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Saucers may take me away

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No intervention needed, I’m fully aware that I’ve been on a jewelry kick for a while… Just let me get it all out of my system. Although, with finds like these earrings from june designs it might take a while.

bio: My name is Joelle, I’m a biology student and I’ve been seriously making jewelry for about one year. I like to use my brain to understand anything and everything, but I NEED to create and I love what is aesthetic and feminine, so I decided to launch into jewelry making. It’s the way I found to express myself.

Evidently, I like necks

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Light and comfortable jewelry? Who would say no to that. Oh, plus it is so luxe yet clean. No easy feat to pull off.

MOUFELT. | modern felt goods
All designs are handmade in portland oregon using 100% pure wool felt. A sustainable and renewable resource, felt is a simple and honest material with an endless range of creative opportunity.

With a focus on clean lines and simple geometries, necklaces and earrings are bold yet remarkably light and delicate. Both traditional hand felting techniques, craft, and industrial felt are used to create this collection.

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Sunflower Hooked Pillow

Get the cottage ready! Or the sun porch. Or your favorite reading chair. This primitive style hand hooked pillow will brighten your home on even a rainy day. I used a variety of different width wool strips to make this, giving it some great visual interest. I love the… details »

Lemon Blueberry Tart Charm

100% handmade miniature fruit tart charm. Atop the pastry shell sits a delicious assortment of lemons and blueberries! YUM!
1/12 scale.
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Reversible Baby Bib

This reversible baby bib can used as a feeding and dooler bib. It is handmade in two corridinating Amy Butler cotton prints with matching cotton bias piping. The riboon closure insures that it will fit for a long time, from infant to toddler years. details »

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Fascination Chainmail Earrings

Bright, shiny chainmaille earrings with a most definite 80s feel. Best worn with moussed hair and neon leggings. You’ll look so totally bodacious!
Made with black, silver, and fuschia anodized aluminum rings on silver-plated earring hooks. Because of the aluminum, they’re much, much more lightweight than they look. Awesome… details »

Brass and Sterling Silver Spinner Ring

This 13mm (1/2″) wide spinner ring is made from textured brass sheet with 2 patterned sterling silver rings spinning freely around the inner ring.
These rings are based on ancient Tibetan prayer wheels. The motion in the ring gives the wearer a special “calming” effect which sometimes helps in… details »

NY Black & White Snickerdoodle

Nurture, condition and brighten your skin with this decadent soap, infused with the aromatic notes of warm vanilla sugar, sweet butter and cinnamon. This soap is a unique and lovely combination of my two favorite cookies; the NY black and white and snickerdoodles! Just like the cookies, this soap… details »

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