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.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Bunny Huggins Hats

I have always loved the idea of wearing a hat. Living in a wet climate it can be a good accessory to every outfit second only to a fabulous umbrella. Though I have many fabulous umbrellas, hats have always escaped me, never looking right or having the right fit. Then I met Bunny Huggins, was introduced to her Fidel style cap and now I can't wait for hat season.

One of my favorite things about a Bunny Huggins hat is they fit softly on your head, so you never feel like your brain is being squished, it is comfortable to wear all day and sometimes you forget you have it on. It's also pretty awesome that all Bunny Huggins hats are reversible. Yes, you don't just get one uniquely funky and flattering hat, you get two! Your accountant would be so impressed. Since all of Bunny's hats are handmade by Bunny in Portland, from reclaimed & vintage materials, no two hats are alike. I really like the fact that my hat is mine and I won't see another one like it out there. I wish I were more crafty and DIY like Bunny, but since I'm not, I'm glad there are spunky creative people like Bunny out there who are honing the are art of handcrafted goods.

Pie Footwear carries Bunny Huggins hats for all sizes. No head is too big or too small.

Bunny is a local Jill-of-all trades who has a MFA in Metalsmithing and a shop with more tools than you can swing a dead cat at, she's been crafting metal for as long as Sonic Youth has been making records. Her current incarnation is a designer and fabricator of apparel & jewelry for the hip and style conscious person. Above all Bunny is committed to a sustainable lifestyle, using recycled and vintage materials for her crafts.

For more on info on Bunny Huggins check out her website at: www.bunnyhuggins.com

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Pie Footwear's Annual Summer Sale

Pie Footwear Summer Sale
20-65% off on Men's & Women's Footwear
July 15-18 ~ Thursday -Sunday

Stop by and get a great deal on all your summer favorites!
Special sidewalk deals.
Also check out Ampersand Vintage sidewalk sale next door