The #1 hit for fjoll on google!

I would like to thank everyone for all the support of my work, and for the inspiration they have given me.

After taking a short break from producing new items for the store, I will be back on schedule right after christmas with new jewelry and hopefully some ideas I will be sending out for production.

AND, fjoll.com is now the #1 hit when searching fjoll in google!  It might seem like a small accomplishment, but just a few months ago we were on page 3 haha.

I will also be putting up for sale a hard copy of my latest musical collaboration, manor de laurentis.
I personally screen printed these on letra envelopes with a vandercook, they should be up in the store soon.
Check out what the album is all about by clicking the portfolio octopus on the home page.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

An insight to concrete planters

Here are some simple steps to creating a concrete planter yourself, although I have found this to be a one time production as the mold is only good for one go.

Step one: make a wooden or acrylic shape mold.  I have found acrylic glass held together with caulk or some other kind of easily removable sealant to work best, but wood and wood glue will work as well.
(You can also add other details such as a window, copper drain pipe, etc. to your concrete planter/building)

Step two: mix your concrete.  Portland concrete works best, and there is even a hardener element you can add to it to increase the strength.  I would suggest having at least 1/4" width minimum for all walls and the base.  Be sure to add some kind of slick element such as cooking oil to the sides of your mold before pouring in the concrete.

Step three: Pour your mold.  Add in your other elements to the side walls as you are pouring to make sure they are positioned correctly.  I would lean towards the watery side on your concrete mix, somewhere around the constancy of oatmeal.

Step four: Let your mold dry, it usually takes 2-5 days depending on where you live.  Remove your mold (often by destroying it) and plant some plants!

If you didn't already know

Tic-Toc Apocalypse is amazing.
Get some in your life.

Greatest lighting ever

I don't think anyone could argue that this would make any place classy and exciting at the same time.

One of my favorite concepts.  I have been working on some ideas for portable lights that can be plugged in and used in any situation, more to come on this soon.

Angel necklace, and a great book!

5 new things in the fjoll store, &&

I've been doing a lot of research on my future container house, if anyone is interested this book is a must have.

It has insights into just about every project to date, and a ton of useful information.

Turquoise, Copper, Clocks that bling.

Some Turquoise earings

And a functioning clock necklace, glow in the dark hands, copper face.

www.fjoll.com

Copper Bat Earrings

And a new wallet in the store.

5 New Things For The Store, and some bonsai news

First off here are some things I made today.

Secondly, I hear of a man who raised a bonsai orange tree,

and then after ten years it started producing oranges.

I feel like that is also a calling for me, so soon I will

be updating from seedling onward.  And also brainstorming

some great ideas for a planter.

When I finally have my own container house, I will grow

a bonsai forest on a shelf as well.

HUGE october sale starts today, along with new necklaces.

This one won't be in the store, but I really like how the fire scale turned out.

These however, will be in the store.  Gotta love that British Bling.

And the second old man is done.

Come check out the sale and new items.  http://www.fjoll.com

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Sleeping Bag Wallet

I was contemplating some ideas for a hoody wallet, but once I made this prototype I realized it would function better as a sleeping bag.

This is a very early prototype, it still has a lot of improvement if it's going to become a real wallet, but I thought I would share some pics.

Me and my grandpa compete for ponytail length

The title of this post is completely relevant. 

OLD MAN NECKLACE COMPLETE

OLD MAN NECKLACE COMPLETE

My awesome grandpa gave me some sterling silver snowflake pieces he got back in the 70's, and a really cool chain.  So this is what became of that, and if you hurry you can still buy a pair.

SNOWFLAKE EARRINGS

http://fjoll.com/Store%20Jewelry.html

Old man necklaces phase one.

I have a good feeling about these, it will make more sense once I make some progress.

I am going to go for a moondog feel on the old men.

The store is now open!!

The fjoll store is now open!

Come check it out at www.fjoll.com

I also have some wallets and bookmarks available at FRESH,

on 9th and 9th in Salt Lake City.

New art, stickers, store opening this week!

Some more watercolors complete,

and fun stuff for the store which will open this week I promise!

(bad lighting on this last one, too big for the scanner!  I'll work on that)

Necklaces for my grandmothers

Both of my grandma's just turned, well, old,

so I decided to make them both a necklace.

Soon to be in local stores

Looking back at some prototyping.

Originally the wallets were going to be made out of letra paper and letter pressed.

About to open!

Im just finishing up on some things here and there, and I should have the shop up next week.

Ha I've also been reading the Harry Potter books again for the first time in 7 years, 

and I've got to say they are actually really good!

A scottish woman can accomplish anything!

On another note, I'll be having a sidewalk chalk art gathering tomorrow somewhere in Salt Lake.

If you want to come, shoot me an email or text.

I'm working on getting together a site with all of the sidewalk chalk art my peeps and 

I have accomplished over the last four years, theres some pretty good stuff.  I'll definitely post a 

link when it's finished.

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!

Screen Printero

Just got done with some screen printing on a couple of items i'm pretty stoked about.

The fjoll store should be opening any day now, just as soon as I get a couple more things done.

Cheers.

New water colors from the week

Trying out some new ideas, this is what came out.  Not sure what I'm going to do with them.

Sorry about the bad lighting.  I'm pretty happy with the robot on the bottom one.