new jewelry

Check out these new bracelets for Lowell & Louise!

Dainty bracelets perfect for stacking with your favorite arm candy.  These will be added to the etsy shop next month.  Just in time for holiday shopping!

I made these to send to Jaime for the Memphis Empty Bowls Project.  They will be part of the silent auction.  If you are in the Memphis TN area... go to this!!

rings

wedding DIY - wedding bling

My engagement ring was a collaboration between David and JewelSmith. He knew I would like something unique. I love it. And I know that nobody else will have anything like it.

When choosing our wedding bands, I thought I wanted something simple, easy, and "off the rack." But the little creative bug wouldn't let me just PICK something, I had to have a say. So we went back to JewelSmith and designed a wedding band to coordinate with my engagement ring. I really love that they "go" and not "match." The tiny flower below the diamond is the same flower used as a pattern on the wedding band.

For David's band, he picked something we found on etsy (a seller in California). I also picked something from etsy when choosing jewelry for the big day (a seller from Edinburgh, Scotland, UK). Supporting DIY-ers around the world!

beads & braids

My friend Sabrina found a pretty how-to on Pinterest, and I gave it a shot. I have moved back into a jewelry phase and will be experimenting more with seed beads.

I love white and gold together.

jackpot

David has a coworker named Sarah. She is great. She brought in and shared some of her Grandmother's old costume jewelry. It was SO FUN to look through 2 giant bins of fun & interesting necklaces.

I was allowed to keep a few things for myself...

Right after I acquired these pieces I saw THIS online. Interesting.

And now I am inspired to make new stuff!!


Come by and see Lowell and Louise! Live and in person!! Buy stuff from us!!
Craft Fairs!

We now accept credit cards in person too! Check out this nifty lil' square! We'll use it with the iphone or ipad. SOO cool.

chain gang

I bought a really big obnoxious necklace recently. Then I thought... where and when am I going to wear this?? The answer was nowhere, not ever. So I took it all apart and made SEVERAL new pieces. It was fun experimenting with different materials. Here are a few of the new things... the rest will be up on etsy soon!!

brace yourself

...for all these bracelets!! ha. After selling 2 online (thanks, Melissa!) and a special request from Mary, I was inspired to make new bracelets. Check 'em out!





These, and MORE, will be up on etsy soon!

I will be getting some new supplies from Hannah to work with... recycling old and broken jewelry. Then the sewing shall begin! I have a lot of projects lined up.
I declare September as sewing month!!

sweet petites

I made a few new things using little pearl beads:





They'll be up on etsy soon!

Now I have to sew more pouches and work on our business cards...

jewelry display

I enjoy making jewelry, and I enjoy having a good variety to wear. The problem was, I always wear the same studs, or the same simple necklace. Why? Well, all of my jewelry was stored, in a box, in a drawer. I couldn't easily think of what I had. Problem solved! I covered some cork that I already had with some fabric we had laying around. I have all necklaces out now and visible, and easy to throw on. Bonus that it serves as art for the bedroom wall!

I went to anthropologie and got a couple of cheap but super cute and colorful bowls (it was hard to decide... there were SO many colors). I have a blue egg holder in the fridge for... yep, eggs. I got another one in white to hold cocktail rings and earrings. Now I can see my stock at a quick glance and be ready to accessorize in a flash!