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

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....

Necklaces For Sale

I made a few new styles this week, I figured I should be putting up photos on here more frequently... 

Please email me if you are interested in any of the styles you see

For Kelly

The Nomad

The Nomad (close up)

Peaces Of White

stolen

thieved photo from Lori's Flickr account

Lori, the 10 Cent Designer's photo of the necklace I made her. Cute, Cute, double cute!

Lil' Buddy

This is my new lil' buddy that I whipped up this weekend. I received an order from a brand new store for Millicent Designs, called Rumor in Leduc Alberta. My good friend Dean owns and runs the shop and wanted to give a little love to the ladies in the way of pretty jewelry. Anyway, I thought I would channel my inner bad ass and give a good nod to the Miranda of yester-year that would proudly rock skulls and skate shoes... however, I couldnt resist modern day Miranda's hippie heart as well. I guess it was a success in my books because I ended up keeping one of the two versions I made of the necklace. Isn't it just the perfect dichotomy?

Check out more photo's from this shoot on my Pieces From Audrey blog

Snakes, Silver and Special Orders!

After mailing a few pairs of feather earrings to my first American customer (thanks maria!) who found me through the blog, I seem to be getting busier these days with special orders. Im in the midst of mailing out a necklace for a new friend living on the East Coast who found me through one of my stores here in Calgary. I really hope his gf loves the necklace and all the time he has put into getting the right one made for her. Cute!

Anyway, Kolby, my ever loyal supporter, has ordered another necklace. Apparently, she wears hers now so religiously people are starting to comment she doesnt have any thing else... here's what I whipped up for her! Hope you like it Kolby!

A Lil' Somethin'

I thought it was due time that I make myself something new and exciting. I have had these weird snake charms for a while now and havent done much with them. I had a brain wave the other day in the shower that I wanted a gold & copper necklace for my Folk Fest wardrobe this past weekend. While I waited for the concert to start, I quickly whipped this number up before running out the door.... I quite like how these crazy lil' charms all turned out!