Oddly Perfect Jewelry

There's something oddly perfect about odd numbers, don't you think?  I love the way collections look in odd numbers, like the same punch of color repeated in a room three times.  Like the same color captured in the pillows on your couch, a vase on the mantel and a painting on the wall...it all seems so absolutely brilliant.

The blend of angular and curvy shapes in the numbers 3 and 5 - really, I love that!  My lucky number is 7, what's yours?  Is it an odd number?

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I have been playing with rings since I had a lovely lady request a custom order for a couple of rings and this is my latest.  A new chunky ring that I stamped with 3's, a 5 and a 7 with my vintage metal stamps.  I think it's the oddly perfect ring.  The width reminds me of one of the fabulous rings Meryl Strepp wore in It's Complicated.  One of those movies that I watch as much for the styling as the acting.

This one is made from the handle of a very old and heavy piece of vintage silverware that had gorgeous detailing of oak leaves and acorns.  Gasp.  I purchased this old spoon years ago, and have lovingly looked at it again and again wondering what I would do with it someday.  Nothing seemed to do the piece justice, the craftsmanship is outstanding.  Today, I took the leap and repurposed the utensil into an adornment for my finger.  It's chunky, huge and spectacular.  I love looking at the ring on my finger - it's one of those simple pleasures in life. 

Hopefully, I will continue to grow strong like the mighty oak and be able to weather the storms that will surely pass through my life as the years go by and may I have as much grace as those lovely majestic oak trees at our farm in the country.

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I purchased this wonderful napkin ring on Ebay years ago and was inspired to do something with it today since the oak leaf ring turned out so well giving me the courage to modify the napkin ring into a bracelet.  The ring features the number 3, one of my favorite numbers since it represents the number of children I am blessed with.  I purchased it from a seller from the United Kingdom. 

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A simple silver dome with the number 1 stamped onto the surface.  I like to think of the number of children or in celebration of a first place finish, or maybe to remind someone that they are number one in your life. 

Now back to the movie, It's Complicated and the Kitchen Garden that I fell in love with.

 

The designers call it a Kitchen Garden California Style and it was so amazing in the movie filled with luscious greens, leeks, tomatoes on the vine, cabbage and glorious foxgloves.  A flower that I love and have never been able to grow.

I have already begun to dream of what I'd like my kitchen garden to look like next Spring and Summer.  Sans the foxgloves...I'll have to substitute cleome, now that I can grow!

Enjoy the day my friends.

Blessings - Julie

Collecting Elegance

The lilacs have been extraordinary this year and I have been gathering bouquets to bring into the kitchen where they fill the room with their heavenly scent.  The blossoms are fading and the last bouquet was brought into the kitchen today...if they only lasted a bit longer.  I may have to go in search of a lilac scented candle to take their place.

Silver Relish Tray - Purchase Here

I have found some lovely pieces of silver to offer to you this week.  All lovely and so elegant at the family gathering during the holidays.  This relish tray has a depression glass insert with a divider for two different relishes or pickles varieties.  It has a footed base and an intricately embellished handle.

I pulled open a drawer on a little wooden table in my house the other day while searching for something and found these great numbers that I had stashed inside with the best tarnished patina and bubbly glass covers over the numbers.  I was so excited, I had forgotten that I had them.  Now they have found a home in my kitchen window for my Spring decorating.  Don't you just love them?

Vintage grater - Purchase Here

A sweet little grater with a tin lid that would look so darn cute in your kitchen hanging from a peg, hook or knob or nestled in an ironstone bowl with your other kitchen gadgets.

I found this vintage glass pitcher at an antique shop and I have so enjoyed adding fresh blossoms for my kitchen.  I like the added height that the silver tray provides to the arrangement.  It's one of my goals to treat myself to fresh flowers from my garden this year and when there are no available blossoms they will be purchased at market.  I am loving this little treat that I am giving myself...I highly recommend doing something special that you love just for you.

Silver Basket - Purchase Here

This silver basket is so beautiful I can hadly stand to part with it.  So, if you want it you had better get it quick before I change my mind.  It's gorgeous!

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I love how silver looks on a shelf arranged together will your favorite things...there's something so romantic about it, don't you think?  It reminds me of a gentler time and weekends at my Grandmother's and Aunt's homes.  They always set a gracious table.

Little Bird - Purchase Here

Sweet little bird was once a birthday present in 1951 written on the bottom of the figurine - so precious.  This little bird would be fun in an assemblage project or sitting on your shelf.

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I hope you had a lovely weekend filled with fun Spring projects.  It rained here all weekend, but we managed to do a little yard work anyway.  The new trees we planted last week appreciate the Spring rains, I'm sure.

Blessings - Julie