Seeing as how it’s Valentine’s Day, it feels obligatory to post hearts and frills.   Thankfully, I actually like the pieces I found for this post, instead of the usual cheap red lingerie that infects and infests everything this time of year.  We covered a few bits and pieces in a preemptive move a [...]

With Valentine’s Day rapidly approaching, here’s a little gift guide for you gentlemen to show your lady that she has your heart.   Lightbox  †  Anatomica Necklace Heart Soap  †  Lampwork Pendant 

San Francisco ceramic artist Sarah Becker’s collection of handmade horned hearts, $225 each. These are made without any molds, so each one is totally unique, and come ready to hang.  She also makes just ceramic horns as centerpieces and displays (for the morbid vegan, perhaps?).  Some hearts can also be customized with tattoo-style banners, but [...]

Morton Manley‘s jewelry usually tends to tribal gauged earrings in ivory and silver. It’s quite nice, and has an industrial flair, but it’s not really my thing. So he caught me off guard with this silver skeleton key pendant- it has little pyramid stud details around the heart-shaped top, tiny wrenches, even a tiny bone… [...]