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ay marieke ss'13 look book

This Look Book for my spring and summer '13 jewelry collection was shot a few weeks ago, and I am excited to release it here as well as on my new website! All of the jewelry pieces in the photos...

Apr 23, 2013 Like

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I love Hitchcock (who doesn't?) so it was a pleasant surprise to come across this Rear Window inspired shoot from Vogue, shot by Peter Lindbergh with Tobey McGuire and Carolyn Murphy. Of course, no...

Mar 22, 2013 Like

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emeralds

Green has been my favorite color for as long as I can remember, but I'm not a big fan of St. Patrick's Day. In first grade, I had just gotten this super cool pair of shorts – blue and calico with...

Mar 17, 2013 Like

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all things ocular

Last fall, during a visit from my friend Baxter, I got inspired to do some sketching for a spring jewelry collection while B. sat with me on my balcony working on some drawings of his own. I'd been...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Goodbye

I decided this morning that it is time for me to turn a leaf on the internet, so I will be posting here from now on. No hard feelings, just time for a new blog. This url will soon be replaced by an...

Feb 25, 2013 Like

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Ay Marieke Bridal

Last weekend, I completed the first bridal / formal line of jewelry for Ay Marieke. I have a pretty strong background where bridal jewelry is concerned – the jewelry studio where I learned...

Jan 30, 2013 Like

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Baccara

I know that it's been quiet around here lately. I've been working on a slew of different projects and trying to spend less time on the internet – a week's vacation in Colorado helped me kick that...

Jan 22, 2013 Like

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An Event and a Gift Guide

I am excited to announce that I am participating in the first Leisure Craft Fair at Leisure Public House, a bar / restaurant in St. Johns. I'll be selling jewelry alongside some other maker pals on...

Nov 29, 2012 Like

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Lately

Autumn for us has been a string of quickly passing days boxed in on all sides by lots of work. Dave and I each have side projects – his programming, mine jewelry-making – which takes up most...

Nov 19, 2012 Like

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On Sauvie

My friend Baxter visited Portland a week or so ago, and if I'm lucky, after he spends some time exploring Seattle as a potential home, he might realize that Portland is the city for him, and come...

Oct 12, 2012 Like

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Archival Jewelry Designs

While I was in Kansas at the beginning of August, I spent a fair amount of time perusing Grandma Emerson's collectibles books. She owns several series of books on nearly every sort of collectible...

Sep 9, 2012 Like

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Peter Pan Park

I spent the first week of August in Kansas with my grandparents and father. Emporia, where we stayed and where my grandparents have lived for the past fifty one years, is located about two and a...

Sep 3, 2012 Like

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Bluebeard

Here's a film that runs in the same vein as Picnic at Hanging Rock.Bluebeard is a (really, really) hot mess. Renaissance dancing, farm animal slaughter (that I'm pretty sure had to be live-action,...

Jul 29, 2012 Like

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Arthur

In case you are reading this and we don't see each other or talk very often, Dave and I have a cat now. (This is old news, but old news seems to be what I do best lately, at least here.) Arthur was...

Jul 17, 2012 Like

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Pennsylvania

Ive been meaning to mention this a little sooner, but I suppose better late than never: last month, Dave and I took 8 days off for a visit to the mid-East. To Ohio, to see his family, and then to...

Jul 10, 2012 Like

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Imaginary Birthday Outfits

My birthday is this weekend. Im not yet sure what is in the works for the day but it will probably be low key and involve hanging out with Dave, possibly driving to Sauvie Island or the coast. I...

Apr 25, 2012 Like

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New Home

After several years of living in Northeast Portland, Dave and I made the leap across the river last month to Northwest Portland. We are lucky to have found a wonderful apartment with lots of...

Apr 10, 2012 Like

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Well, well

A few weeks ago, I sort of started dreading writing a long life update here that might have felt (more) owed in part because of the amount of time that has passed since my last post. Checking in...

Apr 10, 2012 Like

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From Eden

A few vintage treasures I have my eye on, via Eden.

Feb 10, 2012 Like

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Lately

A few photos from the past month or so, taken around town (and my studio) with Instagram. January slipped by so quickly! It feels like I just worked and worked and worked and did very little else....

Jan 31, 2012 Like

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A few new projects

Im really sick right now, for the first time this year (and, come to think of it, for the first time in quite awhile before-hand.) Im dosing up on vitamins, bracing for the work-week ahead, and...

Jan 31, 2012 Like

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Cats about Town, The Rice Museum, etc.

A few photos taken in the earlier part of January. Sorry to be a little quiet around these parts - Im working away on jewelry and between that, my real job and trying to get out occasionally, there...

Jan 22, 2012 Like

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NYE

Photo taken by Dave sometime during the late afternoon on 1-1-2011. 2011 was a pretty good year for me. I took a huge risk and quit a job that was destroying my soul, draining my energy and causing...

Dec 31, 2011 Like

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Real Christmas Gifts To Myself

I told myself I would hold off on getting myself anything for Christmas this year (normally, if I buy anything for me around the holidays, its pretty small) but yesterday, I ended up making two...

Dec 18, 2011 Like

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Lately

Some more recent photos via my Instagram. Ive been working a lot lately in anticipation of taking a week off to go home to Colorado for Christmas. Im so, so, so excited! Sunshine on snow, cheap...

Dec 16, 2011 Like

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Mules

Im in a bit of a cart-before-the-horse situation. I wrote a few weeks ago about a vintage kimono Id just bought with the intention of wearing around the house as a robe. The only issue is that its...

Dec 2, 2011 Like

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1940s New York by Stanley Kubrick

Dave just sent me a link to this site which features a collection of images taken by Stanley Kubrick during his time as a Look Magazine photographer during the 1940s and before he became a famous...

Dec 1, 2011 Like 1 person likes this

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Imaginary x-mas gifts to myself

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Sep 9, 2012 Like

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A few recent projects

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Nov 24, 2011 Like

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Sheer

I first saw this photo of Eleonora Carisi earlier this week via Mr. Newton. Every fashion week, there is usually a sheer blouse or two that goes down the runway on a bra-less model. The...

Nov 24, 2011 Like

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ay marieke ss'13 look book

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emeralds

all things ocular

Goodbye

Ay Marieke Bridal

Baccara

An Event and a Gift Guide

Lately

On Sauvie

Archival Jewelry Designs

Peter Pan Park

Bluebeard

Arthur

Pennsylvania

Imaginary Birthday Outfits

New Home

Well, well

From Eden

Lately

A few new projects

Cats about Town, The Rice Museum, etc.

NYE

Real Christmas Gifts To Myself

Lately

Mules

1940s New York by Stanley Kubrick

Imaginary x-mas gifts to myself

A few recent projects

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