We’ve been experiencing a lot of summer rain recently.
In Ireland? No way!
This has inspired today’s moodboard.
One thing I do enjoy about the rain? It brings out the tiny little froggies from their hiding.
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As I talked about in my last post, I was undecided how to finalise this design. I finally decided to keep them long and I love how they turned out.
I added a simple, beautiful Burgundy faceted Mookaite bead to the bottoms and hung them from coordinating Copper ear wires.
I’m going to make some shorter, simpler versions of these and probably some more long versions in different colours, as well.
They are now listed in the shop! Do you like?
I’m loving soft, light Grays with bright Limes and Yellows on this warm “Summer” Monday.
- French Linen Everyday Purse from ikabags
- Fresh Zucchini Hand painted Vase from ShebboDesign
- La Fleur Olive Necklace from fleurfatale
- Wide Sunshine Yellow/Gray Peyote Stitched Cuff Bracelet from mysticfibers
So… I am terrible at keeping this blog updated. But, I do have good reasons. I’ve been very busy creating new item’s for the shop. I’ve got several new lines going at once, all of which I’m very pleased with and very excited about.
new necklaces 
new earrings
See you in another 3 months!
(ok it wasn’t that long)
I’m dying.
No, not really dying. I am ecstatic!
First, a little background information.
I came up with these Lattice Ribbon Bracelets a while ago. I adored them, still do, but I was very unsure of how they would be received by people. You see, these bracelets do not have clasps. What? Yes. You simply tie the ends of the ribbons together.
Now, bracelets in general I think require some assistance to put on and take off. Yes I know of “bracelet buddies” and other little contraptions that are supposed to help, but it’s likely you will have to ask someone to assist you. Even with toggle clasps, the easiest of clasps to maneuvre, in my opinion. SO, I just wasn’t sure if people would take to the whole tying thing.
Am I rambling?
Ok.
So, I recently sold one of these Lattice Ribbon Bracelets to a lovely gal by the name of Amy, who informed me that she would be wearing it on the day of her wedding as an accent in her favourite colour. Love it!
I was thrilled to hear that. I mean I think all jewelry designers love to be a part of peoples weddings. It’s a very special thing. But, I was also thrilled to know that people were not put off by “no clasp bracelets”.
So I sent it off to Amy, wished her well and thanked her very much.
Then today… she sent me this.
Is Amy not the most beautiful bride ever?
She completely made my day with this. I am so thrilled to have been able to be a part of her special day.
AND I am so happy to know that she was pleased with her purchase from me. Thank you very, very much Amy!
Congratulations to you and your new hubby!
We have sun again! I hope it lasts. It’s still very chilly, but the sun is bright, the sky is very blue and I’m spotting a wee bit of green on the trees.
I think this calls for colour this Monday.
- Yarn Wrapped Stacking Bangles, set of 5, from Mystic Fibers
- Indian Summer II Fine Art Photograph from Eleanors
- Tweet Blue, Eco-friendly Handmade Greeting Card from The Spotted Sparrow
- Gold Ring with Yellow, Green and Orange Gemstones from toosis
Monday Moodboard is a feature of Etsy’s European Street Team. All of these beautiful items are created by members of EST. Want to see some more inspirational moodboards? Head on over to Fleur Fatale.
Christmas in our house involves a lot of handmade items. So, when the husband asked if he could use some of our plain glass ornaments to make some super special colour changing LED ornaments, I said, “hells yeah!”.
It’s not easy to get a photo of something that changes colour.
Well, I suppose we could have just videotaped it. But, we didn’t.
My husband is cooler than yours. 
… is the cutest movie I’ve seen in a very long time.
I have a huge appreciation for all the work that goes into making a movie like this.
Mary and Max is a 92 minute Australian ‘clayography’ stopmotion film that took almost 5 years from script to screen to make. Each of the six animators on average created 4 seconds a day!
Max (my favourite Atheist) is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mary is played by Toni Collette. There are plenty of other big names in this movie too.
Watch the trailer here:
Some other facts about the movie…
- 133 separate sets were created for the film
- 475 miniature props were made, BY HAND!
- 394 individual pupils were hand punched then had a white, sparkly dot painted on them
- 147 tailor made costumes were created
- 808 miniature Earl Grey tea bag boxes were hand cut, folded, glued, wrapped and airbrushed.
- 12 litres of water based sex lube were needed to create everything from tears to a surging jungle river.
Mary and Max is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, where babies come from , obesity, religious difference, agoraphobia and much, MUCH more.
I highly recommend it.
