Jewelry...and more

Realitieit is ook maar een droom

2011-03-03T11:27:00.014+01:00

Realitieit is ook maar een droom

A few days ago I met Marjolein Schuurman on facebook. She sought people who wanted to play the lead role in a satirical blog post written by her?

It sounded fun. A little extra publicity for my shop
is always good.
I sent her a list of caracteristics and after a day or so I got a test blog, and after my approval, she put the post on her blog.

In that post, I am a foresthippie (a cross between a forest nymph and a hippie) who lives and works in Love Forest surrounded by strange creatures and with the help of seven wolves carries out her mission to innocent wood ramblers and Muggles (a Muggle is a person who lacks any sort of magical ability and was not born into the magical world).

And what is my mission then? My mission is to connect old and new jewelry, to restore jewelry in their former glory,to give back their value, to put my stamp on it and to show people and Muggles how much beauty there lies in imperfection.

Nicely written with lots of imagination and attention to detail she shows that reality is only a dream.

And what's also great, she fell in love with my jewelry and put them on a wish list for her husband, who promptly ordered a necklace.

You in the leading role of a caricature blog post?
Always wanted to play a leading role?...... You can:
http://watikmetjedelenwil.blogspot.com/2011/02/klein-kapje-en-de-7-wolfjes.html

Een paar dagen geleden ontmoette ik Marjolein Schuurman op facebook. Zij zocht mensen, die de hoofdrol wilden spelen in een door haar geschreven karikaturale blogpost?

Dat leek me wel leuk. Een beetje extra reclame voor mijn webshop is altijd mooi meegenomen, toch.
Ik stuurde haar een lijstje met eigenschappen en na een dag of zo kreeg ik van haar een proef te zien en na mijn goedkeuring plaatste ze het stukje op haar blog.

In dat stukje ben ik een boshippie (een kruizing tussen bosnimf en hippie), die in Love Forest leeft en werkt, omringt door allerlei vreemde wezens en met de hulp van 7 wolfjes haar missie uitdraagt aan onschuldige boswandelaars en aan dreuzels (een dreuzel is iemand zonder toverkracht, zonder magie).

En wat is mijn missie dan wel? Mijn missie is het verbinden van oud en nieuw, sieraden in eer te herstellen, ze hun waarde weer terug te geven, er mijn stempel op te drukken en mensen en dreuzels laten zien hoeveel schoonheid er is in het onvolmaakte.

Hardstikke leuk geschreven en met veel fantasie en liefde voor detail laat zij zien dat realiteit ook maar een droom is.

En wat ook leuk is: zij werd verliefd op mijn sieraden en zette ze op een verlanglijstje voor haar man, die er prompt eentje bestelde.

Jij in de hoofdrol van een karikaturale blogpost?
Altijd al een hoofdrol willen spelen?......Hier kan dat:
http://watikmetjedelenwil.blogspot.com/2011/02/klein-kapje-en-de-7-wolfjes.html

New website for dogs and their owners

2011-03-02T14:19:00.014+01:00

New website for dogs and their owners

A friend of mine has recently launched her new website.
Chandra Djoenaedi is clearly a dog lover. Patoef.nl is a website for trendy dog owners and their trendy dogs.

In the shop you will find beautiful blankets and smart toys for smart dogs and lovely shoulder bags (and soon hats, I've heard) for the mistress. The shoulder bags are perfect for storing everything you need for a walk in the forest, but they are great too when you go shopping.

What makes the items in this shop so special is the fact that everything is handmade with recycled materials. Padded jackets, ties, army socks, grandma's old skirt, old chains and neighbour's embroidery, everything is recycled and transformed into something beautiful.

Go and look for yourself

http://patoef.nl

Een vriendin van mij heeft onlangs haar nieuwe website geopend.
Chandra Djoenaedi is duidelijk gek op honden. Patoef.nl is een website voor hippe hondenliefhebbers en hun net zo hippe honden.

In de webwinkel worden dekens met enige applicaties en slimme speeltjes voor de slimme hond verkocht en mooie schoudertassen (en binnenkort ook mutsen, heb ik gehoord) voor de bazin.
De schoudertassen zijn ideaal om alles in op te bergen wat je voor een flinke boswandeling nodig hebt, maar ze staan ook niet mis wanneer je de boodschappen doet.

Wat de artikelen van Patoef zo speciaal maakt is het feit, dat alles handgemaakt is van gebruikte materialen. Gewatteerde jassen, stropdassen, legersokken en de rok van oma, oude kettingen en buurvrouw's borduurwerk, alles wordt hergebruikt en omgetoverd tot iets moois.

Ga zelf maar een kijkje nemen!

http://patoef.nl

FLickr favorites

2011-03-01T10:53:00.003+01:00

Flickr favorites

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

Epicurus quotes (Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)

1. Dream., 2. Dreaming of freedom, 3. Gypsy caravan, 4. Gypsy Caravan

More dreamy mosaics at Artmind's blog

Flickr favorites - solitude

2011-02-22T09:24:00.015+01:00

Flickr favorites - solitude

A video by fiilmaker, Andrea Dorfman, and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis.

HOW TO BE ALONE by Tanya Davis

If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you've not been alone much, or if when you were, you weren't okay with it, then just wait. You'll find it's fine to be alone once you're embracing it.

We could start with the acceptable places, the bathroom, the coffee shop, the library. Where you can stall and read the paper, where you can get your caffeine fix and sit and stay there. Where you can browse the stacks and smell the books. You're not supposed to talk much anyway so it's safe there.

There's also the gym. If you're shy you could hang out with yourself in mirrors, you could put headphones in (guitar stroke).

And there's public transportation, because we all gotta go places.

And there's prayer and meditation. No one will think less if you're hanging with your breath seeking peace and salvation.

Start simple. Things you may have previously (electric guitar plucking) based on your avoid being alone principals.

The lunch counter. Where you will be surrounded by chow-downers. Employees who only have an hour and their spouses work across town and so they -- like you -- will be alone.

Resist the urge to hang out with your cell phone.

When you are comfortable with eat lunch and run, take yourself out for dinner. A restaurant with linen and silverware. You're no less intriguing a person when you're eating solo dessert to cleaning the whipped cream from the dish with your finger. In fact some people at full tables will wish they were where you were.

Go to the movies. Where it is dark and soothing. Alone in your seat amidst a fleeting community.
And then, take yourself out dancing to a club where no one knows you. Stand on the outside of the floor till the lights convince you more and more and the music shows you. Dance like no one's watching...because, they're probably not. And, if they are, assume it is with best of human intentions. The way bodies move genuinely to beats is, after all, gorgeous and affecting. Dance until you're sweating, and beads of perspiration remind you of life's best things, down your back like a brook of blessings.

Go to the woods alone, and the trees and squirrels will watch for you.
Go to an unfamiliar city, roam the streets, there're always statues to talk to and benches made for sitting give strangers a shared existence if only for a minute and these moments can be so uplifting and the conversations you get in by sitting alone on benches might've never happened had you not been there by yourself

Society is afraid of alonedom, like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements, like people must have problems if, after a while, nobody is dating them. but lonely is a freedom that breaths easy and weightless and lonely is healing if you make it.

You could stand, swathed by groups and mobs or hold hands with your partner, look both further and farther for the endless quest for company. But no one's in your head and by the time you translate your thoughts, some essence of them may be lost or perhaps it is just kept.

Perhaps in the interest of loving oneself, perhaps all those sappy slogans from preschool over to high school's groaning were tokens for holding the lonely at bay. Cuz if you're happy in your head than solitude is blessed and alone is okay.

It's okay if no one believes like you. All experience is unique, no one has the same synapses, can't think like you, for this be releived, keeps things interesting lifes magic things in reach.

And it doesn't mean you're not connected, that communitie's not present, just take the perspective you get from being one person in one head and feel the effects of it. take silence and respect it. if you have an art that needs a practice, stop neglecting it. if your family doesn't get you, or religious sect is not meant for you, don't obsess about it.

you could be in an instant surrounded if you needed it
If your heart is bleeding make the best of it
There is heat in freezing, be a testament.

1. ...alone...apart..., 2. solitude, 3. alone in the train, 4. Reading alone

For more flickr mosaics, please visit Artmind's blog

EST weekly challenge

2011-02-21T21:40:00.041+01:00

European Street Team weekly challenge

Jonna from The Pottering Shop picked me as the winner of the EST challenge for last week.
If you'd like to take a look at the entries, here is her blog post about it.
Thank you Jonna for a great challenge!

This week's theme will be:
pink and turquoise (or magenta and teal)

Yeah, I want you (European Street Team members only) to make pink and turquoise entries, list it in your shop or write a blog post about it and send me the link to enter for this challenge!!

Read here more about the weekly challenges and see here all PREVIOUS CHALLENGES of the Europeanstreetteam.

Here are some inspirational images to get you in the mood:

yellena
staroftheeast
DeerLola
sebsurer

I will collect all entries after this post and the winner will be announced Monday February 28th at 22:00 pm.

First entry a blue and purple butterfly ring from ALittleDotty

.... a beautiful card by aegeansea

....surreal stacked button earrings by amoroni a

...and another pair of earrings by vadjutka

...an animal necklace by dyouwelz

...a printable wedding invitation by em papers

...a shoulder bag with flowers by Kirschbits

...a snail brooch by cherrytime

...a very big crochet ring with lace by sexyhandmade

...a bugs, bees and butterflies necklace by staroftheeast

...a flower brooch/pin by oneperfectday

...a multi-strand bracelet by creationsbyeve

..and a little fairie by Arjatunsdaughter

And the winner is.................Kirschbits with her shoulder bag with flowers!
Congrats!!

Monday moodboard - A glimpse of spring

2011-02-21T10:35:00.007+01:00

Monday moodboard - A glimpse of spring

fleurfatale
artwatercolor
starrybluesky
Kitty016

....and a glimpse of spring in my dindi shop:

For more Moods made by European artists, please visit Fleurfatale!

Flickr Favorites

2011-02-14T23:17:00.010+01:00

Flickr Favorites - Shadowboxes

I love stories.
That's why I love books and I love shadowboxes. Shadowboxes are little universes that tell stories. I made a little wearable shadowbox for my Arjatun's daughter collection:

and a little mosaic with some lovely shadowboxes I found on flickr

1. *oNCe uPoN a TiMe sToRyBoX* antique box assemblage collage vintage paper altered art paper FaiRy doll, 2. Once upon a time..., 3. bugged, 4. Untitled#5565665335748

For more flickr mosaics, please visit Artmind's blog

2011-02-14T10:23:00.007+01:00

Monday Moodboard

Oneperfectday
Elbenta
LePetitFoyer
Stephmel

For more Moods made by European artists, please visit Fleurfatale!

Win one of these pretty safety belts by davir dog designs!

2011-02-09T10:38:00.008+01:00

Win one of these pretty safety belts by davir dog designs!

My friend Virag from davir dog designs is having a little game:

You can win a superb seat belt if you comment on their blog post and tell them which one is your favorite davir dog design artifact.
The game is also running on their facebook page. If you want to participate doubly, then like, share and comment on there, too.
Besides, if you mention this game on your blog (please let them know), you can take part in it triply.

The winner will be drawn at random on 22th February! :)

Flickr Favorites

2011-02-07T21:01:00.013+01:00

Flickr Favorites

I redecorated my kitchen. I painted the green cabinets in a lovely light-blue colour. Then I sanded a little bit here and there, so the green color came through. I had some fabric with roses that I bought years ago from aegeansea on Etsy, I cut out the roses and stuck them on the kitchen cabinets. Tadaa...I calll it my wabi-shabby kitchen.

I looked on flickr for shabby chic and I found loads of inspiration for my kitchen:

1. Cupcakes and a shabby chic tea towel, 2. 134_3484, 3. treats for myself, 4. My kitchen corner

For more Flickr Favorites, please visit Artmind.

European Street team challenge - Monday moodboard - Middle Ages

2011-02-05T18:25:00.024+01:00

European Street Team Challenge - Medieval Monday Moodboard

It's been ages since I participated in the European Streetteam weekly challenges.

It's not about winning, but these challenges are perfect to let the creative juices flow.

This week's challenge is hosted by Kim from viltalakim and the theme is

"the Middle Ages".

This is my entry:

A picture of a beautiful medieval woman sandwiched between two label holder frames.

I adorned it with the words: "In a land far far away", "a long time ago", "yesterday" and "back then".

A fresh water pearl dangles from the pendant.

You can use it as a piece of jewelry, it makes a great wall accent too or you can use it as decoration.

I made a monday moodboard with other medieval designs of European Street Team members.

Pendant by MiddleEarths

Hat by Vaisto

Pendants by PetitVillage

Book by artreasury

For more Moods made by European artists, Please visit Fleurfatale!

Flickr Favourites

2011-01-25T15:09:00.008+01:00

Flickr Favourites

1. From my window, a screen of young maple trees!, 2. Rain Train, 3. Fata Morgana (rain drops on my window), 4. any way the wind blows

Wanna see more flickr favourites? Head over to Artmind!

Monday moodboard

2011-01-17T11:50:00.008+01:00

Monday moodboard

'Free Spirit' by Balanced
Circular Rainbow Hippie Vest by Loveandknit
Long turquoise necklace by toosis
Blue Calfskin Tote by byloomandhyde

visit fleurfatale to view more moodboards from etsy sellers

New creations with flowers as a tribute to Frida Kahlo

2011-01-15T14:23:00.014+01:00

New Creations with Flowers - Tribute to Frida Kahlo

I want to show you my newest creations. The necklace above is created from vintage sterling silver chain, new sterling silver cable chain and vintage copper chain, wire wrapped with copper and 20mm sapphire blue Chalcedony facet nugget beads. I adorned the copper chain with three beautiful big fabric flowers. The focal point is an original hand-painted (by me) portrait of Frida Kahlo set under Ice Resin in a heavy sterling silver bezel with Lapis Lazuli.

This simple but beautiful beaded bracelet contains chalcedony, blue lace agate, kyanite and sodalite and a big Magenta fabric flower, attached with sterling silver wire.

Simple beaded bracelet with pearls and one rose.

2011-01-12T12:40:00.006+01:00

Arjatun's daughter

I opened a new shop on etsy last week. The shop is called Arjatun's daughter.
Arjatun's daughter is a line of jewelry, created with a combination of new and vintage materials and repurposed found objects, given a second life.
I still keep my dindi shop for hand stamped sterling silver jewelry with quotes, words and sayings and colorful creations.

Please, tell me what you think.

*Thank you, everyone for sending me lovely comments through etsy and facebook, because the comment box didn't work here ( I think, I solved the problem now).
I really appreciate it!

Sparkle

2010-11-26T14:46:00.000+01:00

Sparkle

This necklace is my entry for the Europeanstreetteam Challenge on etsy hosted by Arctida
The theme is "New Years Eve Glitz & Glamour!".

I'm not into glitz & glamour..... so I made a simple bracelet that says "sparkle".

You can see more entries here

Monday moodboard

2010-11-22T15:06:00.000+01:00

Monday moodboard

Our house is a very, very, very fine house

schalle
irisoconnor
CreatedBySonja
EdgeInspired

See more Moodboards at Fleurfatale's blog!

Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting

2010-11-18T14:05:00.000+01:00

Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting

This necklace is my entry for the Europeanstreetteam Challenge hosted by http://www.etsy.com/shop/bijouxdellostregatto The theme is "Waiting for Christmas".
You can see more entries here:
http://lecreazionidellostregatto.blogspot.com/2010/11/european-street-team-challenge-waiting.html

Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap

2010-11-14T10:47:00.000+01:00

Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap

I made this up for the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap. The theme was "HOME" and I
like how it turned out and I hope the recipient will too. I draw with pencil and colored with copic markers than I stitched the decoration on the chocolate with white thread.

This card I received yesterday. It is made by SVM....isn't it adorable?!

How to be Alone

2010-11-13T16:45:00.000+01:00

How to Be Alone

A video by fiilmaker, Andrea Dorfman, and poet/singer/songwriter, Tanya Davis.

Davis wrote the beautiful poem and performed in the video which Dorfman directed, shot, animated by hand and edited.

Shoes can change your life....ask Cinderella

2010-11-04T15:51:00.000+01:00

Shoes can change your life....ask Cinderella

This necklace is my entry for the Europeanstreetteam Challenge hosted by http://Kraplap.etsy.com "Cinderella". You can see more entries here.

Great big stitched postcard swap

2010-11-01T16:50:00.000+01:00

Great big stitched postcard swap

I've joined the Great big stitched postcard swap hosted by Beth Nicholls at Do What You Love, Love What You Do. The theme this time is "HOME".
I have never made a stitched postcard before, but it looks like fun:
Create a handmade, stitched postcard with a HOME theme. Mail it to your partner and wait for your own handcrafted postcard to arrive!
You can take a look at the Flickr group from last time.

Teesha Moore fabric journal

2010-10-05T16:38:00.000+02:00

Teesha Moore fabric journal

I have been really enjoying making a Teesha Moore journal, following instructions I found on her website: http://www.teeshamoore.com/
I hate sewing, but I decided to give it a go, 'cause it looked so great and easy to do. Well, it was. I finished my journal in no time and I think I will make some more.

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 » Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

2010-07-29T09:26:00.000+02:00

The Scetchbook Project

Read more about it here:

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 » Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

Flickr favorites

2010-07-27T12:06:00.000+02:00

Happiness is a grapefruit

Since I stopped smoking seven months ago, I gained 7 kilos!! Those, of course, I want to lose. I have tried some diets already, but nothing worked! Perhaps, the grapefruit diet will help?

1. Tutti Frutti, 2. Happiness is .. a grape fruit, 4. Kiss

If you like to play this week, go to Artmind´s Blog ! There you can see much more Mosaics!

Monday moodboard

2010-07-26T15:01:00.000+02:00

Monday Moodboard

Great ideas come from great bike rides!

1. life is for living by nasoupo
2.bike inner tube journal by palepink
3.I heart my bike necklace by tizzalicious
4.french messenger bag by ikabags

To see other moodboards, please check out fleurfatale's blog.

Add A Dangles Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way

2010-07-22T16:01:00.000+02:00

Add A Dangles
Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way!!!

THESE COULD BE YOURS!!!

The winner of Add A Dangles "Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way" will receive one sterling silver bangle and a set of three Add A Danlges...a gorgeous carved pink tourmaline leaf, a super cute faceted yellow citrine coin and an outstanding green tourmaline puffed rectangle all handmade by Add A Dangle! Who will be the lucky winner?

Go to http://www.addadangle.blogspot.com for contest details and to enter.

Good Luck!

Beautiful People Project

2010-06-07T12:21:00.000+02:00

Beautiful People Project on hyves:

Make a difference

2010-05-27T10:53:00.000+02:00

We can't save the world, but we can make a difference!

There once was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore, as he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day and he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man, and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something, and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

He called out, “Good morning, what are you doing?” The young man paused, looked up and replied, “Throwing starfish into the ocean.” “I guess I should have asked; why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?” “The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don’t throw them then they’ll die.” “But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!” The young man listened politely, then bent down, picked up another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”

From: The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley

Flickr favourites

2010-03-09T10:56:00.000+01:00

Flickr favourites
1. Girl in Gallery, 2. imperfect, 3. plant 60262 , 4. Project 365/60

More flickr favourites you can see at Artminds blog

Monday moodboard

2010-02-15T12:21:00.000+01:00

Monday moodboard
1. Blue Lilou Puppy by lapomme
2. Elessa in stonewashed Blue jean by milloo
3. Black earrings by azulado
4. Jacket felt turquoise 'Motton blue' by JuliaFelt

Happy Valentines day

2010-02-14T14:56:00.000+01:00

Happy Valentines day!

For your listening and viewing pleasure

2010-02-10T16:42:00.000+01:00

For your listening and viewing pleasure

Nina Simone, 1969 Harlem Festival concert in Central Park, NYC

Monday moodboard

2010-02-08T11:54:00.000+01:00

Another monday moodboard.

More moodboards at fleurfatale's blog

2010-02-07T11:05:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Jealousydesign one of my charms was featured on etsy Frontpage. Thank you so much Jealousydesign.

Please go and visit her shop, she makes beautiful unique modern silver jewelry.

Flickr Favourites

2010-02-02T11:30:00.000+01:00

Flickr Favourites

1. neon rainbow cupcake, 2. neon rainbow, 3. gazania, 4. .paraty

This mosaic was inspired by the mosaic made by Star-of-the-east. I looked for neon rainbow first, but then I got distracted and looked for gazania.

For more flickr favourites go to artmind's blog

Monday moodboard

2010-02-01T17:19:00.000+01:00

We have a monday moodboard in our Europeanstreetteam on etsy. Everyone who wants to play along uses items of fellow members.

1. trotalo
2. lilarubyking
3. AmandaYuDesign
4. alatsupplies

More moodboards at fleurfatale's blog

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

2010-01-31T16:55:00.000+01:00

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

1. Spring: Grow strong
2. Summer: Paddles at rest the trout rise into stillness
3. Autumn/Fall: I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree~ Joyce Kilmer
4. Winter: All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost~J.R.R. Tolkien

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

2010-01-30T16:53:00.000+01:00

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

1.Spring: Le meilleur est encore a venir
2.Summer: Korenbloem en klaproos-Rose Red & Lavender
3.Autumn/Fall: Falling leaves hide the path so quietly ~John Bailey
4.Winter: "Winter solitude in a world of one color the sound of wind"~Basho

Dichtslamrap

2010-01-21T15:48:00.000+01:00

Thursday, 28 January 2010, Dicht-Slam-Rap 2010 in restaurant En Garde! in Boxtel, The Netherlands.

Dicht-Slam-Rap is a contest between poets, rappers and slammers, which takes place annually on Poetry Day in the Dutch town of Boxtel.
Also on January 28th: the seventh Dicht-Slam-Rap collection is published, containing a selection of some of the highlights submitted in the run up to the 2010 contest.

And again this year two exhibitions take place about Dicht-Slam-Rap:
1. From January 5th an exhibition in the library of Boxtel. St. Lukas students have created designs for posters, flyers and covers.

2. After 28 January, in the same library: works of art from a number of regional artists. The works are based on poems from the new collection.

The book Dicht-Slam-Rap is on sale from late January through bookshops and via http://www.stichtingwaterstof.nl/uitgeverij.htm

I created the necklace using the poem "in blauwdruk" van Danny Danker.

Other participating artists this year: Wouter Gresnigt, Henk Groenendaal, Susan Reijnders, Alexia Pnevmatikos, Huub Thorissen and Ruud Sleumer.

See also http://www.dichtslamrap.nl or http://dichtslamrap.hyves.nl

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Dicht-Slam-Rap 2010 -- Finale-avond donderdag 28 januari 2010, Gedichtendag, in het monumentale pand van restaurant En Garde!, Markt 35, in Boxtel.! Dicht Slam Rap is een wedstrijd tussen dichters, slammers en rappers, die jaarlijks op gedichtendag plaatsvindt in Boxtel.

Op 28 januari verschijnt tevens de zevende dichtbundel Dicht-Slam-Rap, volgens de jury een greep uit de hoogtepunten die in de aanloop naar de editie 2010 binnenkwamen.

Ook dit jaar in Boxtel weer twee exposities rond Dicht-Slam-Rap. Vanaf 5 januari in de bibliotheek een expositie van SintLucas-studenten die ontwerpen hebben gemaaktt voor posters, flyers en omslag bundel. Na 28 januari zijn in diezelfde bibliotheek kunstwerken te zien van een aantal regionale kunstenaars. De werken zijn gemaakt aan de hand van gedichten uit de nieuwe bundel.
De dichtbundel Dicht-Slam-Rap is vanaf eind januari te koop via de boekhandel en via http://www.stichtingwaterstof.nl/uitgeverij.htm

Ik maakte bijgaande halsketting aan de hand van een gedicht in blauwdruk van Danny Danker

Andere deelnemende kunstenaars zijn dit jaar: Wouter Gresnigt, Henk Groenendaal, Susan Reijnders, Alexia Pnevmatikos, Huub Thorissen en Ruud Sleumer.

Kijk ook http://www.dichtslamrap.nl of http://dichtslamrap.hyves.nl

I'm FLOW-ing

2009-08-26T07:56:00.001+02:00

I'm featured in "FLOW":

"a magazine about you, instead of trends. A positive magazine about new ways in life, authenticity and peace."

http://www.flowmagazine.nl/
Flow

Secret Easter Bunny

2009-04-07T17:02:00.000+02:00

The European Street Team (which I am a member of) on Etsy decided it would be fun to have a 'Secret Easter Bunny' swap. ArtMind coordinated everything, sent out questionnaires and paired us with a secret partner.

My easter bunny was Staroftheeast. Yeah! I always wanted one of their beautiful sea urchin pieces and now I’m the proud owner of this beauty:

Thank you so much Mitsy and Estella!

Time in a bottle

2009-03-25T09:36:00.000+01:00

Inspired by "Time in a bottle" by Jim Croce.

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
Till eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle

New line of jewelry

2009-03-19T16:03:00.000+01:00

Thought I’d share some photos from the new jewelry designs I’m working on, which I'll be posting in my shop soon. In these designs I incorporate found objects, ribbon and lace and leather, freshwater pearls and vintage ephemera.

I'm having a blast.

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

2009-02-09T20:59:00.000+01:00

by Philip Scott Johnson

Music: Bach's Sarabande from Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo Ma

Nominated as Most Creative Video
2007 YouTube Awards

For a complete list of artists and paintings visit http://www.maysstuff.com/womenid.htm

Winter solitude

2009-02-04T10:25:00.000+01:00

"Winter solitude
in a world of one color
the sound of wind"
~Basho

CountryDreaming

TheNebulousKingdom

matchstickgirl

JKphotography

judemcconkey

NatureMandalas

eleanors

Met dank aan Danny Danker

2009-01-29T14:46:00.000+01:00

dindi proudly presents her new posey jewelry in Dutch in collaboration
with the lovely and talented writer and poet Danny Danker.

Danny Danker seems a jack of all trades.
A proud mother of four children, she also works as a drama teacher,
writes and directs plays, provides poetry workshops and lessons for children in various age groups, exhibits, travels through the whole country for guest appearances and provides literary and journalistic contributions to newspapers.

What is her driving strength?

Danny: "The art is to find the smooth movement
of life and to learn to follow this movement, unforced.
To fall and get up on your feet
and follow the path without
purpose other than
the road itself. To
continue to the next
'to do' has more
value and more
'feeling', then a product
that is already finished."

Available in my shop

The girl and her goose

2009-01-21T12:49:00.000+01:00

Me and my goose 'Roosje'. I loved her to bits...Now, she is gone..Goosy, goosy gander, where did you wander?

serpentmandalas

annzania

corid

sleepandhersisters

DUDADAZE

TheNebulousKingdom

The Proximidade Award

2009-01-18T18:18:00.000+01:00

Today I received a blog award from a fellow European Street Team member ChichiBoulie. My first award ever.
She has a gorgeous etsy shop HERE and a sweet blog HERE
I am touched that she picked me as one of the recipients - Thanks Gretchen!

Proximidade is described as follows:
'This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships. These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes for self-aggrandizement! Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!'

This blog award should be sent to your favorite eight bloggers and they, in turn should forward to eight of their favorites. You should include the text for Proximidade (above) in your announcement blog.

As I have to choose only eight, the Proximidade Award goes to:

Star-of-the-east
HeliS
Creations by Eve
JealousyDesign
Kraplap
Antigoni
Nanouke
FleurFatale

Their blogs are all on my must-read list!

16 things about me

2009-01-14T16:03:00.000+01:00

(click the picture to get to the Flickr page)

I was tagged by Artmind to play a little game on Flickr. These are the rules:
-Post 16 things about yourself.
-You can do this by using photographs, drawings, art,...
-Then tag 16 people to do the same

here you have it
16 things about me

1. I love to create
2. I dance when nobody is watching
3. I love to wear hats
4. I love to travel
5. I love quotes, poems and sayings
6. I drink at least 10 cups of tea a day
7. I’m a tree hugger
8. I’m into wabi-sabi
9. I love to wear lots of bangles
10.I like to ride my bike
11.My lucky number is 8
12.Red is my favourite colour
13.I play the accordion (not very well)
14.I dig love
15.I am in love
16.“What game shall we play today” is my credo

Weekly challenge

2009-01-12T13:53:00.000+01:00

This week´s challenge is hosted by Heli and the theme is: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera.

I wanted to make something different and not just put one quote on a piece of jewelry since there are so many remarkable phrases in this book. I wanted to let the symbols represent the quotes…and I wanted to add a lot of levity and kitsch in it.
I had to dig very deep in my jewelry boxes and this is what I came up with.

♥ circles:
-eternal return
-Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.

♥ Love charm
-Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.

♥ bird charm
-The heaviest of burdens is simultaneously an image of life's most intense fullfillment. The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes man to be lighter than air, to soar into new heights, take leave of the earth and his earthly being, and become only half real, his movements as free as they are insignificant. What then shall we choose? Weight or lightness?

Is lightness better and weight a burden, or does meaning only come from weight?

♥ Shoe charm
-And at some point, he realized to his great surprise that he was not particularly unhappy. Sabina's physical presence was much less important than he had suspected. What was important was the golden footprint, the magic footprint she had left on his life and no one could ever remove.

-A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.

♥ Hat charm
-There's only one thing; he doesn't like my hat.
(I couldn´t find a bowler hat, I will replace it when I find one, but for now this one will have to do)

♥ Tag hand stamped with “Einmal ist keinmal”
-"Einmal ist keinmal", says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.

♥ kitsch
-The feeling induced by kitsch must be a kind the multitudes can share. Kitsch may not, therefore, depend on an unusual situation; it must derive from the basic images people have engraved in their memories: the ungrateful daughter, the neglected father, children running on the grass, the motherland betrayed, first love.

Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tears says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass! It is the second tear that makes kitsch kitsch.

You can wear it as a brooch or as a pendant.

update: 04.03.2009I´ve replaced the hat for a bowler hat, the shoe charm for 2 brass feet and I´ve added a tear charm.

Father and daughter

2009-01-08T10:44:00.000+01:00

Me and my father in 1958.

One of my favorite short films by Michael Dudok de Wit.
It won the 2000 Best Animated Short Oscar and loads of other awards.

FriendlyMade

VignetteStudio

stilettoheights

thisisalliknow

SarahHavard

justmadbooks

lonelygirl

Happy New Year

2009-01-02T10:11:00.000+01:00

I made a little video about my last day of the year for Heli Sengezer's weekly blog "Friday is my Day".

This is the result:

I want to thank: Andrea Dorfman:
and: Andre Salters for giving me permission to use their video.

Weekly challenge

2008-12-22T20:03:00.000+01:00

I'm the winner of our European Street Team’s weekly challenge (drawn by Staroftheeast).
The original idea came from Kreativlink, to get us motivated to create new things.

This week’s challenge is...

Craft your favourite quote! (since I'm a total quote nerd.)

…the craft wouldn't have to include the actual quote, just be inspired by it.

Because of the busy times you will have 2 weeks to participate, deadline is the 5th of January 2009.
I'll collect the entries in this post.

dindi

"What game shall we play today?"
~Chick Corea

ingermaaike

"Who told you life has to be a serious thing?"
~ingermaaike

antigoni

"All is flux, nothing stays still"
~Heraclitus

ExoticFlavour

"Even married people were once strangers"
~Daisaku Ikeda

helisengezer

"Home is not where you live
but where they understand you"
~Christian Morgerstern

Kreativlink

"Es ist nicht genug, zu wissen, man muss auch anwenden; es ist nicht genug, zu wollen, man muss auch tun."

"It's not enough to know, one must also apply. It's not enought to want, one must also do"
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

enchantedpond

"may the road rise with you "
~Jonny Lydon PIL

GiftsandStars

"It's raining cats and dogs"

Arctida

"Two things are infinite: the Universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the Universe."
~Albert Einstein

Artmind

“I live on good soup, not on fine words.”
~Molière

kraplap

"Arsenic and Old Lace"

fleurfatale

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today"
~native American (Cherokee) proverb

nanouke

"Always Look at the Bright Side of Life"
~Monthy Python

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(¸.•´ (¸.•´ * ♥ ♥ ♥Thank you everybody for participating in this challenge. I love them all!!

And the winner is.......

..........Heli!

Weekly challenge

2008-12-18T13:17:00.000+01:00

This necklace is made especially for the European Street Team 'challenge of the week'. This week´s theme is: "Frida Kahlo"

This challenge was initiated by Staroftheeast.
You can find all the items made for this challenge here.

In her diary, Frida Kahlo drew a sketch of her amputated foot with the caption:
Pies, para qué los quiero
Si tengo alas para volar.

Feet, what do I need them for
If I have wings to fly.

For Art

2008-12-11T10:48:00.000+01:00

A really sweet video that I found on YouTube. Enjoy!

Music video by Andrea Dorfman for Tanya Davis' song "Art"

art
I wondered what would be the worth of my words in the world
if i write them and then recite them are they worth being heard
just because i like them does that mean i should mic them
and see what might unfurl
i think of the significance of my opinions here
is it significant to be giving them does anybody care
just because i'm into this does that mean i should live like it
and really do i dare
art, art i want you
art you make it pretty hard not too
and my heart is trying hard here to follow you
but i can't always tell if i ought to
so i pondered the point of my art in this life
if i make it will someone take it and think it's genuine
will they be glad that i did 'cause they got something good out of it
will they leave me and be any more inspired
i question the outcome of the outpouring of myself
if i tell everyone my stories will this keep me healthy and well
will it give me purpose, to this world some sort of service
is it worth it, how can i tell

New backgrounds

2008-12-08T15:39:00.000+01:00

I´m trying out new backgrounds for my jewelry.

and another one.

What do you think?

Playing with wordle

2008-12-06T19:41:00.000+01:00

www.wordle.net

Giveaway

2008-12-04T17:31:00.000+01:00

Jenny from pearlswirl is having a giveaway!

All of you out there who are looking for a hopelessly romantic necklace for yourselves or for a beautiful Christmas gift, look here.
Good luck!!

Secret Santa

2008-11-26T15:37:00.000+01:00

Secret Santa’s little helper rang on my door and he brought me a little package. Normally I would tear open the package immediately but I remembered just in time that we had to make pictures and blog about it.
So here we go:
The European Street team on Etsy is playing Secret Santa again this year. Artmind send out a questionnaire and paired us with a secret partner.

My Secret Santa was Heli. I couldn´t be more happy!! Thank you so much, Heli! and Mitsy, ofcourse! I´m chuffed to tiny pieces ♥ ♥ ♥
Check out HeliS to see all her gorgeous stuff and don’t forget to see her other shop, full with beautiful bags! helisengezer is offering FREE shipping with registered mail until 24th of December!

More Secret Santa.

Wreck this journal

2008-11-13T08:36:00.000+01:00

While browsing through Flickr I found this and it immediately grabbed my attention.
I don’t know how I missed this, but I did. I´ve ordered my "Wreck this journal" copy and it arrived today.
"Wreck this Journal" is full of assignments:
- take this book in the shower with you
- climb up high, drop the journal
- lose this page (throw it out) accept the loss
- sleep with the Jounal. Describe the experience here
- cover this page with white things
- burn this page (I burned my thumb while doing this!)

Read more about it on Keri Smith´s blog and here.I´m all inspired to wreck this journal. I’ll keep you posted.

Weekly challenge

2008-11-12T14:41:00.000+01:00

This is my European Street Team challenge entry for the week.
The theme is Aqua.
The other entries can be found here
Bracelet contains chalcedony, blue lace agate, kyanite and sodalite. All findings are sterling silver.
In my shop I have got another bracelet with a water theme:
It is made with a beautiful handmade Bali bead as focal point.
You can see here how silver box clasps are made by hand in Bali.

Save the Jackalope

2008-11-05T13:34:00.000+01:00

About a year ago I first heard about the Jackalope, a cross between a jackrabbit and an antelope. A funny little bunny with horns, it looks so sweet and friendly. I wanted to know more about this unknown creature.

I was so sad to hear that "according to wildlife experts, the Jackalope is a species in serious decline. Experts fear that the Jackalope could become extinct within the next five years if serious action is not taken."

Searching the web to learn more about the reason behind this I discovered that there are several aspects of the Jackalope's natural behaviour, that prevent its population recovery. It is said that:
- they are extremely shy until approached (at which point they become quite friendly). This can shorten Jackalope life span during hunting season
- they don't breed like rabbits. In fact they only mate during electric storms where hail is present, which is the only time rabbits will not breed.
Also I read that:
- Jackalope milk is particularly sought after because it is believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac (for which reason, the Jackalope is also sometimes referred to as the 'horny rabbit')
- crushed Jackalope horn is used as an active agent in a chemical adhesive. This glue is used to create Post-It notes
- Jackalopes are harvested in large quantities to produce the pharmaceutical Sildenafil citrate, which is sold under a number of brand names (the most popular being Viagra).

If you care about this lovely creature buy my "Save the Jackalope" necklace. All proceeds will go straight into my bank account to support my untiring efforts to save the Jackalope.
Save the Jackalope before it becomes mythical!

Promote your shop on YouTube

2008-11-01T12:53:00.000+01:00

I used onetruemedia.com to make a mini commercial that I uploaded onto youtube.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUGy9rsrd7Q
-Go to onetruemedia
-Sign up for free
-Use images from your shop
-Have a YouTube account-also free
-OneTrueMedia will post your video on YouTube for you.

Weekly challenge

2008-10-24T14:55:00.000+02:00

This is a listing made especially for the European Street Team 'challenge of the week', theme: "things that go bump in the night"

This challenge was initiated by MatchStickGirl
You can find all the items made for this challenge here:

I made a necklace with 3 charms for protection from things that go bump in the night.

Charms:
Flower: to evolve, to blossom, to conquer your fears
Heart: to love and be loved in return is to have no fear
Bird: to put your fears to flight

The word charm is derived from the Latin carmen (song). They were usually performed over people to protect or "enchant" them, and were supposed to have the power to avert evil and bring good luck and protection.

24 Carrot

2008-10-23T16:48:00.000+02:00

Someone bought my rabbit necklace and she was so sweet to send me a picture of her rabbit Adde wearing the necklace.

So cute!

Tante-Erna-Laden

2008-10-19T18:45:00.000+02:00

I decided to get rid of some of the stuff I´ve collected over the years.
First to go are my vintage Pinocchios..they have been lying in that big box in the vestibule for way too long now. They have to go..So, I´m building another shop.
I´m quite happy with the look and the feel of the shop.

A "Tante Emma Laden" (Aunt Emma shop), is a "mom and pop store" in German. Because my name is Erna I call it "Tante-Erna-Laden".
What do you think?

For your listening and viewing pleasure

2008-10-15T17:55:00.000+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcyQcNlGEVE

Best friends

2008-10-15T11:43:00.000+02:00

This is a picture of Seven, our dog for a week and his best friend (my husband) Peter.
"Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend." —Corey Ford
..............................dogartstudio.........................................................boneofart...............................
..............................AnneArchy...........................................................HeliS.......................................
..........................TheModDog.........................

Another shattered heart

2008-10-11T10:59:00.000+02:00

All my hearts are inspired by songs.
This shattered heart is inspired by "Day Too Soon" by Sia Furler.

Tagged

2008-10-09T15:42:00.001+02:00

Glasfaden has tagged me… and I am going to play along.
Here we go:
1.I love dogs, cats, geese..
2.I'm allergic to dogs, cats, geese...
3.When I was a little child I thought that pears were boy apples and cats were girl dogs.
4.I don’t like pasta
5.I cook pasta every second day or so, ´cause that’s the only thing I can cook
6.I used to collect vintage pinocchios, vintage black dolls, old wooden boxes, children books, camels, elephants, vintage jewellery, bottles..

7.Now they collect dust.

The rules are:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are the ones I am tagging:
1.MatchStickGirl
2.Yasmin Bochi
3.the princess next door
4.Little Llama
5.JealousyDesign
6.Amanda Yu
7.Aranwen

on my Wishlist

2008-10-08T10:15:00.000+02:00

I haven´t been feeling well for a week or so...nothing serious... it would be nice though, to be able to creep back in a bed like this, with a good book and listen to music....
But I really have to work on a custom order that has already waited far too long to be finished. So off to work and maybe when I work really really hard I will be able to buy that bed...
I´ve sold one necklace today...just 105.667 necklaces more to go.

Play

Om namo bhagavate sarvate gate
Varsuddhani rajaya, ta tha ga ta ya
Arahate sam yak sam buddhaya
Ta dya tha om sodhani -- sodhani
Sarva papam, vishodani suddhe visuddhe
Sarwa karma avarana
Visudhani ya soha

Weekly challenge

2008-10-01T12:44:00.000+02:00

Kreativlink came up with a GREAT idea to get us, members of the European Street Team, motivated to create new things: a weekly challenge!

The host will choose the one she/he likes best as a "winner" and this lucky one will choose the colour or theme for next week.

The winner will also be in charge of getting people motivated for the next round!
So far we had the Purple Challenge, the Summer Challenge, the Picture Challenge, the Starry Night Challenge, the Wasp Challenge, the Elizabethan era Challenge, the Ghost Challenge, the Frost Challenge, the Minimalism Challenge and the Revival Challenge

Picture challenge

Frost challenge

Minimalism challenge

This week we have the Cute Challenge.
Difficult one....

What about this....is this cute? .....I´m not sure..

Or this?....Cute?

I think I stick with this for my Cute entry...

Websites I like

2008-09-29T10:13:00.000+02:00

A few months ago I discovered Polyvore: "Polyvore is a unique web application that lets people mix and match images from anywhere on the web, to create outfits, interior designs, or any kind of collage".
I love to play with it.... I think it is a fun and creative way to promote your shop.
If you upload images from any other (Etsy) sellers onto Polyvore, please ask for permission first!

“Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”

Pablo Picasso

hmmm.......don´t know about that, though....

Welcome!

2008-09-25T20:39:00.000+02:00

Welcome to my blog!

I took the title of this blog from the title of an interview made for trendi.com
Here it is:

Wisdom and Wisecracks from Dindi Jewelry
A silver tambourine charm is as innocent as can be. A silver tambourine charm labelled "Play me against your warm thigh" has a whole 'nother meaning. "Save the Whales" we've heard before. "Save the Jackalope" has a quirky edge we love. Who's the designer behind these clever doo-dads? Erna Price, a woman whose collecting, hoarding, and accumulating habit means reworking, restringing, and revamping in the long run. She's also into wabi-sabi. No, it's not something you put on your California rolls. It's a Buddhist philosophy about accepting imperfection. It's healthy, beautiful, and mentally stimulating. Plus, it's cheaper than Botox and won't turn you into a bat face. Read our mini-interview to get deep in seconds.

Trendi: How long have you been collecting random bits and baubles for your jewelry?
Erna Price: I've been collecting broken chains and bracelets, little charms, beads and other knick-knacks for over 2 decades now. I store them in beautiful old boxes, that I also collect, which are displayed all over the house.

Trendi: Could you give us a few words on wabi-sabi?
Erna: For me wabi-sabi is to see beauty in things, which are simple, imperfect, modest, old and weathered. To celebrate cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind.

Trendi: Do you wear a thoughtful phrase yourself? Or maybe different ones every day?
Erna: I wear the same bangles every day. One says: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" And the other one: "Neglect not the gift that is in thee."
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So I´ll TRY and come up to the expectations and fill my blog with all my wit and wisdom......or.....more likely, just with whatever takes my fancy.

Jewelry...and more

Realitieit is ook maar een droom

New website for dogs and their owners

FLickr favorites

Flickr favorites - solitude

EST weekly challenge

Monday moodboard - A glimpse of spring

Flickr Favorites

Win one of these pretty safety belts by davir dog designs!

Flickr Favorites

European Street team challenge - Monday moodboard - Middle Ages

Flickr Favourites

Monday moodboard

New creations with flowers as a tribute to Frida Kahlo

Sparkle

Monday moodboard

Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting

Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap

How to be Alone

Shoes can change your life....ask Cinderella

Great big stitched postcard swap

Teesha Moore fabric journal

The Sketchbook Project: 2011 » Art House Co-op | We build art projects and communities

Flickr favorites

Monday moodboard

Add A Dangles Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way

Add A Dangles Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way!!!

Beautiful People Project

Make a difference

Flickr favourites

Monday moodboard

Happy Valentines day

For your listening and viewing pleasure

Monday moodboard

Flickr Favourites

Monday moodboard

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

Four seasons of jewelry/jewellery

Dichtslamrap

I'm FLOW-ing

Secret Easter Bunny

Time in a bottle

New line of jewelry

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

Winter solitude

Met dank aan Danny Danker

The girl and her goose

The Proximidade Award

16 things about me

Weekly challenge

Father and daughter

Happy New Year

Weekly challenge

Weekly challenge

For Art

New backgrounds

Playing with wordle

Giveaway

Secret Santa

Wreck this journal

Weekly challenge

Save the Jackalope

Promote your shop on YouTube

Weekly challenge

24 Carrot

Tante-Erna-Laden

For your listening and viewing pleasure

Best friends

Another shattered heart

Tagged

on my Wishlist

Weekly challenge

Websites I like

Welcome!

Add A Dangles
Fall Preview Bangles And Dangles Blog Give A Way!!!