This is my favorite MNKR tee shirt design and one of my favorite sayings. It is something I try to remind myself of everyday because each and every dream is important and dreams become reality when you make them so. Today I will be hugging my jewelry design dreams by learning new techniques and taking a class from one of my friends.
Happy Friday. Embrace the weekend.
The Supply Room at the Presidio Motel in Santa Barbara holds a great collection of independent designers. Curated to fit a very fresh, hip, and cool aesthetic, this boutique caters to a lot of awesomeness. We paid it a little visit a few weekends ago, ooh-ed and ah-ed at a few items, and came away with something sweet. It's a great shop that supports the local scene so if you're ever in SB, check it out.
Clothing, shoes, purses, jewelry. So much goodness.
Paper Pastries stationery!
Balancing blocks by Fort Standard.
Reminiscent of sack lunch bags, these leather Marie Turnor "the picnic" bags are awesome. They're also on my Christmas list.
We met the Better Late Than Never jewelry designer at Content in Portland. Her jewelry is so organic, geometric, and hip that hubs and I purchased a set of 3 rings.
Necklaces by local designer, Camilla Bourbon.
Tabletop Made is another Santa Barbara designer. The simple and minimal look of the stationery is something I've been gravitating towards.I heart a place that supports independent designers :)
Because sometimes a little bit of glitter and some bright colors are necessary.
One of my favorite calligraphers tweeted a link to Americans Love Letters yesterday and I was inspired to design, create, write, and mail some new stationery! Americans Love Letters is an organization that promotes writing letters (1 a month) every month to keep the USPS alive. If you know me, you know I am all about stationery, mailing things, and the postal service. I grew up with my Australian and Filipino cousins as my pen pals. I always mail birthday, Valentine's Day, and Christmas cards. I will send countless postcards when traveling. I buy stamps and give them to family members to encourage them to send something out. I heart the mail.And I want to send some love, brightness, and sparkle your way. If you would like a little note, email your address to me at lovehoneymyheart@gmail.com! I'll send you either one of these cards, postcards I collected while up in Portland, and other handmade stationery ;)Happy Tuesday!
Gemstones have been such an obsession these past few months. I love their natural qualities, that each come from the earth, and how feminine and precious each one is. While designing pieces with dangling gems in the past few weeks, I've now put together a simpler gemstone line. Something understated, something chic. This little collection is simple while making a statement. Love.
Smoky Quartz.
Peridot.
Amethyst. More purple and gold love.
Simple bracelets.
I heart them alone or paired/layered together.
For more photos, see here.Hope you all had a great week! We've been super busy over here in the honey my heart HQ working on marketing, designing new pieces, getting a shop update together, and starting holiday (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas) cards. It's also been so hot here, but I kinda like this summer weather and am ready to hit the beach.Happy Friday!!
*note: the white paper flowers were gifted to me and are by Handmade by Sara Kim.
My favorite part about the Santa Barbara Museum of Art is that every Sunday is free admission. We had last Sunday free and spent it browsing the latest exhibitions (Picasso cubisim, Echoes of Japan, Lofty Vistas) and having a little bit of fun ;)
There was a dimple in the sculpture. I was to short to see into it so I took this photo.
It was like a fun house mirror :)
We also saw some great work by local SB artist. The above is Untitled by Richard Aber and is made of wood, fiber, ash, and acrylic.
Heavy Cloud Walking Clown, 2002. Keith Puccinelli.
Trees, 2010. Gerald Incandela.
Inspired by the Simple Statements style brought about the design and assembly of these Statement Drops. Continuing with the gemstone and shell materials, each piece is edged in 14k gold and sized larger to add more appeal. The colors are naturally light yet pop and the soft shapes paired together for a drip drop style. I heart the simple femininity, understated luxury of the earrings. Hope you like them, too!
SB. Yellow shell and gorgeous blue turquoise.
Peridot and Peruvian opal reminds me of sorbets.
Amethyst and yellow shell. At least one of my pieces in each style/collection must be Lakers colors ;)
Drops of love.
Happy Monday morning everyone! Hope your weekend was great. We spent the weekend enjoying our beautiful city of SB and the warm sun. It was so nice to be able to stay home (we've been traveling so much this summer) and keep it low key. Here are a few glimpses of the weekend :)
We walked to the California Lemon Festival and enjoyed lemon zest ice cream as well as other awesome fair food (hello bacon wrapped hot dogs). Lemons are one of our city's best known local produce and the festival was a great way to celebrate the community.
We visited the Supply Room at the Presidio Motel in Downtown SB. The Supply Room carries plenty of independent designers goods from around the country and is so stylish. It was hard to keep from buying everything in there. Look out for a "Local Love" feature soon. I also hope it becomes one of my stockists!
We also visited the local gemstone store. It is a quaint little shop off State Street owned by an awesome SB couple and has been in business for over 27 years. Hooray for small business!
And the honey my heart etsy shop is updated with plenty of new styles. Click on over for a look at the Simple Statement necklace and others :)
"Give Pix a Chance" by Scott Dosch.
"be love" by Vanae Rivera/Mary and the Machine.
And a yarn bombed pole!