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
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.
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”
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.
I’m pretty handy with photoshop, I’ve been interested in hyperrealism for a few years now. I’m toying around with the idea of selling some prints of hyperrealistic digital paintings/illustrations. all the tests projects I’ve done have been paintings of original photographs so this could be a way for me to get more involved in photography again.
I’ve been pretty busy keeping up with bumblesea and working on bigger projects so this art print idea is reserved for me to work on in the wee hours of the morning when I find it impossible to fall asleep. I’m currently working on an illustration of the hatched necklace (the egg only- I’d go crazy trying to paint the chain), and it’s about half way done. the photoshop file size is already up to nearly 2 gigs. luckily I have a few extra hard drives laying around that can be dedicated to holding all the original files.
bumblesea indie jewelry silver hatched egg necklace
right now I’m focusing on launching the much anticipated (and more affordable!) acrylic line. (I know I’ve been promising the new line forever..) the jewelry studio will be able to cruise on autopilot once it’s launched. I’ll still be on twitter and of course I’ll still update the blog- but it’ll give me more time to spend with friends and family.
nets photograph by femme de manille via flickr
dragon fruit photograph by femme de manille via flickr
I obsessed over dragon fruit (enough to name a bumblesea necklace after them) after seeing some photos of them on flickr. I got my hopes up about how they’d taste, spent five bucks on a single fruit, and it ended up reminding me of a mediocre kiwi. maybe it wasn’t ripe. what can you do?
at least they’re pretty.
free photoshop layer textures by les brumes via flickr
free photoshop photography filter textures by les brumes via flickr
- les brumes offers hundreds of amazing textures for photoshop geeks like myself to use for free. I can’t keep this find to myself, it’d be cruel. click on the images to check out more of her free goodies.
- house of gems is sponsoring a featured jewelry artist contest. enter to win and you could receive up to $500 to spend however you wish at their store. the contest deadline is today: august 15th and I just found out a few hours ago! fate? hurry up and enter here.
- I haven’t been posting/promoting the past few days because I’ve been spending all my time playing with PHP in order to have dynamic content on bumblesea. originally I installed joomla and skinned it to look exactly like my current site. I think I was searching for some PHP plugins when I came across indexhibit and fell in love with it. I’m scrapping the entire joomla project, it’s bloated and unnecessary for what I need. I’d prefer to support other small companies with similar taste in design if possible. is anyone still reading this? hi, mom!
bumblesea indie jewelry silver tree branch necklace on polyvore
- silver tree branch necklace by bumblesea
- off white converse all star high top chuck taylors (took me a few months to find off white but it was worth it)
- white ripped skinny jeans via topshop
- white tiger striped cashmere sequin tank top by rebecca taylor
- off white blouse via eruca japan
- crystal wedding decor tree via ethereal decor
- white marc by marc jacobs lil’ riz leather hobo bag
I’ve been stressed lately but these photos always seem to help me chill out a bit. that and stash chai spice decaf with milk, sweet n low, and honey. I don’t just have one sweet tooth, I’ve probably got at least three.
behind the scenes: still tweaking the bumblesea site, the code is sloppy and unfinished. brainstorming youtube video ideas. (I might have had a breakthrough.) figuring out the best option to offer free shipping on jewelry. brainstorming ideas for squidoo, associated content, helium. eating entire cheesecakes.
speaking of eating everything, someone’s started a daily journal about their anorexia/bulimia with the name bumblesea. so if any of you happen to come across that and wonder if it’s mine, nope. I still love food. and digesting it.
steambath by sgoralnick via flickr
amalia by habablow via flickr
shades of blue by whimsical via flickr
I adore these hand drawn typography samples I found via flickr by graphic designer kayce lomas. apparently some 8th grade kids at a middle school the artist had to visit for a design project were blurting out “really, really peculiar things.” one of these peculiar phrases was “I will be your butternut squash.” I don’t quite understand it, but it sure is pretty.
the more I dig around kayce’s portfolio the more I love this girl. her online portfolio has a nice clean minimal layout that is certainly quite inspiring. (anyone familiar with the layout I made for bumblesea knows I’m partial to no frills, no nonsense, SEO friendly design.)
my other favorites by her: “these ain’t no cubic zirconias,” “crit happens,” “everything I make, I hate,” “A is for absolutely nothing,” and last but not least “suck it trebek”.
in other news, I’m so sick it hurts to breathe. and alice matsumoto from the carrotbox mentioned bumblesea on her blog. her blog (dedicated to unusual and gorgeous rings) has been a constant source of inspiration for me even though I’ve never gotten into making rings. I’m so happy she digs my new work!
I will be your butternut squash by kayceeislost via flickr
faux show mono: hand set by kayceeislost via flickr
I know circle scarfs probably aren’t the most up to date fashion item, but they’re still pretty damn cute in my book. Jennifer and I made some “necklaces” and bracelets out of old t-shirts.The necklaces look more like mini circle scarfs when you wear them wrapped once around. If you use t-shirts that are big enough, you could probably make a sweet circle scarf for pretty much zero dollars.
tshirt DIY long necklace via bumblesea
tshirt DIY necklace via bumblesea
tshirt DIY bracelet and necklace via bumblesea
For the bracelets, you can just cut loops out of the sleeves as opposed to the body of the t-shirt so that they’re smaller, more wrist-sized.
