Honeybee Alley Jewelry Inspiration #1: Nature

The main inspiration for my jewelry since I started an Etsy shop in 2011 has been nature.  I have always loved the outdoors and I grew up in a small town on the edge of a national forest.  One of my absolute favorite things in nature is wildflowers.  They're so different from one another and yet all so beautiful.  Here are a few pictures that inspire my jewelry.  I could only find the source for one of them, so please let me know if you took one of these pictures and I will add you as the photographer.

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You can shop my nature inspired jewelry at https://www.honeybeealley.com/shop

Life Lately #1

I'll be posting these every so often as a sort of check-in post to share what I've been up to lately.  These photos are mostly from my Instagram.

sketches of my crystals

new fashion: damask Nightmare Before Christmas long sleeve shirt that is so soft, and wheelchair gloves

my "office", love these big windows

bookshelf! still waiting to find the perfect bookends

one of my woven projects; originally made this for a friend but I tied it too tight at the ends, after taking this photo, and it squished the feather so I kept it instead

new products in my Etsy shop: spiral end hair pins and bracelet helpers

organized my stones and re-discovered some real beauties from before I knew stone names, including some on my wishlist: ocean jasper and crazy lace agate

one of my favorite decorated spaces in our new apartment; don't you just love the brick walls?!  This is my woodland animals corner with a ceramic owl, metal deer, sculpted wire bird and a rabbit skull

We moved in October and I love our new apartment so much.  The natural light makes taking product photos super easy, and I love how there is actually a space for all of our stuff.  We have so many cupboards and closets!  And the bathtub has made my life about 1000% better every day that I have super sore muscles.  I need to get more bath bombs though because I have used up just about all of the ones I had.