About Alex Keller
Alex Keller is an artist living and creating in Tucson, Arizona.
Her passion is beauty. It encompasses fashion, art and design. In her corner of the world, she has channeled it into making jewelry. Her line, Jewelry Recycled, was inspired at the jewelry counter of a resale shop. It includes antique, vintage and resale jewelry that she has reconstructed into fresh and {new} pieces.
Her addiction is thrifting and antiquing. Vintage by Alex Keller started as a place to sell vintage jewelry. It has grown into a curation of housewares and décor that Alex would want for herself. These items stay with her for a time, are rediscovered, and make their way to new homes.
1. What inspires you to come up with new designs?
sometimes it's something i saw someone wearing or something in a magazine. i have 2 big binders of tear sheets. sometimes it's from the chains, pearls and baubles themselves.
2. How long have you been creating?
ever since i was a child. i was always coloring, making clothes for my Barbies ... then i picked up jewelry in college - first as friendship bracelets, then working on a bead loom. when i lived in Chicago, i started making jewelry and had my work in a few boutiques. i started Jewelry Recycled just last year.
3. Where do you do your work? Do you have a dedicated area of your home, or?
i have a small work table in our home office, but i also take over our dining room table. my husband never gets to play on the pool table underneath!
4. Tell us about a goal you have for your business
to continue making and creating each day. i'd like to have 2 collections - fall/winter and spring/summer.
5. What is your favorite album?
all time favorite is probably something 80s - like Madonna's Like a Virgin
6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
active in my son's school, working with wholesalers to sell my jewelry line and selling vintage - maybe having a booth in an antique mall
7. What is your favorite thing to do on a weekend?
catch up on everything! house cleaning, blog reading, & all the little stuff.
8. Tell us about a new skill you'd like to learn
i'd love to take a metal smithing class!
Look What You Can Win!
How to Enter: (leave a comment for each entry to count)
- Check out Alex's shop and post your favorite item
- Follow this blog with google friend connect
- Follow @papercakes on twitter
- follow @alexandrakeller on twitter
- Follow Alex's Blog
- Tweet about this giveaway
- Post this giveaway on your facebook page
- Like Paper*Cakes on Facebook
- Put my button in your sidebar
- Heart either of Alex's two shops on etsy http://vintagebyalexkeller.etsy.com/ OR http://alexkeller.etsy.com/
- Heart Paper*Cakes on Etsy
- Add Alex as a friend
Good Luck!
105 comments:
very pretty things, i love it!!
I love the 'baubles' necklace.
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pearlized - earrings of vintage and recycled jewelry is my favorite item!! beautiful!
and i am following your blog
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i am following you on twitter.
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i am following alex on twitter
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and i am following alex's blog..
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i heart alex's shop :)
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I love the chained one silver earrings!
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i am LOVING the ray necklace! so sweet!
thanks for a chance to win!
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secret is safe - a necklace of vintage and recycled jewelry
my favorite.
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Following the blog with GFC.
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It is definitely a tie between the skeleton key necklaces and the bohemian bracelets! Love them!
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I am following this blog as Alicia B on google friends connect. :)
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Following @papercakes on twitter.
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Following @alexandrakeller on twitter
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I am following alex's blog as Alicia B!
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Following Alex's blog
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I liked papercakes on facebook as alicia benedict (my full name)
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Liked Paper*Cakes on Facebook.
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I hearted papercakes on etsy ; my name is orchidlily2222 on etsy!
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Added Alex as friend
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I added alex as a friend on facebook (aliciabenedict)
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I love this http://www.etsy.com/listing/30574140/ice-queen-ii-a-bracelet-of-recycled
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I love the Your Secret is Safe vintage and recycled necklace, very cute.
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hearted vintage by alex shop (jhbalvin)
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following alex's blog on gfc as jhb.
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following your blog as jhb.
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hearted paper cakes shop, my gosh, your stuff is really adorable.
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following @papercakes on twitter
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and following @alexandrakeller on twitter, as @jhitomi
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I like the secret is safe necklace, I've always had a love for key jewelry! Thanks for entering me into this giveaway.
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the vintage skeleton keys are amazing! xo
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following @papercakes on twitter @sparkily
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i am following @alexkeller on twitter @sparkily
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following alex keller's blog via gfc
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hearted papercakes on etsy
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I love the Green with Envy necklace!
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I love the frankie earrings!
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Uh, wow! I can't even begin to say how much I love this: http://www.etsy.com/listing/59876306/pearls-of-vintage-a-necklace-of-vintage
It just looks so elegant, so Jane Austen. Lovely!
Sarah
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I love the secret is safe necklace
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I follow you with google friend connect
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I'm following Alex's blog with google friend connect
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I'm following alexandrakeller on twitter @buttonlove
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I follow you on twitter @buttonlove
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I love this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/58567341/bertoia-necklace-mid-century-modern
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I love the vintage sparkle necklace
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I love the vintage sparkle necklace
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i fave this one:) purple haze - a necklace of vintage and recycled jewelry
so pure and vintage >o<
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I love Ray necklace - mid century modern - vintage and recycled jewelry - gold.
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Already follow this blog with google friend connect as Monik.
Already follow @papercakes on twitter as @monikaretnani.
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Follow @alexandrakeller on twitter as @monikaretnani.
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Follow Alex's Blog via GFC as Monik.
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Already like Paper*Cakes on Facebook as Monika Lintang Retnani.
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the gray garden necklace is gorgeous! hootpuddin2(at)gmail(dot)com
the pull rank necklace!
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I follow Alex's blog too
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My favorite is the silver glamour necklace! jennywigdahl@gmail.com
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Awesome shop. I love those key necklaces, but other than that, my fav is "Secret is Safe"...another key necklace. Ok, so I love them!
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Following this blog
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I follow PaperCakes on twitter (everybodyelse01)
And I follow alexandrakeller on twitter (everybodyelse01)
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Following Alex's blog
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Liked Papercakes on facebook
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Hearted the vintag shop (I'm www.everybodyelse.etsy.com)
Beautiful shop! I love night - earrings of vintage and recycled jewelry!
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I follow this blog with google friend connect
I follow Alex's Blog
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Hearted Paper*Cakes on Etsy
I'm following your blog.
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i love this necklace http://www.etsy.com/listing/32178600/pull-rank-a-necklace-of-vintage-and
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I like the ice queen ii bracelet a lot!
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I added Alex's shops on Etsy.
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I'm a follower of this blog. captainliss40@gmail.com
The Bohemian Bracelets are super cute!
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pretty! i adore this:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/58567341/bertoia-necklace-mid-century-modern
I retweeted your contest notice:)
I ADORE the little bits turquoise necklace.
I absolutely love this bracelet:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/23684857/snow-princess-a-bracelet-of-recycled
So pretty
My fave item is the pull round - vintage drawer pull necklace.
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I'm following your blog!
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I'm following Alexa's blog!
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I put your button on the right sidebar of my blog!
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I like Silver Glamour Necklace.
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I'm a blog follower.
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My favorite is dark secrets necklace.
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I'm following the blog.
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I favorited vintagebyalexkeller on etsy. (mangosteph)
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I visited the shop! I liked this bohemian wrap bracelet- http://www.etsy.com/listing/58315528/bohemian-wrap-bracelet-leather-lace-and I'd rock that :)
I follow @papercakes on twitter! (I'm @TiaColleen)
I tweeted!! http://twitter.com/TiaColleen/statuses/909377091411968
I REALLY adore these little skelly key necklaces! http://www.etsy.com/listing/59877928/dark-secrets-vintage-skeleton-key
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