SF Zoo Fundraiser Jewelry

jfheTo support the San Francisco Zoo, the HipMonsters’ sisters team, and a neighborhood friend decided to sell jewelry to raise money and awareness. Their efforts were a great success, raising nearly 400 dollars in two days of work, thanks to the generous and kind people of San Francisco.

Here is a selection of just some of the fundraiser jewelry sold! The jewelry is made with molding clay and painted with acrylic paint.

Thanks again to our neighbor friend and all the kind people who donated!

Happy creating!

Color Splash Collection, Summer 2023

The Summer 2023 release of the Color Splash Collection is in!

Wooden, colorful necklaces

Made from wood and painted in acrylic paint, each necklace is uniquely painted and secured with a silver wire. The color pallet is rich and drawn from nature. The wood is rough cut to give a natural, unrestrained look and feel.  Look below to see each necklace in detail. 

wooden necklace

Sea Foam

wooden necklace

Lava Flow

Wooden Necklace

Night Ocean

wooden necklace

Red Night

wooden necklace

Summer Pond

wooden necklace

Orange Sunset

wooden necklace

Night Waves

All jewelry made at HipMonsters is crafted and designed by kids. Each is made with love and inspired by nature, science and a love of creating something new.

Happy creating, and wearing!

Steampunk Jewelry

Where technology and beauty meet, our steampunk jewelry embraces the genius within! This collection of steampunk jewelry is fit for all steampunk-loving monsters. We were inspired by some of the cool steampunk gadgets in the books and movies that we have read/watched. Here are all of the books and movies that we were inspired by: Girl Genius, Secrets in the Mist, Howl’s Moving Castle, Clockwork Fairytales, Map to Everywhere, and Castle in the Sky.

DIY steampunk brooch
Circle of Power Brooch

The Circle of Power brooch lights up to illuminate the center gemstone. It is two inches in diameter and has a magnetic attachment. To make this, we glued a Mancala gem on a gear and put it in a metal bottle cap. We then secured fairy lights around it and attached a lightweight battery to power them. You can easily turn on and off the fairy lights, and it is easy to replace the battery. The brooch is attached by very strong magnets, so you don’t have to poke holes in the thing that you are attaching it to.

DIY steampunk jewelry
Gears of Time

The Gears of Time choker is about six inches long and attached with a clasp. To make this, we sewed gears onto a normal black choker making sure they looked as if the meshed together and could work. To add depth and complexity we stacked gears on top of one another and used hot glue to secure them. We wanted the choker to fit tightly so it appear that you were peering into the inner workings of a robot.

Happy creating!

Color Splash Collection

 

Embracing  color  and elegance our necklaces will  bring  joy to those who wear them. 

Wooden Jewelry, Necklaces, Color Splash
Color Splash Collection

Our collection of Color Splash necklaces are made from poplar wood, painted in pastel and with silver chain and pendants.  

 

Wooden Jewelry, Necklaces, Color Splash
Ocean Color

Wooden Jewelry, Necklaces, Color Splash
Ocean Color

This necklace is called Ocean Color.

 

Wooden Jewelry, Necklaces, Color Splash
Midday Sun

Wooden Jewelry, Necklaces, Color Splash
Midday Sun

 

This necklace is Midday Sun