vintage gold / 18k and emerald

this beauty is slated for my shop

18k gold with an emerald

size 8

snippets

San Francisco Spring.

card making fun / diy

arrived home at the cat-sitting house last night and realized we didn't have a birthday card for a fabulous 2 year old. we didn't feel like leaving home to buy a card so handmade silliness followed

what we had:
Williams Sonoma catalog
Safeway coupon pamphlet
scissors
tape

what we lacked:
glue
card stock

what we made:
a seriously handmade card

blue

week in review

{posting is exceptionally sporadic while J and I cat-sit at a home without a coherent computer or wifi}

1, 2 & 3 Spring flowers
4. newly made 14k rose gold filled articulated hoops
5. vintage find (to sell): Norway sterling silver enameled ring (already for sale in my shop)
6. flowers near this morning's estate sale
7. vintage find (to keep): pink, metal Detector scale
8. vintage find (to keep): lidded brass and glass box

walk

snippets

1. mailing Etsy sales / 2. green growth / 3. cat-sitting / 4. blue wall

admire / make / covet

admire: giant greyscale map on a wall 
make: cord taco
covet: tree stump print

vintage revisited

I might be in a vintage lull. no new-to-me vintage finds this week.

I did feel like I rediscovered this vintage ring -- part of my personal collection. 9ct (10k) gold with fiery opal like this ring

snippets

1. tangerine / 2. blue wall / 3. blue window / 4. sleeping cat / 5. Bill Murray sticker on a pay phone