Category Archives: Celebrity

Mother’s Day for Morticia and Lily

Posted on April 30, 2014 by marty

                      What do you gift your mother if her tastes are more like those of Morticia Addams or Lily Munster?                

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Introducing the Celebrity Style Crescent Ear Wrap

Posted on April 2, 2014 by marty

Our new Celebrity Style Crescent Ear Wrap makes its debut! This is another collaborative design project between my husband Art and myself. In late fall of 2013, R&B musician Janelle Monae’s stylist contacted us to create a custom ear wrap design for … Continue reading →

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Ear Wrap for Janelle Monae

Posted on January 8, 2014 by marty

In mid September, we received a phone call from R&B musician Janelle Monáe’s stylist, asking if I would design a custom ear wrap for Janelle. I had just flown to Maryland to make my annual appearance at the Maryland Renaissance … Continue reading →

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Lord KraVen Wears Marty Magic Ear Wraps

Posted on November 26, 2013 by marty

I get many e-mails asking if I will recreate the Crescent Ear Wraps that I designed for Prince and Janelle Monáe. Although I have not signed a contract with Paisley Park, I decline reproducing the exact ones that Prince wears to … Continue reading →

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Marty buys Peter Macchiarini Earrings

Posted on November 24, 2013 by marty

Yes friends and collectors, I too have an addiction for jewelry and often buy and wear jewelry other than my own. Over the years I have made many a pilgrimage to the Macchiarini Gallery on Grant Ave in North Beach, … Continue reading →

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Marty Magic goes to Bollywood

Posted on November 14, 2013 by marty

Last month we received an order for Sonam Kapoor, a Bollywood actress and the daughter of Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor. Her stylist telephoned to ask if we had any Eagle Ear cuffs which we did not. Instead the stylist choose three … Continue reading →

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Marty Magic Hummingbird flies on HBO Boardwalk Empire

Posted on December 6, 2012 by marty

The costume consultant for Boardwalk Empire called me earlier this year and requested that I expressed a pair of my large Sterling Silver Hummingbird earrings to the studio. At first they were thinking of the small version but decided on … Continue reading →

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Barbra Streisand wearing Marty Magic Tree Frog Pendant

Posted on November 20, 2012 by marty

Barbra Streisand is wearing my Tree Frog Pendant in her movie Guilt Trip, an upcoming American comedy film  starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen to be released in December by Paramount Studios. I was first contacted by a Hollywood costume … Continue reading →

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My 94 year old father just published another book

Posted on August 7, 2011 by marty

My father just published his memoir of the war years, Surf Forecasting for Invasions during World War II. In addition to being professor emeritus at UCSB and a world famous geologist, my father got his masters degree in oceanographic meteorology, … Continue reading →

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Frogs in Hollywood for Barbra Streisand

Posted on May 17, 2011 by marty

I received a call recently from a costume consultant in Los Angeles for a movie that will be filmed this year starring Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen. They were interested in all of my Frog Jewelry designs and for several … Continue reading →

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