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Pricing for earbuds necklace
Everyone’s been asking me how much the necklace is. I’m learning just how incredibly difficult it is to put a price tag on something that you’ve put love and care into, not to mention blood and sweat… Wait, no blood, but if it weren’t for an amazing burn cream formula, I’d certainly have blisters on [...]
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The earbuds necklace
The summer has kept me busy, but it hasn’t deterred me from making things and bringing some new ideas to fruition!
Here’s a sneak peak at one of the latest pieces I’m working on: the earbuds necklace.
This is a long single chain that you can wear whichever way you want. The entire necklace is sterling [...]
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The pleasure of popping your own
I started making my own popcorn one summer when I was craving for something healthier to go with beer on hot days. I know that seems like an oxymoron: popcorn — healthy?
While we’re accustomed to associating the taste (and smell) of popcorn with that velvety buttery, salty taste of those you get at movie theatres, [...]
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Soap nuts as silver polish
When I began to learn the art of silver-smithing from Mara Grimm a few years ago, she was possibly the only active teacher of traditional enamel techniques in Melbourne, if not in the state of Victoria, Australia. Mara is somewhat of a hippie (she had the Kombi-van and everything), and amongst the many things she [...]
Dark side of the moon
My fascination with moonstone probably originated from the fact it was listed as one of my birthstones. Notwithstanding that the modern set of birthstones is a ploy by the American National Association of Jewellers to market what stones they most wanted to sell, even the milkiest of moonstones have a semi-transparent depth that carry a [...]
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L’oeil de Sainte-Lucie
When I had the chance to stay for a few days in Corsica, I spent my first jetlagged afternoon in Calvi ducking in and out amongst the jewellery stores and the artisan shops on Rue Clemenceau, the sort quite obviously targeted at the wayward-but-common tourist.
It’s always fascinating to know what is thought of “tourist-while” fare. [...]
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Rings: Meeting in the middle