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In love with Fall, the Sinister and the Divine

Wearing "fairydust time", "Marquis de Sade"and "St. John Neuman"

The Artemisian has created a very small capsule collection this fall of opulent rubies, faceted dripping garnets and each antique drawing inspiration from the Marquis de Sade. The collection is entitled "The Sinister and The Divine" Rich reds and gold encircle your neck tempting and inviting those around you to have a closer look.

"Fleur de Sel" 

"Lion"

"Maille"

SUMMER SAMPLE SALE

Pierced with enthusiasm

It's been a long and balmy summer, we've slowed our pace at the Artemisian and reflected upon our next collections. It's been a long ride using just antique pieces and we are excited to say we have been collaborating and learning new techniques to now incorporate our own cast pieces into the mix.
As a teaser we're giving you a little look at one of our pieces from one of our new collections. The new collections are as we are bordering between social commentary and fairytale.

"Freccia" the new collection incorporates cast gold or silver arrows into our chains in addition to antique charms. All of the new collections are available in sterling silver, gold fill or 14k gold.
We are bringing rings and altered victorian lockets into the next collections as well as an odd jointed doll. So check back with us periodically. Might be the heat getting to our heads but we are thrilled about this new evolution of merging old and new!

Freccia Apostille

HyLo carrying Artemisian capsule clothing line and jewelry in Old City

Come see us!!

242 N. 3rd St. 

Philadelphia, Pa 19106

by chance or by appointment

info@hyloboutiques.com

We are debuting a new way of purchasing the Artemisian capsule apparel line, in conjunction with HyLo boutiques in Philadelphia now you can try on and order from samples of this collection and we'll turn around custom fitted clothing for you in two weeks! Numbers of each fabrication are limited and Tina or one of her sales associates will be more than happy to spend the time with you to show you the multiple ways each piece works with the others in the collection to create the perfect summer getaway wardrobe. At one time bloggers looked for my advice on how I packed for an overseas trip without taking the kitchen sink. Have a read. 

Hip Hot Age Appropriate- summer packing advice from the Artemisian

strapless adjustable cinched top, large cargo pocket max skirt raw edge

harem pant and voile and mesh tank

The Artemisian does the Brooklyn Flea in Philly!

We have a few special pieces just for the flea!

Next time check out our steamer trunk exhibit

going going...almost gone!!

It was a long balmy day in the Piazza for Philly's first ever Brooklyn flea Market, over 1,000 visitors! After a while I really wanted to photograph people, it was such a curiously interesting phenomenon to watch trends in action over such a large crowd. Seemed every woman was wearing a version of an eighties print dress with various cut outs in the back and sweetheart necklines and all the men had a Mad Men's Don Draperesque pompadour,  with Ray Ban wayfarers and trimmed beard. The men really all looked cut from the same magazine, turned up stove pipes, button downs in various colors and laced up oxfords, crazy! 

New Roots

The beginning of spring....cleaning house inside and out. Purging has always been a very cathartic thing for me and although it starts with our house and our bodies in my family it ultimately cyclically always cleans out the cobwebs in my head creating space for new thoughts and ideas. I tick all year long checking in on facebook for my local yogini's daily words to think on, wishing I had the ability to pull forth all of these wise thoughts on my own but settling for checking in each day to find those of great philosophers to help with our human condition and working out what seems to happen winter after winter spring after spring summer after summer. Sometimes I wonder if we are not all just ants in an ant hill, bees working a hive and collecting pollen, we are all the same, no one special just cogs in a machine some. Not to say that each cog isn't unique just to say our own self importance may need to be adjusted slightly in this new culture where everyone can be a superstar and our culture creates the desire to do so. So here I am, not better, brighter, or closer to something than any of you, but instead, one of many. 

There it is. 

To help with these amazingly deep thoughts I've started drinking Dandy Blend. A fantastic way to clear out the system and fool yourself into believing you're actually drinking coffee. Astounding as it may seem my epicurean coffee taste buds seem not to disagree. Run, by some now, you won't regret it!

I make mine with hot water and steamed soy or almond milk and a little nutmeg on top, at least 3 times a day.

Next on the list, my new roots my new favorite blog has given me more to do with purifying grains and psyllium husks than I can imagine. Try the bread, I make it once a week, no flour, use it all week long as a substitute and one I thoroughly enjoy more than bread. That said, my chef husband has countered with a fabulous new homemade semolina seeded bread in our restaurant, truly not fair, just when I was happy to go flour less.

life changing bread

The Life-Changing Loaf of BreadMakes 1 loaf

Ingredients:
1 cup / 135g sunflower seeds
½ cup / 90g flax seeds
½ cup / 65g hazelnuts or almonds
1 ½ cups / 145g rolled oats
2 Tbsp. chia seeds
4 Tbsp. psyllium seed husks (3 Tbsp. if using psyllium husk powder)
1 tsp. fine grain sea salt (add ½ tsp. if using coarse salt)
1 Tbsp. maple syrup (for sugar-free diets, use a pinch of stevia)
3 Tbsp. melted coconut oil or ghee
1 ½ cups / 350ml water

Directions:
1. In a flexible, silicon loaf pan combine all dry ingredients, stirring well. Whisk maple syrup, oil and water together in a measuring cup. Add this to the dry ingredients and mix very well until everything is completely soaked and dough becomes very thick (if the dough is too thick to stir, add one or two teaspoons of water until the dough is manageable). Smooth out the top with the back of a spoon. Let sit out on the counter for at least 2 hours, or all day or overnight. To ensure the dough is ready, it should retain its shape even when you pull the sides of the loaf pan away from it it.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F / 175°C.
3. Place loaf pan in the oven on the middle rack, and bake for 20 minutes. Remove bread from loaf pan, place it upside down directly on the rack and bake for another 30-40 minutes. Bread is done when it sounds hollow when tapped. Let cool completely before slicing (difficult, but important).
4. Store bread in a tightly sealed container for up to five days. Freezes well too – slice before freezing for quick and easy toast!