Tuesday, May 19, 2009

A nice surprise this morning and in love with aqua...

I went to etsy this morning to spiffy up my shops a bit, and look what I saw on the front page ~ a treasury picked by etsy admin that included one of my vintage ribbon roses!
What a nice surprise! Don't you just love everything in that collection? It's hard for me to choose a favorite, but I really like those simple crystal dangle earrings.


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I have loved aqua and its variations for a long time, but lately it seems like nearly everything I make has shades of aqua in it.
This first piece, though not aqua, does have blue. I enjoy making these folk art fraktur paintings once in a while.
This is another acrylic painting / collage I recently did. It has a very distressed, crackled background, and I couldn't resist adding little vintage words and paper birds:


...and here are several soldered charms I made last week using aged and watercolored papers:

...and this last piece was something I had wanted to make for a while after finding the wonderfully tarnished and aged vintage brooch in Karla Nathan's shop. I found an aqua suede belt, a few brass components such as the chain and jump rings...


and added a pretty little glass flower to the dangly thing on the chain...

If you'd like to see more of it, just click on one of the photos, or go here.
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My giveaway is still going on this week, just scroll on down and read the post below this one.
Have a lovely day!
Lana
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5 comments:

  1. I have been enjoying looking at your beautiful jewelry creations! I especially love the charm necklaces with the heart in the middle. Also the round glass pendant. So neat!
    Blessings,
    Marie
    blog: http://emmacallsmemama.com
    email: marie@waltercom.com

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  2. Hi Lana,
    Nice to meet you.
    I love the aqua things too!!
    Thanks so much for your visit,and for you sweet comments.
    Rosemary

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  3. You are just so darned talented, Lana! Everything is beautiful!

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  4. Yay for you!! And I am loving your little charms.
    :)

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  5. Congrats on the Etsy FP! I love your new bird charms!

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