{visit oli+me here}
I first spied Oli + me on former contributor Suann Songs blog.  Suann isn’t a big jewelry person so when she highlights a jewelry designer you know they must be special.  I on the other hand am a jewelry person and my taste veers to either the extremely dainty or the extremely bold [...]

{please visit modern dose here}
You knew the Adorn project wasn’t just about baubles and bits of shiny for your favorite outfit, right?  We wanted to accessorize your living space as well.  So I asked Estela Lugo the owner of online lifestyle emporium Modern Dose if she was up for playing.  I had my eye on [...]

{ please visit darlingtonia here }
The thing I love most about buying hand made is knowing the product is made by someone who loves what they are doing. There is no sweat shop filled with unhappy laborers. Instead there are happy hands lovingly creating from the heart. Katie Kukulka loves moccasins and it shows in [...]

{ please visit polli here }
The creative side of me admires those who find a way to use materials in nontraditional ways. The ability to see potential beyond an object’s intended use is the hallmark of a true artist.  This season I’ve been amazed by dresses made out of sandpaper and astounded by “leather” pants [...]

I hide my ironing board, store my fabric scissors in a drawer and my sewing machine is kept safe by a janky piece of fabric tossed over the top. These instruments, played in order to maintain my sanity, are not getting the respect they deserve. That’s about to change.City Chic Country Mouse is a mother/daughter [...]

{ please visit madison reece here }
Shakespeare once wrote “Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”  Melissa Dubbs, the face behind Madison Reece Designs, merges two true loves of mine in every piece she creates. Dubbs combines unique and rustic silver jewelry (love no. 1) and custom personalized design (love no. [...]

{ please visit avie designs here }

It is possible to build an entire week’s worth of outfits out of one t-shirt and a pair of jeans as long as one is well equipped with the proper accessories. Merriam-Webster defines an accessory as “an object or device not essential in itself but adding to the beauty, [...]

{please visit simon + stella here}
When I am scouting for artists, designers and brands to feature on The Bright Side Project I lay out a laundry list of ‘must have’s’.  If it’s an indie brand, I want to be the one that introduced you to them. Perhaps something you may have never seen before and [...]

{please visit jen jewelry here}
Like most of the world right now I am starting to ache for bits of sunshine.  It’s been a lovely winter and well I think I am about ready for spring–like yesterday. When Miss Lindsey introduced me to designer Jenny Christiansen’s line Jen Jewelry I decided that I could skip spring [...]

{ please visit the wheatfield here }
Some people like The Bright Side Project. Some people get The Bright Side Project. And some people just embody the very essence of what The Bright Side Project is all about.  Today’s contributor surely understands just what we are about here.  Katie Daisy of The Wheatfield describes herself as [...]