Heavens to Bessie!: Skull jewelry

Monday, July 8, 2013

Item of the month!

Because I get so excited when I create something new I have decided to run item of the month specials! YAY!!

The item of July is the Numbskull necklace. It was just added to the store and I sorta love them.

Help me bring back the ever so endearing term "numbskull" in a fun way! You have until July 31st to use the coupon JULY13 at checkout to save 10% off these cute little numbskulls. So jump on it!!!

If you have a special color request just let me know, I have a wide variety of these itty bitty skulls.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155120530/numbskull-necklace-tiny-white-skull

https://www.etsy.com/listing/155128821/numbskull-necklace-handmade-skull

Be sure you are checking my blog for next month's item of the month! Also, keep your eyes peeled for my new monthly newsletter!

Friday, July 13, 2012

What I Have Been Working On

A few times a year I go on supply buying trips. I always manage to purchase something a bit quirky. Sometimes these things get used in work immediately and sometimes they sit, waiting for the perfect moment to inspire me. It was over a year ago that I purchased a few strands of bright colored skulls. I had NO idea what I was going to do with them. So they sat. Just a few weeks ago I went on a buying trip and picked up more skulls. These were tiny and as I love things in miniature, naturally I had to have them too.

When I got home, I pulled the ones out that I had bought the year prior and I laid them all on my desk and then went about my business. My thought was if I stared at them long enough, eventually I would figure out what to do with them. And then one day I did.

Though out college, little lithe bodies had found their way into my art work. I used them in a few paintings but by the time graduation rolled around I had sketch books full of them. I could just never seem to leave dance behind entirely.

My idea was always to use them in jewelry and somehow I only made that happen once. I decided to change that! I have been adding my old sketches to these funky skulls and have been having a blast in the studio ever since. I name each one because they really have their own personalities...well that and I am a freak.