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Feb 2, 2010 • Visited a friends house the other day and had a real whiskey tasting! He had saved a bottle of Douglas Laings Premier Barrel which he got as a gift from us from some time ago. It’s a singe malt scotch whisky in a very nice ceramic bottle as you can see. My husband found this...
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Feb 1, 2010 • Found this elegant flowing bead necklace on Hilary Duff. She has a really nice look with the clothes and jewelry together I think! Right now there is a trend “grand slam” with really thick layers of many beaded strands of necklaces round the neck. There are lots of celebrities wearing them now and looking gorgeous You...
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Jan 31, 2010 • Found this great video on how to make a wire wrapped loop and I just had to share it with you! Use wire wrapping to spice up your beads and jewelry. Being able to make pretty wire wrapped loops is a basic jewelry making technique which any beader or jewelry maker should know. I always...
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Jan 29, 2010 • Found this fantastic book about making beaded earrings. The designs in this book are so modern and yet really simple! You don’t see that a lot in beading books, many beaded designs are either complicated and boring or modern and ugly. From what I read about from reviews on “Earrings Earrings Earrings” by Barb Switzer, there...
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Jan 28, 2010 • Many jewelry designs you can see out on the street are very inspiring, and some are just crazy! Maybe I told you before, but one day I saw a teenage girl wearing a huge pair of earrings, they covered half her face. I’ve made a hama beads pattern for them. You could say they were...
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Jan 27, 2010 • This blue murano glass necklace is a two strand necklace, and it is actually made by my mother-in-law! I really like it a lot, I think she did a great job with it! We made necklaces and jewelry together all the time when she visited me and my husband in december. That was so fun!...
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Jan 24, 2010 • I am back home! It’s so nice to se my home country again. I’ve missed it so much! Can’t believe what a big difference it is between Oslo, Norway and Sweden. One thing is that Sweden is all about systems, there is a good system for everything. In Norway things are much more relaxed, and...
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Jan 15, 2010 • What a wine this is, the Ravenswood Zinfandel wine. The first taste I felt in this wine was pure raspberry, I loved it! Never tasted raspberry that clearly in a wine before. The wine I’m tasting is Ravenswood Vinteners Blend. Something me and my husband enjoy doing is trying good and interesting wines together. Finding...
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Jan 14, 2010 • This one of my favorite bead shops in Oslo. I come here often because of the crafty atmosphere, the sweet ladies are making jewelry right at the counter. When I walk around in this shop I get so inspired by all the stunning beads. They have a very pretty entrance and the shop is really...
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Jan 11, 2010 • I can always find such nice beads at work, both wooden beads and others. The idea for this necklace came as a bold from the sky, suddenly and bright! I’ve always liked the look of a wooden bead but that fact brought me to the question of what I can make with a wood bead?...
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Jan 10, 2010 • Found these pretty diamond hoop earrings online one day, then later on I saw Drew Barrymore wearing earrings in the same hoop style earrings. Then it was clear to me, I just had to make my own Faux Diamond Hoop earrings! Hoop earrings like these are so useful when accessorizing for a dinner or an...
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Jan 8, 2010 • I’ve found so much cool rhinestone beads! They are fantastic and is sparkling like no other! I’ve used big rhinestone bead pendants as well as smaller rhinestone beads and spacers. I stumbled upon them at one of my favorite local bead shop “Tartaruga” in Oslo. I can’t resist them so I designed two rhinestone bead...
