Artist Spotlight, Palliser Avenue

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PoCo Inspired: Tell us a bit about yourself

Palliser Avenue: We are a dynamic sister duo offering handcrafted jewelry and handpicked accessories to women. We named our business after the street we grew up on, Palliser Avenue. We really believe in empowering women, we donate 10% of all our profits to local charities that support women and children.
PoCo Inspired: When did you first start making jewellery and what was the first piece you ever made?

Palliser Avenue: We started making jewelry three years ago. We took a couple of classes with Cindy at PoCo where we made our chandelier earrings. That is the piece that kick started our business!

PoCo Inspired: What inspires your creativity when making a new piece of jewellery?

Palliser Avenue: We look at current trends and adapt them to our style of dainty pieces that can be dressed up or down.

PoCo Inspired: What is the single most important skill you have learned and why?

Palliser Avenue: Finding the right size of necklace closure. We use bigger sized closures so their easier to put on and take off. The bigger closures were inspired by Julie as she always wears false nails and has a hard time with the smaller clasps that your average jewelry pieces offer.

PoCo Inspired: What challenges do you face in your work?

Palliser Avenue: When inspiration strikes and the piece we tried to make don’t turn out the way we pictured it in our heads!

PoCo Inspired: What is your biggest achievement so far in your business?

Palliser Avenue: Our tremendous growth we’ve seen in our 3 years of business. We are in 23 retail outlets across the prairies and have been a featured item in a subscription box!


PoCo Inspired: Where can we find you to shop online or in-person?

Palliser Avenue: www.palliseravenue.com is where you can shop online directly and under the “find us” tab, you’ll see where you can find us in store!


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