Snow Drifter - A Winter Photo Shoot

 We did a quick photo shoot while we were in Colorado, featuring some new pieces in the Shop, take a peek :)

Turquoise Falls, Leather Choker (custom version), and the Long Heishi Necklace is coming soon!

Breast Plate

My beanie was made by Trev's mom! I love it! It was approximately 8 degrees or something ridiculous that day, so this was a very quick and impromptu photo shoot!

Hope you're all having a great Monday!

<3,

MacK Mars

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What I'm Working On

Here's a quick preview of what I've been up to...

A few layering pieces, personally I quite like the heishi necklace(top left and bottom right corner). Trev took some photos of new stuff recently, so hopefully we'll have a bunch of new listings coming to the Shop very soon :)

<3,

MacK

Weekend Recap- Thrift Adventure

We are so lucky in the DC area to have so many amazing vintage and thrift stores. This weekend a new thrift/consignment store opened, Buffalo Exchange. We first fell in love with Buffalo Exchange in Denver, Colorado. Trev has family out there, so we visit frequently :) And we were super excited to find that they were opening one right here in DC (14th St corridor). 

Trev and I both found some really great items. If you have a Buffalo Exchange in your area you should definitely check it out!!

and here's this furniture store we stumbled across, it felt like we had walked onto a 70's movie set..

We also stopped by another one of our FAVORITE vintage stores, Dr K's (U ST corridor)!

Dr K's is by far my favorite vintage store ever! This guy has an AMAZING collection of vintage levi's, graphic tees, tooled leather purses, luggage, dresses and do you see all those boots?! And I die over his framed vintage denim(pictured above) every time I go in. It's mostly men's apparel, with a small women's sections. But I don't care, I have never seen a more beautiful collection of Americana style vintage in my life. I should also mention that Dr K himself is very nice and extremely knowledgeable and his prices are great. We both walked away with some great items. OK you get it, I love Dr. K's. 

I'll be doing another post later with all our thrift picks from yesterday :) Stay tuned..

<3,

MacK

Handmade Love

I love being a part of the handmade community! To be honest, I sort of just discovered it. I grew up with an artist mother and so I have always approached the world with an "if I can make, why buy it?" attitude. And that's pretty much what I've done my whole life. I've made all kinds of things from jewelry, to sculptures, scrap books, photos, etc etc.. Making things it's very meditative for me, it's my happy place :) I was given this artistic talent and using that creative energy is my way of showing gratitude for it. So there's a lot of love and warm fuzzies that goes into each piece. I think that's why hand made goods feel so special to me, because I know that any artist must have put an immense amount of care into what they made, just as I do.

When I finally got up the courage to start my little Etsy store I was introduced to a whole new world. There are so many amazingly talented people out there making some seriously beautiful things. And the fact that I also get to read about the maker, see pictures of them, get to know them a little, makes the buying experience that much more special. We're so lucky we have all this stuff right at our fingertips. I could spend hours pouring through of it..Here's a few of my favorites..

1. Nalini Shop

2. Wild And Free

3. Fringe N Feather

4. Love Jules

5. Perpetu Mobile

6. Golden Hands Design

7. Super Little Cute

8. HoakonHelga

9. Bonjour Frenchie Art

MacK <3

Sneak Peak

I've got several items that are just waiting to have their picture taken by Trev so we can add them to the Shop..Here's a peak at one of the new wrap bracelets :)

Hopefully we'll add some new listings soon! 

Have a great weekend!!

<3,

MacK

Friday iPhone Photos

Yes! It's Friday!

I had a lot of fun with packaging this week. I like to do something a little different each time I ship an item out :)

And here's a few random photos from through out the week..

All decked out in SoulMakes :)

I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow. Trevy and I have a thrift adventure planned for this weekend, super excited! And I'm sure I'll be sharing all my finds with you. 

Have a wonderful Friday!

<3,

MacK

Mid Week Inspiration

My Nails

That's right, a post about my nails. Although I haven't had much time for it lately, I'm pretty into nail art. I'm not so bad at it either :) Take a look...

After 4 weeks of unpainted nails, a record for me, I finally found some time to sit down and paint them this week. Sometimes, it's the little things. I love putting my creative energy to use and being able to pamper myself simultaneously is a big plus :)

Hope you're all having a great week!!

<3,

MacK

Weekend Recap

Well, mostly I spent the weekend grocery shopping and doing boring adult things. But we did stop by the fair on Saturday night..

Oh and here's this really cool car we saw..

Of course I found some time to work on some new things for the shop..

I think I'll pile this one on with a choker and the Skull Necklace :)

Anyways, hope everyone had an awesome weekend!!

<3,

MacK

Details - Around the house

Aside from jewelry making, I like to consider myself and artist of all trades. I also really love to paint, although it's been too long since I've done that. So here's a few snap shots of some of my paitnings etc, oh and a signed Fleetwood Mac record…no big deal :) I love our little home! Since we're both artist there's lots of really cool little details

Happy Friday everyone!! Hope you all have the most beautiful weekend!

<3,

MacK

Fun Photos

First SoulMakes logo Doodle

Commute, not so bad eh?

Nice Whip

Bracelet Experimentation

Me

A Peek Inside My Sketch Book

I like the Sky!

Happy almost Friday!

Inspiration