My Lady Lazarus Ring

Available here.

Peacemaker Helen

Today it's April 1, April Fool's Day as they say. It's also Sunday, and I managed to find a little time to blog. So I am presenting the first of a new collection of one of a kind rings :)

Regardless of whether Helen was actually 'the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium', or not, she sure must have been beautiful! When I made this ring, I imagined her as a peacemaker.

A vintage carved lucite bead in the shape of a Greek Ionic column was made into a ring that carries an aura of Troy with it... Beautiful, semi precious jade, turquoise, plastic flower beads, pearls, a bronze heart, even a tiny brass tassel dangle from this amazing gold over brass, adjustable ring. The colors are reminiscent of whispering waves and inviting shores, sand and turquoise blue, with gold dominantly shining through them, like the glorious sun!

The ring is available here. Let me know what you think!

The Saffron Gatherer Ring

I seem to be needing a vacation desperately... Aren't we all? Well, I started dreaming about the Greek islands, Santorini in particular, with its frescoes in Akrotiri... and then I created this ring. I decorated it with gold glitter to add some sunshine, and here it is!

The Saffron Gatherer Ring

Now, that reminded me of the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where in the first part of the 'Clepsydra' you could see the saffron gatherers. Simply wait till the video gets to 1.20... Awesome!

The Broken Umbrella

Once upon a time there was a broken umbrella. It was left alone somewhere, to die. But a poor girl came and rescued it, and put it in her wardrobe. Years passed, and the umbrella suddenly acquired very desirable qualities, for leopard print came in fashion again - and its fabric was a beautiful leopard print, still very new.

The poor girl decided to give that fabric new life and make it into rings, shoe clips and brooches. Maybe some people would then give it a loving home...

Corsage

Ring

Shoe clips

A week full of recycling projects...

... and there's more.

A friend has this obsession with expensive, designer clothes. Her wardrobe is currently worth a fortune -literally. The other day, however, she came to me with a t-shirt that she has always found not to be flattering on her. Why she bought it on the first place is another story... That piece of clothing was indeed strange: the fabric did not justify its price, as it was definitely not good quality, but there were some stunning crystals and rhinestones sewn onto it here and there, in patterns. These looked expensive, to say the least.

So we decided to cut off the embroidered, beaded parts with the fabric, and then I made a ring and a brooch -to start with. I am saving the rest of the stones for different projects. Here they are:

Ring

Brooch

As you can see, I added some black fabric at the back of the beaded - embroidered pieces of the t-shirt, and then sewed everything onto a ring base, for the ring, and a pin for the brooch. Well, you can't actually see the pin in these photos, but it's there, hahaa!! I hope you like them.

I have already begun work on my next recycling project, but it will be the subject of another post... I promise!

The Bad, The Good And The Beautiful Or, Amoronia's Adventures In Beach Party-Land

You know those moments when everything seems to be going wrong, right? A catastrophe often comes when you least expect it. When you're at a party, for example, enjoying yourself. And when you're at a beach party, chances are people will smoke. A crowded beach party means you never know when someone will accidentally burn your beautiful new white top with their cigarette and then rip the criss cross design off with their ring, in a desparate effort to make sure you're OK...

Oh, yes. That's what happened to my new top... But as all crafters know well, a catastrophe can be the ideal starting point for something new. So I decided to wash and dry my ruined top, and then took my scissors, thread and needle and got to work.

These are a couple of flowers that I made, white cotton flowers that look like roses or carnations.



And you know what? I decided to make them into statement cocktail rings, big and small, because these rings will never rip someone else's top... They are wonderfully soft to the touch, and wearing them is like a caress to your finger.



Those Cool White Recycled Fabric Flowers, Adjustable Cocktail Rings are available in my Etsy shop as of yesterday.