August 02, 2007
Amy Nieto is a Published Supernova
If you will recall three months ago I had mentioned several times (though rather shyly) a certain magazine article I was working on, that was causing a constant delay to leave Savannah (when in truth, I just didn't wanna leave). Well, ladies and gentlemen, here it is!!
BEHOLD, the Savannah, Georgia Travel Guide for Adorn Magazine Fall 2007! ZOMG!11!! A small guide for all you crafty and artsy kids, I take you through Savannah's most unique boutiques shops, galleries, tourist attractions and cupcake headquarters!
When Adorn's first issue came out last Summer, I immediately emailed them with the idea of an article about Savannah. Miss Linda Permann finally contacted me this April (the 13th to be exact, I was mailing my tax papers, late of course) and asked if I was still interested in contributing to the magazine for this article. Like, duh! So I spent the next month photographing, interviewing, cupcaking, writing, REwriting (my Savannah friends will probably remember the exact amount of rewrites I had to do).
It was during this writing process when I developed doubts about leaving this wonderful city. Every bit of Savannah inspired me in ways no other place has. In the end, I had to say my sad goodbyes. So my dear Savannah, these words overflowing with love and nostalgia are for you. I miss you dearly, dearly.
I am also very honored to have my name included among some of my favorite bloggers in this issue: the ultra colorful and fashion guru Tricia Royal; the fantastic, thoughtful writer and creator of all things darling, Alicia Paulson; Holly Becker of decor8, writer of one of the best design blogs ever, and many more whose names will become familiar shortly, I am sure.
I urge you to pick up this issue (hits newsstands on August 6th) at major bookstores or crafts stores. This issue's theme is creating with what you recycle, a great source for people who want to save a buck or two and wish to contribute to the ecological improvement of our Earth (this is something I've been serious about in the past few months).
This weekend will be homework weekend- homework of the crafty, creative kind! Now that I finally have chains for my jewelry, I'll make lovely use of all these beads I've spent ridiculous amounts of money on. ^_^ I also received these fantastic mags in the mail:
Plenty of reading material. Plenty of design to digest. Plenty of pictures to cut up and paste in my design notebook. Plenty of awesomeness and happy thoughts!!!
Can't end this post without images of Bead Hotawesomeness!
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July 22, 2007
Earrings galore!
The mighty battle station that is Star Magnolia might not be fully operational (sorry just watched Return of the Jedi), but that doesn't mean my gawky long fingers haven't been busy at work. These are some earrings that I have finished in the past week and will be up at either the actual shop or at my Etsy page. Prob Etsy, 'cause I need to redesign SM (hopefully it won't take seven months to do so). Enjoy!
In love with these plastic bell beads
My favorites!
Yes, all these photos were taken against pages from Anthropologie catalogs. Jasper + Lucite owls + Glass beads + SS = FUN!
Jasper ring + Flower glass beads + Vintage plastic + SS = LOVE!
Work in progress. Wood go-go bead, plus glass, plus some vintage bone bead.
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April 04, 2007
Button Extravaganza!
This is what I went to Puerto Rico for. To find beautiful buttons and beads. Well I didn't have so much luck with the beads, but ohhh buttons! How I love thee. I found all of these at an old general store in Cabo Rojo (my favorite town in PR).
Let the envious drooling commence.
Fun plastic beads bought at a little store in Old San Juan
Okay, these babies... oh gosh there was a box full of them and I was expected to rummage through it without convulsing like an idiot at the sight of such radical buttonery! I had to choose wisely, for I didn't have enough cash with me at the moment (darn you, lack of monetary funds!). Click below to see more of these wonderful buttons!
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August 02, 2006
And this is how my day was spent...
Because this is my (horribly unofficial and unhealthy) "day off" from school and work I decided to make a pair of earrings and then photograph my whole collection, because I felt the Intarnets needed to see where I spend 62% of my income. So behold! Jewelry extravaganza '06! YEAHH!
The first two pairs (wow, I almost wrote "pears". I am one grammatically incorrect hot mama) were actually made by me! Mind you, I don't do jewelry. Perhaps some millenia ago in ninth grade I attempted to arrange my seed beads into "necklaces" but my friend Mariola quickly took over that market in the dirty halls of my school. "Pear" number one is...some sort of 60-cents-per-gram pink quartz and the second one features two lovely heart shaped glass beads with aquamarine pearldrops. The chain and findings are all sterling silver.
Okay, click below because images are big and you'll hate me for hogging your bandwidth.
1) The nicest gift my ex gave me: earrings from India Romeo (and yes, I am stealing her photo display setup from last year); 2) Earrings given to me by the super talented Lulu Bird in exchange for photographing her jewelry.
1) & 2) With my mad designing skills, my friend Eryka Fiedler constructed these lovely earrings. I believe these were the first casualties in my handmade jewelry obsession. Note to self: Don't ever wear earrings like Mr. Octopus here with knitted scarves. Yeah.
1) & 2) Super awesome Danwei from Cornyness made these fun summer earrings last year. Still remember one girl in my class saying that looking at the starfish earrings made her happy! 3) Yummy earrings from Britta Barett that I bought from her at Mutation #2. 4) For a while there was nothing more that I wanted than berry earrings ('cause I guess they were all the rage back then)(and by back then I mean, 8 months ago) so I was quite delighted and happy when my darling Flo (Sugar Blossom Boutique) had them in her display at Mutation #2!
1) & 2) Mariola, who, as I mentioned earlier, dominated the handmade jewelry empire back in high school, made these. They are quite the source for entertainment; when I am bored at class I start playing with #2s, hitting my cheeks with them, but by this time I am so numbly bored that I don't feel the hard amber at all. 3) (store bought) Laura from Montreal traded these very noisy (which also amuses me as I ride my bike at 100mph because I'm late for class like 100% of the time) earrings for one of my Bob plushies. 4) (store bought) The most punk earrings I've ever owned. Got 'em at the coolest thrift shop I've seen, Civvies, here in the SAV.
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