The Portland Rose Festival (www.rosefestival.org), which was named best festival in the world last year by the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) and the celebration events run May 29th to June 8th. The Portland Rose Festival is an annual civic festival held during the month of June in Portland, Oregon and is organized by the volunteer non-profit Portland Rose Festival Association with the purpose of promoting the Portland region. Molly Rahe of ElizabethJewelry (www.ElizabethJewelry.etsy.com) who has had a lifelong involvement with the festival has the great honor this year of providing her handmade jewelry to the Rose Festival Princesses.
Mayor Harry Lane at the end of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition presented the idea for the Rose Festival to the public in a speech in 1905. The first festival occurred in 1907. The Grand Floral Parade is the centerpiece of the festival and the second largest all-floral parade in the United States. More than 500,000 spectators line the route, making it the largest spectator event in Oregon. Since 1930 a queen has been selected from a court of high school seniors from each school in the area. A college scholarship is awarded to a 14-member “royalty”. The princesses make over 100 appearances during the festival wearing jewelry supplied by ElizabethJewelry (www.ElizabethJewelry.etsy.com) The Rose Festival Queen will be announced before the start of the Grand Floral Parade is chosen from all of the Court members and is crowned at the Queen’s Coronation. The Queen represents Portland and the Rose Festival for one year at appearances throughout the country and abroad.
Molly Rahe of ElizabethJewelry (www.ElizabethJewelry.etsy.com) named after a Rose Festival Princess will be supplying 2 sets of her hand-made jewelry to the princesses this year. This unique Princess jewelry is created with sterling silver, genuine freshwater red pearls and red Swarovski crystals. The second set consists of sterling silver and purple CZ crystals. A custom PMC charm (Precious metal clay, 99.9% fine silver) that was custom made just for the Rose Festival Princesses has a teardrop with a rose imprint on the bottom. The necklace is adjustable with each girl getting her birthstone in a charm at the clasp. Her previous experience with other designers such as Monet Jewelers and Liz Palacios have given her a keen eye for color and style and it shows in the fine handcrafted jewelry she has created for over 11 years. ElizabethJewelry is now the number one selling line of beaded jewelry in numerous stores in the Northwest, and is also found in several national catalogs. ElizabethJewelry handcrafts with only the finest materials that includes, sterling silver, 14k gold-filled vermeil, genuine semi-precious gemstones, freshwater pearls, and Swarovski Crystals. Elizabeth Jewelry is founded on the principals of quality and value with every handmade piece being backed by a lifetime “No-Fault” guarantee.
You can find additional information on the Portland Rose Festival at www.rosefestival.org
You can find additional information about ElizabethJewelry at www.ElizabethJewelry.etsy.com
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ElizabethJewelry
Molly Rahe, Jewelry Artist
Lakeoswego, OR 97035 USA
(Authored by Arts in Marketing)
