bumblesea indie style - handmade DIY fashion design

site and blog redesign

jennifer — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:39:17 +0000

the bumblesea site and blog are being completely redesigned, and all blog posts will need to be individually reformatted. so for the time being, I’m holding off on creating extra work for myself. the new jewelry line is finished and there will be plenty of blog posts in the future. thank you for being so patient!

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thank god it’s doomsday polyvore set

jennifer — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:32:11 +0000

I’m busy. good things are in the near future for BS. here’s a polyvore set. happy february?

thank god its doomsday polyvore set by bumblesea

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PET bottle jellyfish + gabriel gastelum photography

jennifer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:20:46 +0000

jellyfish made out of PET bottles + gabriel gastelum's photography

I love jellyfish to the point where I’ve considered getting one as a pet. unfortunately, pet jellyfish are notoriously difficult to care for. another option are these fake LED pet jellyfish tanks. even if I was feeling impulsive enough to drop $170 on LED jellyfish I wouldn’t be able to because they’re sold out. a more realistic option would be to make some of my own like miwa koizumi’s PET bottle jellyfish designs. time to buy a heat gun.

and to the right is a fantastic self portrait by photographer gabriel gastelum. found on flickr.

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chanel hand painted accessories + karl lagerfeld

jennifer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:42:34 +0000

chanel hand painted body jewelry accessories

I know lagerfeld’s painted body jewelry is somewhat old news but I still find myself looking at it often. speaking of pretty things and karl lagerfeld, my friend recho was a spot-on lagerfeld this past halloween. I’ve been meaning to post this since november, because honestly, she does lagerfeld better than lagerfeld. she blogs about fashion over at the milk and wine.

recho: fashion blogger of the milk and wine as karl lagerfeld

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julia galdo + ophelia chong

jennifer — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:58:38 +0000

julia galdo and ophelia chong's work

white hair by julia galdo. her love by ophelia chong.

these girls are both extremely talented. that’s about all I need to say.

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german designer erika hendrix

jennifer — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:12:17 +0000

erika hendrix is a german fashion designer I recently found via dawanda. you can purchase her goods via erikahendrix.com as well. I’m still not quite over my purple obsession and I’ve also been wearing lots of shorts lately even though it’s freezing outside. it gives me an excuse to wear my collection of tights more often. so of course erika is taunting me with these purple bubble shorts.

purple bubble shorts by erika hendrix

purple flowers by corinnero via flickr

plaid circle skirt by erika hendrix

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behind the scenes lily allen photoshoot

jennifer — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:42:41 +0000

thanks to a new HD camera I’ll be able to share a few behind the scenes videos from some promo shots of a new bumblesea line. I was planning on doing this way before I found the behind the scenes lily allen footage from a photoshoot for an album cover, and it’s exactly what I have in mind. gorgeous..

the upcoming jewelry line is being finished up and I can’t wait to get everything put together finally.

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purple reign

jennifer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:29:52 +0000

I’m diggin’ purple things lately. I turned a pair of purple corduroys into cutoff shorts which I’ve been wearing all the time, I bought a purple laptop yesterday and all these purple things on the internet are screaming my name. I think my obsession with the color green has subsided. purple heels photo by vanilla monkey + purple amethyst crystals photo by cobalt123.

purple heels by vanilla monkey and amethyst crystals by cobalt123 via flickr

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daul kim commits suicide, sadness ensues

jennifer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:57 +0000

the hilarious and misanthropic korean model daul kim has passed away. the title “daul kim checks into a motel in nowheresville, USA” given to a recent editorial of daul in russh magazine now seems to be an unfortunate foreshadowing of later events. though I’m sure PETA activists are rejoicing in her demise due to her statements about fur, “I’m usually very miserable, so I reward myself with a fur coat every year. ” as much as I love gisele, cintia dicker, and gemma ward for being adorable I doubt I could stand having a conversation with any of them. after seeing her model diary “sometimes daul kim feels like a stripper” for new york magazine’s the cut fashion section, I think daul seems like the kind of girl I’d want to be BFFs with.

daul kim in her fur coat

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I’m gifted, merry christmas

jennifer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:21:35 +0000

legit press ya’ll:

ellie from mint interviewed a bunch of entrepreneurs (and me) about how they deal with goals, deadlines, procrastination for a guest post at pitch design union. turns out we’re all in love with to do lists. good to know that jeff from BOOOOOOOOM feels just as weird about paperwork as I do.

missmalaprop says “all the bumblesea jewelry is so dainty and delicate, and absolutely timeless”

bumblesea is finally in neet magazine, I’ve loved them since they featured my old band and interviewed me for the magazine

last and kind of least my blog was mentioned in this huge spanish news site, soitu. gracias. unfortunately they’re going out of business.

and this song/video is awesome. enjoy.

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