A Few Etsy TIme Machine Finds for Friday!

SIlver Cicada Wing Earrings from Sudlow.

Spring Breeze card from ChristineCarol.

Giraffe hat from Glitzconcepts.

Glass Black and White Songbird Necklace from Photoglassworks.

I have a phone again!

Yeah! I have my camera phone back!! Everyone said that you can't get a dramatic haircut while pregnant because you are hormonal and will hate it, I like my new mommy doo. Also pictured; my first daffodils of spring, Jason giving me the finger while on a conference call as the dog sunbaths in the background, and Bella the Roo making a grand entrance onto the side porch. There...I'm sharing. =)

Theo Fennell

Because everything looks better in silver! Sleeves and lids for condiments cast in silver by Theo Fennell.
(found via NOTCOT)

Carbon Copies

I thought LifeGem was weird...from Nadine Jarvis, "pencils made from the carbon of human remains. 240 pencils can be made from an average body of ash - a lifetime supply of pencils for those left behind." Once you get over the weird factor, it is kinda a romantic idea...Yikes. Speaking of Nadine Jarivs, I think she helped me figure out what I want done with my ashes. This ceramic urn has a lifespan of 1-3 years. The thread gradually degrades causing the urn to drop, and smash as it hits the ground. I would definitely need a really tacky, 60's floral pattern ceramic urn. My friends and family can make necklaces out of the pieces. Ohh, genius! (sorry, a little morbid...)
(found via, Pan-Dan)

Applie Pie Pan

Before and after! I will be entering this piece into a show featuring jewelry and sculpture made from recycled materials . (fingers crossed...)

I draw pictures all day.

What a great shirt from Veer! I want to make one that says "I break plates all day."

While I was Sleeping Etsy Time Machine Finds.

Gold and Blue Journal from freshink.

Yellow Bird Tote from Denisetjarks.

Maple Seed Helicopter Necklace from Honeybee.

New Beaded Necklaces

I beaded for hours yesterday, I don't even remember doing it. Here are only a few of the finished products. Did I ever tell you that I hate beading? Yeah, I do. Two are up on Etsy.

Emma Gordon at Imogene.

So Cute! New bags from Emma Gordon on Imogene.

Malin Lundmark

I just discovered Swedish designer Malin Lundmark via Pan-dan. Her website features some really interesting lamps, like the teacup and jewelry lamp above. Also shown above is a Jewelry Shelf. a wall mounted shelf with a built in cut out for your favorite necklace.

Shovels

Why can't all shovels be as beautiful? Shovels by Cal Lane can be found at the Foley Gallery in NY. (Via Sean Hennessey)

Staxx!

This is more fun then should be allowed on a Sunday morning! Staxx are rings that have hundrends of interchangable parts (that you have to buy) that, when put together, make gorgeous rings like these.

While I was sleeping - Etsy Time Machine Finds

Amber glass bird from Matthewstewart.

Pocket botebook from Linacarta.

Lady Hitchcock from Dkim.

Walking Spanish Earrings from Gemmafactrix.

Twiglet earrings from Budgie.

PoPkO Rocks!

Because I have been complaining about my lack of ability to snag a Treasury list, PoPkO was nice enough to take picks from my blog to make her list! Now that is some good Etsy karma!!

Go buy something from her!!!

Friday Etsy Time Machine Finds!

You never know what you will find on Etsy and today is not exception! Enjoy!
FATS vintage bakelite brownie hawkeye camera robot assemblage art guy from Artsy.

Super Yummy Brain Bowl from Foldedpigs.

Green Wheel Earrings from MaryandJane.

Bug with Purse vintage pendant from Olivia Moon.

Small Twirly Vase by Kimwestad.

My favorite Ikea Fabric at use on Etsy!

Fifties Retreat II, retro 50s style Pillow-cover from Absoluut.

Sven from LittleRedPear.

A custom laptop sleeve and 2 Pocket Card Case from FlickaAlice.

Pop Rings!

Interchangable pop art rings from Obo.

Tricolor pop art rings from LeeLoo Studio.

Thursday AM Etsy TIme Machine Finds

Bubble Lace Ring from Colleen Baran...lots of great stuff there!

Oscar and Lucinda Print from Creative Thursday.

Jungle Fever ring from Block Party Press. 8 pages of good stuff there!

Plastic Blooming Cherry Tree ring from Tiger Lily Shop. $6.00...why the hell not??

Elephant Stag Beetle dish from Porcelain and Paper. She has a wonderful blog too!

Erica Weiner

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, Jason somehow convinced me that it was "take your girlfriend to work day." It was actually kind of fun; he fed me, I learned how to put ends on phone cords, I witnessed the secret life of warehouses, and collected some random bits of metal for a found object project.

Erica Weiner, whose rings are pictured above, makes jewelry from found objects, antique numbered iron nail head from the US Railroad. The numbers on them denote the year the spike was driven into a railroad tie. I wonder how she came across these, maybe her boyfriend works on a railroad and made her come to work with him??

Tuesday Etsy Time Machine Finds.

Birds in a Tree Shoulder bag from Black Bags. Great Japanese fabrics!

Silver Cosmos pendant from Anabella Designs.

Give Peas a Chance necklace by Rachael Sudlow Jewelry.

Lucite plastic owl pendant from Imogene.

Swallow Platter

Anyone wanna lend me $210 so I can smash this gorgeous platter from Inside Avenue?? Please?

Coolest Nuresry Ever!

Coolest nursery ever.o.I wish it was MY bedroom! (via Apartment Therapy)

(sorry for the baby post, can't help it.)

Jewelry Fool

Here is a really cool bike reflector ring from Jenny Windler of Jewelry Fool. Check her blog for more!

Inside Avenue

I have a new life goal...to be able to spend $1000 on bedding! Come on Target, make a copy of this Tudie Modern Bedding from Inside Avenue.

Surface Magazine - Spring Fashion Issue

The Spring Fashion issue of Surface Magazine is out and is filled with great articles on fashion, architecture and design. It is always a pleasure to see it in my mailbox! Below are some highlights.

An article featuring Sarah Graham discusses her journey from stock market analyst to full time jeweler. Above is a piece from her Confluence Series which was was inspired by the cup like form molten metal takes when it is dropped into cold water.

Brooklyn based artist Miwa Koziumi's PET project features amazingly life-like sea creatures made with recycled plastic beverage containers. Using only an alcohol lamp, smoldering iron, and a pocket lighter, these discarded containers are transformed into jellyfish.

Jeff Zimmerman is a glass artist inspired by freeze-frame photographs of running water and splashing milk by Harold Edgerton.

Modish Sponsor Spotlight

Yeah! My Modish Sponsor Spotlight post is up. I will also have a cute little ad on the sidebar all month long. Yeah Modish!

You tell me...

I've just installed the new SNAP previewer which shows a little image of the site I am linking to. Is it annoying or helpful? You tell me in a comment, Thanks!!

(Can you tell I have been home alone too long...)

Tah-Da!

Eat your heart out Lorena Siminoich, there is a new kids collage artist in town! Just kidding, mine is nowhere near as cool as hers, but it also did not cost $140. It will look much better when it is dry and behind glass...I hope.

Uccello Curioso

I was feeling bad about the last post, so hopefully this card from Uccello Curioso will make up for it. I am not sure if it is possible to love a person as much as bacon and eggs, but it is a nice sentiment.

Paper Stories

The Bitterweet Collection by Paperstories, contains such gems as "Suck it," "Sometimes I just hate you," "Thanks for nothing," "You just suck the life out of me" and "What did I ever see in you?" Now, everyone can think of at least one use for these cards. I personally have a "Sometimes I just hate you" on retainer, you never know...

Sock Monkey Dress

Ok, maybe I will get married, if this dress comes in maternity sizes....

Wall Invaders

This Wall Invaders Set by French design team Radi Designers lets you customize you wall paper by adding bugs to floral wallpaper. How fun! (Via NOTCOT)

Mintd

I am now a proud seller at Mintd, the Australian sister of Etsy!

Bricktendo

Love this! Bricktendo,on Etsy, features sculptures of characters from Final Fantasy. Geek out readers!

Jasna Sokolovic

Above are 2 beautiful examples of ceramic jewelry from Jasna Sokolovic , featuring botanical and organic themes (which are reversable.) Her site features all kinds of ceramic work, including 3D wallpaper. Jasna also has an Etsy shop.

Pixel Pieces

Thanks to Print and Pattern for sharing Pixel Pieces, a great site for fun, "non-Disney related", baby and kids bedding! (mom...)

Laura Zindel

Wow, I am in love with these ceramics by Laura Zindel, featuring all sorts of lovely bugs and brids. There are lots more at her website. Thanks Annie!

Shameless Self Promotion

Lots of new stuff coming to Etsy! Above is just a few of the new batch.

SadieJane

I was perusing the Etsy Time Machine when I can across these great gift tags from SadieJayne. She makes invitations, stationary and all things paper.

Spring Bada-Bing!

I am so happy to announce that I was accepted to participate in Spring Bada-Bing, the BOSS of all craft shows, in Richmond VA! This annual show sponsored by the Richmond Craft Mafia will take place April 22, 2007 from 10-4 at the Marquee, a beautifully restored 1939 Art Deco building. I've got some plate smashing to do!

Jewelry. Metals. Objects.

There's a new blog in town to add to your daily browsing habit. Jewelry. Metals. Objects. is run by Megan Auman as a component of a project designed to introduce jewelers and metalsmiths to web 2.0 technologies (blogs, Etsy, Flickr, etc.) Learn more about the project at wikispace. Above is work by Abigail Percy , one of the first artists featured in this new blog. Abigail is a great example of an artist that employees all aspects of web 2.0 to get her name out there and work sold.

Jen Stark

Check out this great use of ordinary school construction paper by Jen Stark. I love when people make such amazing things out of such unpretentious materials.

J. Mendicino

These bird vases by J. Mendicino have to be the cutest things I have seen in a long time! The photography is really great too, they look like little paintings.

Pass the Salt and Pepper Please!

Salt & Pepper Fle-Sexi Shakers from Modern Gent.

Disk Salt and Pepper shaker from Chiasso.

Playfull salt and pepper shaker from Tinsnip's Etsy Shop.

There is a treasure trove of great salt and pepper shakers at Greener Grass Design.

Dove Salt and Pepper set from Pure Modern. (the set that started this rant)

I could go on for days but I am getting kinda depressed that my salt and pepper shakers were stolen from Denny's...

Simone Walsh

There is some nice new stuff over at Simon Walsh, I especially love these domed and etched disk pendants!

One Black Bird

I can't tell you how much I love these new vases inspired by bowling pins by Diana Fayt. I actually gasped when I saw them!

My Modern Baby Wish List Part I - Your Welcome Mom!

Baby stuff has made leaps and bounds as far as design and style go, but sometimes you have to do a little hunting. I really want to avoid cartoon characters at all costs, so I decided to share some great finds that I have come across and supply a little hint-hint to those of you who are afraid to shop for me (mom...) These are just some links from blogs that I have collected in the past month and in no way are they things I actually expect to receive (unless someone hits the lottery. =)

Enjoy - there is more to come!

LOVE this mobile from IGE, looks like there is a shop in B-more that carries it. =)
This great tree from Romp is made of vintage wallpapers! I think I will try to make one of my own, I can't see spending almost $300 on a paper tree.

Here is a really cool Alphabet poster from Binth.

Love these simple black and white building blocks by John Stevenson, from Stitch.

So cute! The First 1000 Days by Nikki McClure is available at Imogene.

These wonderful images by illustrator and collage artist Lorena Siminovich are so beautiful they can easily transition from baby's room to the living room!
This diaper bag is so cool that I would carry it as an everyday bag, from Babies-R-Us.

I will do an official registry at some point...I still have lots of time. (famous last words...)

Comic Abstraction

Speech Bubbles by Philippe Parreno is on display at MoMA in the Comic Abstraction exhibit.

HULGER P*PHONE

I am in love with the HULGER P*PHONE, only because I hate the invisible ear pieces people are using that make me mistakenly think that someone is talking to me in the grocery store when they are actually talking to a friend on their cell. Available in White, Black, Pink and Red so that one may match their headset to their outfit?

Lace tape

Lace Tape by Boiler Design office, because even moving can be stylish!

My Kleenex Tissues

OK-Last time killer today. Why did no one tell me I could design my own oval box of Kleenex?

Savage Chickens

Ok, one more, you don't want to do any work anyway. (Why do you think I am doing this, you think it is fun breaking plates all day?)

Cartoon chickens + post-it notes = Savage Chickens.

Toothpaste for DInner

You aren't doing any work today...why not check out my new addiction, Toothpaste for Dinner, where you can peruse 1720 archived comics which are updated daily.

Modish St. Patrick's Day Picks

Wow, this must be my lucky week! Thanks to Modish for including my Green Fortune Broken Plate Pendant in their St. Patrick's picks, which includes this lovely number above by Mack.

Funky Finds

Thanks to Funky Finds from Arlington Texas for the kind write-up yesterday! If you have never checked them out before, they highlight a huge variey of funky items from Etsy and beyond. It is nice that the writer makes a point to point out a few items from each designer that she likes and provides links.

AlmaPottery and The Broken Plate Collaboration!

Above are just a few of the great pieces I was able to make from a batch of broken ceramics generously donated by AlmaPottery! Thanks a million! A few are now available at my Etsy store.

If you are a ceramic artist and would like to donate your scraps, don't hesitate to contact me. (You will even get a special gift for your troubles.)

Spring Makeover at Imogene!

Imogene underwent a little spring makeover this weekend in celebration of their first year in operation! The site not only features a few new artists such as Jill Schwartz and Brooke Medlin, (pictured above) but you might also find a couple broken plate pieces there as well! Congrats Annie!

notNeutral

Two of four 12" porcelain plates of featured cities - Los Angeles, Shanghai, Cairo, and Berlin - chosen by the notNeutral design team for their reputations as gateways, and for the way each is dealing with the effects of agglomeration as its population begins to reach critical mass. (and would make wonderful necklaces...)

Ring-King

Love these band rings by the self-proclaimed Ring-King, Max Grun. It is good we found him now, because as his website says, he is poised to become one of the greatest and biggest in goldsmith-universe. Wow. (via The Carrotbox)

Cheerios!

I really can't begin to tell you why, but I made a Cheerios necklace today. A piece of the box is sandwiched in glass then soldered to a sterling bail. It is hanging from a Cheerio beaded cord. (and why not?) Stay tuned for a Boo Berry version.

Baby, Be of Use!

As I attempt to spare everyone from baby stuff, I just had to share these books with the world. The Baby, Be Use series by Lisa Brown, teaches baby how to do practical things like banking, fixing cars, making Mimosas and omelette's.
From the McSweeney Store, "Are you a parent? Are you thirsty? Too many of us allow our infant sons and daughters to lay about idly: napping, drinking milk, and sometimes “turning over.” Why not have them mix you a cocktail?" Genius! (via NotCot)