Halloween Celebration!

Lots of fun things happening here today!

Face Painting by Diane Trapp
Call for an appointment if you'd like to have your face painted!
(503) 240-5984

Trick or Treating & Free Carousel Rides
3:30 - 6:30 PM today

Halloween Party at Belle Sirota
7 PM - Midnight
Meet some of our artists, have some food...

Scream at the Beach
7 PM - midnight

Did you see Diane on tv this morning?

If you live in the Portland area, I hope you got the chance to see Diane Trapp of Illusionary Designs on Good Day Oregon (KPTV, Channel 12) this morning!

Diane explained the process she uses to create her masks and showed some of them off.  It was a fun segment, and part of it is here.

We'll be open until at least 9:00 tonight for your shopping convenience.

Masks on Good Day Oregon tomorrow!

If you live in the Portland area, check out Good Day Oregon tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29! Diane Trapp will be demonstrating her mask making techniques and showing the wonderful masks she and her sister Connie have made!

Halloween Masks at Belle Sirota

Halloween is almost here...and we have amazing masks by Diane & Connie Trapp!  We still have a good selection, but they're selling quickly.  Here's a few favorites - we have more on our website and in our shop!  Stop by and see us if you're in the Portland/Vancouver area.

Rainbow Mask by Connie Trapp

Bunny Mask by Diane Trapp

Ladybug Mask by Connie Trapp

Eye Mask by Connie Trapp

Dragon Mask by Connie Trapp

Wolf Mask by Diane Trapp

...in which several things dripping in cuteness are mentioned...

Halloween is in full swing here at the Jantzen Beach Mall - Scream at the Beach is going strong, although tonight is one of their few dark nights this month.
We have reached a full fifty artists in the store- many very talented people have joined us- let me give you a run down of some of my new favorites.

• Lynne Curran dropped off her first creation just today! She crochets major cute witch hats and tis the season! The hat in question is child sized and fringed with purple eyelash fabric.
• A new wire worker Rita Juhlin has joined us - she does wire wrapped precious gem rings as well as some chainmaille bracelets. Her work is super!
• New items from Zeldaloo arrived in time for Halloween! Most of her creations, including a fabulous witch, are gracing our North window. :)
• Masks from the world renowned Trapp Sisters are flying off the shelves. Connie and Diane are joining us weekends to face paint SATB goers. Last weekend my whole family joined in the fun.
  
• SOAPYLOVE is here! Soapcicles are fun and totally bath friendly- we have several seasonal scents as well as a dozen of her regular scents (although there is nothing regular about them). See them at www.soapylove.com
  

OMG- Where DID the summer go?

I know, I know, I haven't blogged since July! My total slacker bad! It seems like it was just yesterday I posted last. Then again, it seems like a year ago.
Things here in Belle Sirotaland are going well, August was HOT and our sales were too! We recruited new artists, got amazing things from current artists and are moving towards our big, big, big Halloween extravaganza!
Scream at the Beach is coming, it is official and HUGE! SATB is a Haunted House of national renown that has been here on Hayden Island since 2001; in previous years the haunts have been located in empty storefronts outside the mall, this year, they are moving inside. We will be invaded with six haunted houses, a haunted carousel, concerts and many more events. Inside the store, we will have decor, costumes, and facepainting by the famous Trapp Sisters! They have also deliviered a slew of Mardi Gras and animal masks, just in time for the big event...

New Stuff Happening!

Hi!

We are just bursting with more new things, which I will list out in a minute, but I wanted to talk about our store space and ideas for expanding. Our little store was once a cigar store, so it has a room that was built to be a humidor, to keep the cigars at a constant humididy. We are going forward with our plans to open up that space for retail space and classes! One of our local artists is a very accomplished beader and writes for Bead and Button magazine. She is interested in using our store space for classes of her own, which I think would be a great addition to the classes Renee and I offer. I am excited to organize the room and get it looking great for retail use too. Right now it is storage, so it is a bit messy. In the next few weeks we will be applying ourselves to getting it straightened up. :)
Okay, how about all that new stuff I teased you with at the beginning? Here we go:

• Tanner Glass sent us some awesome paperweights, magnets, wine bottle stoppers and a few other things. These are neat, neat, neat! Renee has a love thing going on with the fortune cookie paperweights and I think the magnets are tres cool.
• This Is It! sent us some more journals. One didn't even make it out on the floor, I bought it right out of the box! We got great spiral bound journals, several more large books and a great selection of the small books too. I love her work and admire her eco-friendly approach. She also did a special order journal lightning fast for us too.
• Did I mention Teague Beads last week? Even if I did, they deserve another mention. What did we get? Well, lampworked cufflinks, pens with a big lampworked bead inserted in the barrel and the cutest lampworked ornaments. You have no idea how hard it is to lampwork a hollow creation that large. Amazing!

I think that is all for now, since I can't think of more. I am going to be at the Gem Faire here in Portland this weekend, doing one of my other jobs, selling lampwork beads for a lady out of San Jose. If you are in the area, be sure to stop by!