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Back in May, after a solid month of self-isolating, I was able to go to my brother’s in Delaware to meet my new nephew! And while most of the trip was spent helping care for a newborn and a toddler, my brother and I were able to squeeze in this photoshoot! My brother, who is a freelance photographer (you can see his work here), came up with the concept and took the pics, while I played the roles of model, nail artist, and of course, ring designer!
When it comes to the last several months (and the foreseeable future) I’ve considered it my civic duty to stay home and support small businesses on the Internet. So here’s a lovely string of rubies plant I picked up from Concrete Crop on Etsy and a new ceramic planter from Elizabeth Benotti. (Oh yeah, and my stacking rings in Soft Mint, which are available in my online store, in case you want to support a small business from the comfort of your couch!)
I’m not sure if it’s summertime or my ever expanding plant collection, but right now I’m really into all things green. Which is why I’m so excited to release my newest stacking right color, Emerald Green, today!
Shown here with Pale Green and Soft Mint (and my current plant obsession, Monstera Adansonii), Emerald Green adds a lush, verdant green to the mix!
One of my favorite plants in my studio is my Philodendron brasil. I love how low maintenence this plant is, I love how it vines, and trails, and mostly, I love the leaves. I’ve been a sucker for variegated leaves since my very first plant shopping excursion!
I recently cut off a few vines from the studio and brought them home to propagate in water, and I couldn’t resist taking a few detail shots of my favorite leaves. (With my new colorful stacking rings of course!)
I just love lilac season, and if I was pressed, I would probably say lilacs are my favorite flower. (Though it would be by the narrowest of margins.) It’s the smell that gets me. I grew up with lilac bushes and it’s one of the first scents I ever remember loving.
One of my goals during this crazy time is to buy as much art as I possible can. I know how stressful financial uncertainty can be for artists (ok, for everyone, but it’s especially hard on creatives) and since I’ve had a great response to my new stacking rings, I want to help share the love!
I’ve had my eye on this Elizabeth Benotti vase for a while now, and finally decided to was time to scoop it up before someone else did! And I’m happy to report it’s even more stunning in person! As soon as I opened it, I knew I need to fill it with lilacs, daffodils, and irises from my garden!
I’ve been so excited to show off the new colorful stacking rings and bracelets that I almost forgot to share the living plant wall project I did recently in my studio! The wall directly behind my main workbench was one of the few spaces in the studio I hadn’t covered in art, and after coming across some spaces using WallyGro‘s Eco Planters, I knew I wanted to add plants to that particular wall.
After all, I’d almost completely surrounded my workbench with plants anyway, so why not continue on the wall?
I may not have a lot of green props (see my last post) for my new colorful stacking rings, but I’ve got plenty of houseplants!!
Yesterday I shared how I beat the winter blues by plant shopping and one of my favorite local(ish) greenhouse finds, Ott’s. So I thought it was fitting to share one of my Ott’s splurges hanging out in my studio, a sansevieria sayuri.
I will admit that when I first started buying plants, I wasn’t too excited by snake plants. Even as people told me they were perfect for a self-described black thumb, I stubbornly avoided them, because I wanted to try something “harder.”
I’ll admit it, as far as winters go, this one has been pretty mild. But that doesn’t mean the winter blues aren’t a real thing. Because while temps have been higher than normal, the sun has been pretty nonexistent. And while my favorite way to cope with winter is with a warm weather getaway, last winter I discovered a solution that’s a little easier to manage – plant shopping!