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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Confluence, by Caprilicious Jewellery

19/1/2018

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Hello folks, another week has gone by with storms lashing the UK and high winds of over 60mph. We had a bit of damage in our garden - a couple of large pots blew over and smashed to smithereens - I cannot imagine how that could have happened as one of them was planted with a large rhododendron bush and was weighed down with broken bricks and tiles at the bottom. That was one wild and wooly night! The trees were bent over double and the cat decided to cause a disturbance indoors by bringing in a live mouse at 2am - the mouse ran off (not quite up a clock as under a bed), so now we have the pleasure of sharing our accomodation with a mouse. It's a good thing I'm not squeamish, but still, I'm not sure how I'll react if the mouse runs out in front of me.
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As  you might have read last week, it was Mike's birthday last week, and we celebrated in London. His birthday presents had been ordered in December, but only turned up a week after his birthday, which was a shame. However, he loves them, so that made up for the disappointment on the day. I wrote in 2013, and it seems like yesterday, of a kitsch collection of animal figurines called Tom's Drag. We saw them on a trip to Berlin and we loved them so much I made a point of taking a picture of the logo by the side of the figurines so I could find them again. 
Unfortunately Tom died in 2012, but his partner Arno Mueller still runs the company using Toms designs, and we are now the proud owners of three little cats, only two of which have arrived from Germany, the third to arrive in March.


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And while I was waiting for the cats to arrive, I picked up Charlie the cockerel - it would appear that I was collecting a menagerie, subconsciously.
​I can now add the real live mouse that Wilfred gifted us last night to the above. Charlie the cockerel will go into the garden to live with our two peacocks and the flamingo that already have a home there, along with a couple of stone pigs, a snail and a couple of stone frogs, wall art geckos and butterflies. Very soon, there won't be space for human beings in that garden.
I made a necklace of little citrine teardrops with iolite beads between them The citrine beads are gently faceted and appear like crystals made of unrefined sugar. I posted a picture on instagram and the necklace was picked up even before I gave it a name or had good pictures of it on file. I had to rush to get some photographs before I posted it out to its forever home with a little pair of earrings to match.
Citrine teardrops and iolite beads with a silver box clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Citrine teardrops and iolite beads with a silver box clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Citrine teardrops and iolite beads with a silver box clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery
Citrine teardrops and iolite beads with a silver box clasp by Caprilicious Jewellery

Confluence

Hematite is the mineral form of iron oxide and has a striking metallic lustre, similar to polished gunmetal. The word hematite comes from the Greek work "haima" meaning blood, referring to the mineral's red color when in powdered form. When heated enough, hematite becomes a paramagnet, where the atomic magnets just randomly point all different directions, making it weakly magnetic. Hematite helps to absorb negative energy in times of stress or worry.  I've had these beads for a while now, as well as the amethyst druzy pendant and suddenly they appeared in the same drawer of my bead stash and demanded to be put together. Whether this was by magic or serendipity, I shall never know, but I think they look good together. Purple and black can look a bit gothic, but not in this case as the amethyst pendant is a pale lilac. The colours in amethyst are also from iron ore so the two seem made for each other. The word Confluence means  two streams meeting to become the source of a river of a new name, as did the iron ore in the two materials of this necklace.
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
Amethyst druzy pendant on a haematite and amethyst necklace, purple and black, by Caprilicious Jewellery
That's me for this week folks. Have a lovely week and I'll catch you next Friday, same time, same place.
Until then
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Divya N
20/1/2018 07:07:43 am

OMG, you are indeed creating a farm or a zoo depending on the animal figures you plan to add next. I am reminded of the Bremen town musicians story when I saw the rooster. You could an animal tower like that ...haaa

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20/1/2018 09:48:14 am

Well, a zoo or farmyard would be preferable to the Mad Hatters Tea Party which is the way it seems to be going with the addition of the Toms Drag creatures 😂😂

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