Recently I’ve been on a quest to find indie shops that are off the beaten path. Sometimes I question where my own designs fit in and it’s always refreshing to see other designers with a creative sense of humor. Sleepy Robot 13 is one of those shops. This shop is filled with the cutest polymer clay robot toys as well as zombie toast. I visited the SleepyRobot13 shop recently and was delighted to find that adorable robot jewelry has been added. Here are just a few pieces. Visit the Sleepyrobot13 shop for the full range of goodies.

Katrina Kelly is a jewelry designer based out of New York. She shares with us her love for architecture and the reason she designs jewelry with and old world flair. What inspired you to design jewelry with an antique influence? I believe it was inevitable for my designs to have an antique influence. I grew up surrounded by antiques. My parents exposed me to a mostly classical ideology. They are aficionados of French furniture, Persian rugs, Venetian glass and so many other collectibles. My father especially has an aesthetically astute eye. My parents instilled this love in me at the age of 10 when they bought me a French Louis XV Mahogany bedroom set for my birthday. Growing up, almost every Sunday we went to church then went to the antique market. I was taken to estate sales and antique auctions. They could not get enough “antiquing”.

Now that it's January I'm already looking forward to warmer Spring temperatures. Honestly it's not that cold (I'm in Florida) right now but it's not shorts weather either. I've been virtual window shopping lately looking for perfect Spring pieces. I know pastels and brights are always popular in Spring but I want something edgier. I'm craving black. I've been sporting midnight black polish since December and I feel like it will carry over a little longer. Peep two of the pieces I want to add to my wardrobe for the coming months. First Steve Madden's Brasko Booots (above). I've never been much of a cowboy boots fan however the distressed leather and chains give these boots a tough edge. I think I'd probably live in them paired with my favorite jeans and a distressed over sized tank. Then I came across this adorable Goldfish Dress on Etsy. Something about it's simplistic coolness appealed to me. It scores bonus points because it's made by an independent designers. I love any excuse to shop indie.