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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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Violet Flower Hair Pins Set

A pair of steel hair pins featuring elegant Purple-Violet flowers.
Chic and classy. Perfect for a wedding or everyday wear.  details »

green tree pendant

Go Green!
Oh, how we love these tree pendants. We handcraft the frame and tree so each one is as unique as you are! Perfect for any tree-hugger in your life :) Also available in lapis blue or amber.
materials: Argentium Silver, peridot
size: approximately 1 1/2″-2″
sterling… details »

Mossy Green Leather Bookmark with Pastel Metallic Beads in Easter Egg Colors

My handmade beaded Mossy Green Leather Bookmark with Pastel Metallic Beads in Easter Egg Colors is a pretty combination of metallic colors. These shining pastel beads look like Easter eggs. This would look bright and pretty hanging out of the top of your book! Unique and inexpensive, my bookmarks… details »

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White dappled milk jug

Handmade from English stoneware clay it’s distinctive bulbed shape was created by working with my potters wheel. You can still feel the gentle texture of throwing rings where my hands have drawn the clay upwards.  details »

Olive Linen Rose with Lavender/Eggplant and Olive Semi Precious Jade Nuggets/ Statement Necklace

An olive handmade linen rose with Czech eggplant/purple glass seed beads in its center. These beads were neatly hand sewn on top of a fabric covered button. I also used semi precious nugget stones which have been wired into a brass chain to form a cluster.  details »

Mini Steamer Trunk

The inspiration for this little box comes from the old flat top steamer trunks.
It is made from recycled fir boards that were used as porch floor at one time.
The hardware is a combination of old and new solid and plated brass.
It has a… details »

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Handmade Paris Inspired Accessories

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Bonjour! Ah! Paris in the Springtime! How delightful! What? You’re not in Paris? No, me neither. But let’s celebrate one of the world’s most romantic cities by decking ourselves out in Parisian inspired accessories.

Let’s start with the quintessentially French headgear, the beret. This beret from Bow Tie Unique will have everyone around you smiling and saying, “there’s a girl with style!”

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