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| Growing animal pins |
For the first iteration of this idea and the back-story, see the previous post -
Time to Go Outside: Living Jewelry. For the pin version I have used blackboard vinyl (see how you can use chalk on the vinyl below). The simple silhouette shapes of a cat head and a rabbit have been stitched along the perimeter but left open at the top so that you can insert a tab of homemade paper. The paper was produced by throwing junk mail and water into a blender and then embedding seeds in it once the blender mixture was slopped onto a drying screen.
I like the fact that they remind me vaguely of 1930's jewelry shapes, particularly the cat pin.
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| Bunny pin planted with wheat grass seeded paper |
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| Bunny pin with added chalk drawing |
I am showing the pins both blank and after they've been scribbled on a bit with chalk. This is the wonder of blackboard vinyl. It works just like a blackboard, and you can erase whatever you draw and then draw something else. I am wishing I had drawn a mean, evil bunny, and because it is blackboard vinyl, I can do that the next time I wear it.
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| Cat pin planted with cat grass seeded paper |
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| Cat pin with chalk embellishment |
Cat lovers will appreciate the fact that in addition to sending a green, "let's go outside" message, the cat grass is something cats love to nibble.
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| Delectable cat grass |
That is it on growable jewelry for the moment. Time to go out and make some of your own.
