day 44: design something new every day

translated helicopters into silhouettes for todays new idea. this project could be endless...and interesting.

i have already started laying some of the smaller pieces out on sterling, but i need to order a sheet of the stuff and these days, that's a hard call to make! 

day 29: design something every day

monkey on a chain is my design for day 29 of design something every day...almost thru my vintage party favors and plastic thing collection...i think.

day 28: design something every day

jack ass on a gyroscope ring...

in honor of the democratic party.

day 26: design something every day

today i gathered all of my little plastic toys and party favors together in a package to send off to my caster for molds and castings. i am excited with the designs i have come up with for this new line and look forward to fabricating each limited edition piece...and then selling them! this design something every day challenge is working out great! today design number 26 is high heeled shoe earrings. i can also see post earrings, rings, charms, pins, etc.

day 25: design something every day

the latest addition  to the vintage-party-favor-themed-ring-design is a 'sheep wrapped in a sterling silver cowl'. why a cowl? that's the only thing i can knit! not true: i can (and have) knit a sweater, but that is all i could come up with in 30 minutes...the time i have alloted to come up with a new design every day for the entire year of 2010.

ok: monday is D-O-N-E.

top selling birds

i seem to sell a lot of bird pendants and earrings during both spring and fall migration.

sterling silver ipod earbuds

ok...people get popped daily on the metro for wearing the regular white headphones...they are $400...this pendant is decadent... but, i wish i had thought of casting these sterling silver ipod headphones: totally me!

fleur de lis

i received an order for a royal blue & turquoise fleur de lis pendant: just got out of the studio and this is what i came up!

dont re-cycle, up-cycle!

from the contemporist comes this flower-shaped chair constructed of pet bottles on a stainless frame: pretty, but functional? bottles can be swapped out when they become compressed, says artist pawel grunert, who designed it for the 'eco trans pop' exhibition in milan. not that i am all matchy-matchy, but the chair coordinates well with sarah turner's awesome light fixtures.

love love this heartfelt etsy treasury!

vivilian is in love with yellow hearts...i'm not surprised: yellow is the hot trend and she has great taste! vivilian has two great etsy shops: vivilian, featuring elegant modern jewelry and clubviv, filled with adorable and fun stuff: check her out!

red birds on a wire

speaking of feathers, just sold these red bird on a wire earrings from my high contrast etsy shop. not sure if they are cardinals or (male) summer tanagers, but whatever: they are cool.

chesapeake bay blue crab pendant

in honor of summer, a chesapeake bay blue crab pendant: delicious!

running with scissors

sarah turner has created some of the most beautiful light fixtures i have ever seen from recycled plastic bottles. talk about up-cycled: these thoroughly modern luminiers are perfect for every ceiling and get you thinking about what else can be re-purposed. send your ideas to sarah: she has the future vision.

chill out with a mystic wynd

the coolest treasury ever has been curated by mysticwynd in shades of blues and greens..she is from scottsdale and needed to chill a bit! one of the loveliest groupings i have seen.

etsy lounge

etsy lounge recently feature my enameled shield in their posting on enamel jewelry: i was honored to be included with so many wonderful enamalists! etsy lounge is a collection of great etsy finds from etsy addict artsypicks, who sells her luxury yarns and other handmade lovelies through katsara yarns and piacere.

visionquest

tangy tangerine and blue treasury from visionquest

street artist edgar mueller rocks!

german Street artist Edgar Mueller is so awesome. these paintings are mind-blowing and i would have to see them to actually believe them. this one is an apocalyptic transformation of a normal neighborhood street scene (ha!).

Cai Guo-Qiang at the guggenheim in spain

new york based artist Cai Guo-Qiang is hard to describe... he apparently had an explosive revelation and began using gunpowder as a medium. this obsession led to pseudo- explosions, and naturally, pyrotechnics. see his current mid-career retrospective at the guggenheim in bilboa through september 20th.

want it before you know it

ememem unconsciously selected her faves for this dreamy treasury. check out em's etsy shop of bears n' stuff: it will leave you in stiches!

maltese cross

jesse commissioned me to make a cross for her boyfriend's 30th birthday: this is what i came up! it is kiln-fire enameled on both sides: the red & blue maltese cross side is bezel set in oxidized sterling silver and the other side is a cutout revealing a traditional cross in blue behind an acid etched frame. i used the inside of an envelope for the etched pattern. it turned out great.