Huge fragrance. It's spring! Several years ago I worked in a nursery with a super enthusiastic eighteen year old who possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of esoteric botanical information. He used to bounce up & present me with his "useless fact for the day".
We shared a passion for fragrant plants, happily wandering around tending to plants with pollen on on the tips of our noses.
One day he brought me a little three inch lump of a cactus pup & told me, "Full sun. You're gonna have a six inch flower that you can smell from ten feet away!" I was skeptical, but as usual he was right. As long as this little guy is in the sun he happily heralds in spring each year.
When we were kids on the way home from schoolwe would find bits of telephone wire left behind by electricians working on the phone lines.
It was like finding treasure.
The scraps were brightly colored, & we would twist the wires & make things out of them, though I can't recall what we made.
I recently came across a bunch of recycled telephone wire, & found that I am still charmed by it's soft flexibility & wide array of stripey colors.
I've designed a series of rings that I'm pretty excited about.
The soft matte finish of the coated wire has a comfy look & feel reminiscent of a sweater, & the stripes even fade with wear like a well loved garment.
Some rings are completely matte, while others feature a shiny bit of glass, stone, or shell.
Either way, they offer a soft, casual alternative to super shiny bling.
Think jeans, sweaters, flannel..... comfort.
I had a great time pairing the many(!) wire colors with accents to create a wide assortment of looks from earthy & natural,
to soft retro color,
to bright jewel tones.
Did I mention that they combine & stack well!?
Or that you can feel good about wearing them becausethey are handmade (by me!) in California fromrecycled telephone wire,
