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Here’s the finished up version of the earrings I talked about yesterday:
- New Earrings! Sterling Silver.
Through the process of production for a totally different pair of earrings, I happily stumbled upon a moment that gave birth to these little delicate beauties. I can’t wait to play more and make really expansive and branchy versions!
I was working on making some earrings this weekend:
- Lichen Sprout Earrings. Sterling Silver.
and as I was making all the tiny little “sprout” pieces, I noticed how sweet they looked piling up on my desk… I pushed a few of them around and started to think….
- “sprout” production leads to new ideas….
These little guys make such sweet little branchy designs. I quickly soldered a few pieces together:
- new prototype
This first prototype is basically like a sketch. Though I tend to draw out a lot of my ideas in my sketch book, sometimes playing around with scraps and left over bits of wire is much more fruitful. These little sketches are an integral part of designing. Before I had soldered these babies together, I though they’d be hook / dangle style earrings. An accident with the torch resulted in the very top of the earring to ball up, so I embraced the accident and realized that it was the perfect spot for a ear post.
I’ve completed another variation of these earrings that is much more successful (I’ll share pictures as soon as they’re ready!). I’m really excited about them. But more importantly, I’m glad I allowed myself to take the time to play around at my bench. Though I was trying really hard to get some serious work done, even just a few moments of playing opened up lots of new ideas.
Also, here’s another pair of earrings I recently finished:
Lichen Sprout Earrings. Sterling Silver and Garnet.
They’re my new favorite and look so beautiful on. I’m becoming obsessed with these little sprout forms – I want to cover everything with them!
In just a few short hours, my mom and brother will touch down in Oakland California! This is only their second visit since I’ve been living out here (for 3 years!) and I’m so happy to have them back here.
a young Momma with the hippest glasses
little Emm and Ollie, going to catholic school
I can’t wait to share all about the adventures we’ll be having.
2 of my most wonderful friends have recently been joined in harmonious marriage. Their ceremony was small, filled with their closest family. So my sweetie and I threw a “friends” party to congratulate them.
This party was the only party I have ever really spent a great deal of time and resources on, and I couldn’t have been more pleased.
I’ve seen these types of banners before, so I was really excited to try my had at it for the occasion. I used some cute floral fabric cut into triangles (cut with pinking shears, edges left raw), spelled out my message with iron-on letters from the craft store, and then affixed the little flags to a long length of ribbon. Voila! Though you can’t really see in this picture, I also added little butterfly pins in a few spots. Cute!
I also made a huge center-piece with long branches of curly willow (I had been eyeing it for weeks), cat tails (my sweetie’s idea!) and dried “money plant” branches (little silvery-papery coins). The vase was weighted down with tumbled stones and filled up with dried moss. This was also adorned with sweet little butterfly pins.
Top it all off with good friends and good food (including these delectable dark chocolate cupcakes made Anna), and we all had a lovely time. Thank you everyone who helped celebrate!
