Where does the time go?

It seems like every year I make a promise to myself to really get focused on Hey Lola, to start taking this blog more seriously and really define myself as a jewelry designer.

You guys....it's SO hard!

It's not really, it's just that I feel like I have the whole world at my fingertips and it's incredibly easy to get sucked into all of these other great things that I have in my life. 

Currently, I'm distracted by the tavern that my husband and I own together (Blue - have you been? You should go!) and the community association that I helped start (Renaissance Park Community Association - we're doing great things!). 

I closed the physical location of Hey Lola to really get focused on Hey Lola, but it seems like everything else keeps pulling me away.

The moral to this story? I'm bringing my focus back again. I have a pop-up shop at Blue every First Friday, the website - www.loveheylola.com is up and active, I'm sending a bunch of jewelry to LA for a photoshoot, and spending a lot more time in the studio working on new projects. Here's a peek at some of what I've been working on:

Earrings!

Bracelets!

Simple necklaces!

Statement pieces!

Thanks for sticking it out with me during my distractions - you are the very best!

Coral Reef Inspiration

These blow my mind...

Jason de Caires Taylor creates these lifelike, lifesized sculptures, and submerges them in the ocean, where nature then takes its course. I've been obsessed since the first moment I saw these, and visiting them is one of my dreams. In the meantime, I used my obsession to inspire a coral reef inspired necklace:

The gold and silver chain links, pale pink cats eye beads, the red beads,the dark blue beads and the pink crystal beads are all from discarded/salvaged vintage jewelry (pre 1960's). The pink freshwater pearls, the gold tube beads, the gold seed beads and the head pins are all new. The clear blue acrylic "crystals" were recycled from a holiday candle ring.


Necklace is not currently for sale in my shop, but more information is available by contacting heylola {at} sbcglobal {dot} net.