<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872</id><updated>2011-04-21T15:50:40.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>occasions by design</title><subtitle type='html'>a fine art, jewelry, and tabletop gallery located in scottsdale, arizona</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232064092503554872/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>gallerina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01606361915241827286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-7521892589281837807</id><published>2008-11-18T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T09:21:48.264-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ray maseman visits occasions!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;occasions! requests your company&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;at an art walk reception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;for printmaker &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ray maseman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;thursday, november 20, 7-9pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;you are invited to meet the artist,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;view demonstrations of his processes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;and enjoy music and champagne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;check out examples of his work &lt;a href="http://www.occasionsofscottsdale.com/maseman.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232064092503554872-7521892589281837807?l=occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-1421905879833414676</id><published>2008-10-30T09:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T09:31:02.925-08:00</updated><title type='text'>riley burnett visits scottsdale fashion week!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;occasions! is excited to host australian jewelery designer &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;riley burnett&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for the second annual wearable art walk and scottsdale fashion week&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;don't miss these exciting events!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tuesday, november 4, 8pm: preview show at canal restaurant&lt;br /&gt;thursday, november 6, 7-9pm: second annual wearable art walk&lt;br /&gt;friday, november 7, 7-9pm: cocktail party for the artist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;riley burnett has become popular from sydney to la&lt;br /&gt; for its distinctive jewelry designs of silver and semi-precious stones.&lt;br /&gt;check out some examples of riley burnett's work &lt;a href="http://www.occasionsofscottsdale.com/burnett.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232064092503554872-1421905879833414676?l=occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/feeds/1421905879833414676/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3232064092503554872&amp;postID=1421905879833414676' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232064092503554872/posts/default/1421905879833414676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232064092503554872/posts/default/1421905879833414676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/2008/10/riley-burnett-visits-scottsdale-fashion.html' title='riley burnett visits scottsdale fashion week!'/><author><name>gallerina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01606361915241827286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-4841267870843500078</id><published>2008-09-24T14:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-24T14:48:35.527-07:00</updated><title type='text'>support breast cancer awareness month</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;occasions! by design presents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;an art show and auction&lt;br /&gt;to benefit breast cancer research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;friday, october 3, from 7-9pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enjoy an evening of fine art, jewelery, unique cocktails,&lt;br /&gt;appetizers donated by cien agaves,&lt;br /&gt;and live music by a broken string&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;proceeds will be donated to &lt;a href="http://www.aibh.org/"&gt;AIBH&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;the arizona institute of breast health,&lt;br /&gt;providing women diagnosed with breast cancer&lt;br /&gt;a second opinion, free of charge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232064092503554872-4841267870843500078?l=occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com' alt='' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-9001417656372359493</id><published>2008-07-30T11:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T11:06:47.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'>new jewelry added to website and ebay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;New jewelry by Frederic Duclos, Patricia Locke, Kim Mason,&lt;br /&gt;and our own in-house designs have been added to the website.&lt;br /&gt;Check them out &lt;a href="http://www.occasionsofscottsdale.com/jewelry.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, don't forget to check out our &lt;a href="http://stores.ebay.com/Occasions-ofScottsdale_W0QQ_trkparmsZalgoQ3dCRXQ26itsQ3dSQ252BIQ252BSSQ26ituQ3dISSQ252BUCIQ252BSIQ26otnQ3d4QQtZkm"&gt;ebay store&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;New items are added daily.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232064092503554872-9001417656372359493?l=occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/feeds/9001417656372359493/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3232064092503554872&amp;postID=9001417656372359493' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232064092503554872/posts/default/9001417656372359493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3232064092503554872/posts/default/9001417656372359493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-jewelry-added-to-website-and-ebay.html' title='new jewelry added to website and ebay'/><author><name>gallerina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01606361915241827286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-8335288816424147121</id><published>2008-07-07T16:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-07T16:46:35.359-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Spectacular ArtWalk!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Visit the Scottsdale Arts District&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Thursday, July 10, 7-9pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;for the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Summer Spectacular ArtWalk!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Occasions will be hosting jewelry artist &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;Kim Mason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on this evening of fine art, live music and tasty food!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't miss the biggest ArtWalk of the year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3232064092503554872-8335288816424147121?l=occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://occasionsbydesign.blogspot.com/feeds/8335288816424147121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3232064092503554872&amp;postID=8335288816424147121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://stores.ebay.com/occasions-ofScottsdale_W0QQ_trksidZp284.m184QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DCRX%26its%3DS%252BI%252BSS%26itu%3DISS%252BUCI%252BSI%26otn%3D4"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; to access the new Occasions By Design ebay shop!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;At our ebay page, you can bid on and purchase items from Michael Aram, Tizo, Spode, Rosenthal, Ambiance, and more.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Check often for 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title='visit our ebay store!'/><author><name>gallerina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01606361915241827286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3232064092503554872.post-8784881252457172088</id><published>2008-04-08T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T13:35:55.688-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the big occasion!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;occasions by design announces:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;the big occasion!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;when the bride met the gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;occasions by design&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;wedding reception&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;05.30.08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;6-9 pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;introducing:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;personalized bridal registry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;special event jewelry rental&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;wedding bands and engagement rings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;sponsored by the &lt;a href="http://www.scottsdaledowntowner.com/"&gt;scottsdale downtowner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; and the &lt;a href="http://www.wedaz.com/"&gt;wedding chronicle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;more information to follow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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