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By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Pucker up with a fresh new lip balm for summer. Lipbomb’d is handmade with organic beeswax, organic coconut oil, avocado oil and locally harvested honey from Grouse Hills Apiary near Centralia. Jill Watkins of JYWatkinsCreations handcrafts each tube in her Wallingford kitchen. Lipbomb’d is smooth, light and nongreasy, making it…

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Old belts get new life as funky leather pieces in Greenbelts’ line of accessories. Northwest artist Shannon Ritscher pairs recycled belts with buttons, scrap leather and other accoutrements to create fun handmade fashions. Her creations include cuff bracelets, necklaces, earrings, pins, hair accessories and pet collars. Pieces run the…

By Sara Kennedy / Sunday Market

There will always be classics — a strand of pearls, a structured tote — but accessories are not immune to the seasonal shifts that change our wardrobes year after year.

Summer’s statement pieces have become more streamlined, mixing edgy shapes and natural finishes. The results are sophisticated and eye-catching, with a hint of rock-and-roll attitude.

Here are a few pieces that look modern now and will stay current at least into fall.

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Go outside and play with Fruitsuper Design’s King’s Game, a locally designed, made-in-America version of the classic Swedish lawn game Kubb. An activity for all ages, King’s Game is perfect for the backyard, or to take to the park or beach. It can be played by two to…

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Accessorize your home with sustainably handmade textiles that capture all that is beautiful about the Pacific Northwest. Sage & Kai’s modern pillow covers and cloth coasters are screen printed with original photography of Puget Sound seabirds and icons such as Seattle’s Great Wheel and the Bainbridge Island ferry. All designs…

By Andrea Dashiell / Special to Sunday Market

If you’ve spent any amount of time on Pinterest or home blogs, you know that customized home décor is having a moment right now (a very, very big moment).

Seemingly everywhere, bloggers and DIY-ers are posting photos of their monogrammed linens, hand-painted wall art and decorative chalkboard signs. Thankfully, you don’t have to be crafty to incorporate the same personalized touch into your décor. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Introduce the kids to bingo with a Northwest twist. Bingo Salish Sea, Land & Sky, from Native Explore in Vancouver, B.C., is a colorful matching game. It features original art by Coastal Salish artist Doug LaFortune, a painter and wood carver from Bellingham. Each sturdy hexagonal game board has…

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market Create a happy camper with a gift of Knuckle Kiss Jewelry, handcrafted in Seattle by Angela Delarmente. Delarmente’s modern designs are both edgy and sweet. Using traditional metalsmithing techniques, she handmakes geometric earrings, double-finger rings and a campfire charm necklace that pays playful homage to the Northwest’s favorite…

By Caitlin King / Special to Sunday Market

We’re well into summer wedding season, which means you may be running out of semi-formal looks — and fast!

If you have more save-the-dates on your fridge than dresses in your closet, fear not. Here are some ideas to help you fete the bride and groom at all types of occasions, from beach affairs to black-tie soirees.

By Bree Coven Brown / Special to Sunday Market You change out your thrown pillows each season — so why not your lamp shades as well? An Olympia mother-daughter team makes it easy with RD Shady Covers, interchangeable covers that zip up over a plain white base. Kathy Lathrop and Lara Anderson invented the system as an alternative…