tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37507665055481586132011-07-07T23:34:45.168-07:00C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-23005545420770510512011-04-12T09:45:00.000-07:002011-04-12T09:50:51.995-07:00<span style="font-family: courier new;">"Magic occurs in the dark, indeed in darkness itself, while myth occurs in the night and dreams where a twilight is already present."</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Jean Gebser, <span style="font-style: italic;">2012: The Return of Queztacoatl</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-2300554542077051051?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-39058695050053806962011-04-06T15:09:00.001-07:002011-04-06T15:19:02.946-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuOv-xM-nz4/TZzk13qh3RI/AAAAAAAAAEk/5ntrbdp5PKA/s1600/linxrings.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuOv-xM-nz4/TZzk13qh3RI/AAAAAAAAAEk/5ntrbdp5PKA/s400/linxrings.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592596451413843218" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Zapf Dingbats">✝ ✝ ✝</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Zapf Dingbats"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Lynx</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> rings, 2010</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Two sterling silver square rings, sterling silver delicate chains</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Handmade with ♥ in NYC</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Please email cultofsecrets@gmail.com for purchase inquiries.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Various sizes available</span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Zapf Dingbats'; "><br /></p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-3905869505005380696?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-25266539106319413292011-04-05T16:29:00.000-07:002011-04-05T17:43:23.511-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-trNwzjgkhbk/TZupqKpMeuI/AAAAAAAAAEc/D4Zox13gVnI/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-trNwzjgkhbk/TZupqKpMeuI/AAAAAAAAAEc/D4Zox13gVnI/s400/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592249904187341538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tcQhyy6P4L8/TZupp-AhXmI/AAAAAAAAAEU/4O4jMrW5Shs/s1600/photo%25283%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tcQhyy6P4L8/TZupp-AhXmI/AAAAAAAAAEU/4O4jMrW5Shs/s400/photo%25283%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592249900795518562" border="0" /></a><br />✝ ✝ ✝</div> <span style="font-family:courier new;">So it's been awhile since I last posted, and I apologize. Life just has a way of taking a hold of you huh? A LOT has been happening since we last spoke...but right now I'd just like to share a few photos from a photoshoot I participated in back in December.</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br /><br />It was my first photoshoot ever, and it was pretty sweet. My friend Barbara is a freelance stylist and she asked me to come bring some of my jewelry to a DUMBO loft space, in Brooklyn NY (I live there now). Through the winds of fate and because it's such a small world, it turns out my friend Brittany was one of the hair + makeup people!</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;">Hope you enjoy the post, and hopefully this will be the first of many more photoshoots. </span><br /><br />✝<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-2526653910631941329?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-66470259641101644752009-08-01T23:22:00.000-07:002009-08-01T23:29:20.325-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SnUyLjGjMGI/AAAAAAAAADw/sylEFmhKvb8/s1600-h/Bloggershop2_Invite_long_2_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SnUyLjGjMGI/AAAAAAAAADw/sylEFmhKvb8/s400/Bloggershop2_Invite_long_2_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365249705064476770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />CULTOFSECRETS handcrafted and carefully selected pieces will be available for purchase at the Blogger Shop day at <a href="http://www.space15twenty.com/">Space 15 Twenty</a> in Hollywood tomorrow.<br /><br />△ △ △<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-6647025964110164475?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-51587438693200997942009-05-21T17:42:00.001-07:002009-05-21T17:49:14.533-07:00<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Dum spiro, spero. (While I breathe, I hope.)</span><br />- Cicero<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/ShX2IlD3n9I/AAAAAAAAACk/lIrdunBv6D4/s1600-h/dumspero_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/ShX2IlD3n9I/AAAAAAAAACk/lIrdunBv6D4/s400/dumspero_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338443560565317586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dum spiro, spero</span> ring, 2008<br />Hand carved and hand casted sterling silver<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-5158743869320099794?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-15812597989857801532008-12-15T15:19:00.000-08:002008-12-16T16:35:01.495-08:00<span style="font-family:courier new;">"To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden."</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Robert Louis Stevenson</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUboc80RTBI/AAAAAAAAABs/VaJdnNskYhs/s1600-h/amulet2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUboc80RTBI/AAAAAAAAABs/VaJdnNskYhs/s400/amulet2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280163197197831186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUbnC-O2BSI/AAAAAAAAABU/ePoSyiO4XE4/s1600-h/amulet1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUbnC-O2BSI/AAAAAAAAABU/ePoSyiO4XE4/s400/amulet1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280161651389498658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUbnK9xNiNI/AAAAAAAAABc/7ICtsFeECQ4/s1600-h/amulet4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SUbnK9xNiNI/AAAAAAAAABc/7ICtsFeECQ4/s400/amulet4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280161788704164050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;">The Amulet</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> hair jewelry, 2008<br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;">Feathers, natural quartz crystals, black wax-coated mylar rope, sterling silver charms and chains</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;"><br />Handmade with ♥ </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Photos </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">© Ivoline Lee</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-1581259798985780153?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-63384858974483046292008-10-20T21:43:00.001-07:002008-10-20T21:50:26.962-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1eHP-W2gI/AAAAAAAAABI/W4fTZgdTkyA/s1600-h/hope1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1eHP-W2gI/AAAAAAAAABI/W4fTZgdTkyA/s400/hope1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259463418478778882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1eDQI4jxI/AAAAAAAAABA/DL55VpFSNp8/s1600-h/hope2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1eDQI4jxI/AAAAAAAAABA/DL55VpFSNp8/s400/hope2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259463349803454226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >Hope [is a thing with feathers]</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> keychain, 2008</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Natural quartz crystal, painted shells casted in resin, feathers, black mylar rope,</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> sterling silver chains</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Handmade with </span>♥<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-6338485897448304629?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-6927183080473611532008-10-20T21:39:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:01:29.740-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/ShX5Xp_3aMI/AAAAAAAAADg/Vg_X39mA0dU/s1600-h/loverswalk_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/ShX5Xp_3aMI/AAAAAAAAADg/Vg_X39mA0dU/s400/loverswalk_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338447118123624642" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1dP11AUcI/AAAAAAAAAA4/DBoEILY2pWw/s1600-h/lovers2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1dP11AUcI/AAAAAAAAAA4/DBoEILY2pWw/s400/lovers2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259462466567426498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1dJIRuQWI/AAAAAAAAAAw/WUI5aplNgts/s1600-h/lovers1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i9istryu9LM/SP1dJIRuQWI/AAAAAAAAAAw/WUI5aplNgts/s400/lovers1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259462351260631394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:courier new;" >A Lover's Walk</span><span style="font-family:courier new;"> necklace, 2008</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Found + altered natural shell</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Cast sterling silver </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-692718308047361153?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750766505548158613.post-54086895705931966432008-10-20T21:37:00.000-07:002008-10-20T21:38:39.034-07:00<span style="font-family: courier new;">"Myths are the institutions of the mind. They have an organic life of their own; they remain alive despite fact and reason, despite evidence and proof. Bored by the commonplace, we dream of broken hearts and undying loyalties; gnawed by materialism and expedience, we relish the extraordinary, we are bewitched by the exotic, we dream of dedication to ethereal abstractions."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">- Ruth Miller, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: courier new;">The Poetry of Emily Dickinson</span><span style="font-family: courier new;">, Chapter 1</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3750766505548158613-5408689570593196643?l=cultofsecrets.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>C U L T O F S E C R E T Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01492690098489570004noreply@blogger.com0