My youngest fan

My friend, Fran, asked me to make a mini pair of clip on feather earrings for her 3 yr old niece, Molly. Isn't she just the cutest?! Total fashionista in the making. Loves it!

fanciful feathers

I swear Im not obsessed

"I love watching old rock and roll movies--I don't have a TV, so it helps if it comes on DVD, or I can find it online. I feel like most new TV is horrible and pointless, and just turns your mind into some sort of jelly mush, actually I think that's true of most anything you are suppose to do as a "normal person" who has to squish down to fit the mainstream guidelines so you don't feel like a freak. I don't give a shit about celebrities, or what they wore to their premieres or award shows (because they get that stuff for free to make the huddled masses desire it), I don't like being told what to wear, or how to look, I don't give a fuck about the standards of beauty or aging for women because they're just there to make us feel less than human, and take our power away, and our focus off of what is really important and make us fear everything from birthdays to anti-aging remedies--and it is complete bullshit, and you all know it. I don't buy magazines for the most part, most are in place to make everyone feel bad about themselves anyway--and everything is airbrushed and completely fake anyway, you'll never see the real people, so why bother? Any time I've been in a magazine, you better believe it was airbrushed--nobody looks like that in person; we all have pores, zits, wrinkles, bags under our eyes in the morning, flab, and it's fantastic. I'd much rather read a blog, or anything that is D.I.Y. because at least it is closer to being real. Their ridiculous standards will never effect me because I don't gear down to my lowest common denominator to play that game, I don't need to not eat when I'm hungry because I'm scared about gaining weight, I don't count calories, drink or eat all those poisonous low-calorie foods, and I've never owned a scale. I'm in shape because I don't do any of those things, nor do I obsess about it, because I know whatever my mind thinks, my life will become--and the same goes for your body. When you aren't trying to gain or loose weight all the time, your body will find it's perfect balance for it's frame. I don't care what society thinks I should be doing, or how I should live, or what a person should be doing at age 18, 21, 25, 30, 40, 50...there is no clock in my life, or my mind, and you really are as old as you feel. Nothing anybody says will make me lesser or greater. I'm on my own journey here. I don't need the nightly news to tell me what is important, Dr. Phil's opinion, or anyone else's for that matter. Actually, if I hear the masses telling me I should be doing something, it's a sure sign to run in the other direction." Krystal Simpson of www.whatisrealityanyway.com

Finally somebody within the fashion industry says something intelligent, I was starting to lose faith.

A Pair Of Pretties

I'm really jazzed on these new feather numbers I just whipped up. They are the perfect combination of my favourite things; chains, feathers and tassels!

oh how i wish to be as cool as you, Krystal Simpson

Todays wanderings

I finally received my silver tassels from Turkey! Hurrah! I can now pass on the wonder that is my favourite, simple everyday necklace - the ornate silver tassel on a silver chain. Ahhh, how I adore thee necklace. I have limited amounts, but am super excited to pass my best kept secret on.

Also, I made this fun little number today. I am tempted to keep it for myself.... oh I just knew this would happen!

GAHHHH!

Holy Crap! I keep stumbling across these awe inspiring photo's... I want a head dress. I think I would just wear it around the house in some lacy underwear and bare feet -it just seems like the perfect outfit to me. I wish I was talented enough to make one for myself with my huge supply of feathers, but I think these things are better left to the real native craftsmen and women out there.

Maybe one day I will own one and scare the crap out of my boyfriend and dog while I saunter around the house in it.

THE GOLDEN SNAKES

Today I write this post as my neighbours are throwing things at each other. I started feeling uncomfortable, so I turned up the volume on the Rural Alberta Advantage and thought I would mind my own and write a blog entry -oh how I miss living in a house...

Anyway, on happier news I have been really busy the past few weeks being home. For one, I needed to rearrange my entire living room to make room for my gentleman friends new "girlfriend" - the 40" monstrous Samsung television. I got home from Edmonton to find the thing perched on my antique radio looming in the corner. It was a little too "hello, and welcome to my television" when you walked in the door - so I requested some help from my friend Marlis, and we moved furniture around for an entire day trying to make the giant a little less like the elephant in the room.
Other than furniture moving, I have also been busy coming up with new jewelry ideas for Millicent 2010, which sounds ridiculously official. For some reason the feat seemed far too large to do quickly, I have really been honing my ideas and trying to find a theme I wanted to go on. I feel like there needs to be some congruency through the whole "line" so I have had to do a lot of "editing". So far this is what I have come up with.....

I like chains
I like tassels
I like snakes
I like vintage anything
I like GOLD.

and so we have these little ditties....

back from the abyss

Im finally home from my 3 week stint in Edmonton. Christmas may be my favourite time of year because I get to see all my friends who have since moved away.
Even amongst all the madness of being a social butterfly and hanging out at my favourite store and past employer, Nokomis, I managed to find a little time to make a few pairs of earrings for all my christmas orders. I cannot tell a lie, I may have employed the small hands of my two cousins, Madeline and Samantha to help me out on the endeavour - we will call it quality family hang out time... love you two!

In other news I am finally working on some necklace designs. I made these little ditties for christmas presents for my family. Im hoping to make more and sell them in stores. New Years Resolution!