Thursday, April 4, 2013

the things we keep jewelry, so pleased to meet you.


the day i have been waiting for, working towards, thinking of and counting down has finally arrived and i could not be more thrilled - may i finally present to you: the things we keep

the jewelry webshop is now open, and i'm seriously almost jumping out of my seat to finally share with everyone the culmination of the last several months of work. each piece started out as a hand carved wax form, and each one is hand cast and hand finished right here in nyc which makes each piece entirely one-of-a-kind. i really hope everyone loves each and every piece as much as i do, and the most humble thank you to everyone for all the encouragement, excitement and support over the last year. :)

Thursday, March 14, 2013

lately.


+ a trip to iceland
+ lots of new ceramic works
+ plant hoarding
+ tea drinking
+ webshop opening soon!

my return from iceland was just this past monday, but already it feels like decades ago. i picked up and left amongst a massive to-do list, and am just surfacing (a little bit) from another snowballing list of things to do that seemingly never end. well, upwards and onwards they say! even if that upwards and onwards is me attempting to summit mountains of crumpled up paper to-do lists. i kid, i kid.

some very exciting news to share - the jewelry webshop is almost ready! i was fortunate enough to enlist the help of two very special ladies to squeeze in a lookbook shoot a couple weeks before my trip, and it's only a matter of sorting through a few site kinks until everything is live. stay tuned, more webshop news to come both on the blog and on instagram.

in the meantime, drinking lots of tea while being super antsy for spring to come, and spending way too much time in the ceramics studio lately. a few new pieces are shown above, with lots more to come! it might be time to start planning for some studio space, i'm being run out by ceramics and plants. not altogether a terrible problem to have. :)

Thursday, December 13, 2012

i do love my hair, i do, i do.

life as of late, from my instagram feed

whew. i'll say it, i'll come right out and admit it - this is an insane time of year. everyone has so much to do themselves, let alone for everyone else important in their lives - friends, family, etc - it's enough to turn a sane person who loves their hair into a crazy person who wants to tear out their hair (see title). or at least eat a gallon of ice cream. or a whole pizza pie. or something equally as delicious.

while i'm not immune to the massive pressure looming overhead of getting everything done that i need to in time, it's also been a top priority to me lately to reserve a few minutes for myself every day where i can sit, unwind, and reflect on everything as objectively as possible - and then i remembered the blog! ah, the blog (and a new year's resolution writing itself :). things do pile up and stuff can get crazy, but somehow putting it in writing that many others are in the same boat and it's not just myself brings me back a little bit. and frankly, that's all i need sometimes.

a few top things i'd still love to get done should time allow:
- these apple cider caramels from smitten kitchen
- this sea salt & honey custard pie from four + twenty blackbirds
- go on a hunt for indonesian palm sugar/gula jawa/jaggery for palm sugar ice cream

and indeed, it's no coincidence that they're all food related. what are your top priorities/things that still need to get done?

Thursday, November 29, 2012


image courtesy ilana kohn

it's officially that time of year! the biggest gift giving day of the year is officially less than four weeks away, and this is where i'll be this weekend trying to hone my gift giving mojo. please come out and support local area makers and artists, and come saturday night 6-10 for the free beer and bites, too! more info here.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

details.


images from sessun

one thing i'm fanatical about presently (patterned pants) but something different i love about each style from sessun - the hunter green suede boots at top and the bomber jacket at bottom. such an unexpected pop of color for otherwise classic suede boots, and loving the slight nod to the varsity jackets of the 90s with that slightly stand-up knit collar and contrasting snap buttons. it's the little things.