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?
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.
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
