Feel the Love Necklace

This one is THE BEST!

Brian Mock (who we've mentioned before - click here for older posts) made this necklace from tiny reclaimed screws. I think it does a really good job of make something so macho seem so sweet... I AM FEELING THE LOVE! If he starts making them again, I'm getting one.

More Fastener Love

We're still thinking of love so here is one more fastener valentine.

Found this at the Tried & True Blog

It's cute,right?

Head over to the blog because she teaches you how to make your own.

A Fastener Valentine

The perfect fit!

I can't remember where I found this but it's too cute.

"I felt like I was made for you..."

Have a Happy Valentine's Day.

Heart-Shaped Fastener

Valentine's Day is coming up so we're showing you our heart head fastener

This is really an item we sell! 

Perfect for Valentine's Day.

Bottle Opener With Wings

Look at this great promotional item from Nord-Lock - it's a bottle opener!

Do you know about Nord-Lock?

From their website:

Wedge-locking Solutions

Nord-Lock wedge-locking products are recognized around the world for their ability to secure bolted joints exposed to severe vibration and dynamic loads. The system cannot loosen unintentionally as it creates a wedge underneath the bolt head/nut. An ideal solution for bolted joints where failure is not an option. 

In addition to Nord-Lock wedge lock washers, the range also includes wheel nuts, combi bolts and custom solutions.

We got 'em if you need 'em! 

Making Music

Because this is the week the NAMM Show happens in Anaheim, Calif. (see our past post on NAMM here) and because we love music (see our music posts here) and we're proud of showing off how integral fasteners are to many instruments, like the classic Fender Electric Guitar (see our post on the Fender here), we're introducing you to a great website called:

Vulpestruments.com

"An assortment of hand crafted instruments, made from recycled, reused and readily available parts"

There is a guy named Tom who just loves trying to recreate sounds he hears acoustically, or he finds something and thinks to himself how can I make a sound of this...and then he does. 

The site is wonderful for us because we love seeing nuts and bolts helping to facilitate such cleverness; we simply love seeing fasteners being used. Then, when they are used for something as cool as these instruments, we're just over the moon!

Here are some photos of his homemade instruments - he's made many more but we only picked a few. Click on each photo and it will take you to his website where he includes a video of him playing the specific instrument...he's just awesome.

And if you want to learn more about Tom, here's a short documentary about him. 

Tom is the best.

They're Huge

We started this year BIG!

A New Screw Year!

Here we go - let's make it a good one!

Holiday Time

We wish you all a happy holiday and a merry new year!

See you in 2015.

Bags of Fun with Fasteners

One of our office buddies has a birthday today so this is her birthday gift...not a Christmas present (although it could be that too for someone else next week!)

Birthday Gift

(or Christmas Present)

They are reusable sandwich bags! 

Thanks to robots being so popular, nuts and bolt show up all over things now, which is awesome for us. There are 4 really sturdy ziploc bags basically, with the cutest design all over them.

Here is a close up of the two different bags. I really dig the bottom one.