You're welcome Pat

I spoke with my good friend Pat over the weekend for the first time in a few weeks. We were discussing the essentials, work and taxes, when he suddenly remembered why he had called me a few days before. An ITALIAN HORN! One of my pieces reminded him of an Italian horn so he called me to see if I could make one. I believe the conversation went something like this;
Pat: "Holy s*#t do you remember Italian horns in high school"
Me: "How could I forget...I wanted one and I'm not even Italian"
Pat: "Seriously, if you could make me an Italian horn and a pinky ring I would be set"
Me: "Done and done!"

I'm still trying to come up with a great pinky ring for him but the horn will be done this week. I hadn't intended on putting them up for sale but I figure...what the hell. So if you're Italian or just nostalgic for some of the amazing jewelry from the 80's, grab one of the horns. I think that my next 80's flashback might be the gold nugget pendant. You're welcome all of you.

In memory of Lost

I've had a love/hate relationship with Lost for the past few seasons but I think that I will still be sad to see it go.  We will, however, finally get that closure that we need to move on with our lives so I thank them for that.  In memory of this insane program I've made a Ba Gua pendant that will be offered for a limited time.  This is the symbol that the creators of Lost based their Dharma Initiative logo on.  The translation of Ba Gua is Eight Trigrams and represents the fundamental principles of reality; Heaven, Lake, Fire, Thunder, Wind, Water, Mountain and Earth. Each consists of three lines, each line either broken or unbroken representing yin or yang. Bagua zhang (eight trigram palm) is a martial art where "walking the circle" is the foundation of the eight palm movements.  This is an over simplification but you can google it if you are curious for more info.
I'm offering it in two different sizes (women and men) and can customize it if you like.  Personally, I wear it with the yin/yang symbol but if you want it to resemble the Dharma logo I can do that too...just email me with the request.

New Rosary

I'm almost finished with another rosary and will be posting it to the site by this afternoon.  I will generally keep these on the site for about a week to give all of you a chance to purchase.  After about a week I will sell it to the local boutique that carries my jewelry where they are sold for considerably more money because I'm able to keep my online prices close to wholesale.  Email me if you're interested in this piece.

Today

It's a super gloomy day in Long Beach.  I'm not sure what happened to our supposedly amazing weekend weather we were supposed to have.  Maybe it's sunny elsewhere in Southern California but not here.  The good news is that the weather kept me inside so I was able to get some new pieces made and uploaded to the site.  I'm really excited about the children's I.D. bracelets.  I made some of these years ago for my friends twin girls and not quite sure why it took me so long to make more.  Check them out and more pieces in the New Arrivals section.

New work

I'm carving some new pieces today and should have them finished and posted by tomorrow.

Custom Rings

I've had a few people request custom text on the rings so now it's an option on the site.  Just write the text that you would like in the notes at checkout...within reason of course.  A great Mothers Day gift!

New prints

New pendants

Swarovski pearl rosary

I just finished another silver rosary made with Swarovski pearls and labradorite stone. I wired the entire piece by hand with sterling silver wire, time consuming but worth it.

Forever and plain ring

I finally finished a couple more rings.  They are simple bands, one is plain and the other has "Sempre" (forever in italian) carved into it.

 

Lizard

I saw this guy while doing a photo shoot last week

The sun

The rings are up

I only added one set but I will be working on more styles this week. These are a set of two stackable one of a kind rings.

24 HOUR SALE! on Forever pendant

I'm lowering the price on the custom Forever pendant for 24 hours to coincide with an ad I'm running...take advantage!

RinGSSSSS!

I'm finally getting around to making some rings.  I'm not exactly sure what the final product will be yet.  I'm thinking plain, stackable but each one will be a one of a kind.

New pieces

Just posted these...they can be easily found in the new arrivals section.

Rosary

I just finished this rosary.  I usually purchase vintage rosaries and replace the centerpiece and crucifix but decided to try to wire wrap one myself.  It consists of Swarovski pearls and labradorite stone wired with sterling silver.

Silver after firing

This is what the silver looks like before it is oxidized and polished.  These pieces are for the rosary that I'm finishing up tonight.

New Rosary

I'm working on a new rosary and should have it up by tonight.  I'm using white Swarovski pearls and Labradorite stone.

My Mom Shops post

check it out mymomshops.blogspot.com

Dance Like...

Just made this "dance like" pendant by request.

Italian pieces

I just added these new italian pieces.  Amore (love), Sempre (forever) and Tesoro (Sweetheart, dear)

Man on Wire

I'm not sure how I've gone my entire adult life without knowing about this incident but at least I found it now.  There really are no words to describe and I highly suggest that you watch the movie for yourself.  It's called Man on Wire and is fairly self explanatory.  Old french guy describes his wire walking from the top of the twin towers with footage and his accomplices.  Really, really remarkable.  The line that stuck out the most for me was when he was being arrested all of the reporters kept asking him "why, why, why"...his response was so profound, as was the entire event.  He said that there was no "why" and in his interview for the movie he said that that was such a typical American point of view.  Instead of just appreciating the event we have to know why.  Obviously, that's a stereotype and a generalization but pretty accurate if you really ponder it for awhile.  A truly profound moment in history.

Long Beach Parrots

If you live in Long Beach (which most of you probably don't) you get used to the tons of parrots and their constant racket throughout the city but last week they were up to no good. I went out in my backyard where there were around 10-15 parrots in my tree and they were just chomping off the new branches and letting them fall on my deck. What the...? Does anyone know the purpose behind this? They did it for around 30 minutes and then flew off together like they suddenly had something more important to do. Not hard to imagine since trimming my tree doesn't seem like that important of a job for a parrot.

Cool print

I was checking out different art site and blogs today and stumble across this really cool customizable print.  I thought it was a strange coincidence that they used the same letters as I did for my custom forever pendant so thought I would do a post about it.
artwallonline.com

Breast Cancer Pendant

I finally finished it.  $30 from each purchase will be donated to The Rose.

Long Beach

I'm shooting an entire series of Long Beach images.  This was shot with my Hasselblad (film, not digital), prints will be available soon.

New Site Color

I finally finished the new site color but still have some photos to add.  I hope everyone likes it.

Astrological Charms

I finished the astrological charms last night. You can customize them with your initial(s) on the back if you want...or not...up to you. I really like the way they came out.

The website

I'm still working on the changes. Got a bit overwhelmed over the last few days but it should be done by the end of the week and will have some new pieces added based on some requests. Please ignore the fact the I currently have different thumbnail sized and photo styles...it's all part of the change.
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Team in Training Triathlon pendant

I just finished this custom triathlon pendant for Team in Training participants.  $20 of each sale will be donated to the cause!

Site changes

I'm giving the site a new look today...should be done by tonight!

Social Networking?

I'm just really having a hard time accepting the whole social networking gig.  Seriously not a fan...no pun intended...actually, pun intended.

Work photos

Charity triathlon piece in progress

I'm creating a triathlon pendant for Team in Training members and the profits of every sale will be donated in the customers name