The only way to define Swank Jewelry is like this: It’s as if creator Becky Wignell dug through the toy box of your youth and strung the findings up in ways you never imagined. Wignell’s inspired collection specializes in transforming Legos: The tiniest building blocks become stud earrings, and the funny Lego flowers look great on a necklace. But she also gets equal play from tchotchkes like miniature roulette wheels and those Velcro-esque toys, Sticklebricks. Sticklebricks! Now when’s the last time you saw those—let alone wore them?
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The method to designer Angela Schwab’s designs is akin to a mixed-up mad tea party. Although her intentions are clearly stated in the name of her company—INV/ALT Design stands for Invention, Alteration and Design—her heart remains in the kitchen. Transforming orphaned china plates into personal cupcake pedestals by adding a wineglass stem and somehow (magic?) creating “snap-on” handles for coffee mugs brings both elegance and efficiency to the table. The results are tasty indeed.
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Looking for a way to flex your creative muscle, preserve a valuable natural resource and (kinda) hug a tree? How about upholstering a stump? Using Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree as a model, Madelon Galland embarked upon the STUMP Project in 1999. The soft landings she’s placed atop tree stumps around the city give New Yorkers a pretty place to sit and also give the felled timbers a shred of decency. Galland provides all instructions in her article, so you’ll be slipcovering the forest in no time.
http://www.supernaturale.com/articles.html?id=199