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Hot Rod Magazine Features Hi Octane Jewelry Car Rings

I was delighted to hear from one of our customers that the new Hot Rod Magazine is out and our jewelry is featured in it. Hot Rod magazine has done a great job putting together some Gearhead Accessories gift ideas together for the 2012 Holiday Season.

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Our jewelry is featured amongst the likes of Mickey Thompson Tire Tread I-phone Cases and Flatheads Forever belt buckles. Big Thank you going out to Hot Rod Magazine for featuring our car rings jewelry.  One of the rings featured is a sneak peek at one of our new designs which is a Wrench V8 Ring.  Which feature two wrenches crossed creating a V with a number 8 on top.  All of which is set into a signet ring.

Elle Fashion Trend – Car Show put the pedal to the metal auto-inspired accessories

Hi Octane Jewelry Featured in Elle Magazine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today has been a wonderful day.  We are having a wonderful snow day in the Pacific Northwest.  I popped over to Target this evening and was delighted to see the that our line of Hi Octane Jewelry is featured in Elle Magazine’s February 2012 issue.  Elle is featuring our 57 Chevy look car ring. And doesn’t Reese Witherspoon look fabulous too.

 

 

Revamped our web site for Hot Rod Jewelry for Gearheads….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click on over and check out our newly designed and organized web site. We have moved our blog over here to just click the link for the blog.

 

 

>The Sun Post Covered Hi Octane Jewelry

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Jewelry for automobile lovers
Business Spotlight
For Sun Post News

By Debbie L. Sklar

Interviewed: Owners and husband and wife, Alicia Hanson & Brad Johnson, jewelry designers.

What’s your business?

Designer and manufacturer of handmade sterling silver jewelry and recycled car parts.

Describe your business?

We are lovers of the Hot Rod culture who have chosen to create jewelry that caters to those who love the design of the automobile. For example, sterling silver rings with vintage automobile grilles, custom bracelets with car front-ends and creates jewelry from reconstructed car parts.

Your newest line is from recycled items?

We go to swap meets, car shows, junkyards and estate sales and find old car emblems, then clean the emblems up and reconstruct the pieces into jewelry pendants by drilling holes in the emblems. We also make earrings created from flattened bottle caps.

Do you have special training in this business?

Silversmithing and casting courses.

What’s the hardest part of this business? The best?

The hardest part of the business is finding cost-effective ways to drive people to the Web site. The best part is going to swap meets and junkyards and finding cool treasure to reconstruct into something new. I love carving something in wax making it come to life in metal.

Who are your clients?

Car lovers, mostly Hot Rod enthusiasts, Hot Rod builders, gearheads, Rockabilly moms and Southern California culture lovers.

Describe your personal role?

Alicia: I wear a lot of jewelry and a lot of hats. I am a jewelry designer, graphic designer, junk collector, maker of most things, solderer, marketer, photographer, shipper, car lover, melter of metal, mom. Brad is wax carver extraordinaire, silver casting partner, bottle cap flattener and cohort in all things.

Why would someone want to wear your jewelry?

Many people admire the design and beauty that goes into automobile design and our creations embody that same enhancing quality from the classic automobile and translates it to people with a revved up piece of jewelry … Each piece is a small piece of American car nostalgia that has so many meanings to each person.

Price Range of items?

Recycled necklaces $45 – $155, Bottle cap earrings $15.

Future goals?

Getting one of our car grille rings on Jay Leno and getting our jewelry into more boutiques across the country.

By Debbie L. Sklar

For Sun Post News

>Jewelry from Recycled Car Parts

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This is my new favorite piece. It is “Green” jewelry at it’s best. I found this wonderful Impala emblem at a Junque store in Portland, Oregon. I took the kids on a Skateboard/visit family road trip… We had a blast. As soon as I saw this emblem I feel in love. I have had this piece designed in my head for months and I finally had the time to get it done. I want to do lots more. Now I need to go raid a few junkyards.

I am loving this fun recycle direction. Happy New Year