Inside is the original bone from which the necklace was cast. So there is only one ever made.
I'm so excited for my gift!
A little story...Back in the summer, we decided we shall have a wedding. I didn't want a diamond (additionally, I am technically the one who "proposed"), but Mike still wanted me to have something for the engagement. I thought, hmm... how about a necklace? I don't own any, as I'm very picky about things and not very into most jewelry. I remembered this wonderful line of necklaces at Luehmann, in particular one cast from a mink's jawbone. So off we went to see them again, only to discover the store had closed! Bummer. We weren't finding anything I wanted, and this necklace was on my mind. "It would have been perfect," we both kept saying. And then, Luehmann had the one night only event at June, which I told you about already. I told her the story about the necklace... and guess what? Turns out she still had it, only not at the event. We arranged a date to meet, which was this morning. We had a lovely brunch at Red Stag, and now I have my engagement keepsake. That's a pretty good story, no? I can't wait to wear it with my very ladylike and fancy gown! I have to keep it tough, you know. I can't be head-to-toe elegance; it just would not be accurate.
And I found the jewelry designer, Laurie Brown, on etsy. Here is her shop, aubergine, named after her pug. You should take a peek at the gold seahorse necklace. It's pretty amazing. She's based in San Francisco, and I followed her etsy link to the store where you can find her work, for those of you in the Bay Area. She's in a place called Paxton Gate, which also has an online shop. Their things look amazing as well. I'm going there whenever I get myself out to SF.
More stories soon, dears. Hope your weekend was filled with sweets.
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In the future I will actually introduce myself to you, but for now I leave you with this: Paxton Gate is one cool mofo store. I have a loop I'd like to recommend to you guys. It includes these rad secret concrete slides, a bridge to a park full of drunk hipsters, fantastic ice cream, damn delicious Mexican food, beer, thrift stores and Paxton Gate. See you in LA, but come up to SF one day too.
This is better than any ring. So excited for everything that's to come...
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