Thank you, thank you!!

I have been appallingly lax about posting, spending my time and words on FaceBook! I’ve promised, repeatedly, to mend my ways, but without success.

Something new and unexpected has happened, though, that suggests I will have a better record now — I have resigned my day-job, leaving much more time for creativity and self-expression!

I hope you will join me in Celebrating my new-found freedom, and encouraging me to post more than once a year! Thanks!

New site is now under construction!

Yes! As astonishing as it seems, funkybodydecor.com is about to rise from its ashes! Currently “Coming Soon”, the new site will, I hope, be everything the old one was not: user friendly, quick, and FUN!!

Here in sunny SoCal for the next seven months, I am using my Solar Powers for Good, working into the evenings to bring you the funnest eco-conscious jewelry site evar! Look for way coolio funky kool jools comin’ at you soon!!

Funky Valentine’s Putti -- bearing Beer

This Valentine’s necklace & earrings set of putti (or cherubs) bearing beer is made from beer bottlecaps, vintage chains, luscious orange heishi, and vintage rhinestones from an Indian dancing set.

This was Way Fun to make, and I will be adding other Beer-Love Jewelry soon!

Also coming, Wine-Love Jewelry!

Oh how embarrassing...

My wonderful art-friend Lori Zimmermann has lovingly directed folks who saw pix of the amazing Funky bracelet I made for her to this blog.

But, um...I have sadly neglected this poor blog for an entire Year!

Many apologies to all who arrive expecting to see new stuff! And, Lori, thanks for the kick in the butt! I will put up new stuff TODAY.

Cheers
Nona

One World One Heart Giveaway

One World One Heart Giveaway is all about making connections!

Between now and 11 Feb 2009, leave a comment on this post for a chance to win! The prize is a handmade, one-of-a-kind, unconventional, funky charm bracelet titled “Red Black One Love”.




This piece of art is composed of a variety of ordinary objects: a watchface, bulldog clip, pencils, dominoes, glass beads, lampwork beads, letter beads spelling out LOVE, an eyes milagro, a glass vial filled with tiny beads, a stamped UTEE house shape.

My unique bracelets have graced the wrists of many awesome folks, including Molly Gordon, of The Accidental Entrepreneur fame.

You are also invited to visit my shop, Funky Body Décor for more funky jewellery!

At the end of the day on 11 Feb a random number generator will choose the winner. Good luck, and enjoy your trip through the OWOH blogs!

We are Number Five! :-D

Is this cool, or what?

Just got the word from Google that Funky Body Décor Blog is #5 in the Top Blogs under Unconventional at NetworkedBlogs.com !

Hex Nut Expansion Bracelet

Sunshine slants through the slats in the old tool shed

as you turn over the bits and bobs in a weathered box.

Deep in the corner, a glint catches your eye.

Amazed, you draw forth a bracelet.

Now iridescent hex nuts circle your wrist,

each centered on a luminous bead and a looped silver spiral.

As your weekend unfolds you plug in to the playful side

of everyday objects. Six-sided fun, here we come.

Looking for Handmade One-of-a-Kind Art Jewelry?

Whether you’re thinking whimsical or wild, you will find the funnest, easiest to wear, funky charm bracelets, earrings, and other kool jools at funkybodydecor.com.

Not sure which of our kool jools are ‘right for you’? Take the Funky Body Décor Quiz and find out how to Décorate Yourself in your own special style!

It’s Fixed!

While my pix were not displaying correctly, I was loathe to add more.

I am delighted to announce that the problem has been solved by yours truly (with no thanks to online support) and that I am uploading new items now!

Until I can get them all up in the shop, check them out on my facebook page (link at the left).

Not-Just-for-Halloween!

Well, it’s been a tad slow getting these new items up, but rest assured they are being added daily.

My Not-Just-for-Halloween Collection includes beheaded Kewpie earrings, pirate and voodoo skull earrings, dancing skeleton earrings, attention-getting whistle earrings, florescent eraser earrings, and the more sober light-catching dangles and button stack earrings.

Coming Soon! Halloween/Samhain décor

Décorate yourself for Autumnal festivities with funky earrings from Funky Body Décor!

From the very restrained dayglo-orange erasers with faceted jet dangles to the funky beheaded Kewpies, our Halloween offerings will attract notice!

Stay tuned!

A Big Thank-You!

Thank you ALL so very much for making my first day as an artist-entrepreneur so exciting!

I'm working to fill the lovely gaps in my shop that your purchases have left, so stay tuned for more funky body décor!

Feel free to contact me at info@funkybodydecor.com to make suggestions.

- 3 - 2 - 1 - LAUNCH!!

For immediate release:

The newest art-jewelry collection online, Funky Body Décor was launched today at http://www.funkybodydecor.com

Your one-stop-shop to Get Décorated, Funky Body Décor offers you an exclusive selection of absolutely unique, fresh, unconventional art jewelry to decorate your body! From surprising charm bracelets that double as necklaces, to eye-catching earrings and brooches, FBD’s clever and unusual offerings are sure to cause comment wherever you wear them.

New items are being added daily, so be sure to check in regularly!

Who we are, what we do

Funky Body Décor is a pair of sheilas with a Passion for secondhand, junk, thrift, and op-shopping.

Our mission is to Décorate You with absolutely unique and funky art jewellery!

We handcraft all our pieces from commonplace and found objects, transforming them into exclusive, unrepeatable art jewellery.

We guarantee that each of our distinctive charm bracelets is completely One-Off -- we will Never make another one like it!

What is your Body Décor-ating Style? Take this Quiz and find out!

1. At a new restaurant, do you
1. choose a dish you like in other restaurants?
2. ask what other diners are ordering?
3. ask the waiter for a recommendation?
4. select a dish you’ve never heard of?
5. choose your food by color?

2. When imagining the ideal vacation, do you see yourself
1. relaxing in a favorite place?
2. going somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit?
3. going to a place you’ve heard about recently?
4. setting off with no destination?
5. taking off blindfolded with a water bottle and a bedroll?
   

3. Your friends ask what you’d like for the ultimate birthday-night celebration. You describe:
1. the best seats in the house for an acclaimed production, followed by dinner at a four-star restaurant.
2. finding a club with great music and letting it envelop you.
3. a treasure hunt — the treasure is the hottest man (or woman) sighted and snapped with a cell phone during the evening.
4. playing paintball — and then, still paint-y, crashing a club or bowling alley.
5. an Arabian adventure with an unknown sheik in a hidden oasis...
   

4. In your dream-life as a performer, you are:
1. completing the 32 fouettés as the lead in Swan Lake with the Kirov Ballet.
2. walking the high wire in a circus act, as the audience suspends their breathing.
3. mesmerizing the audience as a Middle Eastern belly dancer.
4. fantastically costumed and spreading the Carnival spirit in the Mardi Gras parade.
5. a performance artist, in an adventure in absurdity.
   

Your Style:
did you answer mostly a?
Start leisurely; Splash Out with a pair of way-cool earrings!

mostly b?
Choose a funky bracelet, to go with your way-cool earrings! Get a necklace converter, too, to wear your bracelet as a necklace!

mostly c?
Your arms are lo-o-o-o-onging for a bracelet — Each!

mostly d?
Earrings! Necklace! Bracelets on both arms! — Now your ankles are feeling a bit naked . . .

mostly e?
You are Too Wild for our Regular offerings — contact us to Get Decorated to The Max!

Coming Soon! Funky Body Décor — Get Decorated!

On October 10 my new online shop, Funky Body Décor, will launch at www.funkybodydecor.com

Funky Body Décor is a line of one-of-a-kind, wildly original, wearable art-jewellery to Decorate Your Body! Each piece is hand-made by me with love and laughter, and, like any piece of art, is titled and signed.

I make “jewels” from literally everything I lay my hands on, from hardware to beads to buttons to stationery items, creating one-off bracelets and earrings that draw looks and start conversations! Every piece is unique: I guarantee there will never be another like it!

Choose your favourite from my unconventional charm bracelets; add an extension to wear your bracelet as a necklace; add a pair of coordinating — or clashing! — earrings!

Close, but no cigar?? Commission your own special bracelet! Email me with your colours or theme, and I'll get back to you with price and delivery!

Go ahead — Get Decorated!
You know you want to ;-)