The latest from Press Milla

A little spring for your ears! Dazzling faceted citrine earrings. Find them on Etsy!

Work in progress...

While I was preparing to get my earrings to Little Things, I captured my work in progress.

Press Milla for sale in a local store!

Ladies and gentlemen, Press Milla is now for sale in a fantastic little boutique called Little Things owned by Andrea Angell. Located at 1720 NW Lovejoy in Portland the grand opening event for Little Things is November 11th from 5-8. Snacks and raffles will be a part of this evening of fun. Hope to see you there!

Minty Fresh

Clean and Minty!

The latest at Press Milla!

Official

I am officially an entrepreneur. I sold my first piece of jewelry from Press Milla today. The red agate earrings were sold to my husband's, sister's , daughter's, boyfriend's, mother. Whew. I love Arkansas.

Gold and Red Agate Earrings

Another pair of earrings. A little sunshine for your ears. Faceted, red agate stones, with 24 gauge gold filled wire, and a Swarovski crystal. So classy.

Attack Squirrel

There was an attack squirrel whilst I was trying to take pictures of my jewelry! He was so close! I think he was teasing my pups....

New Earrings!

New green jade, and a robin's egg blue, faceted, glass bead. So Spring-y.

Thank you!

Thank you to my sister Mairwen, who created this fantastic logo for Press Milla. Just. Perfect.

Finally.

I have finally listed NEW items on Etsy. Copper wire is intriguing. I stumbled across working with copper wire while making an embellished lamp from a guitar. When I was told at Home Depot "I needed to go to Michaels for the kind of copper wire I need", I was obsessed with making electrical wire, from the hardware store, work for my project. Not to mention I wanted to do a karate kick into the employee's head.

This is one of my copper necklaces.

In the Beginning...

This is the first blog I have ever posted. I honestly never thought I would jump on this bandwagon, but hello, it's time. Time for Press Milla to be created. Actually, Press Milla has been in the works for quite sometime. Perhaps I should explain what a Press Milla is exactly.

The following story is an explanation of how the name of my shop became "Press Milla."

My husband grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and most of his family is from that area as well. When Bruce's grandfather was a young boy, he wanted to make a handmade gift for his mother for Christmas. Since he was a creative individual, he decided to press a Miller Moth between the pages of a book. After it was dried, he framed it and gave it to his mother on Christmas day. When she opened it she burst into tears, and believed it to be the most thoughtful, creative, and one of a kind gift she had ever received. With the slight southern drawl of Arkansas, the word "Miller" was pronounced "Milla" and the past tense word for "pressed" became "press." From that day on, a "Press Milla" became a unique gift given from the heart. Perhaps you'll think of Press Milla when you are looking for a special something, for a special someone.

Check out my Etsy store at: pressmilla@etsy.com