Etsy weekend shopping…I love copper accents. I love the warmth of the color and how the copper changes with age. These earrings are upcycled with vintage beads – notice the etching on the beads. These are lovely earrings with a boho feel – my favorite style, as I’ve mentioned before. They are shipped in a black box, perfect for gift giving.
Copper Garden Earrings – $24

Vintage copper beads that are etched in a delicate floral design are strung on a rosy copper ballpin, suspended on handmade hammered copper rings, and finished with copper leverback earwires. A coppery garden for your ears…
These earrings …read more

Back to Etsy, because it’s my favorite place to shop…
Let’s look at some jewelry today. Here’s a statement necklace that used to be a brooch. It hangs on a silver-plated chain that measures 18 inches. The neutral sandy tones make this a great choice for accenting Fall wardrobe colors.

Recycled Brooch Spiral Necklace
$14
Another statement piece, this time let your fingers do the talking. Vintage earring mounted on an adjustable ring base. This is the sort of ring my daughter loves.

Filigree Cup Ring
$12
I love this vintage cuff bracelet. It’s 2 inches wide and 7 inches around. The seller is not positive what …read more

Have you been looking for eco-friendly storage for your makeup, clothing, or accessories?  The Container Storehas bins, baskets, and organizers made from green materials like recycled newsprint, sustainable bamboo, or “eco-fabric.”
If you need a place to stash your Summer essentials until next year, this set of Bamboo Storage Boxesis currently on sale. These storage boxes are attractive in addition to being functional.  They come in two stackable sizes 11″ x 8″ and 15″ x 8″ and  they have faux leather tops that close with a Velcro closure. The Accessory Box on sale for $24.99, regularly $34.99 and the sweater box is …read more

My favorite  style of earrings is a hoop. I can still remember my very first pair of little gold hoops, when I was 11. This pair of silver hoops was made by the Green Diva Jewelry company out of hammered, recycled silver. The hammered texture gives the timeless classic hoop a “…bit of an edge.”  They are 2.5 inches in diameter.

Hammered Silver Hoops
$43
Green Diva Jewelry takes the idea of maintaining a green business very seriously. They follow a platform that they call the 5 Pillars Of Green.
*Green Materials – They use recycled, sustainable, renewable, second-hand, vintage, and fair trade materials.
*Green Packaging – …read more

Here’s something interesting (possibly just to me, but I hope not….), are you looking for something unique in accessories?  How about the latest in Coprolite jewelry. Coprolite?  Is that a fancy gemstone?  Well, not exactly. Coprolite is fossilized poop. Yes, poop.
Jewelry is made from moose and deer poop, but there are many sources of coprolite out there, including dinosaur, fish, turtle, crocodile, and shark coprolite. I’ll have to do some research to see if there is any dinosaur poop jewelry (what kid wouldn’t be fascinated by that?) out there. 
What does the Moose poop jewelry look like? It looks like shiny oblong stones. …read more

Etsy weekend shopping…… In Sherry Truitt’s shop I found this necklace that is made with a repurposed carpenter’s level. I like this necklace because it immediately brought my Grandpa to mind. He used one, but it had yellow liquid inside.

Level Necklace True Blue Spirit
$42
Here’s what Sherry had to say about her True Blue Spirit Level Neckace…..
Watch the bubble float gently along in this working carpenter’s spirit level necklace. It’s calming, so zen. It creates a focus to put your life in balance. And, really comes in handy during a picture hanging emergency.
Very unique.  I like the blue, it looks like …read more

Take a look at this pendant that I found over at Etsy in BillyBlue22’s shop. It’s made from what looks like the inner workings of a watch. I love the look of all the intricate pieces fitting together, little cogs and wheels.

Watch Part Necklace
$28
The listing says that the vintage watch dates sometime between the 1940’s and the 1960’s. It still has “the rubies.” The chain is approximately 16 inches and there’s a zinc steel stop washer attached to the watch so that it can hang from a chain. I like how the washer echoes the look of the cogs in …read more

Etsy weekend shopping……… Today we are going to take a look at Creative Rampage’s shop.
How cool is this Ouija board necklace?!  Made from a recycled bottle cap, it measures a bit larger than 1 inch. The Ouija necklace is strung on a 24 inch ball chain. I remember getting an Ouija board for Christmas one year and it was always such a fun, but creepy experience playing with it. Either one of my girls would love this charm pendant.

Vintage Ouija Board Charm Pendant
$7.50
This pendant is more my style. I collect witch-themed items. I like that this witch has a early …read more

Greenheart Shop is a nonprofit, eco-friendly, store in Chicago that specializes in fair trade items. Fair trade is important because it assures the consumer that the artisan who made the piece was paid a fair wage and was working in humane conditions. Those are things that many people here in the US take for granted. Items offered in the shop include clothing, candles, home decor, bath and beauty products, food, paper goods, and children’s toys. 
Greenheart, carries some lovely Fair trade jewelry, like the rings below.  The rings were made in Indonesia, through a fair trade company called World Finds. The …read more

Today, I’ve got Part Two of my interview with Carolyn Rafaelian, of Alex and Ani jewelry. An important aspect of Alex and Ani is giving back, with their Charity By Design jewlery collection. You can see the different designs, as well as the character that they honor, by clicking on the Charity By Design page.
Alex and Ani sent me a Tree of Life Expandable Wire Bangle. This bracelet benefits the ARC -African Rainforest Conservatory.

The bracelet is lovely – a delicate expandable wire, with a Tree of Life Charm. The bracelet fit both my wrist and my daughter’s slimmer wrist. It …read more