gibbous… A Swankety Christmas.

Photography and video created by Eartha L. Goodwin featuring gibbous fashions at Swankety Swank. Location courtesy of Capricorn Framing.

Tarot and Tea Time This Black Friday!

We’d like you to consider us an oasis of tranquility, magic and surprise this Black Friday. We’ll be serving tea and STORM will give you a taste of his Award Winning Heroic Tarot.

Traditionally we close on Black Friday to Support the Buy Nothing Day Campaign, but we want to offer our supporters an alternative to the consumer craze.

Swankety Swank Showcase: Lock & Key Nightstands

These matching sturdy wood tables are part of furniture artist and Swankety Swank owner Yabette’s ongoing Steampunk Collection. They feature a hand-painted Victorian-inspired lock and key in detailed hues of brown on its newly refinished black surface. Both rustic and attractive, masculine or feminine, they have practical drawers and shelves with their original pulls. This signed art set would be a lovely addition to an eclectic modern, artfully traditional or bohemian decor.  Dimensions: 20″H x 15″W x 24″D

The above artwork references a very specific type of lock known as a “story padlock.”  These locks contain imagery relating to a theme or narrative, giving them a unique quality among other locks.  The antique Victorian padlock featured by Yabette is based on a 3-dimensional Werewolf lock manufactured in Trenton, New Jersey, circa 1880.

Let’s Give Ourselves A Multi-Million Dollar Economic Stimulus!

PRESS RELEASE

November 15, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

This holiday season, give the Bay Area the gift of a multimillion dollar economic stimulus by shopping local!

As we approach this holiday season, it is projected that shoppers will continue to spend less than in years past. But there IS a silver lining for the San Francisco Bay Area. When consumers shop local, more of their money will stay right here in the Bay Area, where we desperately need it. With a little planned spending, this year’s holiday dollars can lead to a more plentiful 2011.

 

Sexi Seaweed earrings made by local artist at Swankety Swank: $83. Product Photography by Eartha L. Goodwin.

 

Consider these numbers: When a consumer spends money at locally owned establishments, $25 more per $100 stays in the community than when spent at a non-local establishment. With that number, if each San Franciscan spends $200 on Holiday gifts and meals locally, $4,075,000 more will be circulating in our local economy come January 1st. If we spread that out to include the entire Bay Area, that number increases to $185,693,925 dollars!

Swankety Swank Showcase: Floral Fascination

Red Flower Table

The seasons come and go, and yet creativity is always in full bloom at Swankety Swank!  In fact, flowers are bursting all over the store, as blossoms bring forth freshness and beauty to the amazing art furniture on which they have been painted.  Today Swankety Swank Showcase features three art furniture items adorned with floral patterns by Yabette!

All About Alex

This is my hunky husband, Alex Alfaro.

He is an exceptional part of the foundation here at Swankety Swank. He’s the man who preps all the furniture for my makeover designs. He cleans each piece, making sure it is structurally intact, sands it, (he insists on doing this by hand to improve his arm muscles) and puts the base coats of paint on it. He is my coach, always putting a fire under me, saying, “OK, what’s next?”

Swankety Swank Showcase: Gray Branch Chair

The Gray Branch Chair

Swankety Swank Showcase presents the Gray Branch Chair! This sturdy, aged farmhouse style chair has a great wood structure. It has been newly refinished and clear coated in gray on its gorgeous wood frame. It features a hand painted white branch bringing a modern flair to this retro chair. This signed art piece would be a lovely addition to a colorful bohemian, artfully traditional, or modern pop decor. 

Swankety Swank Showcase: Snake Cabinet

The Snake Cabinet

Swankety Swank Showcase presents the Snake Cabinet! This wood side table, nightstand or media cabinet has been recently refinished on the top with a slightly distressed, warm red color wash which allows the original wood grain to show. It features a hand painted snake with flowers in hues of gray, black and red over graphic color wash red stripes. The inside has 3 shelves with color washed wood knobs. This signed art piece would be a fantastic addition to an artfully traditional, colorful modern or bohemian decor.
Dimensions: 26″H x 41″W x 26″D 

Swankety Swank Showcase: Twilight Tree Dresser

The Twilight Tree Dresser

Swankety Swank Showcase presents the Twilight Tree Dresser!  This aged, sturdy wood dresser has been newly transformed with a hand painted tree in crackle cream with shimmery gold leaves. The top has been refinished in black on its rustic surface. It features dove-tailed drawers, original handles, protective clear coat on its aged mottled surface. This signed art piece would be a lovely addition to a eclectic modern, artfully traditional or bohemian decor.
Dimensions: 36″H x 39″W x 17″D

Artists Inspire Artists!

 

photo by Christine Donley

 

Yabette’s newest completed project is now available for purchase at Swankety Swank! It is a combination of hand painted dresser and hutch.

It was inspired by Nieves, the creator of SF Weekly’s Best of the Bay Skincare Line 2010 called By Nieves! We carry her gorgeous hand made organic products that epitomize the Swankety Swank motto of “Honoring Beauty, Earth, and Age.”