Clear-out Coming Soon

Nobody should be misled by the hot days we are having the last few weeks, autumn is around the corner. Days are getting shorter, school starts next week and the next salary comes in September.

So today's project for me was to look for autumn and winter clothes on eBay. I do not have the patience to go shopping and look for a sweater for hours so I just click on my preferences and there I can see what I am looking for.

This also means I will need to get rid of all the clothes I have but do not wear anymore. Clear-out on the horizon!

Powder dust

I used to have a necklace that I loved and that went perfectly with almost any outfit but years ago I tore it. I planned to fix it but never actually did. Now I am recycling it, this earring is the first one created out of these white mineral beads. The pink beads are of course made of wood.

The rest of the photos of the collage are works of David Hamilton, Patrick Shaw and Patrick Demarchelier. Dresses by Atelier Versace (from here), Monique Lhuillier and Juliana Jabour. I hope you get the feeling of this earring with the help of these wonderful dresses...

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Mississippi

This weekend I had the chance to step a bit out of who I am and be somebody else. Not a different person 'cause it was still me but in the clothes of somebody else I was able to discover somebody else too inside of me. Tired of the fast lane, tired a bit of the same office, same email program, same faces every day, this was the best thing to happen.

We were at a masquerade party and I dressed up as Lady Gaga - don't ask what I was wearing...

This one evening gave me such a push, a big portion of creative power. Today I could hardly wait to get home and start working, I had so many new ideas in my head. Even though I made two earrings and one necklace I still feel like I could go on making jewelry for hours more tonight.

Here is one of the earrings I made: a pretty little ladylike piece for those who love rockabilly - or at least love being a young woman.

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For R

Today finally I had the chance to give somebody a necklace I have made especially for her some weeks ago and could hardly wait to finally be able to present her.

Her wish was a white necklace slightly longer than the style she usually wears. When I started to make the necklace I already knew that the white thread is not enough and I will need to give it a bit more emphasis but I was not sure if she will be happy with the black lace or not. In the end it turned out (well, according to what she told me...) that she liked the idea.

You can find everything from ceramic beads to a small metal star on this piece. I do not like over-constructed things without any freedom or spontaneity so it was obvious that the beads will not be symmetric.

I am sure I will experiment more on this style, already bought some more textile threads!

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Greetings from Perugia

This piece all started with the bow. We were in Italy, Umbria and one day strolling along with my boyfriend I saw them in the window of a small shop. I became obsessed and for the next days we were hunting for the shop to be found open, not an easy task! But in the end one day we could get in and I bought the bow in red and blue as well and was the happiest person in the world. I didn't have an exact idea or purpose in mind just knew that I loved them.

Coming back home, this is what I made - the second pair of earrings I have ever made. I will soon show you the first one too.



So it is a nice romantic memory. Also, we found out one day that there is an antique market in the town so we had to rush there. I bought a Tibetan ring but also bargained for some coins. Maybe you already noticed that I love coins - I love the idea that they can come from every corner of the world and bring a small piece of that part of the world in my hand. This is me - browsing for coins:

The warm necklace

This is not the first nor the last necklace I have ever made but definitely my favourite so far.

I had the bow for a long time but never thought of it as material for a necklace until I was sitting at my desk on a cold winter evening and was browsing through my beads looking for inspiration. So I looked at the bow - and suddenly knew what to do. Making it was real fun, maybe exactly because I had no certain idea before actually starting to make it. The big coin fell off one of my bellydance scarves, the small coin you already know from the previous post. The small mug is a precious memory from the Historical Carnival of my town, in August last year. There was this guy selling all kind of metal beads and medals, you just couldn't choose!

So the result is this: a warm, soft necklace with a lot of love and fun!







Amd this is how it all looked on me the next day: