Local Wares
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Style Repurpose Local Wares Melissa Kolbusz's found jewelry hits Europe
Posted by Taylor Goldenstein on 09.22.11 at 04:21 PM
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Local Wares Style Mustache wax, scarab beetles, and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
Posted by Taylor Goldenstein on 08.18.11 at 11:13 AM
EXT: TRAIN TRACKS — DAY Villain stands in front of damsel tied to railroad tracks, train oncoming. Music swells. VILLAIN (twirling mustache): I don't know what I'd do without Merle's Mustache Wax by Beefcake Handmade Grooming. Hahahaha!
$10, Broken Cherry Boutique, 1734 W. North, and other Chicago stores, cheesecakehandmadebeauty.com.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Local Wares Style Mario-inspired flashdrives, fair-trade bags, and other things you should buy from your neighbors
Posted by Asher Klein and Sallyann Price on 06.09.11 at 01:00 PM
If you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, imagine how many you'll catch with this honey mustard from the Chicago Honey Co-op. $6, Chicago's Downtown Farmstand, 66 E. Randolph, chicagohoneycoop.com
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Local Wares Style Hand-printed invites, a boombox in a suitcase, and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
Posted on 06.02.11 at 02:00 PM
Deliver the year's most coveted invitation with these letterpress-printed, vintage invites, printed by hand in Chicago from Steel Petal Press and made with 100 percent recycled cotton rag paper. $4.50, etsy.com/people/steelpetalpress or at Wolfbait and B-Girls, 3131 W. Logan, 312-698-8685, wolfbaitchicago.com.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Local Wares Style I Heart Illinois necklace and other things you should buy from your neighbors
Posted by Asher Klein on 05.27.11 at 05:32 PM
A moment of silence, please, as we take this time to remember our rodent friends who lost their lives crossing Lake Shore Drive. Honor their memory with this soap, cast from a raccoon skull and made from goat's milk, complete with its own concrete pedestal. $8, Sarah and Joseph Belknap, etsy.com/people/iamhome.
If I had my way, everyone would know that these earrings made from bullets and feathers by Cities in Dust are a warning to the band behind the awful "Hotel California." $38, available at Post 27, 1819 W. Grand, and other Chicago stores, etsy.com/people/citiesindustinc.
Local Wares Style Something's rotten in the state of jewelry design
Posted by Asher Klein on 05.27.11 at 05:00 PM
Featured this week on Local Wares, the Reader's column listing cool stuff made by Chicagoans, was a necklace by Stevie Koerner. Pretty, stylish, and most importantly a show of loyalty to a great state, the heart Illinois necklace (pictured) is one of a number of metal necklaces of heart-inscribed states Koerner sells under the line tru.che.
- Courtesy of tru.che
- Heart Illinois necklace by tru.che
If allegations Koerner made Wednesday prove true, and the Webiscite (that's Web+plebiscite) is voting in her favor so far, then it might turn out buying a necklace from Urban Outfitters is a pretty unstylish thing to do.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Local Wares Style A nearly edible spoon and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
Posted by Asher Klein on 05.20.11 at 10:00 AM
Moms, avert your eyes. The Cereal Killer is even less healthy than cereal with chocolate milk—it's a cereal-covered bon bon molded on a plastic spoon for your convenience, by Brass Knuckle Bon Bons. Your call. $3 for 5, etsy.com/people/brassknucklebonbons.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Style Local Wares Food Chain Food & Drink Five Things You Should Buy From Your Neighbors
Posted on 05.05.11 at 05:00 AM
Adopting living animals is a good deed and all, but adopting your own piece of meat can be equally rewarding. Believe it or not, Old Town Social's Adopt a Prosciutto program allows you to reserve a 15-pound leg of pork, and the gastropub's charcuterie team will select one in-person from Illinois's Triple S Farms. Then they'll send you updates as your hulking hock hangs in a drying room to cure. $260, Old Town Social, 455 W. North, store@oldtownsocial.com.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Local Wares Style Four Things You Should Buy From Your Neighbors
Posted by Asher Klein on 04.28.11 at 11:30 AM
To kick off our new column that features the best stuff you can buy from Chicago's artists, artisans, and crafters, we've got a triple whammy. For its 20th birthday, Quimby's Books commissioned a blueprint of the Quimby's sign that hangs in front of the store from comics ace Chris Ware. Plus, the prints were done by Skokie screen-printing outfit The Bird Machine, so you're supporting three different Chicago institutions at once. Get 'em while you can; only 500 were printed. $50, $100 for a print signed by Ware, 1854 W. North, quimbys.com.
