Fun Cocktail Rings

The Carrotbox is a site dedicated to all those wonderful rings made of glass, lucite, resin, plastic, jade, wood, bakelite, metal, and even stone.   Malene Glintborg from Sweden has shared with us her unusual vision of fun cocktail rings. I love this slice of lemon ring - got margarita with that?

Cocktail ring by Malene Glintborg

For those crafty people who likes to fold things - take a look at her origami ring below. 

Origami ring by Malene Glintborg

For a very urban and trendy look, there's the Skyline ring with a silhouette of a city's skyscrapers.  The Skyline also comes in a necklace and bracelet form.

Skyline ring by Malene Glintborg

Are you interested in taking a great jewelry design course and learning more about how to make your own jewelry or get started professionally in this creative field? Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Interior Design Book Signing

Foundations of Interior Design by Susan Slotkis

Interior designer Susan Slotkis will present her latest book, Foundations of Interior Design, 2^nd ed., at the GE Monogram Showroom in NYC.  Slotkis, one of our experts on our recently released Sheffield School videos, has been a New York designer for many years as well as a college professor.  Her book provides young aspiring interior designers with a thorough grounding on the practice of interior design.

GE will host the book signing party in its beautiful kitchen showroom at the A&D Building this coming Thursday, May 23^rd at 6pm. Come and join the author for a great party!

Make More Than Jewelry With Your Materials.

Holli Brown Mosaics

Have you ever looked at something in a store and said I can make that. If you are crafty, you see DIY projects as something you are excited about. Sometimes it turns out that it was not as easy as we thought to make. Don't let that burst your bubble. Maybe you didn't find the right project for you. If you are still determined to persevere on with a DIY project with materials you have sitting around, then these projects should get you thinking about what to do next with those beads and chain hanging around in your jewelry supplies. 

Eiffel and Empire

Think about revamping a pair of shoes you never wear anymore by either blinging up the heel with crystals, or gluing on rhinestones, or replacing the center strap with a chain to dress it up. 

Halter tops are great projects to play around with. Changing out the neckline or tank top straps with some chain, or beads, will give it a new and refreshed look. These recycled tops found on ebay inspired me to recycle some of my tired old tanks. 

Best Phone Cases found on Etsy.com

Add some beads to a summer straw hat, like this one by Melissa Odabash. The turquoise stones are great for summer but you can get creative with whatever color beads you like. Best Phone Cases on Etsy has fun gluing all sorts of things to their phone cases. 

Mirror by Georgia Peachez

Every one has materials they have no idea what to do with. Start recycling them and get creative! Make sure you have fun while doing it. This mirror by Georgia Peachez looked like it was fun to make. 

Are you interested in taking a great jewelry design course and learning more about how to make your own jewelry or get started professionally in this creative field? Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

Request a free Sheffield School catalog describing our distance education courses.

Subscribe to the Sheffield Designer newsletter.

Local Talent at Brooklyn Designs

Cabinet by Eric Manigian

Brooklyn has been the hotspot for an outpouring of small-scaled artisan studios in the last few years.  To celebrate this creativity, Brooklyn Designs has hosted an annual exhibition of local furniture and accessories designers. 

This year, the selections reflect superb craftsmanship and a strong affinity for presenting materials in their best possible light. As shown above, Eric Manigian designed a tall display cabinet out of walnut.  He followed the tree’s veins to create the natural edges of each door, thereby creating a stunning, unique piece. 

Coffee tables by From the Source

From the Source, another local company, used contrasting woods of rosewood and mangowood to create these overlapping coffee tables.  The Kai desk below is also of mangowood but oxidized to give it a unique gray finish. 

Kai desk by From the Source

Additionally, many designers are following green methods and using reclaimed woods as their building blocks for their furniture. Aellon designer, Daniel Husserl, reclaimed the woods from an old Indonesian boat that was going to be junked and transformed it into a striking oval table with radiating strips of wood. 

Coffee table from Aellon

Interested in learning more about furniture design? Take a look at Sheffield School's Complete Course in Interior Design.  At Sheffield, you will learn how to transform a space, create color schemes, and select furniture, lighting, and accessories.

Wedding Centerpieces: Using Greenery

Photography by Paige Reaux

Floral centerpieces may be the popular norm, but using green leaves can provide a very striking and different table décor.  These tall palm fronds caught my eye. Simply housed in tall clear vases, the fronds are familiar yet exotic at the same time. A simple pink rose surrounded by green ferns add a beautiful note. Continuing the green theme, a simple fern leaf decorates the folded napkins. The next time you’re doing some wedding planning, try using simple greenery for the main theme.

Photography by Paige Reaux

 

Photography by Paige Reaux

Photography by Paige Reaux

 

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