Friday, November 19, 2010

Pie Footwear Pre-Holiday Sale: 10%-70% off Nov. 26-Dec. 2


The holiday season is just around the corner and whether you are shopping for yourself or for others think "local" this year and support your neighborhood independents.

To help you get started we are having a Shop Local Pre-Holiday Sale. Fine great deals on your favorite brands including Keen, Patagonia, Sanita & Terra Plana. Take an additional 10% off our Sale Rack items.

Sale starts Friday Nov. 26th and goes through Thursday Dec. 2nd

Friday, November 12, 2010

Shop Local: 3/50 Project


As we head into the holiday season think about shopping local and supporting the independent shops that line our neighborhoods that we love. Pie Footwear is a proud supporter of the 3/50 project and hope you too will think & shop local this holiday season and year round. Let's save our brick & mortar independently owned shops!

3 - What three independently owned businesses would you miss if they disappeared? Stop in. Say Hello. Pick-up something that makes you smile. Your purchases are what keep those businesses around.

50 - If half the employed population spent $50 each month in locally owned independent businesses, it would generate more than 42.6 billion in revenue. Imagine the positive impact if 3/4 of the employed population did that.

68 - For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home.

1 - The number of people it take to start a trend - you

Pick 3. Spend 50. Save your local economy.

Crystalyn Kae Bags

I have never been into handbags, I have always been more into my footwear than what I carried my stuff around in. Being a gal that likes clean lines and classic styling, I have found it hard to find the "right" bag that goes with everything and can take the beating that I put my stuff through. Then Crystalyn Kae came into my life with a green Topstitch Hobo bag and now I'm a bag nut!

Crystalyn Kae bags are made in Seattle, and designed with classic lines to be durable and Pacific Northwest weather proof. Though Crystalyn Kae offers bags made from recycled leather (which we love), we carry a wide arrange of her fabulous vegan bags in store. My favorite are the Glazed fabric variety that look like expensive leather, but instead are sturdy, water-resistant and incredibly easy to care for leather alternative. We are also a huge fan of her new upholstery fabric bag line, which is also super durable and easy to care for. Her color pallet ranges from classic black & brown to fun & feisty green, blue, burgundy and grey. There is definitely something for every one. Crystalyn Kae is always on my Christmas, Birthday & Let's Treat Myself list!

Pie Footwear has Crystalyn Kae bags for everyone on your holiday list, including you! Check out clutches, large & small totes, and hobo bags in both glazed & upholstery fabric.

Designer Crystalyn Kae Kokorowski earned her BA degree in Textiles from Washington State University, continuing her studies abroad with an internship at Liberty of London. Returning stateside, Crystalyn began selling her designs in a booth at Seattle's Pike Place Market in 2001. Today, Crystalyn continues to create her bags in small batches which can be purchased on her website, in boutiques across the US and featured in magazines, television and film.