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Location Celebration Ornamentation!

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There’s a certain beauty to the You Are Here series of jewelry/accessories that is comparable to the STC Memento we saw in October last year. While the Memento celebrates time on a grand scale, the You Are Here really memorializes a location.

The You Are Here series of jewelry captures an overhead/map view of the location of your choosing and carves that into a gold/silver plated metal sheet and then turns it into a wearable of your choosing. The beauty of the You Are Here lies in the fact that it can be linked to any special moment. The city/neighborhood you were born in, the restaurant you went to on your first date, your current home, or a memory spot for a loved one. Once you choose the locality on the map, it gets converted into a stencil that is then laser-cut onto a metal plate. The plate is then formed into a ring, pendant, or a brooch.

The You Are Here ornaments and enriches a memory through space. Not only does it make for great personal expression, it’s also beautiful if worn in pairs! Or perhaps even a rather beautiful gift for a friend, colleague, or family member… because memories are made in the right places, with the right faces!

Designer: Talia Sari

BUY IT HERE: $99.00 $129.00

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Dragons Made from Circuit Boards (aka Motherboard of Dragons)

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I may be a nerd, but it just seems like circuit boards make everything better. They are all shiny and full of circuits. And when you make dragons from old circuit boards, they look pretty amazing. They probably breathe electricity rather than fire.
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These cool dragons were made by Amanda aka TheblueKraken. Each dragon has been made into brooches, necklaces or business card holders that have gleaming (artificial) opals for eyes. She handcuts each circuit board, removes all of the extraneous elements, and then polishes and seals them in clear coat before assembling them with rivets.

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I love how she used different circuit boards for the wings, adding some depth. And check out this design – it’s a red dragon necklace, made from a less common red circuit board and hesonite garnets.

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These and other cool designs are available over at TheBlueKraken’s ArtFire shop.

I pity the knight who goes up against these dragons. Electricity and armor don’t mix.

[via Obvious Winner]

Bioshock Infinite Bird/Cage Necklaces: Choose Your Path (on Etsy)

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The bird and cage necklaces in Bioshock Infinite are one of the “choices” offered in the critically acclaimed game. In that world, Elizabeth asks you to choose which necklace she should get. But in this world, you don’t have to choose, because you can buy both of these fan made replicas. You don’t even have to buy either of them.

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Of course, you won’t know how not owning either or both of these necklaces will affect your game’s ending. Compounding matters is the fact that Etsy seller League of Shadows has three different bronze outlines for the pendants. And that the pendants are also available as brooches. Brooches be crazy.

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You know what they say – there’s always a lighthouse, there’s always a man, there’s always a city. Not that I know why they say that; I haven’t played the game yet. What I do know is that you can buy the necklaces and brooches from League of Shadows for $13 (USD) each.

[via Insanely Gaming]