One hit elegance – something of use

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Its always a challenge to carry a watermelon home from the Grocery Store – especially when you are walking.

Japanese designer, Tsuchiya Kaban, leather bag provides an elegant, luxury vessel tote around your fruit. Holding one round watermelon, the carrier was crafted by Yusuke Kadoi as part of a project titled “The Fun of Carrying”, which encouraged designers to create playful, inventive items as side projects.

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The bag is just a concept – if it was put into production, there may be an audience for it!

Photos: Tsuchiya Kaban 2020

Out and Beyond

When you are “Old School”, wireless headphones are beyond your ken. The white skinny things dangling from one’s ears or the black squat plugs – both not visually appealing.

dievca has been sticking with her Frends Layla Headphones in Oil Slick and she still gets compliments – even with the old school wires.

Then she dreamed of the seashore – desperate for a Holiday on the beach. Dreaming that she was picking up sea shells:

When it was actually an attractive wireless earphone by Planet Beyond:

she actually bought them (without the additional jewelry) and has them charging to work. Wish her luck with the “Planet Beyond” experience. No review offered – yet.

Lightweight and ergonomic, PB01X wireless Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds are attractive in both design and sound with sophisticated stereo sound quality. With two beamforming mic arrays, IPX5 sweat and water resistance, PB01X is ideal for long-wearing audio entertainment anywhere. Packaged in a sleek case, these earbuds slip in your pocket and attain a full charge in 1 hour. A full charge equates to 5 hours of continuous play and 160 hours of standby power.

• Features noise reducing microphone for calls and in-app voice recording.

• Choose your fit. Planet Beyond earbuds come with three silicone tip sizes—small, medium and large—for the most comfortable listening experience. 

• Compatible with Apple and Android devices. Planet Beyond pairs to you.

• Available in stainless steel, rose gold tone metal, or yellow gold tone metal.

• Fully charged travel charging case and earbuds supports 30 hours of use.

• Crafted from sustainably sourced recycled metals.


Imitation of a lovely thing…dievca desires

Oscar Wilde —
‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.’

dievca wants to be That Lady.
The lovely one on the train in Copenhagen.
The one who looks like she has it together.
The one who has personality.

In particular, dievca is in lust over her ring:

Isn’t it lovely?
So dievca started on a quest to recreate the ring. she contacted the Dark Gem Dom to see if he could identify what type of stone was in the Lady’s ring. And if he could help dievca buy a stone. The Gem Dom made some excellent suggestions for purchasing a rough stone and, as an accomplished gemcutter, He made time to facet the stone for dievca.

The Pavilion

The completed stone,

With the apartment move, dievca’s Parents having challenges and Life in general, the gorgeous gem was set to the side — but dievca has  been collecting gold. 14K earrings that lost a mate, 14K broken bracelets and chains – whatever she can find in 14K yellow gold from her jewelry box and friends. she’s getting to the point where she has enough to send the gem, the gold and the photo to a jewelery maker friend. Woo Whooo!

A huge “Thank You” to the Dark Gem Dom for the help and the beautiful work.
If you want to connect with Him, send dievca a note. She’ll work on it. XO


Sometimes you have to wonder…

…what the designers were thinking.
Or maybe it was a conscious choice.
Or a sense of humor.

It is a sexual eye opener.

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Photo: shared by Momo – Dutch paper dispenser