN BALLARD.

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“DO YOU WANT A PAIR OF EARPLUGS?” Patrick Maher asks halfway through our interview. “You might want earplugs.”

Maher is a blacksmith located in Ballard who, along with co-owner of Blu Skillet Ironware and girlfriend Caryn Badgett, handcrafts a line of cast-iron pans that are beginning to catch fire among Seattle’s foodie crowd and some of the area’s most prominent chefs.

He suggests earplugs because making their standard nine-inch pan by hand involves a surprising amount of loud noise, but he wants to show me the process because both he and Badgett agree the process of making their blue-hued pans is what their business is really all about.

“These are processes that are old, and they haven’t changed much and there’s not a lot of reason for them to; they are time-honored,” Badgett says as Maher turns on a roaring forge that reaches 2,200 degrees and sits in the middle of their metal workshop in Ballard.

Badgett, a Northwest native with a degree in fine arts from Washington State University, shows me a square piece of steel. “This is how each pan starts out,” she says. Then she hands it to Maher who begins the process of heating, hammering and pounding (sometimes with hydraulic presses) the slate until it forms the shape of the bottom of a pan.

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“I WAS INTRODUCED TO FORGING AND BLACKSMITHING, AND AS SOON AS I TRIED IT, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT; there’s something so cool about taking hot metal and being able to manipulate, shape it,” says Maher, who is originally from Boston, where he was trained in fine arts, specifically illustration, before he became intrigued with sculptural work that led him into blacksmithing.

Maher, and a few fellow blacksmith friends, complete the metalwork portion of the pan-making process, but that’s not where the process stops.

“We go through quite an extra step on the finishing end. First there’s the sandblasting; before they are blue, they are sandblasted. ... Sandblasting gets all the scale off [excess metal], then there’s wire brushing, and last the heat treatment in the kiln. That’s where the blue color comes from,” Maher says.

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Badgett’s specialty is the treatment, which aside from giving the pans their unique blue color, also gives them qualities that make them all-stars in the kitchen.

“It adds a layer of iron oxide to the pan,” Badgett says. “Which is a rust deterrent, and gives it better heat transference. It helps with the blackening and patina, a nice foundation to build seasoning, and with tempering the pan as well.”

With all of this in mind, Badgett and Maher felt their pans were both beautiful and practical, but it wasn’t until they put them to the test in a professional setting that they got confirmation.

“We thought they are really nice, so we gave one to the chef for Stoneburner and Bastille, and he said, ‘That’s cute, but I’ll let you know if it’s a good pan.’

There are a lot of things they are looking for in a pan. Like, when you heat it up, does it stay hot to get a good sear? And restaurant stoves are even higher [temps], so warping also becomes an issue. But he loves our pans; he bought a whole set, 28 pans, for the restaurants.”

The couple met three years ago through mutual friends in Ballard, where they live, work and sell their products (at the farmers’ market), and they went into business about two years ago. And while they are looking forward to future growth, they both agree they never want to lose touch with the products. “We want to stay small. We want to be the final hands that every pan passes through, and it’s a lot of work.” ➸ For more information, visit bluskilletironware.com.

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COMMISSION: Etsy collects 3.5 percent fee on the sale price.

PREREQUISITES: Shop owner must have credit card or PayPal account.

PRODUCTS: Must be handmade or vintage (20+ years old). Shop owner must have a role in creating products or know how products were made.

HOW TO START: Scroll to the bottom, left-hand corner of the page at Etsy.com. Click “Open an Etsy Shop” icon.

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Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade and vintage items, makes it quite simple and straightforward for low-budget crafters to start selling their products to a wider audience. So simple, in fact, that just about anyone could sign up and start a business in 15 minutes. This ease of access, however, means that it takes some smarts to navigate the interface and distinguish your shop from the hordes to successfully create a following. We’ve asked three local veteran Etsy vendors to share their wisdom.

ETSY SHOP: Glass Gardens NW VENDOR: Barbara Sanderson (Mukilteo, WA) ESTABLISHED: November 2008 PRODUCT: Hand-blown glass for home and garden

How do you market your brand?

“I post items on my Facebook fan page, Twitter and sometimes directly through e-mail to my existing customers.

Also, other sellers on Etsy run Treasuries (an ever-changing, member-curated shopping gallery) where items are featured and promoted.”

What are the benefits or drawbacks to selling on Etsy?

“Benefits include using Etsy’s marketing to present my art to people who may not otherwise find my work. One drawback for me was that many of my early photos were stolen and used on a Made in China company. This was before I started adding watermarks to everything. This company stole not only my images but also my item descriptions— line by line!”

Advice for newbies: “Read all the helpful information available on the Etsy blog. There are loads and loads of articles and videos with helpful tips and advice. Join a group or two and discussion groups as well. Fellow vendors are very helpful with questions.”

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ETSY SHOP: Sugar Sidewalk VENDOR: Hope Schoenbacher (Bellevue, WA) ESTABLISHED: February 2012 PRODUCT: Handmade, sometimes personalized, jewelry

What is your time commitment?

“There are sellers who work full-time (or more), and others who spend just a few hours here and there. It’s my full-time endeavor. Etsy takes up about 60 percent of any workweek. You get out what you invest, so unless you have invented the next pet rock, be prepared to spend some time learning what works and what doesn’t.”

How do you market your brand?

“The best marketing I have done is by providing the very best experience for my customers. I have a lot of repeat and referral business. If I make it incredibly easy to do business with me and offer a high-quality product, I succeed. I created my packaging with the intention of creating a wow moment for the recipient.”

Advice for newbies: “Make sure you have an idea of how you will fulfill orders. I know that sounds funny, but I have talked with plenty of Etsy sellers who made their first sale, freaked out in happiness and then had the um moment when they realized they hadn’t spent a lot of time learning how Etsy order management and shipping works. ... I always encourage new sellers to be open to selling all over the world. Learning how to ship internationally can be daunting, but it’s worth it.”

ETSY SHOP: Super Herbalist VENDOR: Natalie Hammerquist (Seattle,

WA)

ESTABLISHED: February 2011 PRODUCT: Handmade herbal oils and

tincutres to alleviate stress, anxiety and insomnia What are the benefits or drawbacks to selling on Etsy?

“There is another website just for herbal medicines that is a lot like Etsy [Poppy Swap] but you have to pay for it, it doesn’t get as much traffic and the interface isn’t as easy. Etsy is well known and well run.

But I haven’t gotten a lot of sales [off Etsy alone], to be honest. I’ve had better luck at craft fairs. Herbal products aren’t what people think of when they go to Etsy to buy something. And since my unit price is pretty low, I need bulk sales to make any kind of profit. On the other hand, I’ve made a lot of custom listings for people who contact me outside of Etsy wanting to buy something, and that has been a really convenient way to use Etsy.”

How do you market your brand?

“I write a blog with a link to my Etsy store, and I talk it up to people I know. I give away a lot of medicine to people who need it, and those people talk me up to their friends.

Occasionally I post on Facebook when I have something new. Facebook is really the best marketing tool.”

Advice for newbies: “Decide if you want [Etsy] to be a side or main gig. If you want it to be a main gig, spend a lot of time posting good pictures, thinking about pricing and even invest in promotion.

You need to have a way for people to find your store. Once you get a following, people might start putting you in their collections [or treasuries]. Ultimately, I think a good product will speak for itself.”

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ong before they were set up on the blind date that would eventually lead to marriage, Gretchen and Gordon Raine were both determined for a life of jewels.

At an early age, Kirkland native Gretchen was first exposed to precious jewels through her grandfather, a local physician who was also amongst the first gemologists to graduate from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). “As a little kid, she played with some of the most rare and beautiful jewels in the world,” Gordon says.

Although Gretchen went to college at Washington State University for speech pathology, she quickly returned to her childhood passion. “I always loved stones, so after graduating college, I decided I wanted to go to GIA because I wanted to do something more creative with stones,” Gretchen says.

In the meantime, across the lake, Gordon, a third-generation “Seward Park boy,” grew up in a family with a long tradition of entrepreneurship. But it wasn’t until he started traveling the world that he realized his passion. “In my early 20s, I traveled a lot and I ended up in Southeast Asia, where I got interested in gemstones. Then I came home and went to the GIA and got very interested in diamonds. I thought if I could buy and sell gems I could continue traveling. But I forgot you needed money to buy them first,” Gordon says with a laugh.

In order to make money to buy stones, Gordon started working for a local diamond wholesaler who eventually asked him to take over the business. Gordon was just 23 years old, but he quickly took the opportunity.

A few years later, both with separate jewelry careers underway, Gretchen and Gordon were set up by a friend and soon married. Gretchen, after graduating from GIA, began designing jewelry for a small batch of loyal clients at her own upstairs jewelry salon on the Eastside. Gordon kept gaining experience buying, dealing and designing.

Eventually Gretchen gave up her store and started focusing more on designing for Gordon and his emerging line. As the business progressed, they began manufacturing simple jewelry, stud earrings, tennis bracelets and so on, expanding their wholesale, increasingly elaborate jewelry line that “specializes in finer goods, high-colored goods, well-cut goods, the higher-end market,” Gordon says. “I always like to sell things that I would want to own.”

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Upon working closely together, they realized they had different strengths.

“My favorite part is the buying,” Gordon says. “I’m like an addict.” And while buying diamonds might seem like a fairly easy task, Gretchen says the care he takes in choosing stones is second to none.

“He’s really good with numbers and measurements, which is why he’s a great buyer. He [creates] really intricate pieces, and he’s so particular about the diamonds; they are so meticulously coordinated and put together, and you need exact, specific stones to get the look you want,” Gretchen says, pointing to a diamond ribbon bracelet—Gordon’s signature piece—with over 500 diamonds in it as an example. “Every stone has to be exactly the same otherwise it wouldn’t work. To get that many the same you have to buy about 2,000. But the finished product turns out like cloth because the depths of the stones are the same.”

Both agree that Gretchen’s forte, however, is in perfecting the subtle nuances of jewelry design. “We make a variety of hoop earrings, and most other posts are designed to connect to the top of the earring because it’s easier to design [and manufacture] that way. But what happens when you put it in the ear is it drops down and you see the earhole. Gretchen changed our design though, and we reconfigured everything we do and now we connect it to the bottom,” Gordon says.

“It’s picky details; the finer details are everything with good design.” And this is just one example of how she designs with

wearability, quality and style in mind.

With an eye for detail, she scrutinizes every design, thinking about what will happen when the piece is worn: Will part of it snag on clothing? Will it sit upright in the ear or on the neckline?

part because they now have help. Their son Matthew Raine followed in his parents’ footsteps, and he is a recent graduate of the GIA. He just recently officially joined in the family business, although he says it’s been in his blood all along.

The combination of strengths has allowed the Gordon James line to survive 39 years in an ever-changing business, dealing mostly in the wholesale side of the industry, but it also encouraged them to open their first retail store almost two years ago on Main Street in downtown Bellevue.

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“I think I kind of knew subconsciously for awhile. My summer jobs were to go down to measure out stones; some kids were mowing lawns, and I was measuring out stones,” he says. Matthew, who also holds a degree in political science from the University of Washington, admits his strengths and interests align more with Gordon’s talents, and he enjoys the buying and measuring aspects of the craft.

DIAMOND DO’S AND DON’TS: ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS “It’s important to find somebody you trust and are comfortable with.

Ninety-percent of the diamond is the person you’re buying it from.

Once that happens, the rest becomes very easy.” -Gordon Raine “You just have to try something on.

A lot of times people will rip out a photo of a ring from a magazine and say that’s what I want. But you have to try it on to see if it really works [for you]. You want [the piece of jewelry] to enhance your specific hand or your body.”

-Gretchen Raine

But, with all the diamonds, colored stones and precious metals that fill up the display cases of their store and their lives, the one thing that makes all three of the Raines light up the most are the stories of the people who come in to purchase a piece for an anniversary, birthday or, of course, proposal. “I really enjoy the young kids coming in and buying engagement rings,” Gordon says. “That’s a really fun deal for all of us.”

“You get to be a part of people’s milestones,” Matthew says. “Nobody’s buying jewelry because something bad happened, so you get to be a part of it.”

Aside from the three of them, their diamond dynasty extends to Lindsey Patrick, their marketing manager, and a second son, Michael, who is still too young to be handson, but who they hope will become the fourth Raine to enter the business.

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LEAPING LAMB FARM STAY • Alsea, Oregon

“Just being on a farm is good for the soul,” writes Scottie Jones, who owns Leaping Lamb with her husband, Greg. “And each person who stays on a farm helps support a cultural tradition that is under severe economic threat.”

The Joneses came to the Oregon Coast Range by way of Phoenix, swapping gridlocked streets for physical labor beyond what they’d imagined. After they realized how tough it is to make a living running a small farm, they decided to open their (barn) doors to guests, sharing the lifestyle they loved.

Those who want to work can find it by collecting eggs, feeding the animals (including bottle-feeding adorable lambs when there are “bottle babies” around), harvesting the garden and brushing Paco, a miniature Sicilian donkey. If relaxing’s more your speed, visit with the freely wandering chickens and horses, hike along the nearby trails, or just sit on the porch and take in the atmosphere with a good book in hand.

The farm hosts only one group at a time, so you’ll get your own cottage, complete with two bedrooms, a full bath, a kitchen with eating area and a multilevel deck. But perhaps the best amenity? All that farm-fresh air.

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In the coastal hills of San Luis Obispo County, Rinconada Dairy has grown from eight ewes and a ram in 1999 to 150 ewes and a herd of Nubian goats today. Along the way, their handcrafted cheese from raw sheep milk has drawn acclaim, particularly the flagship Pozo Tomme, rich and nutty and ideal for grating.

Feed the animals, work in the organic garden, milk the sheep (the lactating season runs from spring to fall) and learn how to make cheeses that please when spending the night at the farm. Accommodations include the Fiesta Room in the hacienda-style ranch house or an apartment in the barn. In your spare time, there are 92 acres ripe for exploring, filled with surprises including bedrock mortars (also known as Indian grinding holes) and petroglyphs.

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STYLE november 2014

Designer on Fire

Taking inspiration from around the world, Elizabeth Rung is designing some of the hottest jewelry around.

The clothing and jewelry line Kupu-Kupu is currently sold in Changes boutique, located in the lower level of the Bellevue Club. Its origins, however, date back 20 years and halfway around the world.

When she was in her mid-20s, owner and designer Elizabeth Rung was working with a group of artists in Pike Place Market and studying to get a degree in fashion merchandising from The Art Institute of Seattle. During this time, she met and befriended a few European artists. “That’s what sparked me to want to travel. I ended up in India, loving it. … And I never turned back,” Rung says.

While in India, Rung says she fell in love with the lifestyle and culture and was inspired by “how creative, artistic and colorful—super colorful—they are, which translates into how they dress.”

Determined to find a way to make a living with the freedom to travel, Rung made her way to Europe, ultimately ending up in Berlin where there were bustling summer and Christmas-time open markets to sell the “techno party clothes” she had begun to design.

That’s when Rung figured out a system that worked for her.

She traveled to Goa, India or Nepal for part of the year to source materials and work with skilled locals to create her clothing. She then sold some of the inventory in the markets there, sent some home to her mother, and returned to Europe for the other part of the year to sell the rest.

Rung says it was an exciting lifestyle for many years but also a taxing way of life. “India was okay because I hardly needed anything to get by, but when it was time to go to Europe and exchange the money I’d go to Saturday market and wouldn’t even have money to pay for my market stall. I’d tell them to come back at the end of the day,” she says. “But I had the energy, and it always worked out.”

Although she now spends significantly more time in the United States, she still often travels to Europe, India, Bangkok and Bali, where she was inspired to create her latest pieces—jewelry made from holy lava.

“It’s porous and rough and black, and I realized nobody is making jewelry with it, with big hunks of it like this,” Rung says.

All of the pieces are custom and one of a kind. She says she works with a silversmith in Bali who hand hammers all the silver and helps her with the lava.

“The first time I went out to meet him, his wife and kids, and I gave him my ideas, and he showed me these hunks of lava from the temple, and each piece is different, and then he sands them each differently too,” she says.

Right now Changes is the exclusive retailer of both the lava pieces as well as the rest of the Kupu-Kupu line (meaning butterfly in Indonesian), which includes clothing and handbags.

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E V E N TS HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Sa, Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Check off both the naughty and nice from your list while browsing through the 100 vendors in the Bellevue Club’s basketball gymnasium and Olympic Ballroom. From accessories, art, clothing and toys to delicious, local confections, this year’s vendors are here to spread the cheer.

SUGAR, SPICE AND ALL THINGS HEALTHY

Sa, Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m.-Noon Join our Naturopath Dr. Erickson for healthy choices during the holidays.

Alternative recipes for traditional dishes will be shared as well as new ideas on how to reduce your sugarload, manage stress and maintain exercise schedules. $50 member/$60 Guest

Pick up a copy of this month’s CONNECTOR for a complete guide to fitness classes, wellness programs, special member events, spa and restaurant specials, pool services and more.

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PRIVATE SWIM LESSONS MASTERS/ADULT FITNESS SWIMMING M-F noon-1 p.m.; T/Th 5:45-7 a.m. or 9-10 a.m.; F 5:45-7 a.m.; Sa 7-8:30 a.m.

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Fitness See a Group Personal Training or GPX schedule (available at the Athletic Services Desk) for a full list of classes.

Taste

HALF-PRICE WINE NIGHT IN POLARIS Tuesdays WINE FLIGHT NIGHT IN POLARIS Fridays, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Discover new wines in Polaris. Choose from any three reds ➼ 2-ounce pours for $15 or any three whites ➼ 2-ounce pours for $10 COSMOS HAPPY HOUR Monday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.-close. Saturday, open-close HAT TRICK SPECIAL IN SPLASH Daily, 11 a.m.-close Three small plates ➼ $20 SUNDAY FAMILY FUN NIGHT Sundays, 4-9 p.m.

Half-price wine and beer by the glass, half-price kids’ meal when eating with a parent.

HEARD IN THE HALLS

november 2014

giving thanks IN HONOR OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WE ASKED MEMBERS AND STAFF AT THE CLUB WHAT THEY ARE THANKFUL FOR THIS YEAR. WE THINK THEIR ANSWERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. ADULTS 1. I have to pick just one?

2. Family and friends 3. What am I not thankful for?

4. To still be in love with my husband 5. Wine 6. My boss 7. To be alive 8. That I woke up 9. Puppy kisses 10. Good water to drink 11. Bacon and cupcakes 12. Yoga 13. That I’m a mom 14. Jon Ryan and Steven Hauschka 15. My best friend 16. Our Bellevue Club intern

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KIDS (AGE 3) 1. Spiderman 2. Candy 3. Chutes and Ladders 4. Helping my mom shop 5. Basketball and tennis 6. Wolves 7. Mommy 8. Shapes 9. My dog 10. Volcanoes 11. Painting

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