History Hop Paleolithic Style

 

Thanks Leah, for hosting this wonderful weblog. You chose such an unusual but great
theme. I learned a lot about the people, their art and their way of living
in the Paleolithic period . It was fun, creating some 2015!!! jewellery,
based on that era. It was not easy, it was quite a challenge!

When you know me a little, you know that I’m fond of designing bracelets :-)
So here is another one. May I introduce bracelet Ayla to you…

 

The components are some small meteorites and glass beads.
All made by me. I used colours as seen in the rocks of places I visited in the past,
and in pictures I’ve seen on the internet. I did try to make a little Venus
and an hand axe, well…  a sort of, fom that period.
 

 

 

 

The ring topper is made of glass as well, I gave it a ‘prehistoric look’.
 

 

 

 I even tried to do some rock painting. On a shell,  it can be a pendant…

 

 

Shells were used as a type of jewelry during that period, it inspired me to
decorate one in this special way!

 

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Thanks for visiting my weblog (-:
Have fun visiting the other participants and see what the created:

Leah Curtis ( our sweet hostess) - Beady Eyed Bunny
Shaiha's Ramblings
Anafiassa
Emmanuelle
Julia Hay - Pandanimal 
Rachel Mallis - Mint Monarch
Beadrecipes
Robin Reed - Artistry HCBD 
Joanne Tinks
YeeLen Spirit Designs (will be revealing on Dec. 12th, please check back then!)
Karin G. - Gingko et Coquelicot
Dini Bruinsma ***** you are here ****
Deborah Apodaca
Tapping Flamingo

Facebook Participants:Laura Bailey TaskeyAlbum for Facebook participants found in Bead Soup Cafe 

1st Annual - Danse Macabre Blog Hop - 17th. October 2015

Dear Lee, our hostess, thank you so much for organizing this special Blog Hop so well,
in spite of your health issues, you did a great job. Wishing you all the best!

For all my American / English  FB-Friends, this will be a very awkward  blog post maybe...
Where’s the special Halloween part, the pumpkins, the skulls, spider webs?

Well, here in The Netherlands we don’t (yet) celebrate it in that spectacular, playful
and colourful way as in other parts of the world…  So nothing like that today!
 

Danse Macabre a Chapelle in Brittany painted between1483 and 1501

I did some research into history (-: According to the legend, "Death" appears at
midnight every year on Halloween. “Death” calls for the dead from their graves to
dance for him while he plays his fiddle  (represented by a solo violin).
His skeletons dance for him until the rooster crows at dawn, when they must return
to their graves until the next year…

“Death” dances with everybody, the rich and the poor, a queen, a maid, a pope,
an emperor, a king, child, and a labourer...

 

Danse Macabre, is a  piece of orchestral music, written in 1874 by the French
composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It is an artistic genre of late-medieval allegory on

the universality of death: no matter one's station in life, the Dance of Death
unites all. Produced to remind people of the fragility of their lives and
how vain were the glories of earthly life.

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That was my inspiration for designing a little little bracelet…

 

  

 

I used some pearls, ruby’s, moonstone, lapis lazuli and sapphire to represent a queen or a king,
pewter, lava stone and copper bead caps to represent the maid
and some small pearls for the child…

Because of role of the violin, I mixed a little sterling silver one in my design.

Enjoy the music of Danse Macabre and my bracelet!

And have a Wonderful Happy Halloween!

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Here's the list with names ☼ of the other ☼ designers ☼

Lee Koopman                           Strega Jewellry  - our hostess

Sam Waghorn                           Pale Moon Creations

Dini Bruinsma                            Angaza by Changes That's me

Mowse Doyle                              Mouse Made This

Lori Blanchard                            Alainn Jewelry

Robin Showstack                        The Crazy Bead Hoarder

Amy Jorgensen                           Hoarders Corner

Nan Smith                                    Wired Nan

Tammy Adams                             Paisley Lizard

Catherine King                              Catherine’s Musings

Michelle McCarthy                         Firefly Designs Studio

Betony Maiden                             Beadwenches Blog

Becca White                                  Morgana Fey Creations

Kim Dworak                                   Cianci Blue

Tami Norris                                   Tamis Creative Spot

Inge Von Roos                               Inge’s Blog

Terry Jeanette Carter                    Tapping Flamingo

Deb Fortin                                       Mhoti Studio

Melissa Trudinger                           Bead Recipes



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Welcome to this Epic Inspiration Jewellery Design Challenge and Blog Hop!

Thank you so much Melissa, for organizing this Hop…
I had a lot of fun watching films and movies, you gave me a great time J
And then came the moment  I had to chose one…
In The Netherlands we have a lot of different  -new- great shows on TV,
but… we have had some epic TV in the past as well!
And so I chose a movie I was quite impressed by in the eighties…   
A movie of the life of the King of the Zulu’s, Shaka Zulu.
What an impressive story and what an impressive cast as well!

Wikipedia gives a lot!!! of information about Shaka’s life.
Here’s his story;  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka

Shaka was raised mostly by Nandi, his mother.
If it was not for her Shaka would have never grown into the man he became.
Nandi was queen mother of the Zulu’s. Her death had a profound effect
on Shaka and he never recovered from her death.  He went into a deep
stage of mourning, depression and erratic behavior.

This is ‘Nandi’ in the movie:

The picture inspired me to design this necklace

 

  

Happy hopping!
Here's the list with the names of the other participants  :-)

Melissa Trudinger             https://beadrecipes.wordpress.com (Hostess)
Karen Mitchell                   http://www.overthemoon-design.com
Andrea Glick                      http://zenithjade.blogspot.com/
Karen Martinez                 http://fairiesmarket.blogspot.com/
Lennis Carrier                    http://windbent.wordpress.com
Lindsay Starr                      http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/
Mona Arnott                      http://bijouxgemsjoy.blogspot.com
Lee Koopman                    http://stregajewellry.wordpress.com
Shaiha Williams                 http://ShaihasRamblings.com
Veralynne Malone            http://veradesigns.blogspot.com
Elisabeth Auld                    http://www.beadsforbusygals.com
Kelly Schermerhorn          http://meanderingwithkelly.blogspot.com
Dini Bruinsma                    http://www.angazabychanges.blogspot.nl  that's me!!!
Jami Shipp                          http://www.celebratinglifewithdamamashipp.blogspot.com.au/   

 

Alenka’s Butterflies Birthday Blog Hop & Giveaway

 

 

 To start this blog with dear Alenka, - here is her weblog - I hope you had a
great birthday and many many more beautiful  years to come!

Like you I missed the blogging too, and I was happy  to find your post on Facebook,
thanx so much for starting and organizing this hop. The Butterfly Theme you chose
is such a lovely one, with a very special and symbolic meaning for so many people.
 

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Since a few days  it’s Springtime in The Netherlands, with loads of ☼ Sunshine ☼
this week Friday! I love it, and even already spotted some butterflies in our garden
and in the woods near our house… 

For the jewellery I made, I used the embossing & deco etchting technique
and used alcohol ink to add some color. The blanks are made of bronze, I
heated the metal to make it a bit easier to work with. Here is the result,
a pair of earrings and of course, a bracelet. There's always a bracelet :-)

 

 

 

 

There are 19 participants, come and see  how they worked out this amazing theme.
Have fun visiting their blogs and admiring their great work.
 Alenka (our hostess) ♥
Monique, Beti, Kathy, Kepi, Christine, 
Amy, Dini -that's me- Cynthia, Alicia, Sheila, 
Therese, Rebecca, Rachel, Liz, Ana, 
Jasvanti, Carolyn and Nan.