New Jewelry On Display at Floreant Projects Gallery Emmaus PA

For a limited time (until June 20, 2012) a unique selection of my broken china jewelry will be on display and for sale at Floreant Projects gallery in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Here are a few of the designs currently at Floreant.







Necklace made from antique Flow Blue china, sterling silver chain and wires, freshwater pearls







Art Deco poppy china with sterling silver chain and wires,

Dishfunctional Designs Featured on Recyclart!

A big thanks to Recyclart for featuring my broken china jewelry on their site today! Be sure to check out Recyclart for great ideas in upcycled home decor, art, and accessories.

A Look Inside a Custom Broken China Jewelry Order

This order was created for a customer who wanted matching necklaces made for herself and her mother. 

The customer asked me if I had any black and white patterned china and I sent her the photo below. 

This is vintage Wedgwood English transferware in a floral motif. 

The customer loved the choice of china and so it began!

















I drew out a variety of design shapes onto the

Old Britain Castles English Transferware

One of my favorite china patterns to work with is Johnson Bros Old Britain Castles (this was also the china pattern of the necklace I made that was featured in Country Living magazine last month.) Here are a few favorite jewelry pieces that I have created from this classic pattern.Pin brooch with crystals and glass pearlsTeacup and saucerNecklace pendantMatching necklaces...great for sisters,

I Heart Fiesta & My Fiesta Hearts Me

Imagine my thrill when I was gifted with this fancy-schmancy sandblasted Fiestaware plate from a Homer Laughlin Fiesta Collector’s Association! It's perfect!Is this not the cutest thing ever? I had already been making my jewelry from broken plates and pottery for quite a few years when one day I was approached by a Fiesta collector to enter a contest in which artists create something from

Vintage Monogram China Made Into Jewelry!

I love these vintage ads!



Vintage advertisement for monogrammed china





I just LOVE vintage advertisements. I especially love vintage ads featuring china or flatware! I always find myself squinting at the ads I come across, trying to make out the china pattern or silver pattern, wondering if it’s one I have in stock for my jewelry making.



I think on two occasions I’ve found ads for

I Was Once Broken... Jewelry Made From Broken Calendar Plates

Jewelry made from antique broken calendar plates...






Antique calendar plate from 1909 with lots of damage



I have a great love for these old advertising calendar plates...they seem to be one of those things that combine everything that I love in one package: it's a plate, it's old, it's got a beautiful floral transferware design on it...but most especially, it marks a certain point in

Silver or Black Jewelry Finish? Which Do You Prefer?

Silver or Black jewelry finish? Which do you prefer? 

I recently posted this question on my Facebook page. 

So far, silver is in the lead...







Shiny silver finish?







When I first began making jewelry from broken china (and we're talking nearly 20 years now - yikes!) I would occasionally dabble with the black/vintage/antiqued finishes, but for some reason I always seemed to come back

I Finally Made It To Etsy's Front Page!

I was thrilled to find my items included in five different Etsy treasuries last week, and even more thrilled to find that one of the treasuries was featured on Etsy's front page...



...of course I'm never home when these things happen, but got a capture of the screen shot :-)

Refreshed

So glad to be back to my little blog and working again - this winter I made like a bear and hibernated most of the season...but am back with lots of new pretty things and a refreshed Etsy store with tons of new stock! (Check it out below!)http://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesignsNote the new Etsy store name - missing the letter "a" in Dishfunctional - but alas, Etsy only allows so many

Dishfunctional Designs on Great Green Goods

If you are looking for a recycled or green gift, be sure to check out Great Green Goods. I was thrilled to recently have my broken china jewelry featured by them on their site, which features eco-friendly products that are made by creative minds with recycled materials. You can read their review of my jewelry here: Dishfunctional Designs - Makes you want to Break your PlatesFrom Pennsylvania

Cupcake!

Boy do I have lots of sweet new goodies for spring! This winter I took some time away from my regular line of broken china jewelry to create some exciting new designs with some fabulous vintage materials...I dove into my collection of vintage photos, reproduced some of them, then had a ball adding some fun text to them and incorporating them into some fresh new designs. (I knew I was collecting