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Capitola Girl is a bead-stringing fanatic who loves stringing beaded necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and anklets. She gets inspiration for her beaded jewelry creations from a variety of sources - everything from the outfit she has on, to her mood, and the
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Friday Findings: The Games Jewelry Play
Don't you love to be entertained? When I was a kid, television and video games were just starting to grow in popularity. So, me and my friends passed the time building puzzles, throwing dice, playing dominoes and testing our mental acuity with Mah Jo...
Friday Findings: Sweet Shoes (Sweeter Earrings)
This week on Friday Findings, I'm taking you on a virtual shoe-shopping trip that you're not likely to forget. Instead of showing you some stylish and trendy treats for your toes, I'm showing you some hot handmade footgear for your ears. So, without ...
Friday Findings: The Butterfly (an Amazing Metamorphosis of Another Kind)
If you've ever read about the larval stage of the Lepidoptera, then you are probably familiar with the spectacular changes of the caterpillar and its metamorphosis into the graceful butterfly. You've also probably learned somewhere along the line tha...
Friday Findings: Terrific in Turquoise
I returned from a trip to the Southwest with turquoise on my mind. I was visiting friends in Scottsdale, AZ where some of the most amazing pieces of turquoise jewelry can be found. Nearly everywhere I turned, turquoise was there. It was in shop windo...
Friday Findings: Paper? or Recycled Plastic? + POSH MAMA GIVEAWAY
Recycling plastic bags and bottles is becoming more and more popular in the crafting world because reusing plastic materials to make wearable art is a practice that captures the spirit of social (and fashion!) consciousness. Before we get started wit...
Friday Findings: Zsa Zsa Zebra
I'm one of those women that gets energized when I see Zebra- and animal-prints in fashion magazines. The models always look so distinctive bee lining it down those design-house runways in Paris and NYC. However, I'm also one of those real-world-gals ...
Friday Findings: Wearable Music (+Posh Mama Giveaway)
I grew up in the 80's, a time when MTV was still a baby and record companies had not yet converted to releasing tunes in CD format. Still in my teens, I spent much of my time locked in my room listening to vinyl LPs on a turntable and cassette tapes ...
Friday Findings: Some Extravagance in Amethyst (+Posh Mama Giveaway)
One gemstone and color that always exclaims extravagance to me is Amethyst. Perhaps its because the color purple has long been associated with royalty. Or, maybe its because in its most precious and rare form, amethyst is as highly prized as the diam...
Friday Findings: Steampunk Style
Today's Friday Findings showcase features a collection of indie-jewelry that fits into an aesthetic that takes modern visual imagery and filters it through the optimistic spirit of a Victorian-era-round-the-world balloon voyage. The look is called st...
Friday Findings: All the Rage of Resin
I've been noticing that using resin in jewelry-making has become quite the rage in recent years, so this week I thought I'd take a look at resin as a medium and show you some of the cool items indie artists make. As a synthetic medium, resin is type ...
Friday Findings: Pretty Paper Jewelry
***Real Story***During the early years of the dot.com boom, I went on a job interview at one of those uber-geeky technology companies that was purported to be running a semi-paperless office. Instead of greeting me with a hello, the hiring manager's ...
Friday Findings: Glimmering Garnets
I've always loved the ancient-look and rich, deep-pomegranate color of garnet gemstones. Garnets have been used in jewelry since as far back as the Bronze Age and during the Medieval times, garnets were celebrated for its medicinal purposes.In our mo...
Friday Findings: Treasure Lost. Treasures Found. (And Weekly Posh Mama Giveaway!)
After I finish writing today's post, my significant other is going to find me face-down with my head-buried in my long-lost-treasure drawer--and I'm pretty sure you know the drawer I'm talking about…(it's the messy one that you never show your hous...
