the black embedded nail buckle, the pink embedded scrap metal buckle and the ferns frozen in blue are all bykali. i love her ever evolving style(s)!
politics are always on the minds of those of us who live here in washington, dc!
i love barack obama so i rock him on a gorgeous buckle from lucybluestudio.
my friend jon wye carved the models for the wonderful waffle and the bad ass blueberry pie buckles. i honor our quickly disappearing honey bee population with this buckle from alaskagadgetry. the red and black "powerlines" buckle from MaxineDear is made from an old 1950's book graphic.
all week i have been working late and therefore sleeping late. this morning i was feeling uninspired. yes, just generally uninspired! so: into cyberspace for a visual pick-me-up, and lo-and-behold found it at one of my favorite blogs, "inspiration resource" (duh!). the story is about deyrolle, a taxidermy shop in france, which has an amazingly rich history of collecting rare and endangered (dead) animals. unfortunately, there was a horrible fire there in february, but the website with photos lives on! the butterfly specimens are so beautiful: i would love to have them for myself, but i think displaying dead things in one's home is probably bad feng shui.
'hearts of gold' cantaloupes, 'early crookneck' squash, and 'jack be little' pumpkins. 'purple haze', 'yellowstone' and 'chantenay' carrots are looking good!
unfortunately, the 'sunburst' squash and the jalapenos have not appeared:(
well, it is 2:35am and i just completed st. patrick's themed cufflinks and stud set for my brother-in law to wear to some a black tie event in downtown dc tonight. i sandwiched green recycled/upcycledanodized aluminum between layers of brushed sterling silver to form the traditional lucky clover. yes, the photo is horrible at this late hour without natural light, but in real life, they turned out pretty tight!
i was searching the internet for rabbit images to inspire some pieces i am working on for easter, when i stumbled upon these awsome glass and pewter shot glasses. cheers!
i can do a lot of things, but making beautiful stuff from glass is not one of them! i leave that to kristin perkins, an amazing artists and jeweler i met on etsy.
i just listed this pendant in my etsy shop. the flower shape is a re-occurring theme in my work: i use it as a pendant in this case. i wanted to experiment with some acid etching (see the engraved ditsy flower pattern?), but i didn't realize getting nitric acid would be so difficult. i called a few local suppliers, who asked me multiple questions about my intended use of the corrosive chemical. they seemed skeptical of my explanation, and insisted on passing on my vitals to the authorities. oh, 9/11: i almost forgot! eventually, a friend was able to obtain some from a local university professor. whew! anyway, the results are fantastic despite the fact that the stuff is super dangerous!