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Instagram Jewelry Women
As I continue to literally sit out this pandemic on my couch, I spend more hours scrolling through Instagram than I’m going to admit. It used to be just photographers and African models. Then, I expanded my interests to jewelry, … Continue reading
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The Splinter
Yesterday, my sister and I visited our favorite jewelry shop, Nobel Jewelry in Santa Monica. From the outside it looks like a hole-in-the-wall kind of place, but inside it is a glittering wonderland of beautifully displayed antique jewels. You can … Continue reading
It’s Too Big, So Stop It.
Big can be good but too big is TOO BIG and that’s where we are now. Look at this stupid safety-pin earring by Balenciaga. I’m going to guess it’s being marketed as a Statement piece. It’s only going to … Continue reading
Two Good Things
Look at this crazy ring! I love the concept of a ring that looks at itself. You can buy it here. Now look at Kitty, Daisy and Lewis. They are siblings from England whose band includes their mom … Continue reading
Lost Earring
Last night I realized that one of my favorite earrings is missing. It so happens that I only wear one of the earrings at a time, because Keith Richards is still my fashion muse. It’s a long safety pin earring … Continue reading
Sister Wolf Progress Report
In the last six months, I have gone in and out of various states that are not stages, just different emotional terrain. Shock, disbelief, rage, denial, guilt, and unspeakable agony. It isn’t better as time passes. If anything it is … Continue reading
Love Offering
My friend Heidi is an artist who makes jewelry and lives in New Orleans. (She wrote about the BP oil catastrophe, here.) When she heard about my leaky roof and similar worries, she made this necklace specifically to help out. … Continue reading
Ode to Summer
Summer Adeline is a cool girl who I never met until she made me a necklace with a locket for Max’s hair. I only knew her from her website and some blog comments but I had a feeling that she … Continue reading
The Nose Ring
“The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.” Karl Marx Many years ago, I got my nose pierced. I think I was going through a rough period, because I remember my husband barging into the tattoo parlor to finish … Continue reading
Cockroach Shmockroach
I’m obsessed with jewelry made from things that shouldn’t be jewelry, like this amazing piece I found at that pawn shop where they keep the Gimp in the back room. The people there were SO cute and nice and really … Continue reading