A Closer Look at Ottoman

Bookhou At Home

So nice to see Bookhou At Home as featured seller on Etsy. For my birthday this year, my mom asked what I'd like. I told her I really could use a new purse. So after some searching, I found something that was versitile to wear for work, yet casual enough to wear with jeans. I also wanted something that wasn't very big (since I'd fill it and it would be heavy) and would work with a variety of outfits (read: it has black, navy, and brown). This was my choice. I had Arounna put a zipper in it for me because I like to know I haven't dumped stuff when I set it down someplace. It's been perfect.

Scotch Naturals

                                                           

This may be my new favorite nail polish. It's non-toxic...really! I picked up Seaboard last weekend to give it a try...perfect for fall. (via dearestMouffette)

Abstract Fragment

So, this is what I've been up to (if you're just now dropping by, you can catch up here and here).

They are necklaces...Abstract Fragment Necklaces...to be exact. As I've mentioned briefly, I wanted a pattern to work from, so I made my own from an image in popular culture (it doesn't matter what), which was very much abstracted, then blown-up in size and fragmented.

The necklaces are made from reclaimed leather that I have had stored for years...and knowing that someday I would find the right application. Each piece of leather is cut by hand into what ever shape seems right. Then, the leather is cross-stitched according to a fragment of the pattern...resulting in an abstract fragment of the whole. I have several necklaces in the works, each unique.

I hope to have these in the shop soon...after I photograph them better and get a few angles of each...and finish the ones in the middle of production.

I'm happy with these. They're a combination of many loves: reclaiming, natural materials, stitching, bold jewelry, handmade, grids, and they are rather conceptual in nature.

I'll let you know when they're in the shop!