When you want to beat the summer heat, there’s nothing more satisfying than the sensation of frosty ice against your skin. Since wearing ice cubes isn’t the most practical idea, you might want to try ...

Squishy Sushi, out of the San Francisco Bay area, has a little known secret. Common objects can often be turned into fashionable accessories. Since recycled items seem to be very en vogue, this line ...

Images Courtesy of Prada. Collage by Ashley Peña. The phrase “fine jewelry” may conjure images of ancestral diamonds resting on velvet pillows inside a locked safe. But as Prada’s first fine jewelry ...

Valentines Day is right around the corner, and its the time of year when jewelry shopping goes into high gear. If you’re looking for a fun, eco-friendly jewelry gift for your sweetie that won’t break ...

Finding new uses for discarded items can be a lot of fun. With a snip here or a cut there, the discarded item takes on new life and fools the eye as to its original purpose. If you are like me, you ...

Most of that gold and silver is in our old electronics, so for the goal to be possible, it’s going to require a massive increase in e-waste recycling. When you recycle an old mobile phone, there’s a ...

There’s a name (and T.V. show) for people who amass tossed items and promise to reuse them. But in local jewelry designer Karen Keith’s case, the old is polished and added to something new to create ...

Allison Zeager is a jewelry and accessories designer from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently living in Santa Barbara, California. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of ...