#exhibitionhall

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untitled . By helmet13 https://flic.kr/p/2rh2x6V

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From:  The art journal illustrated catalogue. The industry of all nations, 1851. London : George Virtue, 1851

NK510 .L6 A5

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Elegant view #Paris #ChampsElysees #GrandPalais #architecture #design #museum #exhibitionhall #artnouveau #findesiecle #beauxarts

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From:  The art journal illustrated catalogue. The industry of all nations, 1851. London : George Virtue, 1851

NK510 .L6 A5

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A relative newcomer on the startorial scene at our AAS229 booth is AstronoBEAds (aka @astronobeads​) by Bea (get it?!) Doheny, whose shop was originally brought into our orbit by @startalkradio.

Bea has been steadily expanding her collection beyond the classic Solar System bracelet and elegant Pale Blue Dot necklace to include subtly evocative galaxy choker and moon bracelets (all pictured above). I love how simple and fun the designs are!

Bea is offering a discount of 20% off any orders using the code AAS229 (as are many other vendors - check out the full list!).

–Emily

Full disclosure: vendors paid to be represented at our booth in order for us to cover the costs, but we are only representing awesome vendors!

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Let’s start the features with our only toy: plush planets (and more!) from Celestial Buddies! We’ve posted them several times before (and even used them to inspire a research mascot), and we have samples of all 13 buddies at the booth. That is one star, eight planets, a pair of dwarf planets, a comet, a Moon, and a black hole that can hold them all!

I LOVE the details on the buddies - the polar ice cap on Mars, Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, Uranus’ iridescent ring (best viewed in infrared light!), Neptune’s storm, Pluto & Charon’s distinctive surface features, and the comet’s coma-over hairstyle.

Self-care during conferences* is very important so feel free to stop by the booth to give your favorite planet a hug and maybe even order one to have waiting for you when you get home!

--Emily

*Shout out to @drssarahcare!

Full disclosure: vendors paid to be represented at our booth in order for us to cover the costs, but we are only representing awesome vendors!

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Hoping to wrap up all the vendor posts today, and starting strong with longtime blog favorite @lostinspacejewelry! The Lost in Space Jewelry shop on @etsy is a treasure trove of “wearable worlds” and one of the first shops we found when we started the blog.

I actually didn’t buy anything for a while just because I couldn’t decide which piece I liked best, but Melissa solved that problem by speedily answering my request for a custom design. Seriously, we messaged back and forth and the bracelet was in the mail before the end of the day! She’s always coming up with new designs so when a fresh image hits the Interwebs I can’t wait to see what she makes with it.

Here are some of my favorite designs in her shop right now (It’s so hard to chose just a few!): 

Earth & moon phase double-sided bracelet

Saturn & moons double-sided bracelet

I Love Pluto double-sided heart necklace

Pluto & Charon ring

Wiggly Solar System double-sided necklace

Double-sided nebula bar necklace

Hubble’s bubbles double-sided galaxy & deep field necklace

Logarithmic Universe double-sided necklace

Each piece is handmade with exquisite attention to detail using the most stunning professional and amateur astronomy images, and Melissa really cares about what the objects are and how the images were made. These are absolutely splurge-worthy!

Watch this space for even more special designs from @lostinspacejewelry to be featured on the blog in the coming weeks...

–Emily

Full disclosure: vendors paid to be represented at our booth in order for us to cover the costs, but we are only representing awesome vendors!