A year ago today, I posted a highlarious gif that shopping app Spring created with my hockey mask and chainsaw stud earrings. You can still get the sterling silver earrings from my Spring store or my own website, and you can have them in time for Halloween if you order today. Thanks again to gorgeous…
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Get a Middle Finger Emoji on Your iPhone and Your Earlobe
Apple has a software update called iOS 9.1 and it’s got 150 new emojis, including the much-desired middle finger! Of course, I’ve been offering middle finger emoji jewelry since 2013. I wear the 18K gold version of my single stud earring every day. Seriously, I can be dressed for a black tie event, and I’ll…
Piercing Insight
Today I found out that fitting oh-so-perfectly into a New York Times consumer-trend story can make a person feel really … basic. The story, called (in the print edition) “Earlobes Are a Canvas for Women Over 30,” reports: “…many women in their 30s and 40s are doing something they had not considered for maybe a…
October’s Other Birthstone: Tourmaline
October babies are lucky. They have two birthstones: opal and tourmaline. Opal is better known as a birthstone, but I think it’s good thing that there is a backup. Opals are relatively soft gems — about as hard as glass — that are more easily scratched than other stones. Once in a while, someone makes…
Musical Interlude: Madonna Part II and the Hole-y Spirit
Back in the day, when Madonna would play a series of New York City dates, I’d get tickets to one show and say, “I want to do it again!” as soon as the house lights went up. I finally figured out it was best to always get tickets to two shows, which is why I…
Two New Earrings for World Emoji Day
Today is World Emoji Day, and if you’ve been wondering why, check the date on the calendar emoji*. According to Emojipedia, July 17 was selected because iCal for Mac was announced at MacWorld Expo on July 17, 2002. The calendar emoji, in turn, inspired Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge to declare World Emoji Day. And what’s…
Jewels of the Month: Crabs for Cancerians
According to the astrological calendar, the sign of Cancer rules from June 21 to July 22. Cancer is the Latin word for crab, which is why the zodiac sign is represented by a crab and why my Jewels of the Month are my crab emoji designs. You might not be familiar with the crab emoji…
Jewels of the Month, Part 1: Punk Platinum
It’s rare that I get to introduce a full collection (nearly) all at once. Usually I’m creating and revealing just one or two designs at a time. But today is different! June’s Jewels of the Month are the first nine styles of my brand-new Punk Platinum line. I was inspired to do this collection after…
Jewel of the Month: FitzRoy the Cat Ear Climbers
When Jennifer Heebner of JCK Magazine interviewed me last month about my growing FitzRoy-the-Cat jewelry collection, I told her I had just finished ear climbers. Here they are … May’s Jewel of the Month! These kittehs are handmade in 18K yellow gold here in New York City, and modeled after my own Exotic Shorthair, FitzRoy…
You’ve Cat to Be Kitten Me! Random Thoughts.
I can’t believe that I wrote about Ariana Grande’s signature cat-ear headbands AND her breakup with rapper boyfriend Big Sean yesterday without mentioning Sean’s song “Stay Down.” I was so engrossed in using my stud letter earrings to spell the abbreviation for “I Don’t Fuck With You” — Sean’s hostile ode to a previous ex…