hanging around

Journeyed uptown to see the Museum of Art and Design's jewelry exhibit, Hanging Around, featuring some really beautiful necklace designs from around the world.

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diy: rope necklace

Recently, I pinned this leather rope necklace I found here. I loved the look of the piece but not its $496 price tag. After visiting the incredible creations at the Museum at FIT, I was feeling especially inspired (it also doesn't hurt that the museum is walking distance to my favorite trim store). Instead of leather, I used a thread-based rope, which produced a fairly similar look:

All in, I think the materials cost me around $8 including the hardware (I already had pliers and E6000 at home). Jeff thinks its weird to wear a rope around your neck, but as with his usual fashion suggestions (matching is so overrated) I choose to ignore him. It's cute, right?

recent thrift store treasures

Recent non-new finds include a butterfly necklace (above), boring yet practical camel sweater (below):

 Oscar de la Renta plaid skirt:

 and a brass shell to add to my growing small-things-made-of-brass collection:

©Photos by me.

museum of art and design: crafting modernism

Crafting Modernism at the Museum of Art & Design is now closed, but you can still see all the pieces from the exhibit here. Do what I did and envision everything neatly arranged in your dream home.

from the flea: what i bought

Purchases from the flea included a slightly grandpa sweater knit with rainbow yarn (above) and enameled heart necklace (below).

shiny

From here.

set in style

The Van Cleef and Arpels exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt is beyond stunning. You should really go see it, like right now. The Sonia Delaunay exhibit is great too.

Incredible, right?!

enamored with: tiny gold rings (again)

Love these!!! This one too (must be part of my new turquoise obsession).
Via Unruly things

turquoise

Spotted this beautiful anchor necklace over on my friend Hannah's blog....I didn't even know I liked turquoise, but this is really stunning. From here.

Also - did you know that Anthropologie launched a wedding line? Not surprising, it's highly gorgeous.

enameled lockets

These lockets are pretty.
Via Unruly Things.

from the flea: what i bought

At this weekend's flea, I picked up a pair of turquoise earrings ($5), striped belt ($3):

and giant clothespin ($4)!

this jewelry looks like food

 

From Australian designer Lucy Folk.

Pretzel is my favorite.
Via Lovely Things.

cement pearls

These cement pearls are pretty.
Via NotCouture.

enamored with: tiny gold rings

Lately, I have been loving delicate gold rings, like this one and this one:

this one:

this one:

and these:

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Speaking of jewelry, I'm also pretty smitten with this belt bracelet from Erica Weiner.