What Prairie Underground is to my wardrobe, AK Vintage is to my jewelry collection. Sort of an obsession.

Based out of Portland, Oregon, AK Vintage designer Anna Korte creates limited-edition jewelry and – with the exception of the ear wires and some of the clasps – every single piece Anna uses in her designs is entirely, 100% vintage. And what a modern spin.

Balancing old and new is her nod to the works of poets E.E. Cummings, Federico Garcia Lorca, 19th-century nature essayist John Burroughs, Walt Whitman and …

Tags: AK Vintage , costume jewelry , E.E. Cummings , Federico Lorca , John Burroughs , Kahlil Gibran , Oregon , Portland , Walt Whitman

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Sure, the short commute from bedroom to basement can’t be beat in terms of reducing your carbon slipper print. And who doesn’t want to watch reruns of The Office on their own living room sofa during the lunch hour? Heck, you can watch the show naked and no one would complain. Those insulting corporate performance reviews are a thing of the past, baby. When you’re working at home, anything goes…or does it?

Well, it’s clear there are lots of pitfalls. Just Google “pitfalls for working from home” and …

Tags: AK Vintage , feng shui of the home office , home office tax deductions , pitfalls of home offices , working from home

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The more I talk with designers, the more I want you to know what they’re thinking. Here’s some insight.

I recently asked nine various shades of green designers what they thought about the question:

“Does collaborating with big names like Target, Kohl’s or Wal-Mart sound enticing to you?”

Heyne Bogut: I think in order to make that work you need to have a very packaged and defined product that can be understood and categorized quickly and easily. I’m always up for a challenge …

Tags: AK Vintage , Alison Kelly , aster and sage , cmarchuska , Dahl , Harper Della-Piana , Heyne Bogut , Kohl'e , Mociun , mothlove , souchi , Target , Wal-Mart

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