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I’ve been hard at work on lots of things behind the scenes, the biggest of which is photographing a new batch of colorful chain necklaces that I finished before my trip to Palm Springs!
I’m hoping to get these into my online store in the next week. My mailing list gets first dibs, so make sure you join my list so you don’t miss out!
I’ll admit it, as far as winters go, this one has been pretty mild. But that doesn’t mean the winter blues aren’t a real thing. Because while temps have been higher than normal, the sun has been pretty nonexistent. And while my favorite way to cope with winter is with a warm weather getaway, last winter I discovered a solution that’s a little easier to manage – plant shopping!
I think it’s pretty safe to say that my plants at least partially inspired the color palette for the fist batch of my new colorful, powdercoated necklaces! The colors of these modern chain necklaces are a pretty solid match for my peperomia and philodendron brasil!
The first batch of my new colorful chain necklaces (and other fun colorful jewelry) is now available in my online store and I couldn’t be more excited.
I also couldn’t be more excited about turning some of my photos of this new collection into fun GIFs. I love how playful these chains are, and a GIF (or a quick video) is the perfect way to show that off. (So expect more of them in the future!)
In the meantime, you can shop the new colorful necklaces in my online store!
I mentioned in this post that I was embracing color (and pattern) more in my personal (and brand) aesthetic. But after mulling it over for a while, I decided it was time to bring color into my jewelry as well!
And the best way to do that is through powder coating!
I’m still in the process of editing photos from my trip to Savannah last month (it’s been a busy few weeks) and I wanted to share a few I took in this cream floral print dress. You might remember it as the same dress I wore in Nevis last fall.
That’s right, you can wear the same dress on more than one trip, even if you’re planning on photographing it for the Internet. (Of course, if you followed along during my one dress, 30 ways challenge a few years ago, you already knew I felt that way.)
But I always feel like it’s helpful in this age of social media influence to remind people that it’s ok to wear a dress more than once. Especially if you freaking love the dress, like I do, especially when paired with my Petale earrings and Fleurir pendant.
Last month I made a version of my Joie necklace in bronze, and I couldn’t resist photographing it with this lovely philodendron brasil. I just love how the leaves and trailing vines reflect the shapes in the necklace. It really brings the botanical influence into focus, don’t you think?
I blew off work this afternoon to go plant shopping (because that’s the whole point of being self-employed, right?!?) and snapped this pic while I was there. Sadly, none of these beautiful calatheas came home with me. (I’ve learned I just don’t have enough humidity to keep calatheas looking good.)
But a friend commented on Instagram that at first she thought that was really cool wallpaper (not real plants) and now I want nothing more than to turn this into a repeat pattern (a skill I actually have, thanks to my MFA thesis) and have it made into wallpaper. Kind of makes me wish I had bothered to snap a pic without my Contra ring in the picture. (Except not really, because that just gives me an excuse to go back to the greenhouse!)
Speaking of Contra rings, that one is from my personal stash, but you can get your own one of a kind ring in my online store!
I definitely wasn’t feeling the most productive today (even when you love your job, starting work on the Friday after a holiday is TOUGH) so I decided to do a little impromptu photoshoot with a new plant I picked up yesterday and one of the new(er) necklaces in my Essaint Collection! I’m not setting new years resolutions this year, but if I was, I’m pretty sure it would involve more plants, more handmade ceramics, and more time designing new jewelry!
The plant is a neon pothos, the planter is by Elizabeth Benotti Ceramics, and the necklace is the Joie Necklace and it’s available now in my online shop!
Last week (or maybe it was the week before, it’s all starting to blur together), I released a new batch of Contra Collection rings that were hiding in my studio. And I thought it would be fun to do an elegant photoshoot with some winter foliage, like this one from last month.
And while some of the photos did turn out that way, I also was clearly feeling a little extra (as evidenced by this first pic) and decided to roll with it! Which gives you a behind the scenes glimpse into a creative business owner who’s clearly feeling a little much as the holidays set in!