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Fabulous Finds

Lizzy B
Vintage Found Jewelry

We came upon Gina Balourdas at The Mercato Farmer’s Market City Cupcakes
in Little Italy, where she can be found most Saturdays, weather
permitting. Her stand was full of one of a kind pieces of jewelry The Best Cupcakes in town
fashioned from some everyday antique items. There are necklaces
made out of old typewriter keys, spoons and other varied treasures It was at the Scripps Ranch Farmers Market that we experienced a
that she has found over the years. Gina has been making jewelry little bit of
from vintage found items for Heaven.
about 4 years. Her parents are This
antique dealers and she has Heaven
spent her entire life attending was in the
flea markets and estate sales, form of a
where she finds the tools of her red velvet
trade to create incredible pieces cupcake,
of wearable art. “I always look one of
at small items as treasures and several
wonder what can I make with flavors
that?". I particularly love to make available.
one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry This was
out of watches, typewriters and vintage spoons that people bring one of the
to me. There is always a story to each piece, and when I recreate best cup-
their heirlooms into a new necklace or bracelet to wear, they are cakes we
genuinely moved have ever
back to a time of tasted and even more amazing was the fact that the entrepreneurs of
fond memories. (of this burgeoning business are only 15 years old. Sawyer Epp and her
course the bonus classmate at Escondido Charter High School, Lauren Ball, are the
is to reuse, recycle founders of City Cupcakes.
and repurpose!)” Cupcakes are the latest fad food with these specialty shops popping
For more informa- up all over. The girls have also sold their cupcakes at the Escondido
tion on where you Farmers Market and in April can be found every Friday evening at
can find Gina and Cruisin Grand in Escondido. They have many repeat customers who San Diego
her treasures visit make a visit to their stand each week to load up on more delectable Woman
her www.lizzybs. treats. Next time you are at the farmers market , don’t just leave with-
blogpsot.com out a tasty City Cupcake, you won’t be disappointed.
For more information they can be reached at citycupcakes@yahoo.
com.
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Women’s History Month
This year we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the National
Women’s History Project. This lobbying effort has seen much
success over the past 30 years. When lobbying effort were set
forth the result was that then President Jimmy Carter issued a
Presidential Proclamation declaring the week of March 8, 1980
as the first National Women’s History Week. In 1987, another
successful lobbying effort resulted in Congress expanding the
week into a month, and March is now National Women’s History
Month.
As a kickoff to this event President Obama held a special
ceremony at the White House and made the following statement
regarding the plight of women in our country today. President
Obama said, “But even as we reflect on the hope of our history,
we must also face squarely the reality of the present -– a reality
marked by unfairness, marked by hardship for too many women
in America. The statistics of inequality are all too familiar to us —
how women just earn 77 cents for every dollar men make; how
one in four women is the victim of domestic violence at some
point in her life; how women are more than half the population,
but make up only 17 percent of the seats in Congress, and less
than 3 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs.”
Women have come a long way in this country, but we still have
a long way to go. So join in on the festivities this month in honor
of women everywhere and celebrate “Women’s History Month”

March/April 2010