tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73107002292426596132024-03-05T02:04:21.263-08:00Roses & HelloRoses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-13483213105295779592011-03-26T03:23:00.000-07:002011-03-26T03:24:24.904-07:00Clothing Crush - Taylor Tomasi Hill<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: none; line-height: 19px;">Taylor Tomasi Hill is a fashion (accessories) editor at the American Marie Claire. I was browsing Garance Dore's <a href="http://www.garancedore.fr/en/2011/03/25/taylor-2/">blog</a></span> which I love, it's very kooky and cute and her photographs are beautiful, and up popped a photo of Taylor Tomasi Hill in two outfits I covet immensely! Not to mention her lovely red hair...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I LOVE this more relaxed look with the shirt. The collar/choker is amazing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWlyNeJiml-1YzMkakku1bqt8mS0_DMSPuj9pxOGvk7rRthA9FTzbHIOcqo6tKDcHpbeztHhQoAC0d_njObwhRymVb7-TBGe5ueXO9pOcAIXfR7i-5MXT-6jKFWfESnaicTFJPchnRLO6/s1600/700-1600-0-100_TaylorTomasiHill1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWlyNeJiml-1YzMkakku1bqt8mS0_DMSPuj9pxOGvk7rRthA9FTzbHIOcqo6tKDcHpbeztHhQoAC0d_njObwhRymVb7-TBGe5ueXO9pOcAIXfR7i-5MXT-6jKFWfESnaicTFJPchnRLO6/s320/700-1600-0-100_TaylorTomasiHill1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-6784459557981127102011-03-17T05:36:00.000-07:002011-03-17T05:36:03.897-07:00Harland Miller Penguin Covers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHpUyOAJmhyphenhyphent4_pCihG_JwL7N92jEdJsgqkiYdiFW605wfllEUraWD1Ng9LUghq-F1ma2CLr2MUizDgOrXjWl0zXNR7VnUD7T6Y__17maNqzD-urfBPtiw8QYqCs3IJI98LrhR2KzZCp5/s1600/harlandmillerbyjonnyshandkydd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHpUyOAJmhyphenhyphent4_pCihG_JwL7N92jEdJsgqkiYdiFW605wfllEUraWD1Ng9LUghq-F1ma2CLr2MUizDgOrXjWl0zXNR7VnUD7T6Y__17maNqzD-urfBPtiw8QYqCs3IJI98LrhR2KzZCp5/s200/harlandmillerbyjonnyshandkydd.jpg" width="191" /></a><br />
Aside from having a <i>very </i>cool name, Harland Miller paints a series of melancholy beautiful and very funny reimaginings of Penguin's old fashioned book covers.<br />
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I love this Raymond Chandler, noir style one:<br />
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There are other very funny ones, particularly <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-caX_wmkz5HXi8jnDjrPFJ2zkWA4hX59jKWC20XWKmFFWi40AhDZElwuoLQbk9HjCZnYpfpHTvonRPxh2RuT0lWfMFVEihvtFFeiRVFITH2OLfnWAeIJraBfImYnRvQ08T0EfSAc8mrP/s1600/ACLMiller1.jpeg">Hemmingway</a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-caX_wmkz5HXi8jnDjrPFJ2zkWA4hX59jKWC20XWKmFFWi40AhDZElwuoLQbk9HjCZnYpfpHTvonRPxh2RuT0lWfMFVEihvtFFeiRVFITH2OLfnWAeIJraBfImYnRvQ08T0EfSAc8mrP/s1600/ACLMiller1.jpeg"></a>As well as making up new titles and reimagining old. He did a series of titled based on the north and their colours are beautiful, slow rust, grey skies, storms etc:<br />
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And you can get your first box free by using this code - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://www.graze.com/p/43X8JHG" style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www.graze.com/p/43X8JHG</a></span><br />
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My first box came with a punnet of chilli maize and satay broad beans that are the tastiest thing EVER! The dark chocolate covered cacao beans were pretty good too...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><b>Brassaï</b> (<b>Gyula Halász</b>) (9 September 1899–8 July 1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Brassaï captured the essence of the city in his photographs, published as his first collection in 1933 book entitled <i>Paris de nuit</i> (Paris by Night). His book gained great success, resulting in his being called "the eye of Paris" in an essay by his friend Henry Miller. In addition to photos of the seedier side of Paris, Brassai portrayed scenes from the life of the city's high society, its intellectuals, its ballet, and the grand operas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><br />
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He was also friends with Picasso, Matisse and Dali.<br />
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This following photograph, captures (in a slightly more sinister, less attractive manner) something similar to the protagonist of one of my favourite novels <i>Good Morning, Midnight. </i>Though the protagonist of that novel has none of this photograph's hard swagger - the idea of sitting alone in a cafe in finery drinking pernod, certainly does.<br />
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For Christmas I was given some Cuban stamps with humming birds on and recently found a frame large enough to make them into a necklace:<br />
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I have one more of these frames... wonder what I'll do with it...<br />
I also brought back a stamp myself, somewhat accidentally through buying too many at the postoffice for postcards home! it's much littler than the other stamps and I'm still hoping to find the right frame for it.<br />
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More hummingbird things, the ring I ordered before Christmas has finally arrived! Hooray!<br />
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And finally here is my very own little wooden hummingbird crafted in the mountains of Cuba, only found in that one little craft market. It hangs from my kitchen cabinet. The photo's don't really capture it properly. In fact there's a nice story that goes with it. We passed through the craft market and thought the hummingbirds were beautiful, but as you know, you tend to get the same items as many markets and as we had to rush, we didn't stop. We then found out that you could <b>only </b>get them at that one particular market. We left our guide some money and asked her if she could get one and ask the next British family she took round to post them back in the UK (Cuban post is notoriously bad!). The hummingbirds are made to disassemble and have tiny pins to fit back together. Lo and behold, some months later a little package arrived!<br />
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The pendants on a quickly made stand, which was really useful!<br />
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Lisa's cards (soon to be available on Roses and Hello's Etsy)<br />
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Cards of the illustrations featured in the jewellery<br />
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And you can just about see one of the new bangles with the silver rocking horse charm on it.<br />
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Charm jewellery, currently available on Etsy<br />
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And new earrings, soon to be loaded!<br />
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I also had a wire wrapped slate pendant on the stall, which was made from slate I picked in on a tiny place in Wales called Corris. As it turned out the lady who bought the pendant knew Corris well! Just a nice reminder that sometimes it really is a small world.Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-76513406915160626952011-02-10T05:21:00.000-08:002011-02-10T05:21:51.752-08:00Sea Glass from DawlishI went on a little jaunt to Dawlish beach on the south-west coast of England at the weekend and had a lovely day eating cream teas and walking along a VERY windy beach. Along the way I picked up some little pieces of sea glass to see if I could make something from them. You can buy manufactured 'sea glass' which has been artificially tumbled, but to me that completely destroys the concept of it being tossed around on the sea bed and slowly reaching that misty prettiness. Obviously natural sea glass isn't uniform, so it's more difficult to work with. But it's worth it. I found some tiny little pieces which I have made into studs:<br />
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Most of the glass pieces were tiny (I've photographed a pile of the biggest pieces), I have one other pair made and I'm hoping to make two more if possible.Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-52042258819610338972011-02-08T07:49:00.000-08:002011-02-08T07:49:32.736-08:00A Cuban TaleHello. I just thought I'd share a little jewellery story with you. I posted off today 4 Cuban rings (the last of that size coin!) to a girl called Elisa and she very kindly said I could pass on her story.<br />
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Turns out she had a particular wish for buying one of the rings (other than it being pretty!) because her grandparents are Cuban. She requested, and I made, 3 more rings: one for her mother, and one each for her two aunts in memory of her grandmother who recently passed away. She says she hopes to visit Cuba one day.<br />
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I polished each coin and set them on ring blanks using a hardening resin. Once dry I re-polished to remove any excess resin and made sure each piece was perfect. I put them in their little organza bags and sent them off to America!<br />
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Previously I made one for a lady whose mother was Cuban and she said her mother would be so pleased to receive it as she hadn't been able to bring much with her to her new home.<br />
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I really love hearing about the new home my jewellery goes to.<br />
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And lastly I thought I'd just share with you soem pictures of a ring I bought from a market in Cuba. The ring is made from the handle of a spoon. I really like how it's chunky but also delicate and the idea of making something useful into an ornament - which sort of inspired me for the coin rings!<br />
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Also, this weekend Roses and Hello is going to its first festival. Wish us luck!Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-63386209434599072192011-01-30T04:03:00.000-08:002011-01-30T04:03:28.433-08:00Sri Lankan Coin NecklaceI'm waiting for my camera battery to charge so that I can take some high quality photos, but here are a few images of the last necklace I made. This one is made from a really beautiful Sri Lankan coin. I hand polished it and hung it between two delicate chains.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-49990758869749060972011-01-22T05:59:00.000-08:002011-01-22T05:59:37.439-08:00Black SwanA Black Swan themed <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3adfd46fb26d91cf216f6e/the-black-swan">treasury</a> as I'm going to see it this evening! Swans and Ballet themes, very romantic:<br />
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Right, something pretty to bring in the new year:<br />
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I absolutely covet this piece by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/dishfunctionldesigns?ref=ls_profile">dishfunctionldesigns</a>, I'm not normally a fan of heart shaped jewellery, but I LOVE the figures:<br />
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This is a very eerie beautiful short film using silhouette art. Makes me want to do lots of silhouettes!<br />
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And finally some music:<br />
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Happy New Year all!Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-57935089476836609922010-12-07T04:56:00.000-08:002010-12-07T04:56:22.685-08:00Custom JewelleryThis piece was designed as a present for a little girl's ballet exam:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think the colours are lovely and I hope she does really well! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Some tweets from the protests:<br />
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<span class="msgtxt en" done10="30" done11="30" done12="30" done13="30" done14="30" done15="30" done16="30" done17="30" done18="30" done19="30" done20="30" done21="30" done22="30" done23="30" done24="30" done25="30" done26="30" done27="30" done28="30" done29="30" done30="30" done31="30" done32="30" done33="30" done34="30" done35="30" done36="30" done37="30" done38="30" done39="30" done40="30" done41="30" done42="30" done43="30" done44="30" done45="30" done46="30" done47="30" done48="30" done49="30" done8="31" done9="31" id="msgtxt9668471629553664">RT <a class="username tweet-url" href="http://twitter.com/leelapaul" jquery1291140203465="585" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/leelapaul');"><span style="color: #2277bb;">@leelapaul</span></a>: So proud that students all over the UK are taking a stand for their education with peaceful protest! <a class="username tweet-url" href="http://twitter.com/UCLOccupation" jquery1291140203465="586" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/exit/to/UCLOccupation');"><span style="color: #2277bb;">@UCLOccupation</span></a> <a class="tweet-url hashtag" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23solidarity" jquery1291140203465="587" onclick="pageTracker._setCustomVar(2, 'result_type', 'recent', 3);pageTracker._trackPageview('/intra/hashtag/#solidarity');" title="#solidarity"><b><span style="color: #2277bb;">#solidarity</span></b></a></span> </div>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-43387059017802083252010-11-27T05:09:00.000-08:002010-11-27T05:09:15.668-08:001920s advert pendant<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I completely love this design. It comes from an advert in a 1920s British magazine 'Picturegoer'. I love the silhouette simplicity of it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHKcecfrjiVt6_AjiOL_BI9RevY6hNiA8gGf5Q9xdSdkTA1Y_QXR2zJf1iwvOPBlpabPejQ4nSZ8c9DaYRlYIZSXujxkXCcxRp0NjfXsuaKODjTmZHZU_oka8j_yX3xjDkKspmivTfA2U/s1600/CIMG5181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHKcecfrjiVt6_AjiOL_BI9RevY6hNiA8gGf5Q9xdSdkTA1Y_QXR2zJf1iwvOPBlpabPejQ4nSZ8c9DaYRlYIZSXujxkXCcxRp0NjfXsuaKODjTmZHZU_oka8j_yX3xjDkKspmivTfA2U/s200/CIMG5181.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBnzj7ukkVUafvViyZ_mAzQawJE-KATAcEsRYRBvst8jyRi_sRC09POQ7mykfUYoD5iGP3VuV3JAxeLmMV9qrSykRx1w0OuxpbaiZUsDfdvBSm_34IotXq-BSdgQxDr3rQ_yNvUH9pB3q/s1600/advert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBnzj7ukkVUafvViyZ_mAzQawJE-KATAcEsRYRBvst8jyRi_sRC09POQ7mykfUYoD5iGP3VuV3JAxeLmMV9qrSykRx1w0OuxpbaiZUsDfdvBSm_34IotXq-BSdgQxDr3rQ_yNvUH9pB3q/s200/advert.jpg" width="139" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj8CQshbZSr-QDFotBTtLqbNS_HuxB30GwrmKg6Y1wFtCZ4mtHEdNr9w3zkne9koI8t506nqM892DGGSRDwQX29GAGrwu1eOZanMvf-lNctRHUNXjlQrtlBuUbaMaSD5dXycjQ1I0STCJ/s1600/CIMG5183.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOj8CQshbZSr-QDFotBTtLqbNS_HuxB30GwrmKg6Y1wFtCZ4mtHEdNr9w3zkne9koI8t506nqM892DGGSRDwQX29GAGrwu1eOZanMvf-lNctRHUNXjlQrtlBuUbaMaSD5dXycjQ1I0STCJ/s200/CIMG5183.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The advert is actually for throat sweets! But it's very pretty all the same, I like how the umbrella is white on the outside and black underneath. The ladies cloche hat is very much in fashion at the moment! I know I want one... </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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And the very first one, the lovely black and white 1920s lady is in a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ced649a0b5c6d9193bb00ac/urban-legend">treasury</a> by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SchickiMickis">this seller</a> whose item I recently featured and appears in the treasury above:<br />
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Feeling very christmassy at the moment, I made some salt dough ornaments that are waiting to be painted. Maybe when they're done I'll put some photos up.<br />
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Also hooray I broke the 1000 views mark today! Thanks!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-79640590039937871012010-11-22T04:29:00.000-08:002010-11-22T04:32:39.435-08:00BallerinaTime for some new jewellery! Slightly different from the 1920s cameos, I loved the pose and dress of <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2009/06/free-vintage-clip-art-ballerina.html">this</a> ballerina from the <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">Graphics Fairy</a> but there were some bits I wasn't sure about! So I had a think and a chat with L. Stead and she drew the ballerina into a beautiful form! Now she's all lovely.<br />
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</div>So there we are! This is one of the earliest images I wanted to use and it's great to finally see it made! I have another design coming and some silver charm jewllery also.<br />
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Find her on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/62637977/vintage-necklace-ballet-dancer-cameo">Etsy</a><br />
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It has an in built Etsy shop.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Other news. My Cuban coin ring was featured in a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ce2f06cf03c6d910eb30d53/hostess-gifts-under-50">Treasury</a>:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The lady with a parasol pedant was featured on <a href="http://zibagz.blogspot.com/2010/11/few-pretty-favorites-on-gray-monday.html">this</a> blog by ZiBagz! And one of my treasuries with a link to the shop on Etsy was featured on <a href="http://jennylovesbenny.blogspot.com/2010/11/rawr-im-bear-cub.html">this blog</a> by Jenny Benny Bears!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Phew! What a week so far!</div>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-81981562259008166732010-11-15T11:51:00.000-08:002010-11-15T11:51:11.202-08:00Featured in a TreasuryWell the blog has been made prettiful! And one the the 1920s pendants has been featured in a beautiful <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4ce167b0306c6d918cf8f0e6/rudolph-was-a-girljust-sayin">Treasury</a> on Etsy thanks to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SeamsVictorian">Seams Victorian</a>.<br />
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That makes for a good beginning of the week! And this treasury makes me feel very Christmassy!Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-1931812701281179182010-11-06T10:51:00.000-07:002010-11-14T11:11:06.758-08:00Cuba and EspressoToday, aside from research, I have been photographing the newest piece of jewellery - a ring made from a Cuban coin. I visted Cuba this summer and it's such a beautiful and friendly country that I wanted to make a memento project from it, so I brought back a few coins to make jewellery from. This is now listed: <a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/rosesandhello">http://www.artfire.com/users/rosesandhello</a> and <a href="http://www.zibbet.com/rosesandhello">http://www.zibbet.com/rosesandhello</a> and the new European shop which I'll talk about more below<br />
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</script>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-88385608081249924292010-11-05T06:55:00.000-07:002010-11-05T07:09:54.982-07:00Coco Chanel<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLj4VNS3YCp59fIQs_a2dI_MP5BCDwFLolIQ0_T8WEpyrQEwyu8lW0VjhHTaMdoeByodYrNTX1tGZppvm45LONkWUxKIvHrN-eIZSMH5wDvITE3Ohl61pshXdFfUxWQ3c8S-7GA2a5yX2/s1600/smokin-coco1%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidLj4VNS3YCp59fIQs_a2dI_MP5BCDwFLolIQ0_T8WEpyrQEwyu8lW0VjhHTaMdoeByodYrNTX1tGZppvm45LONkWUxKIvHrN-eIZSMH5wDvITE3Ohl61pshXdFfUxWQ3c8S-7GA2a5yX2/s200/smokin-coco1%5B1%5D.jpg" width="188" /></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: OldNewspaperTypes; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 150%;">Coco Chanel: Fashion</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: OldNewspaperTypes; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 150%;">-------------------------</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">In the throws of some 1920s research to contextualise the jewellery I've been making, I came often across the icon who is Coco Chanel. So I thought I would write a post about her, because a lot of the thing I came across surprised me. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: OldNewspaperTypes; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 150%;"></span></b></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">What I associate with the brand 'Chanel' is elegance, luxury and expense. But that is only half the story. I should just add that I haven't seen the film 'Coco avant Chanel', but I'm guessing most people are familiar with the notion she is a rags to riches story. From orphanage taught to sew by nuns, to, arguably, one of the most recognisable fashion brands in the world. I was, however, her approach to fashion which surprised me.</span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">She is credited with being one of the first to oppose the 19th century silhouette doing away with thing like corsets and creating garments that were practice and easy to wear... not exactly what I think of Chanel for! But that was her campaign – using boyish shapes (the flapper dropped waist) and free flowing garments, her first Little Black Dress was known as ‘Chanel’s Ford’ for it’s simple lines and easy wearability. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">She said that <span style="font-family: OldNewspaperTypes;">“Elegance is refusal”</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> ie: simplicity is the best way and she carried this into her fashion design. She used embroidery and beads sewn on to create detail instead of the usual padding, lace and ruffles. She popularised costume jewellery and particularly the many strands of long pearls that are currently in fashion, apparently an odd number of strings was considered most elegant. And she counselled</span> <span style="font-family: OldNewspaperTypes;">“Always take off the last accessory you put on”</span> – less is more.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/rosesandhello">http://www.artfire.com/users/rosesandhello</a><br />
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Love the Ballet Russe sketch and the slouhcy cloche hat. The smoking flapper doll is creepy but amazing.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Butterfly image inspired from - <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2010/08/instant-printable-art-antique-butterfly.html">http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2010/08/instant-printable-art-antique-butterfly.html</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><em>“I think a woman gets more happiness out of being gay, light-hearted, unconventional, mistress of her own fate.... I want [my daughter] to be a flapper, because flappers are brave and gay and beautiful.” Author Zelda Fitzgerald. 1924</em><br />
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As the 1010 Project mission statement explains,<br />
"The 1010 project was devised as an antidote to everything in modern life always having to be bigger, better, louder and brighter than what’s been before.<br />
"It’s an opportunity to slow down and appreciate the simple, everyday things that make life beautiful."<br />
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The photographs are from all over the world, London, Brighton, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Algarve, Amsterdam, Stellenbosch, Melbourne<br />
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I like this set from brighton - <a href="http://1010project.com/#710784/Kris-Atomic">http://1010project.com/#710784/Kris-Atomic</a><br />
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I like this one because it reminds me of the tiles that sit just under the front door step of nearly all the houses on a very long road I used to live on in Exeter. Really pretty little tiles that you hardly ever saw as you marched past, but once you looked, they were everywhere and each different. Though not quite as lovely as the ones in this photograph:<br />
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Here's the main page to see the other photographs - <a href="http://1010project.com/">http://1010project.com/</a>Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7310700229242659613.post-36247185497214119802010-10-14T03:12:00.000-07:002010-10-14T05:02:48.398-07:00Black and white miniatureWell as promised here is the next piece of jewellery:<br />
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Can be bought here: <a href="http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=2159187">http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=2159187</a><br />
And here: <a href="http://www.zibbet.com/rosesandhello/artwork?artworkId=138189">http://www.zibbet.com/rosesandhello/artwork?artworkId=138189</a><br />
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Drawing by Lisa Stead, taken from a vintage fashion postcard from The Graphics Fairy. the Graphics Fairy is a brilliant free resource and hopefully I'll soon be creating a post about some of the things you can find on the blog.<br />
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This is the final product after a fairly long process of putting it together. I always knew I wanted to do something like this, based on the tiny portraits in renaissance miniatures, but in the manner of film star glamour photographs and I think that effect was achieved.<br />
It's photographed on a background of a vintage shirt that my lovely sister bought for me. The ruffles seemed to suit the Victoriana feel.<br />
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I would just like to put a word in for my sister and my two cousins who were endlessly helpful (and amusing) when trying to pick a name for all this and thinking up ideas. You lot are super cool and wonderful! <br />
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The next piece will be based on 1920s fashion illustrations from magazines. I found some brilliant pieces which are going to look amazing in the antique brass version of this frame.Roses and Hellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06844699225144385830noreply@blogger.com2