New Jewelry — Page 6

Right To Bare Arms

May 12, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

[sterling & 22 karat gold]

[sterling, 22 karat gold & the most beautiful carnelian briolettes you’ve ever seen]

[sterling, chalcedony, ruby & coral]

With warmer weather comes the right to bare arms

and what better accessory to long, shapely, tanned limbs than shoulder duster earrings?

Amen, I say, amen.

You can find these long and languid babies in the shop!

They’re good for all seasons, but especially good for the warm days of spring and summer.

The Plume

Filed Under: New Jewelry

"éléphanteau avec moutarde"

May 3, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

Bah oui!!!

C’est vrai!

Built of sterling, fine silver, 22 karat gold, copper and enamel!

And now, I have put on my polka dot dress and will go spin myself around in the springtime sunshine on my bicycle. Plumbelina will be mad that I’m taking Penelope instead of her into the great big world, but Plumbelina does not yet know how to run with a bicycle and Penelope will fit so long and narrowly in my bike basket…additionally, we go faster when she flaps her ears.

Today was:

-bippity boppity boo

-languished about in bed this morning, longer than I should have, but it felt nice and the birds were singing Handel’s Messiah…or something…when the nature music is that rapturous you just have to sit still and let it penetrate into your bone marrow or your soul will flop over and you’ll burn the toast when you set about to making breakfast

-black bean salad for lunch

-hair is feeling long

-didn’t get to write my morning pages

-wrote a letter instead

-the loveliest mail arrived, I was caught by surprise

-going to have a glass of something young, chilly, fizzy and white later tonight

-the anemones I planted 5 months too late are beginning to sprout anyway because sometimes ascorbic acid is stronger than the calendar date

-I love Robertimus Maximus so much that I sometimes cannot control myself and I latch onto him with a fierce hug that makes me feel like a sweet little puckering barnacle on an ocean stone

Toodaloo!

Filed Under: general rambling, New Jewelry

The Maid

April 26, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

Well good grief.

I made a maid.

RW and I have been watching Downton Abbey recently and the maids wear such precious little uniforms with a dash of lace poking out the tops of their collars, I’ve been sighing all over the maid attire on that little show. I’ve been inspired.

Then I saw this bib necklace yesterday and I simply gave into the marvelous whim of concocting something of similar spirit.

I’ve taken a burly swath of copper, pierced it, forged and formed it, enameled it and strung it on delicate oxidized sterling chain.

It wears big and bold.

It’s kind of cute.

On the topic of maids, I reckon these two things:

1. I am my own maid. I perform the white glove test on my heart and soul…only I know the cleaning that needs to be done there. Likewise, you are your own maid, responsible for the cleanliness of your heart, spirit, mind and soul. Let’s all stay as tidy as possible. Everything is so much more beautiful that way.

2. I’m considering getting a maid this summer. Currently, RW cleans most of the house…because that’s just how it works around here. Dans le summer, when RW is away for 5 full months, I just don’t have time to tend to this home of mine with a burgeoning garden, three dogs, one cat, three chickens, a studio and a small business to run…not to mention all the traveling I do between the here and theres. I’m thinking, for my own sanity, this maid might get a maid.

Do you have a housekeeper pop in from time to time?

Is it worth it?

Scrub a dub dub,

Plumarella

Filed Under: enamel, New Jewelry

Grey Day

April 21, 2011 by The Noisy Plume

It has been so lionishly GREY here today. We’ve had skittering thunderstorms rolling in over the West Bench for most of the afternoon. At some point, I looked out my studio window into the huff and puff and blister and blaster of the weather pouring down from the mountain tops and I knew I had to combat the drizzle with some color before the storms blew my house down.

I made these four necklaces.

Zing!

Pop!

Crack!

Zoot!

(What the heck is a zoot?)

These are sizable, enameled pendants strung on delicate sterling chain. They host my maker’s mark as well as my soul tags.

Simple and beautiful.

They’ll be in the shop in mere moments.

Toodaloo!

x

Post Scriptus:
You know, life is always good.
No matter what.

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