some a bit belated birthday flowers for E

who just turned 26 and apparently drank a whole bottle of champagne

when told the bodily decay is starting just about now

with 6 years advance i can tell her however life just gets better every year

and if she´s still depressed about the future she could have some of my amber

it seems to help with those things

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i´m really into wilting dried up plants right now

no wonder since i´m a "superficial waterer" and there´s a heatwave blasting on

but now i´m about to get a floristic patent for a very special skill:

"dyed" some box twigs ombre

meaning shoved them into a bucket and forgot all about them for quite some weeks

and i didn´t stop just there and dyed on in photoshop

(blame it all on the heat)

also using glasses made for forcing big hyacinth bulbs

when "arranging" flowers is my new favorite thing to do

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pictures of E (wearing a sweet KISSING GUY)

were taken in early may when the still bare apple tree shadows made for a mean underwater effect
also she hates clean backdrops so i made sure there were none involved

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also a very happy birthday to RIKE

here are a few gif "outtakes" that didn´t make it into the lookbook

and some workshop pictures of BARRETTES coming to life

you probably can tell the BUTT is one of my favorites...

thank you so much for welcoming our new collection so kindly

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this GARDEN + this BOUQUET

PEACH + SHISO CRISP using my new favorite herb

about to try this ELDERFLOWER + PISTACIO CAKE

and this POUND CAKE with rose geranium leaves

so in the end i was about to loose my mind

but it´s here - the new collection

not even W´s KIDNEY STONE could stop us

(well, i was forced to work on the "hard" stuff too while he was out for a bit,
but that´s a good thing, since now this is my favorite kind)

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now there are not only

a lot of BARRETTES

even one of a kind TWO TONE BARRETTES

and on top of that HAIR THINGS

VARIOUS EAR STUDS - so many choices

 tiny, funny DUCKS, CROCODILES AND LITTLE GUYS

three of W´s absolute masterpieces: HEAVY SILVER BRACELETS

and TINY FOOT RINGS (excellent for stacking)

no, there´s also a moving (!!!) lookbook

thanks to the E in WSAKE who has two careers, one being an ARTIST 
and the other one a contemporary dancer

there is nothing ethereal about her, she´s force and strength and i love that

so please give this post a bit of time to load and watch her do her thing

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also i had no idea filming would be so much fun

she just tried things and i told her if i thought something might work

(a big thank you to MICA by the way, who we woke very early on a rainy sunday morning 

to borrow her amazing studio to shoot the whole thing - E is wearing 0941 throughout all the pictures, 

which is also dreamt up right there)

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thank you to my dear hair things and ear stud tester S

and to W who takes up with a lot of crazy

and since we had so much fun, we threw in some old favorites

BROKEN NECKLACE

TROPICAL MOON NECKLACE

QUADRUPLE STRAIGHT BRACELET

CRINKLED CARDBOARD BRACELET