spotlight four: drill gauge necklace

the outfit: top, H&M, thrifted; dress, ross; boots, gifted, and necklace, handmade

this little beauty has been over a year in the making! i discovered that i could "rivet" found paper (in this case a vintage paper measuring tape) through these holes and create flower-like shapes, while playing in a class a 14 months ago, and it stayed just like that until this week when i varnished it and added a chain, and voila! a necklace! :)

we were in uptown whittier this week for our date night (thank you, kristi :) and had to do our photo shoot outside this building, because it's "my" building. i had big dreams of opening "The Rusty Artichoke" in real life there, as a big art studio space/cafe/gallery/shop :) i picture having the front be a little coffee shop, comfy couches, books... and then the back being an open art space where people can come and be creative (maybe like a "color me mine" kind of idea but for art), host classes, etc. and i'd be able to have a space to sell my inventory of art, clothes, accessories - mostly handmade, some vintage embellished... so i called the owner to find out about leasing it (yes, DREAMING ;) and it's like $7,800 a month.  not gonna happen. but what made me even sadder than that was that he had a plan for this particular building that involved knocking down the cool industrial distressed stuff in and around the building. :( it is SO COOL. if you live nearby, go check out 6728 Bright. i love everything about it, from the huge doors to the address numbers to location, location, location to the side door made out of motor oil cans to the garage-sized door that leads into a side alley to even the broken windows - it just has such a cool feel to it. i will be sad if they renovate. but there's nothing i can do to stop them ;)