When Sean and I went to Paris a couple months ago, one of the most helpful things for our trip was a little book a coworker gave me to borrow. It’s called Paris: Made by Hand and it features 50 little shops with handmade,…
DIY Virgin Islands Rock Necklace
These days, if you go on vacation or a hike with me, there are always backpacks or suitcases that end up a bit heavier from the rock stowaways that make their way back to the NYC apartment. Recently went on medical school spring break…
Malachite Drop Necklace with Chain Accent
This past Christmas, my budding geologist of a little brother took notice of my interest in rocks over the past year and gifted me some pretty incredible rock + mineral beads. (He also included some coal in his gift, but I probably deserved that…
Glittering Rocks Statement Necklace
Last fall a coworker asked me to make a necklace for his friend who was moving out of the city. Recently they had gone on a trip to Barcelona and picked up rocks along the beach and he wanted me to use those in…
Red Rock Sandstone Necklace
My dog-ruvin’ work pal Danielle is a bit of a rock enabler. She was on the beach with me when I picked up the shells for this necklace and she was also with me when I bought these psychedelic purple rocks in Las Vegas.…
A few weeks back, my friend Emily was visiting Adele and I. All three of us love “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and we decided to get all dressed up in black and go eat + drink some pastries and coffee outside Tiffany’s on 5th Avenue…
Back in July, I went to Las Vegas with a few coworkers to cover a dog toy convention for The BarkPost. (Yes, they exist. It’s crazy to me too.) So one night one of my coworkers (Danielle) and I somehow got separated from the…
Ok, so this necklace isn’t actually made from rocks at Stonehenge, I just photographed it there. The rocks are from my little weekend trip to Montauk last spring and finally got around to making something with the rocks this summer. I *did* collect some…
Recently I had a chat with my little brother where he informed me that he was thinking of majoring in geology. I immediately said to him, “Oh great, you can start to collect some awesome rocks for me.” 😛 These days I’m completely smitten…
I don’t remember exactly when I first found the Stella and Dot Pegasus necklace, but I do know that I’ve continually thought about it for ages. Even though I’m pretty good at navigating the interwebz to find supplies, it’s taken me quite a long…