Hello and welcome to The Other Side of the Mushroom.

The Other Side of the Mushroom features an online market where you may browse and purchase many handmade items that our artists have crafted.

We're really enjoying the jewelry that we've been creating here on The Other Side of the Mushroom. Focusing on necklaces and a few pairs of earrings, we're crafting at a quick pace to build up our collection and provide you with many options in colorful, whimsical designer jewelry.

The reason they are designer is because they're one of a kind. You can't buy these anywhere else, and they're all handmade by the designers themselves. Our jewelry creations are individualized, handmade pieces of art.

To ensure durability, we string our necklaces on Beadsmith brand Fireline. Fireline is a flexible braided beading line, and as far as we know, it's the best for the job. The jewelry hangs and moves very fluidly, unlike some jewelry strung on metal wire.

They incorporate natural materials including stones like Jade, Jasper, Quartz, Lapis, Onyx, Cinnabar and different types of crystals. From the sea, shells and corals are also incorporated into our designs. We also use a variety of glass and plastics, many of which have been salvaged from vintage and antique jewelry.

Some of that jewelry was graciously donated to us by Anna's grandma Julie. If you have some jewelry you would like to donate for us to repurpose, get in contact with us and we'll give you a coupon for a discount on our store merchandise.

We have our paintings listed with sizes ranging from 5x7" to 16x20". These paintings are all done by our artist Anna Williams, utilizing acrylic paints on cardboard-backed canvas.

Many of Annas' paintings have designed paper overlays to achieve a layered two-dimensional effect for items like leaves, grass, and more.

Real Sphagnum Moss is another item that you'll find in some of these paintings. The moss is bought dried and preserved, and added after painting.

|Note that these paintings are from past collections, which means that there is little chance anything like them will ever be made in the future. These are limited items so if you like the style of one or more, get them while you can.

Another passion we have on The Other Side of the Mushroom is photography. We shoot with a simple, old-school Minolta 35mm SLR, develop our shots at a photo-center and then edit them on our computer afterwards. We might not have the most fancy equipment, but we have a great passion for what we're doing, and a furious urge to succeed at it.

If you would like to help us succeed, the best gift would be in monetary form. Buy something and help support us. We need a solid and versatile digital camera, to ensure higher quality and to speed the editing process. Having to buy rolls of film and develop them afterwards is very inefficient now that we're in the digital age =(

You want to see more of us? More cool stuff? Buy for yourself or for others anything that catches your eye. We're a good cause, really. The more you help us, the more we can help you.

Thanks and aloha =)

-Jon Stotz and Anna Williams (designers)