Top: Candie's, Kohl's; Skirt (a dress!): Macy's; Shoes: Not Rated, Journeys; Bag: Betsey Johnson, Amazon; Fuchsia belt: Belt is Cool, Amazon; Peach belt: Izod, Marshalls; Blue bangle: So, Kohl's; Lime bangle: B Fabulous; Coral bangle: Silver Linings, Ocean City; Striped bangle: Mixit, JCPenney
Anchors emblazon everything from cardigans to pillows to flesh (I'm talking tattoos). But just what is it about these nautical notions that charm us into desecrating our homes and decorating our bodies? Their promise of a glam getaway and/or safe harbor? Their association with a simpler, more romantic time? Or is our love for them nothing more than the product of our preoccupation with Popeye? (All waterways, it seems, lead back to tattoos.) In the end, all that matters is that anchors are aces. And that I had a whale of a time incorporating them into this Bright This Ship Necklace:
Because when you go bright, you never go wrong. Unless, of course, your craft is so colorful that it attracts a posse of pirates who commandeer it for their rutabaga smuggling ring (when it comes to contraband, root vegetables are funnier than rum.) If that doesn't say piece-of-Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-footage-on-the-cutting-room-floor, then I don't know what does.
Unless it's Johnny Depp dressed as a rutabaga and belting out a ribald riddle.
By the way, I hear that Mr. Depp's bankrupt. For enough clams, I bet he'd be down.
