apple and batwings

how cool is this?!

2012-01-28T15:54:00.000-05:00

A 3-D printer for at home use! This would be very fun to play with and create jewelry pieces, the whole $1300 price tag is not so fun though.. maybe someday.

It has so many vibrant colors of plastic.

cubify.com

HOMEBREW.

2012-01-10T00:05:00.001-05:00

see how well i was paying attention during beer brewing.. actually i was paying attention but 60 minutes of wort boiling gets boring, the wort is sitting in yonder pot on the stove there.

time well spent.

2012-01-06T01:39:00.000-05:00

made my own my little pony. oh yes. reliving my childhood.

you know you wanna do it too.

photographs of old things.

2011-12-10T21:32:00.000-05:00

ErieBASIN.

So many photos of beautiful vintage jewelry

eriebasin.tumblr.com

its that time of year again.

2011-12-06T10:36:00.000-05:00

Renegade Craft Craft Fair!!!!

it was this past weekend. lots of wonderful art and some great snacks. i always look forward to the two renegades we get a year. i even picked up a few christmas presents this year.

www.renegadecraft.com

carly waito.

2011-12-01T11:22:00.000-05:00

smoky quartz.

amethyst.

more smoky quartz.

spessartine.

i feel like i had to have posted this before because her paintings are just amazing.

www.carlywaito.com/blog

fo realz.

2011-11-16T12:47:00.002-05:00

blue christmas.

2011-11-14T10:20:00.000-05:00

a very cute little treasury featuring my blue pine branch necklace.

BLUE CHRISTMAS.

faceless.

2011-10-18T22:33:00.001-04:00

interesting shapes.

2011-10-15T15:58:00.002-04:00

hopefully i can find something cool to make out of these.

extreme couponing.

2011-10-13T00:39:00.000-04:00

okay not so extreme but its a start. everything on sale, and or coupon annnd used my target card. i really wish i had known back in college that you get 5% off everything with a target card.

if only some day i can get so good stores pay me, but i wouldn't buy 70 of everything.

Listen up.

2011-10-05T10:27:00.002-04:00

Much thanks to Miss Sarah Tobi.

2011-09-28T10:43:00.004-04:00

I think she did a fabulous job with my jewelry.

sarahtobi.com

new at native cleveland.

2011-09-09T21:59:00.000-04:00

getting in the groove again.

2011-08-30T10:35:00.001-04:00

finally getting jewelry made again. this piece is now up on etsy and ill be soon to send a new batch of work to native cleveland.

And we are back online.

2011-08-23T21:53:00.002-04:00

my hard drive crashed and my 1st macbook is now in apple heaven with my first iPod..

kane county flea market.

2011-08-07T19:50:00.003-04:00

finally found a flea market in the area and got some good finds. i had never been to this one before but my oh my is it big and sure made me wish i had more money to spend and a truck to haul it away in.

a badass old school fan, that works, printers type blocks, an awesome indian head ring, a porthole window mirror, a scientific flower drawing and a pin up girl poster. a good day i'd say.

i went with a friend (she's better at the bargaining) but she has some photos of her work up as well as photos from the fair. check it out HERE @ youboughtwhatfromwho.blogspot.com

summer foods.

2011-07-28T10:55:00.001-04:00

well my banana nutella ice cream didn't come out as perfect looking as in this photo, but it sure tastes good.

All you need is some over ripe bananas, no throwing them away finally! and some nutella.

easy peasy recipe HERE.

Look what I just found over on Bona Drag..

2011-07-26T10:58:00.000-04:00

new rings by designer Anna Sheffield.

I seriously need to save up 400 bucks so I can get this.

a very interesting setting on this one.

check em all out www.bonadrag.com

whenever i get to move again..

2011-07-13T10:31:00.000-04:00

i need to have some kinda of closet office or organized armoire for my jewelry and crafty things.

countryliving.com

junkgardengirl.blogspot.com

photos.

2011-07-13T00:02:00.002-04:00

sending out jewelry for a photo shoot in new york tomorrow! too excited.

taste of chicago.

2011-07-04T20:12:00.000-04:00

2010.

2011.

where you can find me lately.

2011-06-28T10:55:00.002-04:00

pinterest.com/kendalcroix

if you've got one too. follow me.

so where can i find myself one of these?

2011-06-19T11:33:00.000-04:00

that isn't totally over priced?...

ive seen similar things at jc pennys and such and it is perfect, keeps your jewelry in sight, not tangled, there a mirror on the front, but why when i find such things do they cost a fortune?

wishing i was here.

2011-06-13T13:33:00.000-04:00

one thing im totally bummed about not being able to experience this weekend, the high line. part 2 just opened up thursday, and its old high line tracks that have been long abandoned and now turned into parks/pathways/gardens and it looks just fabulous.

thehighline.org

knock it off modcloth.

2011-06-12T09:37:00.002-04:00

why do you have to always be tempting me to your website with pictures of fabulous clothes in the corner of my facebook page. ::sigh:: if only i could afford the bathing suit.

Beach Blanket Bingo Two Piece.

happenings.

2011-06-11T21:12:00.000-04:00

graffiti in chicago.

taking a snack break at crocodile during do division fest.

our giant SHOOP beers in michigan.

building an ant city in wicker park.

more like "i sad face new york"..

2011-06-11T14:10:00.000-04:00

after waiting a few hours for our train to NYC, and hearing it could be delayed 6 hours or longer, we made the heart breaking decision to cash in our tickets n say it was best to go another time. the trip i had planned was a short one already and after a 20 hour train ride, loosing one of the precious few days we had wasn't worth it, so here's hoping that i finally get out there soon.

also sorry for the insane lack of posting, i have been training and switching to a new position at work and it is kicking my butt to say the least.

c'mon skinny love just last the year.

2011-05-25T03:12:00.000-04:00

DANNIJO

2011-05-17T10:56:00.001-04:00

such lovely things from dannijo.

such amazing pieces. very inspiring.

i need to get my motivation back to work on my own jewelry again. work has me so burnt out i never want to work on my own pieces when i have the time.

about a year ago now.

2011-05-08T11:11:00.000-04:00

though this photo makes it look like i graduated in 1910.. it was really 2010.

crazy how fast a year goes by.

and in the past 2 weekends ive been to another 2 graduations.

etching again.

2011-05-03T10:26:00.000-04:00

cut out an old piece, a lil puffer fish.

i bought supplies to get into etching again and i need to get on that soon.

cant get you out of my head.

2011-05-02T22:58:00.001-04:00

as is sit here listening to the thunder..

2011-04-22T22:14:00.001-04:00

i thought to myself, its a friday night, i wanna go out, and look cute, but dont want my shoes soaked, so high heel rain boots would be perfect.. and look what i found.

now.. the real question RED or BLACK?!?!

black would match everything but red would pop nicely....

i know where part of one of my next paychecks is going..

2011-04-17T19:37:00.001-04:00

help out a brilliant artist.

2011-04-12T10:17:00.001-04:00

my best buddy is a wonderful photographer who could use you votes to recognize the amazing things she does with her cameras. check her out.

HERE. the focus project 2011.

i found THE cutest ETSY shop.

2011-04-09T12:36:00.000-04:00

first i found this amazing BLT sandwich pillow set.

then i saw these adorable PB&J ones.

oh and you can get customized names, how cute is that?

theres even sweet bow ties. the boyfriend has been wanting some cool ones for quite some time now.

you can even get iron on bacon.....

check em out diffraction fiber.

longman and eagle.

2011-04-07T22:56:00.000-04:00

more like who doesn't?

such a cool little bar/restaurant. went for the first time last weekend.

annnd they now have adorable little rooms you can rent out. i want to go to there.

Longman and Eagle

you know me so well natalie dee.

2011-03-31T21:58:00.002-04:00

and if it isn't me then pack your bags and leave.

2011-03-27T12:37:00.000-04:00

the end is nearer.

2011-03-27T03:20:00.000-04:00

a softer world.

a good change.

2011-03-26T14:11:00.000-04:00

a bit more elaborate than what ive done lately, i think i need to do more things like this.

nothing is original.

2011-03-23T10:52:00.002-04:00

saw this on oldmadegood nashville's facebook page today and thought i would share. a good thing to think about.

Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery. celebrate it if you feel like it. Jim Jarmusch

make like a tree and leaf part 2.

2011-03-20T13:46:00.000-04:00

left part of the leaf red and electro-formed the sides and back.

a new bone.

2011-03-16T00:19:00.000-04:00

kendalcroix.etsy.com

new.

2011-03-11T13:32:00.000-05:00

tiny lil triangle pine branch necklace.

kendalcroix.etsy.com

make like a tree and leaf.

2011-03-10T12:06:00.000-05:00

more leaves.

all my loves left me for nashville.

2011-03-08T14:31:00.000-05:00

the best friends lives in Nash, I havent gotten to visit since november and currently the boy is out there on business. as of tomorrow i begin a big girl job. mon - fri. no vacations in the near future.

If you scroll down the page a little you can see the before of this vintage cake topper that was once plastic, and had a terribly sad paint job, but i brought her back to life via electro-forming and a nice silver plating.

packaging.

2011-03-03T16:53:00.001-05:00

gosh i love the style of these. cant get enough.

georgina luck.

rich pellegrino.

2011-03-01T13:58:00.000-05:00

www.richpellegrino.com

newest addition to my shop.

2011-02-28T18:06:00.001-05:00

kendalcroix.etsy.com

EDIT:

annnnd. SOLD. my blue stuff goes fast, guess i should make more?

dance dance dance.

2011-02-28T14:43:00.000-05:00

bought a few of these cute vintage cake toppers at an antique shop the other week that i can't wait to make jewelry out of.

today is the boy's golden birthday.

2011-02-24T15:47:00.000-05:00

and we had to hit up the photobooth at rainbow club last night.

Saw my jewelry on fox 8 cleveland.

2011-02-21T15:03:00.004-05:00

Native Cleveland, where my jewelry is sold, was featured on the station and i caught a glimpse of my stuff. totally exciting.

http://www.fox8.com/videobeta/ac1043fa-b06d-4e6a-a2d7-9abb1db0d73f/News/New-Cleveland-Store-Thrives-on-Local-Pride

i cant seem to get the video to embed but check it out from the link above. but heres some screenshots:

LIKE my jewelry page on facebook.

2011-02-19T11:59:00.001-05:00

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kendal-Croix-Jewelry/185029978187024?ref=sgm

for my valentine.

2011-02-18T11:20:00.000-05:00

taught myself how to cross stitch. made this for the boy.

found it on ETSY from bombastitch in a DIY kit. so cool.

when did disposables become so expensive?

2011-02-17T11:28:00.001-05:00

building a fire in the fireplace months and months ago.

giant flower garden.

kat slayr.

teeth from the bottom of the sea.

2011-02-16T12:57:00.001-05:00

finished my friend's wisdom teeth, electro-formed and treated with a patina.

i love that blue.

stole their souls.

2011-02-15T13:37:00.000-05:00

found him in a box of old photos at an antique shop last weekend.

i knew i wasn't finished.

2011-02-14T12:30:00.000-05:00

added gold touches in the corners, its subtle but the space doesn't feel so empty now.

redux.

2011-02-09T08:40:00.000-05:00

changing up the etsy site a bit.

kendalcroix.etsy.com

nerdboyfriend.com

2011-02-08T19:38:00.000-05:00

made some earrings the other week.

2011-02-08T15:31:00.000-05:00

wish i had more of these little seed pods from savannah.

selected for an etsy treasury.

2011-02-04T15:33:00.001-05:00

my bone necklace in a hansel and gretel treasury.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d4bef0b08c86d91accee347/hansel-and-gretel

rob sheffield.

2011-02-04T13:05:00.001-05:00

what is love? great minds have been grappling with this question through the ages, and in the modern era, they have come up with many different answers. according to the wester philosopher pat benatar, love is a battlefield. her paisan frank sinatra would add the corollary that love is a tender trap. the stoner kids who spent the summer of 1978 looking cool on the hoods of their trans ams in the pierce elementary school parking lot used to scare us little kids by blasting the sweet hit "love is like oxygen"- you get too much, you get too high, not enough and youre gonna die. love hurts. love stinks. love bites, love bleeds, love is the drug. the troubadours of our times all agree: they want to know what love is, and they want you to show them.

but the answer is simple. love is a mix tape.

thundersnow.

2011-02-03T10:03:00.000-05:00

last night there was snow, lighting and thunder. no joke.

digging snow and shoveling snow are two very different things...

un caldo inverno.

2011-02-02T01:19:00.001-05:00

loving this color palate.

oddly enough i currently have an old printers type drawer leaned against the wall in my living room..

By: massimo mantovani

http://www.fashionserved.com/gallery/Un-caldo-inverno/818625

im a sucker for good package design.

2011-02-01T17:54:00.000-05:00

and i love salsa.

el paso chile co. salsa, marinades, and juice blends by charles s. anderson design.

fruta del diablo by moxie sozo.

diablo by kelly thorn.

copper teeth.

2011-01-31T15:10:00.000-05:00

finally created a facebook page for kendal croix jewelry.

2011-01-29T16:30:00.001-05:00

Kendal Croix Jewelry on FAECBOOK!

go like my page!

borrowing a friends wisdom for a while.

2011-01-26T14:46:00.000-05:00

ill be making a necklace out of these for a friend soon.

productivity.

2011-01-23T12:03:00.000-05:00

new listings on kendalcroix.etsy.com

ugh i need to keep on keepin on with this being productive and getting jewelry actually made.

new arrivals at native cleveland.

2011-01-19T17:18:00.002-05:00

got a hand full of pieces sent out including these new ones.

winner winner chicken dinner.

2011-01-18T19:36:00.000-05:00

i was laquering these bones for a necklace and i like how they look laid out that way.

i may need to find a way to create a necklace/body chain/harness that keeps them in that layout.

fancy fast food.

2011-01-17T12:33:00.002-05:00

all these crazy food makeovers are made from fast food meals re-arranged without anything added to make a much more appealing dining experience. and as the website says... "yeah its still bad for you - but see how good it can look"

Osso BuKko (Fancy BK Fire-Grilled Ribs)

Chicken Cordon Deux (Fancy KFC Double Down)

yes.. even a double down can look delish.

Five Dollar Farfalle (Fancy $5 Footlong)

fancyfastfood.com

bang bang.

2011-01-13T09:57:00.000-05:00

had some extra guns from making the back clasp on my bullet necklace and cleaned it up, took a while though with all the pits in it but i like imperfection.

jessica harrison.

2011-01-12T11:41:00.000-05:00

how awesome are her 2010 pieces? i just love these.

www.jessicaharrison.co.uk

new thing.

2011-01-08T16:35:00.000-05:00

silver plated, copper electro-formed bone necklace on a vintage chain.

kendalcroix.etsy.com

new years outfit. kind of.

2011-01-06T14:02:00.000-05:00

wore the dress but swapped the velvet studded coat for my leather one.

doin' a DIY.

2011-01-03T14:46:00.000-05:00

how cool is this idea for a jewelry display from bluebirdheaven on etsy.

only downside.. i dont have 118 + shipping to drop on something like this after having to get my car fixed a few weeks back, but if i can find a cheap printers drawer on etsy or ebay i should be able to do it myself.

el fin.

2010-12-31T14:37:00.000-05:00

finally finished, but in typical artist fashion ill never feel like its finished.

la loteria.

2010-12-30T10:47:00.000-05:00

learned how to play mexican bingo on christmas with the boyfriends family. fun stuff.

HIS and HERS acorn necklaces.

2010-12-26T09:39:00.000-05:00

a custom order for his and hers acorn necklaces for christmas.

nashville #1.

2010-12-25T13:28:00.000-05:00

from my fist visit out to nashville about a year ago.

dancin at foo bar.

playin dress up in the hotel room, wearin kats wig and a swearter that when i bought it one of the sales people at the vintage shop said i looked like a body building infant..

more playing in the hotel room, capturing kats levitation abilities.

if only i had 550 dollars to spare...

2010-12-22T20:16:00.000-05:00

SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENT IN MALE & FEMALE BUST VASES

from floral art.

bow tie pasta bow tie.

2010-12-20T14:09:00.000-05:00

just finished this lil experiment and i think it turned out well. but i learned i need to lacquer the hell out of em though because they after all are pasta.. and if any water gets in there it will expand and break through the metal.

sunglasses.

2010-12-16T20:40:00.007-05:00

going to the empty bottle tomorrow night to see my friend from college's band.
should be interesting seeing as i always went to their shows in people's houses or a local bar back in savannah, not half way across the country in chicago. but it's always a good time as seen below..

rough sketches.

2010-12-13T12:28:00.000-05:00

working on a custom order for a set of HIS and HERS acorn necklaces.

progress report.

2010-12-10T12:44:00.001-05:00

after starting to pencil in designs i feel the skull may be too small...

i may need to add some things around the corners of the background, suggestions?

finished an order for a friend.

2010-12-09T14:43:00.000-05:00

brass fish.

silver plated electro-formed acorns.

cast sterling pine cone.

thank you renegade and magnolia photo booth company.

2010-12-08T16:03:00.000-05:00

such a darn cute idea. they had a booth set up with a bunch of props at the renegade holiday craft fair this past weekend.

CMYK 48.

2010-12-04T09:13:00.001-05:00

one of my most favoritest friends, miss kat ryals, got those 2 top photos into the current issuse of CMYK and then more in the next one. check it out, you can find it at barnes and noble.

or check out her work at www.kryalsphotography.com

workin on x-mas presents.

2010-12-03T14:10:00.000-05:00

beginning of a design for a future painting. i cant wait to start.

i may have a shoe obsession..

2010-12-02T09:29:00.000-05:00

Osborn shoes.

Handmade in Guatemala, sweat-shop free, worker driven and brand focused.

osbornshoes.com

the birthday party.

2010-11-28T12:06:00.001-05:00

finally got hold of some of the unedited photos my friend Meg Snead took using some of my jewelry.

i love it and cant wait to see more.

PS check out my jewelry on etsy. CYBER MONDAY SALE.

today and tomorrow still.

kendalcroix.etsy.com

sale sale sale.

2010-11-25T23:42:00.001-05:00

cyber monday sale.

my jewelry on etsy is on sale saturday through cyber monday. check it out.

kendalcroix.etsy.com

why UO why.

2010-11-23T11:03:00.000-05:00

urban outfitters why must you sell such wonderful things that i just cant afford?...

ideas for vintage photos.

2010-11-22T10:03:00.000-05:00

via anon.

via decor8

amen.

2010-11-21T10:49:00.002-05:00

an old piece.

2010-11-20T09:37:00.000-05:00

from maybe 4 or so years back.

when i started college id get bored when i couldnt sleep and id doodle.