adaptive reuse jewelry blog, musings & good things

Good Thing No 156: The crinkle crankle wall is a beautiful example of how using resources sparingly can produce gorgeous results. ⁣⁣Get these Good...

There’s nothing quite like Japanese woodblock prints.

Last year in January I gave myself a 30 day challenge to create a new earring design each day. That was both super hard and incredibly rewarding. ...

I didn't like my "official" Top Nine so I made my own featuring some of the intrepid women who shared pics of themselves wearing my work all over t...

I'm trying to revive the long lost art of snail mail, so now I include a stamped postcard for you with each order. I've also started planting tree...

Creativity is not something only special people have. It is innate to all humans. I so very often hear people say, "I love what you do. I wish I wa...

Six Good Things I found to share with you this week.

  I picked up these odd shapes again that I originally started playing around with during my 30 Day Challenge. I'm having a lot of fun with thes...

Decorative tin containers originated as a way to give double-baked biscuits a longer shelf-life. They were the food of choice for European voyagers...

There's something so lovely about these little violets.  I can't get enough of this song by Tash Sultana. And watching her create it all by her...

  The colorful edges of these cigar tins caught my attention first, but then all the cool typography started jumping out at me. Can't wait to make...

The environmental news can feel overwhelmingly bad if you're paying any sort of attention at all. Though massive change is only going to come by lobbying for a shift in behavior in the 100 most polluting companies, making small changes in your own life has huge benefits as well.