Potluck Pretty 4.03.07 Click here to view pdf Best Visual Presentation Award San Francisco International Gift Fair 2.21.07 Click here to view pdf

THE GOODS     Seattle Magazine December 2006 Click here to view pdf December 2005 Add a touch of sparkle - and a sense of history - to your holiday finery this season. Discovered in France and brought stateside by Capitol Hill distributor Potluck Paris (potluckparis.com), this twinkling Swarovski crystal, sterling silver and pewter bracelet is made from melted vintage metal products such as Parisian teapots and flatware. Recycling has never looked so glamorous. $145 at Lucca (5332 Ballard Ave. NW; 206.782.7337; luccastatuary.com) and Rosanna (University Village, 2619 NE Village Lane; 206.204.0155; rosannainc.com). Click here to view pdf

Take Deux Potluck Paris recycled metal jewelry ($62 and up, M. Sellin Ltd., 3556 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 239-4605) is the jewelry equivalent of carrot-raisin ambrosia salad. Scrap silver, copper and pewter are promiscuously melted down in a Parisian workshop. Seattle distributors collaborate with French designers to transform the resulting ad-hoc alloy into compact geometric shapes: ingots, seed beads, tabs, cubes and discs. The pieces are then assembled into monochromatic pieces with fine details and post-industrial charm: caviar bead necklaces, dice-shaped bracelets, bite-sized pendants. The purity and simplicity of the pieces will almost make you forget they're made of old frenchy forchettes and fondue pots. But oh, what fromage those bracelets have seen. Read More!