Up!

New designs up on Etsy! I'm in love!


Here's a little clue.... "My grandmother is Buddhist, a rare thing for a Brit. from the 40's. We were really close, and as such, my childhood was spent playing in temples and eating amazing vegetarian food. I think I received my first Mala when I was 7 or 8 from a monk. It was cedar wood & smelled like a forest. Although, I would say I never outwardly practised the prayers or the "religion", for that matter, the mala has always been a symbol of my childhood & a way I remember my gran." 


What, oh what could they be?

TADA!

Don't you just love matte black & silver? 

Unless, of course, you're more of a gold kinda gal.... covered!

Oh, you? You like White & Gold & fooling yourself you're a Glamorous Vixen? Ah ha! Covered!

I personally, like all three... but I'm a Gemini so it only makes sense. 

xo 

Go get em here! MILLICENT DESIGN

Three Things

Number One: I made a huge order for Purr Kensington & mailed it yesterday. Think feather earrings FOR MILES & 12 super awesome, sexy necklaces. Here's a teaser... 

Number Two: I made a pretty badass special order necklace for my friend, Lori. She loves red & yellow. I hate most colour, so this was a challenge - but I must say I'm really happy the way it turned out. She is a great photographer - so I expect she will take much better pics than this one... 

Number Three: This is a real shocker, you guys... I just wrote a HUGE blog post about part 1 of my NYFW at Pieces From Audrey. I totally surprised myself. BIG STEPS. 

TA DA! That's it folks. Im trying to be a better blogger. I really am. 

Humming & Beading

I received an order from Purr Kensington in Calgary this week.  Every time I have a large order on the horizon - one of the first things I do is compile some new music & make some mixes to keep it fresh & inspiring.

With a mix like this the order should be done pretty quick, so I hope to post photo's of the newest styles in the next few days.

In the meantime - here's something for your toe tapping

Jewelry Party Left Overs!

Well I made a lot for my past jewelry party I had in Edmonton. It was a great success & almost everyone that attended bought something. I could of not been happier - the wine was flowing, the convo was engaging - it was the perfect girly night! Thanks so much to my lovely friend, Franny, who gave up her home for the evening. Truly a perfect night!

2 things:

1) sad news, I didnt take any photos. I was too busy chatting, I guess. Typical.

2) DO NOT FRET, HOWEVER, great news! I did put up the remaining styles (including the one show on this post) on my ETSY so if you missed out on the party, you can now snag up some ONE OF A KIND goods. I tried to use up as much of my supplies so many of them have perhaps the only charm I had so I cannot remake them. Ohhhh have very exciting, how very unique, oh how very lucky of you!

Jewelry Party!

Hey Friends & Supporters! 

Jewelry Party has been scheduled for Tuesday Aug 30th from 6:30- 9:30pm in Edmonton. The lovely Fran Hughston has graciously offered her home & fantastic hosting abilities - Suite 1102, 10149 Saskatchewan Drive. Edmonton, Alberta. Buzzer # 0102. Email me with questions!

jewelry playlist

I'm working on an order for my good friends, the gals at Coup {Garment Boutique} in Edmonton. I always need some good tunes when working on an order & this "mix tape" I made last month for my cousin's birthday is just hitting the right note.



P.S. Edmontonians! These pieces will be available at COUP sometime next week....

Etsy! Etsy!

Well, I said I would do it and now it's done..... I'M OFFICIALLY ON ETSY!

Are you plagued by wanting all my fabulous jewels, but dont know where to find them outside of Alberta & NYC? Lucky you, now you can snag them up on the clever little e-retailer!

Clickity, Click, Click!

xoxo

p.s here's a wee example of what designs I have up....

Festival Wears

I just mailed these select styles to Purr Kensington in Calgary on Friday. You can find them there hopefully by the end of the week (this Canada Post strike, is KILLING ME!) along with a huge order of feather earrings to gear up for your summer of music festivals & flowing skirts!

Cobwebbing

I've been toying with the idea of cobwebs these days. Perhaps it's my new Big City surroundings, but I am inspired even more by nature and it's imperfections.  My cousin, Samantha, just turned 18 and is having her Grade 12 graduation this month so I played with my ideas of the cobweb and created this little ditty for her to sport with her "grapefruit pink" strapless silk dress to grad. Sammy has always had very similar aesthetics to myself, so I hope she loves it as much as I do! I used a very dainty "s chain" (which captures light in the most beautiful way) and webbed off the sections by hand tying the smallest Swarovski crystals onto the chain. My vision was capture the way a spider's web looks sparkling with dew in the mornings - a sight I would marvel at as a child out at my cottage in the Northern Alberta.

I haven't completely decided if this is a style I would recreate, it was insanely time consuming - but then again, most jewelry is the first time around. I hope you love it, Looly, it's a special necklace for a special girl! xoxox

Musically Inclined

Music is a big part of my creative process. If I need to make some serious jewels, I need some seriously fun music. If I need to make some serious new styles, I need some seriously mellow music. 

Now, everyone gets bored of their own library - so this little site has become a new buddy to me. It's called 8 Tracks and it's dope! What started as me just listening to other people's mixes and finding new tunes to jewel to, has now developed into a whole new world where I too make mixes to educate the masses on my seemingly AMAZING tastes (who knew?). Anyway, go forth friends - you'll thank me! 

Go ahead, you can even follow me! 

Currently, this is my newest obsession; 

AUSTRA! 

Austra - Beat and the Pulse (Steffi Bass Break Dub) by DominoRecordCo

Insta!

 

It's no surprise Im not the most dedicated blogger, however I am the most dedicated Instagram-er. I guess it's just an easier method of getting images out there, not to mention it's much more fun with all those great filters. 

Anyway, FOLLOW ME if you want the most up to date M I L L I C E NT photos (you may be inundated with pictures of general life pictures as well ... Not that you mind, right? My life is soooo interesting, right?)

MAILED IT!

I sent this huge package to Purr Scotia Centre over a week ago. It's packed full of earrings & necklaces, so providing this Canada Post Strike doesn't completely ruin it, they should be in store for all you Calgarians sometime this week! Fingers Crossed!

Old Hollywood

My jewelry has been in this store since I moseyed on through my Brooklyn neighbourhood and realized I lived 2 blocks away from a truly well curated wonder of a store, called Old Hollywood. Lucky for you folks, they have a great web shop too! So, although, you may not live blocks away (or even in the same country) you can enjoy a little piece of Old Hollywood here -> Clickity Click Click Click

As of right now I am preparing another big shipment to Purr in Calgary, specifically the Scotia Centre location. Keep your eyes peeled for some new styles I have been working on. I have a little dream to start up my Etsy store soon. I've been working really hard to get my jewelry to a place where I can be really proud of it.  My internship at Lee Angel has really helped me hone some much needed skills and get an idea of what's really available for me in the world of materials in this vast creative hub bub of New York City. I think my vision of what I want Millicent to be is slowly developing and I am really excited to show you all what I have been working on.

In the meantime, here's a little tease....

NETWORKING!

I just realized they call it "Networking" because it's a lot of work...

urrrg.

Follow Millicent Designs here!

Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/MillicentDesign

Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Millicent-Design/

Flickr!

I finally set up a flickr account with full details of the styles I have available. The true intention is so I can just email my accounts my flickr address and have them order from a more organized selection of photos. Anyway, since this is my website for the time being, I will link my flickr account on here too for your viewing pleasures!

TA DA! LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK --> FLICKRRRRR

Calling All Calgarians!

So, it's been a while... I know, I know. It should be noted I have spent my days off slaving away on this order to Purr Kensington, in Calgary. Whew. I'm mailing them today. I promise better, more detail shots to follow!

Also, in other exciting news... I started my Internship at Lee Angel this week as a designer. Very exciting stuff! It's so inspiring to create jewelry and be surrounded by some many talented people (and so much supplies, Im like a kid in a candy store!). Im working 3 days a week, which still gives me 2 days to create for my own line... I'm in full jewelry swing! As if I didnt think it was possible to actually be more covered in jewels, Im sure Lee Angel will help me take it to the next level and beep the hell out of Security at the Airport... cuz, you know, I needed another reason to be harassed by US border patrols...