Hi Octane Jewelry | Revvv up your look

Today I got email from a customer and it gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing. We love hearing why our customers love their cars. Please continue to share. Here it is. Received the '53 Buick grille ring. Special made size 8 without minimizing the size of the Buick. And it's perfect! We all have a story looking back. Mine is... In Michigan...during the Great Depression...my Dad stood in the snow day after day at the General Motors plant. And each day out of hundreds they took three men to work. One day my Dad said "What's wrong with me?"...so he was waved in to work. He stayed with General Motors for 40 years. His first job was in the pit applying creosote to running boards. He was General Superintendent of the South Gate CA plant (BOP - Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac) at the time the 1953 Buicks were rolling off the line. I wear the Buick for him. Many Thanks, D.A.

You have to hop on over and check out this web site just for the sound effects. I love all the sounds on this site. It has me revv'd up. Now I just need to get to France. i-way is an unusual venue designed by france’s cyrille druart in lyon, france. The building is dedicated to high end car simulators that give visitors the opportunity to sit inside actual car and drive them with the help of massive digital displays. i-way features 18 different vehicles that can be driven using six degrees of movement. the cars are divided into 3 zones for formula 1, endurance and rally cars. surrounding these rooms are a host of other amenities such as a fitness centre, shop, bars and meeting rooms. the facility took over four year’s to construct and features some of the most advanced simulator technology in the world, much of which borrows straight for the aeronautics industry. Found via Design Boom http://www.cyrilledruart.com http://www.i-way-world.com

Goggles have been on my mind lately. I like the steampunk look. I collect old eye ware. I need to photograph some of the pieces I have. Here are a few pairs I recently found inspiring. The second pair are for sale on Restoration Hardware's site here.

1957 Ford Fairlane Ring in Hi Octane Jewelry box Originally uploaded by aliciadesign 1957 Ford Fairlane Ring in Hi Octane Jewelry Box, we created this custom ring for a client in Texas. Their ring had crystals in the headlights for a little added extra.

Custom Gold Wedding Ring | Hi Octane jewelry Originally uploaded by aliciadesign We created this 14K gold wedding ring for some fellow artists. This ring is a replacement wedding ring. The unique texture was created from a rose leaf that was in the couple's original wedding bouquet.

Recently I had been planning a road trip to my 20 year high school reunion, in Reno Nevada. Where I had attended and graduated from Reno High school. We were the class of 1990. My husband had never been there with me, and I wanted to show him where I lived during my high school years. Typically when our family takes road trips we incorporate skateboarding because my husband and kids all skateboard and I enjoy the opportunity to photograph our journeys. During the summer I had joined our Class Facebook page every so often I would see something new posted about our upcoming event. A lot of people from our class I had already connected online with. One day I saw a post of a “Really Cool Camaro” come through. The question was “Which RHS graduate from the class of 1990 still owns this car?“ Well I was the only one that responded and happened to guess right. The car had been restored and looked way better than it did back in the day. A couple days later I got an email from someone on