I would like to introduce you to my new jewelry line. M.A.K. Jewelry for Men. Made especially for my man, but I'd love to share it with yours.
I'm not really new to making men's jewelry, but I did finally find a name for it.
M.A.K. stands for Max, Ava, Kohl. My children's names. Someone told me it was good luck to use initials. So after much research I came up with MAK, and it just stuck. It kind of just rolls off your tongue, like Pretty Pretty.
I have quite a few male customers and I've always felt bad saying or posting that they were wearing "Pretty Pretty".
Now they have a cool name for their cool jewels.
And I have to say, I enjoy making men's pieces as much as women's.
I hope all of you are loving them too. Thanks for all the continued support.
God Bless!
Xo Kim
Pretty Pretty ~ Original Jewelry Designs
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Very "Pretty Pretty" Keys
A key is a symbol of all forces that open and close, bind and release. It stands for liberation and incarceration. A key is always tied to the concept of locking or unlocking. {historicallocks.com}
I am so in love with "keys". Especially old, vintage ones. I can remember my Aunt Alice having a skeleton key for her house {and that was in the 1970's}.
{http://www.coolchaser.com}
There is just something about how pretty, unique and articlate old keys are. So many of my Pretty Pretty pieces are designed to mimic old vintage and antique jewelry from my own collection. Although I dont have any vintage jewelry with keys, I do have a few antique keys decorating my home. And from this moment on I will be searching for skeleton keys to use in my jewelry while I'm shopping around the antique stores.
In the mean time I have found some cool ones to work with.
What will your key unlock???
YOUR DREAMS
YOUR SECRETS
YOUR MEMORIES
YOUR JOURNEY'S
AND EVERYONE'S FAVORITE...
THE KEY TO YOUR HEART!!!
AND MY FAVORITE!
THE KEY TO LIFE!!!
Some of my favorite "key" quotes
Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the evening.
Mohandas Gandhi
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Joe Paterno
Thank you for reading. xo Kim
Mohandas Gandhi
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer
Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
Joe Paterno
Thank you for reading. xo Kim
Friday, August 26, 2011
I Love Hill Tribe Fine Silver!!!
One of my favorite components to work with are my materials from the Hill Tribe villages in Thailand.
Pretty Pretty Hill Tribe Collection |
These pieces are all handmade in The Hill Tribes in Thailand. Thai Hill Tribe silver has a wonderful rustic look. This distinctive style is due to the very simple, primitive tools that are available to the silversmiths, who live in isolated villages far from the city. They work with fine, 100% silver, which is a higher silver content than sterling silver. I mix these pieces with glass seed beads and semi-precious stones to create unique beautiful pieces of high quality jewelry.
http://www.prettyprettyjewel.com/Hill-Tribe-Jewelry.html |
http://www.prettyprettyjewel.com/Bracelets.html |
Hill tribe peoples migrated over 1000 years ago from the southern part of China into Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam and Thailand. They have preserved their way of life with little change for over a thousand years. The Hill Tribes consist of six distinct tribal groups, each with its own characteristic dress, customs and styles of ornamentation. The Tribes are known in Thailand as the Karen (Kariang, Yang), the Hmong (Meo), the Mien (Yeo), the Akha (Kaw), the Lahu (Mussur), and the Lisu (Lisaw). All of the tribes do silversmithing. All of the tribal peoples wear beads. It's just that not all of the people make all of the beads. Some of them actually have their beads made by other tribes. Some of the tribes simply make silver and beads for their own consumption; others are more motivated to make additional products for trade with the outside world (which I am thankful for).
Passing on their culture |
The villagers have traditional tribal methods passed down from generation to generation. On close inspection you will notice that no two pieces are exactly alike, attesting to the handmade nature of these beautiful pieces.
Hill Tribe silver jewelry is renowned throughout the world for it's purity, beautiful artisan crafting & exquisite designs. I hope you love and appreciate it as much as I do. I try to create my Hill Tribe jewelry designs as "timeless" pieces that you'll treasure forever. I know I treasure mine! I wear my black agate gemstone bangles everyday.
You can find more of my Hill Tribe creations on my website: PrettyPrettyJewel.com
or in my Pretty Pretty Etsy Shop.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Welcome
Hello and welcome to my new blog. I am going to try this again, lol. I would really love it if you'd follow me on this adventure I am about to embark on. I will try my best to keep it interesting and fun. Thanks so much.
My name is Kimberly Kreamer, I am the creative force behind Pretty Pretty handcrafted jewelry.
I am a native New Yorker, with a strong background in fashion, merchandising & design.
When my third child was born, I stopped working in the fashion field and started studying the craft of jewelry making. I try to keep my designs hip and trendy and I like to say that they are made especially for today's "Spiritually Aware & Fashionable Consumer".
My designs are mostly inspired by my faith, family, friends and nature. I love to just sit down and create original pieces. I never really know what I'm going to make, I sit at my desk and look around at the materials laying in front of me and it comes to me then.
I am a native New Yorker, with a strong background in fashion, merchandising & design.
When my third child was born, I stopped working in the fashion field and started studying the craft of jewelry making. I try to keep my designs hip and trendy and I like to say that they are made especially for today's "Spiritually Aware & Fashionable Consumer".
My designs are mostly inspired by my faith, family, friends and nature. I love to just sit down and create original pieces. I never really know what I'm going to make, I sit at my desk and look around at the materials laying in front of me and it comes to me then.
My workspace |
My Desk |
As of right now I work in a corner of my home. I have a large desk to work on, with lots of wall space to hang things, and a nice big sliding glass door right behind me which gives me lots of natural light. But unfortunately this space is in the front hall of my house. So you walk in the front door and BAM, Pretty Pretty is right in your face! My dream workshop is a small building in my backyard. Somewhere I can go and be ALONE, which right now is IMPOSSIBLE do to the fact that I am smack dab in the middle of everything that's going on. Constant interruptions from children, phone ringing, opening and closing the slider behind me to let the dog in and out, in and out. Ahhhh one day I will have that little workshop.
Workshop Inspiration |
Some day...In the mean time I am a full time wife and mother. Meet my family; "The Kreamer's";
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