For many of us Valentine’s weekend will start with flowers, chocolates and the Olympics.
Mine started with fresh baked cookies from a friend.
Happy Valentine’s Weekend!
xoxo
Leslie
When it’s cold outside it’s a constant challenge to find new things to photograph and there are only so many pictures I can take of Mickey.
But my friend Tatiana recently joined the company Tribal Societé. This dynamic company offers a variety of environmentally friendly jewelry and accessories made by artisans of tribal villages around the world.
These artisanal finds stem from designers in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador, Peru and Thailand.
The colors and textures of the jewelry are stunning and the use of natural materials as Tagua and Acai make these designs truly unique.
The Tagua nut comes from palm trees, known as ivory palms or tagua palms, found in South America. It is eco-friendly, sustainable, durable and light weight. Jewelry handcrafted from tagua is absolutely stunning whether in natural tagua ivory or dyed. Tagua furthers important environmental and socioeconomic goals by stimulating local economies in South America, providing an alternative to destroying rain-forests and preventing elephants from being killed for their ivory tusks. The brilliance of Tagua can be seen in the piece below.
Tribal Societé jewelry can be purchased direct from their e-commerce site or from select boutiques around the country. As a globally inspired company a portion of sales are donated to The Global Fund for Women.
And if you or someone you know is interested in starting their own business Tribal Societe offers trunk show kits that allow you to become your own reseller of the jewelry.
My photos were shot with a homemade studio and the help of some low cost supplies from – Home Depot – not bad!
If you haven’t yet purchased your Valentine’s Day gifts I hope these images inspire you to shop at Tribal Societé.
Enjoy!
Leslie
Last November I posted about the site Cocodot.
A service of beautiful online invitations and greetings for all occasions. Cocodot allows users to save time and money on printing, postage and design.
Invites can be customized with photos and text and a personal dashboard allows you to manage events, addresses, RSVP’s and more.
What is really exciting is their recent Vanity Fair news coverage as a favorite source for luxe-looking stationary and cards.
If you haven’t already tried Cocodot, I highly recommend giving it a try.
Enjoy!
Leslie
With nearly half of my readers in Europe many of you will not get to see my exhibition in person.
For those who didn’t make it to tonight’s reception I hope you will make time to visit the exhibition. The images look amazing and their large format is perfect inside Recycle-A-Bicycle. Note the shop is closed Sundays.
I have a few postcard gift sets left so email me quickly if you are interested in buying some.
I want to send a special thanks to Pasqualina Azzarello, the Director of Recycle-A-Bicycle. Pasqualina made this exhibition possible and I’m truly grateful for the opportunity and the experience.
I also want to send a really big thank you to my friends Dan and Maria. Their help and support has gone above and beyond and without them the show would have never happened, so thank you again.
And finally thank you to all my friends and family who came out to support me tonight. It truly means a lot that you were there.
If you won’t make it to the show and are interested in the size and price of prints, please contact me at info@TheL-List.com.
Leslie
Note: Not all images are shown – it’s good to have a few surprises if you visit the show.
