ParksAndOlive Gets OutAndAbout!

Hi folks, this holiday season get up close and personal with ParksAndOlive jewelry!! In Portland, check it out at the awesome VintageVintage PDX! And starting Nov 17th, see my work at Handcrafted for the Holidays @Studios on the Park in Paso Robles, CA. Enjoy!

New Pieces Afoot!!

Just starting to upload a bunch of new pieces to my parksandolive.com and my etsy site (yes, still!) at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ParksAndOlive. I'll be spreading out the uploads over the next couple of weeks.

I'm particularly fond of this silver, 18k gold and chrysoberyl ring. What the heck is chrysoberyl, you ask?! Well, it's a particularly hard stone, 8.5 on the Mohs Hardness scale, from the family of alexandrite and cat's eye. Almost as hard as ruby and sapphire (9 on the Mohs scale) or diamond at 10.

Chrysoberyl is also supposed to mean good fortune, if you believe in that sort of thing. Gosh, I guess every little bit helps!

Hey, if you get a chance, check out my ParksAndOlive Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ParksAndOlive/ and my tiny, tiny Insta site at https://www.instagram.com/parksandolive/

Thanks and bonne chance!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Hi everyone. I'm channeling Martha Stewart today, photographing the new Medium Button Ring (81.00) with Martha's favorite peonies. Heck, they're my favorite too.

This month, I'm creating a line of Button Rings for a little shop in downtown Portland. So excited to see how they all turn out!!

But in the meantime, I want to wish all the moms out there a VERY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! Have a great one : )

Check out the new Temp Website

*New!* *Improved!*

Ok folks, I'm giving Etsy and their ilk one last chance. I've created a new temp site using Pattern by Etsy. The site is here - http://parksandolive.patternbyetsy.com/. The website is clean and simple, and connects directly to the Etsy site. The thinking is that I'll now have a much better way to present my work to prospective retailers.

The site will have a new logo soon, as well as additional pieces and categories. In the meantime, I'm taking feedback if you've got it!!

Eventually, within the next week or two, I'll point my real domain, parksandolive.com at the site if I get a pretty good response. If not, it's hello Squarespace!

Water Cast Bubble Ring

How do I love thee, bubble ring? Let me count the ways.

I love how the water cast "bubbles" are completely random and organic.

I love that the 18k gold is recycled from old gold chains.

I love that the forget-me-not flowers are blooming in my garden.

I love creating beautiful objects that are completely unique.

Happy spring, people!!!

Hand Textured Copper Tiny Dish

This was a fun one. I have a ton of heavy copper sheeting just loitering around, and today I decided to do something with it. Novel thought!

This tiny dish-to-put-things-into is about 2.75" by 2.20" and is textured in multiple ways. Hand hammered... check. Push holed... check. Hammered on top of the push holes... check. Dapping blocked... check.

I'll get it up on my site soon, along with a TON of other pieces that have been patiently waiting to be posted. I clearly don't have much time right now, but I clearly, CLEARLY, love working with metals every which way : )

Emerald, baby...

Still knee deep in the organic water cast aesthetic. And now taking it a step further! In addition to some light texturing/metal graffiti on this 18k yellow gold pendant, I've added a natural emerald to create some deep, dramatic color. Art-y!!

For the full deets, check out my Etsy page at https://www.etsy.com/shop/ParksAndOlive

(And no, I still haven't had time to set up my Handmade at Amazon page. Truly do need an assistant, stat)!