Well, hello!
My name is Meg, and I’m the most recent addition to the team here at Design Boston.
I’ve been a reader since I met the founder, and now — after my two week old move to this fine city — I’m a contributor!
If you’ve been reading DB for very long, you already know this blog provides an authoritative and appreciative voice about the design scene in Boston and beyond. And when I say design scene, I mean everything from architecture to furniture design to product design to eco-conscious design. Gradon, Christopher and Joyce know their stuff.
So why am I here?
Well, my scope of interest falls more toward fashion, jewelry and accessories — and that’s what I’m going to be covering. If someone in Boston is making something fantastic I can wear, I’ll be all over it. I’ll even be touching on cosmetic and beauty lines created by independent producers in the Boston area — as long as they look as fantastic as they feel and smell.
(This is probably a good time to mention that Joyce DEFINITELY knows her stuff when it comes to beautiful accessories. Click. Enjoy.)
So, without further ado, a quick hit on some Friday finery:
Twigs and Heather is a locally run, green-focused Etsy shop full of magical goodness.
Heather and Kerry Alice have a beautiful eye for turning small bits of metal into evocative, whimsical pieces that are as unique as they are wearable. I particularly love how they use a safety pin — or their own lovely version of the same — as a motif, which references everything from nursery life to black-clad Misfits style in a simple, evocative shape.
My favorite piece? This lone punk rock safety pin on a delicate chain:
Deceptively simple, but perfect in scale and adaptation.
I also dig their natural element pieces, like this tiny organic hydrangea necklace:
They’ve also got gorgeous silvered maple seeds and tiny acorns, hanging from silver twigs — enough nature for any neck.
And I can’t forget to mention their nod to this season’s nautical trend:
It’s more subtle and special than brass buttons on a navy blazer, or a striped boat-neck top with sailor-front trousers, I’d say.
But if I had to choose one piece that my significant other could pick up to dazzle me, I think it would be this fantastic little black sheep necklace:
While I am not, in fact, the black sheep of my family, I would love to have this as the black sheep of my necklace wardrobe (get it? Get it?)
Be sure to take a look around Twigs and Heather — my first pick for Boston-based Friday finery!
