LOOK ITS A LOOK BOOK

yes its true. we shot a look book monday, and i think i'm all done editing! I put it on the website here. let me know what you think!

Emily took some great behind the scenes pics. Here are a few of my favs:

Caroline putting on Julia's makeup, in front of my messy workbench. 

Caroline did some amazing gold and black cat eye make up! 

A look at the banner in a mirror

A wonderful stylist, Kaarin of the Closet Caucus, dolling up Julia. 

For the chunky lip look we used hot pink sugar crystals from the cake decorating isle1 

I made this banner just using paper sheets from Michaels, a hole punch, and twine! 

Tasting some sugar

Maybe my favorite shot. 

And photographer Emily with a million eyes. 

Lets talk about baseball

just kidding. but it is exciting.

i really want to talk about this new necklace:

I use the word famous very loosely, and very frequently. My friend (another Rachel) reminded me the other day about the time we were in an ATM and I noticed the man in front of us deposited a check for like, $800, which then (and still now) seemed like a trillion dollars. I whispered to Rachel (and our OTHER friend Rachel) "so famous!"

That's a pretty good example of my relationship with the word. Anything really cool, I call famous. Whenever I'm mentioned or posted about in the tiniest capacity, I write to my friends, or they write to me, saying "famous!" You get the idea.

Also, I sort of want to be famous. Like, the good kind of famous. Where famous people where my jewelry. 

SO thats about it! I created it in wax, and had it cast in recycled brass. It's heavy, but in an awesome way. Very comfortable to wear. And hopefully it will make you famous! Or not, if that's not your thing. 

ALSO. I'm shooting a look book on monday! can't wait. also have NO CLUE what i'm doing. I have a lovely stylist lending me clothes from a great boutique in town, and a couple of friends modeling. 

so get excited about that.

famous. 

My 2 minute convo with Leandra, AKA Man Repeller

Last night The Man Repeller herself was having a book signing at the W in DC. Clearly I had to go. Many moons ago we sent her a Stitchtagram pillow which she so kindly instagrammed and made us happy. And last night I bought her book, and was able to say hello during the signing! She liked me star necklace. Swoon. And almost touched it.

And then Julia, Emily and I went to the photobooth, because they are always the most fun things in the world to do. The gals were kind enough to drape themselves in my jewels.

So that was that! 

whaaaaaaaaa

welp, another month has gone by without a post. TIME TO CHANGE THAT.

i made these!

I call them the Triple Crown Rings! 

I took this photo by accident on my phone. and. LOVE IT. 

More Dripping Heart options! 

This adorable girl bought a camera necklace at District Flea this past Saturday.

I got this awesome rooster scarf/wall hanging from Elizabeth Graber at Crafty Bastards!

AND I got the coolest new stickers!

So. What else is new with you? 

SUCH A LONG TIME

SINCE I WROTE LAST TIME!!

that's wild! what happened to life!

i don't know! i've been to Sonoma Cali for another wedding:

I bought nail stickers!

I've been making a billion studs for a big Fab order and am finally done!

I made this!

I'll also be at the District Flea on Sept. 14th, and Crafty Bastards on Sept. 28th! See you there! 

Compliments to the sewer

So I got this shirt in Iceland a few months ago. It's big and silk and is photo-printed with an image of a tapestry all over, and, according to the sales girl, the designer found this rug thing in the attic that her grandma made, and she had it printed onto fabric. Needless to say, I thought that was the coolest thing in the universe, and made ben spend a ridiculous amount of money to buy it for me. (ICELAND IS SO EXPENSIVE).

anyway. This is the shirt on the website:

and me:

Anyway. I'm currently in a coffee shop and a girl just came up to compliment me and I went on and on about the story and it sounded so fake. 

Also, I just made a hair cut for thursday, but you know how whenever you  make an appointment to get your hair cut, you love how your hair looks? so then i panicked and asked if they could give me highlights instead, which I don't really want either. I'm just BORED WITH MY HAIR. but i like it. whats wrong with me? now i think i DO need a cut but i already emailed them a million times. good gravy. 

in other news,  this is a pretty pic of some necklaces i'm making for Fab:

BYE

PHOTO

oh hello there

Here I am, on the couch. I cleaned off our three coffee tables, and I was I could show you a picture that looks amazing with doilies made from vintage magazines (DO PEOPLE MAKE THAT?) and vases made from spraypainted plastic half gallon milk cartons (it's all i can think about lately) (just kidding, i thought about it once. but i want to do it!). Instead, the tables are just NOT covered in every single thing that we could ever possibly need to use. Like, I put nail polishes in the bathroom. Where they belong. I proceeded to drop a can of spray on sun block behind my little drawer things and will most likely never retrieve it until we move. So thanks a lot, nail polishes.

I also threw out a lot of stuff. And put match boxes in another box. TA DA.

oooh, ahhhh. 

Note the coasters! Catching the sweat from my iced red eye from this morning that I had about two sips of (it wasn't good ok?). And the empt wine glass from last night. And the reflection in the table of an amazing episode of How Do I Look? And a winning scratch off ticket! ($10 what what).

Let's see what else. I made these:

And these:

I also turned these earrings into opposites! 

And I made a new website! 

Now I just need to shoot a Look Book, which seems to be what every is doing these days. However, I have no idea what to do. HELP. 

CALIFORNIA

Welcome back, world! After a lovely birthday, Ben and I flew off to sunny/cloudy Redondo Beach (FACT: LA is NOT HOT). We decided not to rent a car, and just biked along the beach and ate.

Oh, and we went to our friends' Scott and Gina's wedding, which was a blast! Some pics:

Me and the Hubs:

Look! I can ride a bike!

Fun fact: Bethanny Frankle also has this Madewell sweater, so I'm basically famous. 

Via Daily Mail

Mmmmm Gelato.

I found these two rocks with HAIR already on them, so obviously I had to make them into the couple getting married.

Ben and I went to this a-mahzing (happy endings anyone?) Japanese restaurant/stall on the pier in Redondo Beach, tucked between the bars and churro stalls. It was so effing good. 

I also got these snazzy sunglasses for $8.

THE END. how was your weekend? fire work fill I hope. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

sooo many things

Ok. First of all, hello. Second of all, so many things are happening. Kind of. Maybe absolutey nothing. Let's start from the start.

I was featured as a Refinery 29's 30 under 30 in DC!!

I got that dress the day before at a Gap outlet!!! Who woulda thought? So that was exciting.

I also went home to Western MA this past weekend for Wilco's Solid Sound, at Mass Moca where I got married!! It's a great 3 day festival with comedy (Reggie Watts?!?!?!?!! HE IS SO GOOD). We camped in a friend's backyard, where apparently bears would roaming all night. So that was terrifying. Needless to say, I didn't sleep. Plus we were camping. Plus it was freezing at night and by the morning it was the hottest thing EVER and I would wake up gasping for air. 

The funniest part was when we were interviewed by a guy for the two local papers, and the next day were featured on both front pages. 

We also saw Foxygen, who were crazy. And a lot of people were watching. 

OK. So. I also got some pieces cast that I carved out of wax. And am quite pleased! 

What should I call these? The Tutu ring? The Accordian Ring? 

And then these puppies:

Also a ring! 

WHAT ELSE. 

I don't know. That's it. 

el derecho cometh!

I'm so terrified of impending bad weather. 

I even canceled a facial. A FACIAL. because it's supposed to rain and thunder and I'm always convinced something is going to hit me on the head when it's windy outside.

anyway. so i'm busy putting together a few orders for some places (Fab Europe, Scout Mob), and am currently on the phone with my mom and can't really type complete sentences. so i'm just going to type words. i heart huckabees is on tv. i want thai food so mad. 

Anyway. Here's a pic of my Dad from 1973, in one of his first jewelry stores hard at work soldering.

LIKE FATHER LIKE DAUGHTER. 

And here's a pic I took of myself, which I will use if I ever become Nico and need an album cover. 

allergies?

I never had allergies before, and now I think I do. Constant sneezing, constant nose blowing.

How thrilling, right?

WELCOME. I think I'm just really bad at blogging!

Let's see what I can tell you. For my birthday in a few weeks, Ben and I will be traveling to Redondo Beach near (in?) LA for a wedding/ long weekend. We aren't renting a car, and I am excited to force us to become beach people. Since I hate beaches. But we will like it. Yes we will.

Also, I'm already terrified of the flight. Here's my thing: in the months leading up to any long flight (longer than an hour), I will have panic attacks. I just freak myself out. Once I'm on the plane, I'm usually okay. But not really. I will freak out at any sort of sound. I mean, I think everyone is like that. Who LIKES to fly? Actually, 5-10 year old me, that's who. I'd always get SO EXCITED to go on an airplane. What was I thinking??

I am so envious of people who can sleep the entire flight. When we went to Iceland, I bought z-quil, which did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. I even had a glass of wine with it, which just made me nervous that something was about to explode inside my body, like a liver or a spleen. So that plan backfired.

Anyway, one friend swears by Dramamine, others by Xanax. Do you have any tricks? And by tricks, I mean drugs you enjoy and find useful? In other words, someone just tell me that EVERYONE FLIES ALL THE TIME AND ITS TOTALLY FINE AND SAFE.

In other news, my dear pal Emily is off to Canada for the summer. When she moved her, I lent her one of my mustachioed Portuguese ceramic dogs (which apparently are all over the place), to keep her company in a weird boarding house style situation she had going on. Anyway. Now they are back together. Reunited at last. I really wish I had a fire place with a mantel, so they could sit on top it. With a little bunting hanging on the wall between them, made out of some crafty shit like twine and tin foil. With washi tape. Obvs.

Also this morning I made two rings, finally. I've been taking a wax carving class, which is fun, but I'm spending so much time stressing out about all the trendy chevron and arrow things I should be carving without totally know how, that I haven't actually soldered anything new in a while. So I made these! 

Ooooh, ahhhh.

And when I was done with those, and done with the rest of my orders for the day, I sat down and tried to carve the most spectacular dachshund you ever did see. But their feet kept breaking :(

so that's sad. The one on the right in the middle is my best bet I think....would you just LOOK at that fucking ear. I think one side will be smooth, and one will my textured. so you can wear it either as a long haired or a short haired!!!!!!!!! WHAT DOYATHINK OF THAT.

Oh man. I'm having trouble typing right now. Every other word has been deleted and corrected. Except that one. That one I Didn't have to go back and fix. Or any of those. but I swear, a ton of the others words I've typed have been messed up. I promise. now i'm just typign to see. THERE. typing. anywya. goodnight,.

WEEKLY SPECIAL

hello world! so. a little while ago I found a limited amount of these super cool vintage hinged-link segments. They are hard to describe, but definitely awesome looking. So I added sterling silver posts and ta-da! They are now amazing limited edition dangles. They are brass with some sort of blue colored stone, and they hang straight from the ear lobe but have an awesome movement to them. And so for this week and this week only (starting RIGHT NOW) I am putting them on sale for $26 from $40! Hurry before they run 

http://www.rachelpfeffer.com/product/turquoise-and-brass-dangles