B-Tique, Lifestyle & Fashion

Clara Francis is a jewelry designer, and a great one at that. She uses vintage beading techniques to produce her beautiful and unique designs, and all Clara Francis jewelry is completely hand crafted. Her signature beadwork and vintage charm necklaces have become quite a hit in the fashion world. She currently has collections in boutiques [...]

Etsy.com is one of my favourite sites to find clothing, accessories, home items, and crafts from truly independent designers. Etsy is about one-of-a-kind, handcrafted pieces (a few thousand of them) as well as building a community for the designers’ themselves. I know that at my local market, there’s a weekly ‘Etsy’ table staffed by volunteer [...]