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Vintajia Adornments: Time Slips Away . . .
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Time Slips Away . . . The New Year has come winging in from the Universe, the hunting tip on Time's Arrow, and we all begin the one directional journey into 2015. And true to it's nature time has slipped away and it is the end of January. The weather has been hot, hot, hot, peppered with very enthusiastic thunderstorms. Not a lot of creativity happens when the temperature and humidity insidiously sucks any enthusiasm that can be mustered, totally away. I long for cool. Well that wasn't so hard, mind you ...
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Vintajia Adornments: November 2009
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I was uncertain about buying these red stoned metal beads - maybe too oriental? The more I looked the more I realised that they had a definite renaissance air to them something that may have come from 16th century Venice. Perhaps they graced the ears of the fair Portia as she defends Antonio against Shylock's insistance of a pound of flesh for his debt. Aged brass beads with blood red glass cabuchons, matt green seed beads and Vintaj brass. Bronze, silver-blue and dusty- mauve seed beads. Some rather nic...
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Vintajia Adornments: June 2009
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Thoughts on the First Sale. You work in a creative field, especially something so personal as making jewellery, every piece has a part of your heart in it, some more so than others. Friends and family keep saying "you should sell your jewellery", however to put your creation out into the public domain is sometimes like standing naked in the street. Will someone like it, will everyone hate it, are your friends and family wrong and only being kind? And so my very first sale - Fly by Night is off to France!
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Vintajia Adornments: October 2009
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How cute are these! I know there are lots of folks out there that love owls, so thought I'd share these, even though they are not owls but Tawny Frogmouth. The Best Laid Plans. . . . It would appear that all the diversion and distraction stars have aligned against me the last few weeks. This is a little peek at a wallaby joey snug in this warm pouch waiting collection by his new mum. Lorelei has a great giveaway on her blog to celebrate the forthcoming book Enchanted Adornments by.
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Vintajia Adornments: S'Mores
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These caused me no end of grief and a whole day to photograph. Camera didn't know which bit to focus on. I'm sure it was glad to see the back of em. While trying to avoid catching the 'winter wog' DH bought back with him from Brisbane. And trying to look sympathetic to his hacking and snuffling and providing pillow fluffing and throat soothing drinks(it was, after all man-flu) made these. . . Oh yes, it did say that didn't it. Bad Greer! Write out 100 times 'I must fully read tutorials. Ive never tried e...
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Vintajia Adornments: December 2009
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Use What You Have #2 and #3. Made these as Christmas gifts. And made this for myself to match the bracelet. This is some of the mob of. Corellas that visit us every few days. Lots of flying, swooping, squabbling and eating too! A bit of seed and we have free entertainment with breakfast. They also have the most joyous calls. Using What You Have. We need beads and treasures so that other creations can be born. We have our stash to which we constantly add. I continued to clean and buried under my 'vertical...
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Vintajia Adornments: May 2009
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Snow slowly melts and from the bare earth comes the fresh green of new life. Vintaj bronze filigree, and components, olivine green vintage glass stone, wooden rondells, swarovski crystal. Assembled brass components with various patinas. Vintaj brass chain, findings and filigree bead. Glass beads and czech fire polished crystal. Lights of the Meadow. Today I saw the dragon-fly. Come from the wells where he did lie. An inner impulse rent the veil. Of his old husk:. From head to tail. A Taste of Autumn.
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Vintajia Adornments: Makies and other Stuff
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Makies and other Stuff. All the house plumbing stuff is finally finished (apart from the 2 new water tanks). Hot running water at last! Oh yes - civilization! Ashes of Imperfect Flight. Black kyanite fan, more distressed tinned solder and natural linen. Gone over the ditch to live in the 'Shakey Isles'. Brought about by helping DH clean out an old Landcruiser ute that has sat quietly rusting for more than 10 years, and found a length of slotted metal. I can use this I thought . . . Variation on a theme.
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Vintajia Adornments: July 2009
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I love peeking into other artist's studios. Some range from coffee tables to beautiful custom made areas with a place for everything and everything in it's place. So here are some shots of my mess errrr work area. This is storage and includes a little kiln (thinking bronzclay) my trusty toner photocopier. (Its so old the serial number is in roman numerals), various draws of beads and bits'n'bobs. I think their spirits are still there, wild things keep popping into my design ideas. The water is aqua from ...