Love : Elk Accessories

I saw Elk Accessories through some blog somewhere on the ether (sorry don't remember which!), and quickly scurried over to check out the rest of their goods. And they do not disappoint! They have purses, and shirts, and hats, and necklaces, and earrings ,and brooches, and more! It's lovely. So all their necklaces are superb, if I posted a few pictures of them I would end up posting them all, and that is just far too many. So I recommend that you too scurry on over to their site and check them out for yourselves. But here are two luscious leather pieces to make your mouth water until then... Enjoy. :)

Love: Stacking Rings

I am borderline obsessed with stacking rings. Perhaps because these are one of the things in the world of jewelry that I simply cannot make for myself. (I've looked in to it... I would need so many supplies and a workspace and such that it's just not feasible right now.) As such rings are one of the things I covet most when looking at other peoples shops. Here are some of the beauties I've found on Etsy. I hope you will find them as amazing as I do.

By Meetalls:

Colorful Rings - $36



Set of Three Wave Rings - $36

These by singleBbeautiful:

Pebble Stack-Recycled Silver - $198

Reycled Silver Textured Ring Squared - $20 (per single ring)

And this last one I actually own. It's brilliant, I always get tons of complements when I wear it. It's made by Pauper's Bounty.

Skinny Sterling Silver Forget Me Knot Bow-Tie Ring - $10

That last one isn't a typical stacking ring, but I think it would look lovely sandwiched between to thin sterling silver bands. Just a thought.

Anyways, there are some beautiful things for you. Enjoy. :)

Avatar / Tree of Life Necklace

Do you know what I'm super excited for? The Avatar: The Last Airbender necklace I made today!

This was indefinitely inspired by the fact that Stefan and I have watched all of season 2 and 3 in the last few weeks.

The tree is a tree of life, and the gemstones represent the 4 elements. Light blue = air, dark blue = water, green = earth, red = fire.

Any avatar fan knows that these are also the four nations on the show. But at the most basic level the necklace is a reminder about the earth, and keeping the delicate balance of nature. (That happens to also be the theme of the show.) Another interesting point: trees require water, create air, grown in the earth, and feed fire. Kind of unrelated but still interesting. Anyways, I really like this necklace. I have one more tree charm and want to make another one with the same gems, but in a different style. Still working on it.

Off to go hang out with the amazing AUTUMN!

New Stuff!

I've spent the last few days making a bunch of stuff which I'm really excited for! Seeee.....

And a few other things not pictured!

I learned to make little birds nests, which are really cute. I'm going to try to get my hands on more sparrows to add to the bird nests. Here's a close-up of the birds nest:


I have to edit and crop the photos and get them up!
I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween.
-Edith

jewelry launch

We launched the dotanddashdesigns website about a week ago. The website was an accidental by-product of the web design class I'm currently taking. This is perfect though, because wanting to make the website better will help me further improve my web design skills. The idea to try selling the jewelry I make came to me about six months ago, as a goal to set for myself after I got back from Catalina. I worked on a lot of pieces over the summer, and came back with enough items to start with.

We're selling the items through our Etsy page, and so far we're doing better than I ever thought possible! (Thank you to the friends who bought things!)

I'm excited to make a lot more jewelry and put them up as soon as possible! I'm having fun making things that I find beautiful, and finding out that other people like them too.

This blog is to keep thing updated on what's happening with dotanddashdesigns, as well as other random things.

Have a lovely day,
Edith