Spartanburg

Some semblance of a studio, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Well, after a full day of packing, another day of travelling, and yet another of receiving all our worldy possessions from the lovely folks at Carey Moving & Storage, Levi, a very spooked Frist and I have officially landed in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
The apartment is just as [...]

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The Rundown

It’s been an eventful week:  I hit 500 sales on Etsy, went apartment hunting in Spartanburg, SC, went canoeing on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, found a tick in my armpit, and finished my jewelry class at the 92nd Street Y.  So, a bit of good and a bit of bad. 
The tick I was rather unhappy [...]

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Jewelry Porn

Jewelry Porn, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Jewelers and metalsmiths, admit it – you’ve drooled over these books! I discovered this series in my jewelry class at the 92nd Street Y and went right out and bought the lot of them. FYI, they’re much cheaper on Amazon than they are at the Marketfair Barnes & Noble. They [...]

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Green Silver

I’m not really into New Year’s resolutions, but this year I did decide to make a greater commitment to using eco-friendly material in my jewelry.  To this end, I’ve started buying most of my sterling silver from Hoover & Strong, a company that has been providing eco-friendly, recycled precious metals to jewelers for decades.  While [...]

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Swag!

Swag!, originally uploaded by antigenre.
2009 got off to a good start with a trip to a taping of the Martha Stewart Show on January 6th! I met up with some members of the EtsyNJ Street Team at a Starbucks in Manhattan, and we trundled off through the cold to the Chelsea Studios and waited to [...]

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Packaging

Packaging, originally uploaded by antigenre.
*** Shop News: One day left in the Holiday Sale!! The sale runs through the end of Cyber Monday. ***
I had tons of packing paper that I received with my Rio Grande orders just sitting around, so I decided to cart it off somewhere and shred a bunch of it (I [...]

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Lame Excuses.

On Saturday, a co-worker relayed to me a conversation that her mother had with a friend.  This woman’s mom had just waited in line for a while to vote early in Chicago.  The conversation with the friend went something like this:
Mom:  I just voted.  Are you going to vote early, too?
Friend:  Well, I’m not sure [...]

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Leaf

Leaf, originally uploaded by antigenre.
As much as I gripe about Princeton, I have to admit that it is really beautiful this time of year.

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Sparkly…

Sparkly…, originally uploaded by antigenre.
Well, the winter holidays are coming, like it or not! I’m going to go shopping today and stock up on some sparkly vintage glass beads to make a few festive items for the shop. It’s never too early to start figuring out what to wear to all those holiday parties!
Something else that [...]

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What’s Noo?

New Moos, originally uploaded by antigenre.
I just spent almost a week in Kansas with my family – it was a lot of fun, except for the tornado warning and the constant reminders of the recently-passed Concealed Carry law.  I picked up some neat vintage treasures, including the pleasingly-distressed metal filing draw that I used for [...]

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