05/26/09DECADENT yes! YUMMY yes! COLORFUL yes! SUMMER yes! BRACELETS yes!
Signed Kay Adams
Wrist Wringer Collection
Many Styles, $45 each
Cuff BONANZA? YES!
05/26/09DECADENT yes! YUMMY yes! COLORFUL yes! SUMMER yes! BRACELETS yes!
Signed Kay Adams
Wrist Wringer Collection
Many Styles, $45 each
Tomorrow
05/25/09, Memorial DayI once saw on a soldier's gravestone,
"For your tomorrow, we gave our today."
It gives me chills. It makes me think.
Thank you.
From the bottom of our hearts and the very air we have the privilege to breath,
To those who have served and protected our country.
Oh, Isn't it Just Delicious?
05/24/09Yes, lovely Marilyn, it is!!
When I saw these little lavender and green leaf clip on earrings, I knew sparks were gonna fly.
This piece is soooo pretty.
The color combination is dreamy and, well, to borrow a great descriptive word from Marilyn Monroe, delicious!!
Enjoy the elements together as shown, but be sure and wear them individually too, because each one is it's own little show stopper!
Signed Kay Adams, A1402
Joy Collection, Sold
Pulling Rabbits Outta Hats
05/23/09
And do you know why I pull rabbits outta hats?
'Cause it's fun.
Oh -- and it's cute.
Signed Kay Adams, A0899
Bitz Collection, Sold
OVER The MOON!
05/22/09Yes -- GOING OVER THE MOON!
On Aladdin's Cloud!
It's was sooo nice flyin' high and feeling groovy while making this free spirited wacky whimsy.
Sometimes when I create I'm in a zone that is leading me to places I can't wait to get to.
The detail on this piece ABOUNDS!
The bottom "flower" is an showpiece in itself that I made out of the paddle backs off of old clip earrings.
There are stars and spankles and Swarovski diamond cut circles!
There is carnival glass, and opal florettes and hematite montees!!
There are 1920's bull's eye glass galore and rhinestone discs!!!
There is butterscotch moonglow, irridescent sugarbeads and oval dimpled cabochons!!!!
And Aladdin gets to fly and reside in all of it!!!!
Permanently!!
HE LIVES IN IT!
Aladdin's a lucky guy.
Signed Kay Adams, A1380
Juice Collection, $345
Now THAT's HOT!
05/21/09Move over Paris Hilton. There's a new reason to use the phrase, "That's Hot!"
And here they are! -- Three beauties sporting the latest in one-of-a-kind Kay necklaces.
Precious Little Donna is all decked out in an UNBELIEVABLE chain collage that is gonna garner her more attention than, well, Paris Hilton herself. As if Donna needs any assistance getting attention.
And adorable Asianesque Dawn has on a tantalizing vineyard of rich gold capped grapes. (She got my giant red owl necklace recently and I HOPE I get a picture of her in that, because it was SMASHING!)
Classy Ms. Susan is looking HOT wearing a WOW-factor black and gold cluster necklace, guaranteed to look awesome with about any solid color in a wardrobe.
There's a secret I'm gonna let the whole world in on right now. You know how TV shows are often based on real-life people? Guess what?
These three girls are the REAL Charlie's Angels.
And you heard it here FIRST!!!
Now That's Hot!
Pearl Persuasion
05/20/09If you like to look unique, then this piece is for you.
(Well, for that matter, then all my pieces are for you).
But seriously, this is a very unusually made piece that dances with retro color pearls that set each other off in the most playful way.
All vintage pearls, strung on twisted brass wire.
Soft. Fun. Different.
Signed Kay Adams, A0817
Posh Collection, $145
Have A Heart
05/19/09As a matter of fact (or . . . love), have 8 of them!
Gold heart.
Silver heart.
Filigree heart.
Nugget heart.
Pearl heart.
Embossed heart.
Rhinestone heartS!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Signed Kay Adams, A0211
Joy Collection, Sold
Turkish Savoir Faire
05/18/09I wish I could share the detail of this piece in person.
Tiny little unexpected treasures are used to construct the sides of this necklace.
Each connection point is a miniature ''surprise,'' with little wisps and tails that hang in a most teasing manner, yet so nonchalantly.
Very different. Very charismatic.
Signed Kay Adams, A0869
Strike Collection, Sold
Riddle Me This
05/16/09It's a haircomb.
Get it?
:) hehe
More importantly, it's CUTE!
Signed Kay Adams, A1341
Bitz Collection, $65
MOD YOU
05/15/09Mod and Chunky.
Eclectic and Showy.
Flirty and FabYOUlous!
Signed Kay Adams, A0502
Blast Collection, Sold
How Do You Spell That?
05/14/09Did you know at Anthill, you can buy any ready to hang Scrabble letter for $3?
You can spell anything (provided you can spell).
Here's a super abbreviated list of words we've spelled for customers:
PMS
BALANCE
VOTE
SAM
EZM
AIA
AIAFW
HA HA
LOVE
LUV MOM
LAUGH
Also great for zipper pulls, fan pulls, earrings, etc.
All come with a jumbo jumpring, and ready to clip on anything you desire.
Have Fun! I mean, H-A-V-E ☻ F-U-N!
Drilled ready to hang scrabble tiles, $3 ea.
Base chain, choice of 40 colors/styles, $15
LEAPING LIZARDS!
05/13/09Picture yourself being asked to make a camping necklace that would match with orange.
A camping necklace? An orange one? Exqueeze Me?
Yes, the lovely multi-talented fashion designer, Grace DuVal, needs necklaces for her tent dress entry in a WORLDWIDE WEARABLE ART SHOW being held half way across the globe in September.
I got busy -- just followed my gut -- and came up with this "camouflage" lizard as one of her options.
I made seven choices for her. I will reveal the ones she choose at a later date.
In the meantime, enjoy the this crazy little lizard number!
Signed Kay Adams, A1427
Juice Collection, $325
PS -- a pictorial of the dress will be revealed in September, after the competition! 8*D
Other blog entries on Grace DuVal:
Bath Bomb Genius
This Girl Rocks It!
Rise, Phoenix, Rise
Vote Tomato!
New Zealand Bound
Marie Antoinette's Peacock
Model is Melanie Hearn
Fobbing for Treasures
05/12/09Like bobbing for apples, only done with antiques.
Every sharp-dressed man use to carry a pocket watch.
And every pocket watch had a goldfilled or silver fob and swivel from which it hung.
Here is a collection of such pieces of watch history and a vintage ladies watch serving to complete the lavalier style design.
I'll take fobbing for treasures over bobbing for apples anyday.
Signed Kay Adams, A1127
Toc Collection, Sold
Cameo Eden
05/11/09Have you ever seen such a diminutive collection of baby cameos?
Much less altogether on one necklace for a lifetime of enjoyment!
Nine antique miniature cameos are displayed together to be an enviable collection to the onlooker and proud collection for the owner.
All pieces from many walks of life -- some real shell, some glass, some resin.
All undeniable beautiful.
It's a Garden of Cameo Eden!
Signed Kay Adams, A1035
Lore Collection, Sold
Happy Mother's Day, Mom ♥
05/10/09People often comment on how special it is to be able to work with my mother.
It truly, truly is.
I love you, Mom.
Happy Mother's Day.
No Denying Pretty
05/09/09There really is no denying pretty.
Take Christie Brinkley, Charlize Theron, Jessica Alba, Halle Berry.
When it is, it is.
This is.
Signed Kay Adams, A1415
Lux Collection, $165, Sold
*note -- center piece is a reversed carved and hand painted glass -- it is simply beautiful in person --
Lil' Ladybug
05/08/09We all know Lil' Kim. And now Lil' Rounds (from this season of American Idol).
But now you know Lil' Ladybug -- or, more accurately, Lil' Ladybugs!
Tiny little ladybugs are mounted in vintage watch cases, poking and playing inside their little retro homes.
These were all former postback earrings, stickpins, or lapel pins.
The last little piece on the right is a tiny shell rose, which gives these lovely little ladybugs a place to light when they are done playing in their ladybug dollhouses!
Each miniature "shadowbox" is removable for individual wear.
Hangs from vintage baby pearl chain and is adjustable up to approximately 18".
Signed Kay Adams, A1367
Toc Collection, $195
Fruits & Veggies 4 Sale!
05/07/09This is my fruit & vegetable medley, and I love how it turned out.
The colors POP so well together. It looked good before I added the magic ingredient -- the vintage teal moonglow buttons!!
But after I added them -- it was LIGHTS, CAMERA, FRUIT & VEGETABLE ACTION!!
Go out and have a good time -- but make sure you stop at the local farmer's market if you get hungry -- don't eat your necklace.
It will NOT taste good. A necklace maker, I am. But as a foodie I fail. (That's why my husband does all the cookin!)
Signed Kay Adams, A1398
Blast Collection, $185
Centre Court
05/06/09Center Court -- or Center Stage?
YOU WILL BE CENTER, period, WHEN YOU SPORT THIS NECKLACE!
Seven tennis racket brooches are magically (well -- it's not magic, it's tools and time) transformed into a tennis ball bonanza for your neck.
Each brooch has had it's original rhinestone tennis ball replaced with a pearl tennis ball so as to keep the motif as tennis-y as possible.
(I wonder if I should've spelled "tennis-y", tennessee?)
(I wonder if I should've spelled "spelled", spelt?)
See how my mind works?
Anyway -- back to our regularly scheduled tennis match.
It's fun, it's passionate.
It's for those WHO LOVE THEIR GAME!
Match point? = LOVE! ♥
Signed Kay Adams, A1417
Blast Collection, $210, Sold
Meet The GaGa Gang
05/05/09Meet Sassy Sabrina.
A0844
And Stylin' Stella.
A0843
Here's Lovely Lilly.
A0842
Musn't forget Catty Katrina.
She's Sassy Sabrina's twin.
See the resemblance?
A0841
And of course we all know Lady GaGa.
A0840
All retro transferware cameos.
Each cameo Swarovski rhinestone studded and on a removable clasp.
Suspended from clear polished crystal chain, which can be worn by itself.
Adjustable up to 18".
Signed Kay Adams, A0840 - A0844
Bitz Collection. Your choice $28 each.
Mother's Day is Upon Us!
05/03/09The Ultimate Mother's Day Necklace.
And Mother's Day is just around the bend -- this Sunday -- May 10th!!
This rarity is made from 1930's-1940's gold-filled scripted wire and handcarved mother-of-pearl pins, each spelling out the word "Mother."
These used to be given as carnival prizes and sold by vendors at places such as Coney Island and the World's Fairs.
I've been collecting these for several years and finally had enough to pull this design off as I envisioned.
As the pinbacks were made from the same continuous piece of wire that spells out the word Mother on the front, each pinback was very strategically removed and the backside permanently secured.
Each former brooch was laid out diagonally and drilled, then linked with sparkling Swarovski crystal findings! YUM!!
One thing's for sure --
Mom will KNOW you LOVE her!
Signed Kay Adams, A1401
Lore Collection, $295
Flouncy Flouncy!
05/03/09Alive and robust!
A matte green made-in-Japan bisque flower is surrounded by jewel-tone moonglow buttons in vibrant reds, blues and blacks.
And don't they play against the matte green flower deliciously.
A must-have necklace for feel good moods!
Signed Kay Adams, A1189
Bitz Collection, $36, Sold
New Zealand Bound
05/02/09Ok -- we all know I'm major fan of fashion designer Grace DuVal.
And I've got Grace on the brain today because I've just learned she's going to be competing in a WORLDWIDE WEARABLE ART competition in New Zealand -- THE all-the-way-across-the-world New Zealand -- to vie for being one of the most talented wearable art designers in, well, THE WORLD!
Grace, and the talented Melanie Hearn, have both won a grant to participate in this competition, and just wait till you see the knock out ensembles they've got planned.
And, guess what?? I'll be making the couture jewelry for the entries :))
More blogging on all that later . . .
Now, in the meantime, about the above fab pics.This is a little Donna Reed number, aptly titled "Mother's Little Helper" that Grace whipped up (not a World of Wearable Art entry -- this was a simply another one of her professionally shot and inspired designs).
A classic 1950's housewife looks smashing in her fitted satin blue frock, all the while having all her necessities at and/or in her beck-and-call apron.
See, there is a pocket system inside the apron for everything she may ever need.
And of course the outfit needed a WWII era pearl necklace . . .
Grace SOOOO rocks!
(btw, click the Donna Reed photo to see it MUCH larger!!)
Signed Kay Adams, A0870
WWII Pearl Design Series
Posh Collection, $165, Sold
Other blog entries on Grace DuVal:
Bath Bomb Genius
This Girl Rocks It!
Rise, Phoenix, Rise
Vote Tomato!
Leaping Lizards!
Marie Antoinette's Peacock
Model is Amy Biddle
I'm Crabby This Morning
05/01/09Crabs fit their name well.
They are crotchety -- well, crabby -- little varmints to manipulate.
They generally do not have good drill points, their claws get in the way, they aren't easy brooches to find (especially such that they'd pull off a cohesive design).
It takes a long time to grind their backs smooth.
BUT, having done all that griping -- aren't they ever so worth it??
The center beauty is sterling silver with a soapstone (or possibly South American serpentine) belly.
Other vintage collectibles balance out this one.of.a.kind, bar-none beauty.
Signed Kay Adams, A1059
Joy Collection, Sold
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