greetings everyone! i found me a book the other day that i didn't even have to look beyond the cover & knew i wanted it. now i can't even tell you the name of the last book i sat down & read. not that i don't like reading {unless we're talking directions...might as well forget that one!}. i just much prefer the visual side of things. which is why decorating magazines have always captivated my attention. they are full of eye candy!
anywho...this book was @ the thrift. which is where i pick up my "novels" exclusively. because i buy based on color. i know. seems odd. welcome to my world! but if a color is good i grab. and i consider it a bonus when it happens to have a title of something interesting.
all right already. on with the show! so the book simply was called "the turquoise". well tickle me pink. or turquoise. just color me happy. i had plans for it before i got to the checkout! that would be to use as a prop for a blog post. so here you are. THAT book...combined w/ a recent arrival {below} to my patinaWHITE bauble line up made quite the power couple!
so why the excitement of one silly book with a simply stated title?? well. because turquoise has to rank up there on my favorite things list. maybe even in front of cheesecake!
i collect beads & objects in that color family to add some pop to my usual earthy influenced jewelry designs. {see some elements below}
the hue plays heavily into my jewelry selections both personally + professionally. personally my collection ranges from necklaces both collected & created *rings *belt buckles *and bracelets to name a few! i dug into my treasure chest to pull out all the big guns showing them off in a picture collage {below}.
it wouldn't be nice to throw all that loveliness out there and not share now would it?? which is why i'm excited to show off a most fabulous find i made this spring. a gal so wildly talented that the likes of free people have purchased her wares for their accessory line up! and i am tickled to have one of her trademark creations...a vegetable dyed leather cuff...hand tooled...hand embellished...and outfitted with the most treasured of stones {if you want my opinion}. yep. a turquoise. i've got a couple variations that only mother nature would provide! here's a peek @ them {below}
if you'd care to see 'em up close & in person...come see me this weekend @ my cottage on the grounds of shady hollow flea market. i'm geared up & ready for a pre-holiday celebration of good "junk"! there will be many goodies waiting! now i hope the forecasted uber warm weather doesn't melt me. my little cottage becomes quite the hot house on those type of days! you'll know if you see a pile of jewels on the ground behind the counter that that's all which remains of beth. now THAT would be a turquoise story!
have yourself a "colorful" day!
