Author Archives: HiOctane

>Happy Hi Octane Jewelry Customer

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This photo was taken by Street Rodder Magazine of one of Hi Octane Jewelry’s Happy Customers. Meagan, who is featured in the photo wearing her new roadster cuff from Hi Octane Jewelry at the 2009 Detroit Autorama show. Check out more photos from the show here.

>Alicia Hanson Jewelry at Erba Soapsmith San Clemente

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Our other line of jewelry http://aliciahanson.com is available in Southern California at Erba Soapsmiths on Avenida Del Mar in San Clemente, California.

>Neon Buddhas Chinatown Inspiration

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Neon Buddha
Originally uploaded by aliciadesign

Yesterday, my family and I ventured up to Chinatown in Los Angeles. We had never been to Chinatown so this was a new journey. I had read a couple day trip article in Sunset Magazine that had inspired the trip.
We had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed all the buildings, the signage, the lanterns everywhere, and all the great shopping. There was a store that I came across called http://Realmhome.com which was wonderful. Realm carried wonderful Quan Yin statues and butterfly strands and great art books. And other wonderful shiney things. That I wanted to take home. I had forgotten that Asian stores had lots of miniature things. I grew up in Hawaii and so Asian style has always been in my blood. So the trip sort of felt like a vacation home. I was presently surprised with all the cool art galleries in the area. We saw quite a few in the Chung King Alley. Another store I really enjoyed was Fongs. They had all kinds of wonderful miniatures. Even a miniature Fong’s store inside the store. They also had some wonderful jewelry designers work there. My plan had been to photograph the neon at dusk and when I started to shoot at dusk my camera stopped shooting and gave the old low battery sign. I was bummed. But now it just means we have a reason to go back. I can’t wait.

>Rock,Scissor Paper Treasures from Patchwork

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We ventured up to the Pasadena Rose Bowl Swapmeet and The Patchwork Show in Santa Ana. I picked up these fun treasures from vendor Rock, Scissor Paper
We have a Boston Terrier, so of course I loved the cute tags. This Christmas box was just so retro cool, I couldn’t resist it…

>Effectuate

>Today, I learned a new word.
Effectuate – Cause to happen.

I love this word. I am going to help it be more known.
I think this is a word for the new era that we entering.
I am going to effectuate positive things in my life and my business.