June 29, 2012

Friday iPhone Photos

This week we got a bunch of really cool stuff to put in my work space

it's really coming together well :) This is my new favorite place to be. I especially  love the little set of drawers in the top left corner!

And here's a few other randoms from the week..




Happy Friday! Have an amazing weekend! And don't forget about our FREE SHIPPING!!


<3,
MacK




June 28, 2012

Free Shipping!!!!

Whooo Hooo!! Starting right now....


ENJOY!!!!

<3,
MacK

June 27, 2012

What I'm working On

Here's a few things from this past week..


A new chest plate in the making.. I'm particularly fond of this one <3

New turquoise heishi choker/wrap bracelet :) 

Hope everyone's week is going great!!

<3,
MacK

Mid Week Inspiration

This morning I woke up to find a long text message from a dear friend who was flying from here in the East, to San Francisco. She's made this flight a good hand full of times, often in the morning. But today dusk was just starting to fall when they got up in the air. She said it was literally as if they were chasing the sun set.







(All photos by me and Trev)


Also enclosed was this quote:

"If only we try to live sincerely, it will go well with us, even though we are certain to experience real sorrow, and great disappointments, and also will probably commit great faults and do wrong things, but it certainly is true, that it is better to be high-spirited, even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent. It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done"

-Vincent Van Gogh

<3,
MacK

June 26, 2012

The soul mates behind SoulMakes

I just want to take a moment to thank Trevor - with out him none of this would be possible. This might get a little long winded...



It's an interesting thing embarking on a business adventure with your life partner. It wasn't like we sat down one day and said hey let's go into to business together and here's how. Actually it's not even that I sat down one day and said I'm gonna do this thing. It just slowly happened(and is still happening), one necklace at a time, one listing at a time. And the more I make, the more I want to make. Trevor has been a HUGE part of this from the very beginning. It started with encouragement; and later a photo shoot; and then, with out me even having to ask, he took responsibility for the all the web design and graphic design AND search engine optimization AND pretty much anything involving the interent, because admittedly I'm not very technologically evolved. Did I also mention that he takes the packages to ship out every morning?

UHG SERIOUSLY?! that jaw line...

It seems Trevor is not only super handsome but also creative and business wise. Me, I just know about making things with my hands. That's as far as I'd ever gotten. I don't think either of us had any idea how this dance would go, or maybe we both had ideas but didn't mention them to each other. That sounds about right :) We are pretty good communicators usually, but working together is a whole other story. We tried it once before actually, we had a small photography operation going and then one day I quit/he fired me. It was a mutual decision. Besides, he's a much better photog than I am <3 

So here we are again with SoulMakes. Even though I'm telling you right now that Trevor is a huge help, I sometimes trick myself into thinking that he's trying to control me. For instance, Trev will say "You need to do this...or that..." or "You should do this or that..." And for whatever reason I just stop listening after that because I think he's trying to take charge. You see, he's super successful at everything he does. He is the definition of "you can do anything you put your mind to" I so admire that, it's probably one of the things that attracted me to him. I saw that in him and I wanted it, because it's something that I've never really had. Mostly because I didn't think that anything I had was of any value. But he has such confidence! When he says those things, he's only trying to help and be suggestive, the truth is I hear it the way I hear because I'm afraid I'll never be as amazing as him! Luckily he's right there to tell me that I AM amazing, already. I'm starting to believe him...

The bottom line, this is something we both want. We want to share our creative passions with each other. And let's be real, men and women speak fundamentally different languages. But we want to learn each other's languages. As long as we remain willing to do that we will continue to grow together!

So thanks Trevor for being my partner in life and in business and also for having the patience of a saint.


<3,
MacK

This just in...

A few items have just been added to the shop!!


Leather Charm Anklet


White Coral and Turquoise Layering Necklace

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!

<3,
MacK



June 25, 2012

Vacation Inspiration

Welcome to Monday! I am so ready for a vacation and nothing recharges me like some sunset over the water. We are taking a short beach vacation at the end of next month..but I'm already dreaming..The perfect vacation for me would be lots of ocean, a little shopping, good food, a lovely hotel and of course some time for beading <3 Oh and it wouldn't be a vacation without Trevy :) So here's a little vacation inspiration..









Hope everyone's having a great start to their week!

<3,
MacK
















June 22, 2012

Friday iPhone Photos

So today we have a special treat :) Trevy's iPhone photos! He went on a business trip this week, cause he's super fancy! He sent me a few of his pics along the way and if you read yesterday's post than you know that I think Trev is the best photographer ever and if this is what he can do with an iPhone, imagine what he does with his real camera!











Hope everyone has an amazing weekend! 

<3,
MacK

June 21, 2012

135

As promised, here's some of my 35 mm shots from our past summer adventures..

Lady Bird Johnson Park AKA field of flowers <3


Picking peaches at a farm we found on a long and spontaneous drive down 66



Richmond


Lucky for us we're only a few hours from the beach, so I like to drive there at absurd hours to watch the sunrise and then go home.



One more quick lesson..X-PRO or cross processing film is when you process one film in another films chemicals. Usually processing E-6 in C-41 chemicals. The result is always different, but the bottom line is wild colors! Like the two above, velvia slides always turn out kinda prupley when xpro'd.





Baltimore Aquarium



And a few randoms..




And there you have it. It seems I didn't post many pictures of people, maybe that'll be another post one day. I love to document life. I love to remember. I'm the most sentimental person I know, seems only fitting I'd carry a camera around. Although I did put it down for a while, I've been trying to carry my 35 MM around with me again. 1 photo a day. 

Happy Almost Friday!
<3,
MacK