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Monthly archive November, 2009

Bamboo Pen Tablet Review for Jewelry Design

What a week! It’s been intense, lots to do at work and at home. My husband Andreas went to Stockholm for a business meeting friday, then came back on saturday afternoon. The meeting went well by the way With him he brought gifts! I can’t believe it. He told me he had bought a little...

1 Minute Kidney Earwires in Gold

Got these super cool extra long golden kidney earwires about a year ago, but didn’t know what to do with them. Finally I found the perfect match…with two golden elephants! The best part is that it took less than a minute to make these earrings with the kidney earwires. Kidney ear wires are very light...

New Bead Storage & Organizers

On saturday I decided to do something about the bead storage for my growing bead stash, it’s kind of out of hand… There is no room for any new beads really, so it’s time to do something about my bead organizing. So I went to look for new storage and organizers. I was so happy...

Feather Butterflies on Barrettes

This is my recent inspirations regarding hair decorations… Found these wonderful feather butterflies at work, so I had to buy them and make my own Butterfly Barrettes! Truth is that feather butterflies can make your day… make your “good hair” day. When you take a closer look at the feathers and the details on the...

Indian Feather Earrings

I was so incredibly impressed by some old photos I saw of indians wearing so much beautiful feather jewelry. Couldn’t resist making a pair of feather earrings! There are lots of feathers to choose from and playing with colored feathers is fun too. My feather earrings are layered with brown feathers in the bottom and...

Cinnabar Jewelry with the Beads

Yey! I’ve finished up last my first cinnabar jewelry piece! And I’ve made it from the cinnabar beads I bought in London. I can’t tell you how much I love red cinnabar jewelry! It’s so nice to see and touch the carvings in a cinnabar bead! Something that’s also amazing about cinnabar jewelry is that you...

Happy Commenting!

Just wanted to tell you about some exciting changes I’ve made to the blog recently. During the last 6 months I’ve had a huge increase in traffic on the blog, which of course if very fun! But… there is only a VERY small percentage of my visitors that write any comments, despite the fact that...

White Elegant Necklace

This elegant necklace is one of the necklaces emerging from ideas of last week! The white round porcelain beads can be so super elegant. An elegant necklace like this I believe should be worn with something special. A black classy and elegant dress maybe…? Or, oh what about the little black dress? That ought to...

Breakfast with French Croissants

Had the most fantastic sunday breakfast… Stayed a looong time in bed then made breakfast containing french croissants with creme cheese and ham, eggs and caviar, fresh bread and tea. The french croissants has became a weekend must have for me and my husband. To accompany this marvelous meal we watched “Accidental Husband” with Uma...

Black Headband with Flower

Check this out! I found this shiny black headband and couldn’t resist decorating it with black feathers and a black flower. A black headband is always handy, you could wear it with any clothes you want and spice them up that way! Oh my, this black headband is perfect to wear to work… I will...

Cinnabar Beads from London

When I visited London, I finally found my cinnabar beads! I’ve been looking for the right ones and here they were! Cinnabar beads means something special to me. They are the color grand slam in the world of “natural” beads. No wonder the mineral cinnabar really is poisonous! Apparently cinnabar has always been the worlds number...