Easter Basket Giveaway!

We have a great new giveaway this week!

Stop in to Boutique 208 between now and March 24, 2016 to receive an entry to win this great assortment of items donated by several of our artists. No purchase necessary for the first entry!  Get one entry just for coming in to see us, then earn 1 entry for any purchase, and then additional entries for every $20 you spend! 

Come down and see us!

Prize includes: Cake earrings from Evan Tillie of Tillie's Clay Treats, an Easter Pin from Tam of Barker's Herbs and Heirlooms, Easter egg earrings from Jenn of Charmed by Jenn, silly soap from Bethany of Indulgence Bath & Body Products, a green table mat from Pamela of A PG Creation, a pair of pot holders from Susan of Meanderer, a pair of tie dye socks from Leslie of LArtC, children's hair clips from Angela of Funnermother - all wrapped nicely in a lovely reversible fabric bowl from Lynn of Textile Gifts!

Winner will be randomly drawn the morning of Friday, March 25 and notified via phone call (or email address depending on which the winner provides on their entry form).

Trunk Show - Angela Todd of Funnermother 12/18/14

Angela Todd, of Funnermother will be featuring a wide selection of her hand crafted items at Boutique 208 on Thursday, December 18, 2014.

208 6th St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Join us this Saturday, March 8, for a Trunk Show Featuring Angela Todd of Funnermother: Let's Get Fun!

This Saturday, March 8th, from 11:00 am - 8:00 pm, stop into Boutique 208, at 208 6th St., across from Heinz Hall, for a special trunk show featuring Angela Todd of Funnermother: Let's Get Fun.

She will be premiering her new Cabbage Patch Kid inspired wig hats and will also have her "Devil Music" tees available.  The Devil Music tees were included in gift bags for an after party at this year's Grammy awards.

Enjoy a free mimosa while you shop this free event. 

Sign up for her E-zine and receive a crocheted dishcloth as a thank you gift.

Featured Artist for February 2nd - 16th: Angela Todd of AngelLeighDesigns

Boutique 208 is proud to introduce our current featured member - Angela Todd of AngelLeighDesigns.  We hope you enjoy reading a bit about her in her own words.  

AngelLeighDesigns has been represented by Boutique 208 for several years now.  I quit my full time library job in July and am getting more active there.  I'm also starting a cozy family-focused label called Funnermother, leaving my vintage items and whatnot in my AngelLeighDesigns label.  You'll see both labels in the Boutique.  For me, handmade is part of my rural Maine history, but it's also an important politics of the future.  In an economy of handmade, producers get the power of production and creative control. Consumers are offered not just the illusion of choices (Smucker’s or Welch’s grape jelly), but real choices (homemade mango jam). Societies benefit with engaged producers, somewhat leveled playing fields, less dominance and more engagement. Handmade purchases feed artists and families, not corporations. 

Individuality cannot be expressed through mass produced objects. It is a structural impossibility. Shopping at the department store downtown I would have five choices. Working with a seamstress or artist on a handmade wardrobe, I have a world of choices. Handmade is freedom.

A selection of sizes and colors of this silkscreened tee are in the Boutique!

This hat celebrates adoption!  Did the giraffe take on the attributes of his fish family?  Or did a fish start to look like his adopted giraffe family?  

Felted bowls are great to fill with candy hearts, plushies, chocolate kisses, or jewelry.

You'll see this vintage flashbulb pendant in the window.