Going live with some antlers...

Here it is finally. I've open up shop (again) with some antlers this time and as of now, I've got 6 to sell. For those of you wondering, these are naturally shed. No harm was done to the owners of these beautiful antlers. Hope you guys like them.



Here are a few of them with the back detail.

Creating Antlers....

More than a year ago, I bought a naturally shed antler. I had this idea that I was going to be making it into a jewelry stand or somehow attach it to the wall and be able to hang my necklaces from it. I had seen some on different websites and had pinned some on Pinterest as home decor. I loved the idea, but then it just laid there for a little while.

Once I finished working on the horsehair tassels, I started thinking that maybe I should just try and thread the antler that I had and just use it as a decoration since it was already sitting there on my table. When I was done with the threading, I thought I should hang it but I kept wondering if it was still missing something. That's when I came up with the idea of gilding it and I knew then that once I was done with the gilding, it would be complete. This was the final product. 

Antlers, the mighty thread and some amazing news..

Almost a year ago, I bought an antler at the Long Beach Flea Market with an idea in mind and unfortunately for it, it sat alone for a long big while...until I ended up threading it. Also almost a year ago, I bought horse hair and threaded my first tassel and ended up making some for friends. I got amazing comments on them and people asked me non-stop where I got mine or asked how I had done it. I let it be and never really did anything else with them until...

A while later, when I received a request from a store asking me if I would be willing to make some horse hair tassels for them. Today, I am happy to say that almost a year after the first one, this amazing store in San Diego decided to place an order for the horse hair tassels and now carries a few at both of their locations. Love and Aesthetics, thank you. 

Film...

A long long time ago, I took film pictures. I had two cameras that I use to carry with me everywhere. My Nikon and my Yashica, a 35mm and the other a medium format. I've added a few more film cameras through out the years; a Holga 120CFN that can take medium and 35mm film and a Lomography La Sardinia 35mm film. In the years that I've had my cameras, my daughters have taken over my toy cameras and I'm fine with that but the Nikon and the Yashica are my proud possession. I will never get rid of them and to this day, I still keep film in my fridge just in case. About two weeks ago, the Yashica came out to play and it made me so happy but it also scared me as I didn't know if the pictures I was taking would be any good. Film doesn't give you the same satisfaction as digital does where you see the result right away. With film, you have to send it away to get processed and hope for the best. Here's what came out of that film...part of it.