Deeper Magic From Before the Dawn of Time. Narnia inspired earrings.

  

If you follow this blog, you know how much I love Narnia. I found this photo of the Snow Queen at a Facebook page, here, don't know which issue of Vogue it comes from, but I thought the similarities with the White Witch from 'The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe' were striking! The Snow Queen looks irresistible, but would she be the most powerful? I thought of the 'Deeper Magic' chapter. And then, I made these:

 

I thought of ice melting, I imagined love entering even the coldest of hearts. Only white opal, with its iridescence and its colorful flashes of pink, green and gold could capture the magic of love and kindness that lies deeper than any other magic in the world!

Available here.

Charles Dickens Quote Open Heart Locket Necklace

'A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.'

(Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend)

Adding to my Charles Dickens collection, celebrating two hundred years from his birth, I bring you this incredible open heart locket necklace. It features a romantic quote from Dickens' Our Mutual Friend and it is perfect for any romantic situation, occasion, or for yourself, if you know how special you are!

This beauty is available here. To read about my first Charles Dickens quote necklace, click here.

The Cock and the Pearl

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens, when suddenly he saw something shining in the straw. ‘Ho! Ho!’ said he, ‘That’s for me!’, and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? ‘You may be a treasure to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barleycorn than a peck of pearls’, said the cock.

Moral: Precious things are for those that can prize them.

(Aesop, The Cock and The Pearl).

Available here.

Presenting the Initials Collection

Happy New Year to all!!!

In Greece, Santa Claus is called St. Basil, brings his presents on New Year's Day, and guess what he brought me? A huge sack, full of new ideas!

To start the year, I am presenting you my Initials Collection today! Excited... :)

For the moment, nine letters are available.

More initials necklaces are coming to be added to the collection very soon. Stay tuned!

Prism Earrings. Vintage Recycled.

Prism earrings. For brides. For bridesmaids. For sparkly holiday parties. For diamond alternative lovers. For ever and ever.

Available here.

Eros Bridal Locket Necklace II

OK, so I managed to take some photos and here is the necklace that is now available for everyone in my shop...

Eros Bridal Locket Necklace by Amoronia

If you remember my older post, this was originally a custom design for a bride-to-be, and I am so happy to be offering it for everyone! Enjoy...

Haste To The Wedding

For a special bride-to-be...

Something New for the New Year

My grandma says we should always buy something new for the new year, even a small thing. So I made these lovely pieces that combine gold and silver, basically raw brass and pewter, along with coral and peridot.

Pomegranate Two-Tone Necklace

Red Heart Two-Tone Necklace

I wouldn't tell my grandma this, but only the chain in those is new... The rest of the components come from old and broken jewelry. But hey! If you get one of those necklaces, you get old and new in one! Cool!

The Timeless Appeal of Tassels

Tassels have always been incredibly appealing to me, even though in my mind they were associated with 'heavier' designs. However, to use some very fine chain that I recently acquired I designed these tassel earrings -sleek, modern, structured earrings and yet with all the fluid charm for which tassels are so well-known.

Copper Chain Tassel Earrings with Blue Gray Pearls

Copper Chain Tassel Earrings with Peach Pink Pearls

As you can see, there are two versions, one with blue gray pearls, and one with peach pink pearls. What kind of clothing would you wear these with? Let me know in your comments!

Love Unconquerable in Battle - Sophocles, Antigone Greek Quote: The Brooch

After the necklaces, it seemed only natural that I would make this Sophocles, Antigone quote into a brooch, too. So here it is in my shop:

Love Unconquerable in Battle Brooch

O Love, in every battle victor owned;
Love, now assailing wealth and lordly state,
Now on a girl's soft cheek,
Slumbering the livelong night;
Now wandering o'er the sea,
And now in shepherd's folds;
The Undying Ones have no escape from thee,
Nor men whose lives are measured as a day;
And who has thee is mad.

(Sophocles, Antigone, E. H. Plumptre's translation, lines 781-790)

The brooch features a romantic antique brass metal part and a vanilla cream color message, with a vanilla cream jade bead. Which makes it perfect to combine with everything in your wardrobe, and ideal for weddings and bridesmaids' gift...

Romantic Lace and Flowers Earrings

Before I present to you my new pair of earrings, I have to tell you one thing: Lace is all over the place this season. Read any magazine, and it's there. Lace dresses, shrugs, collars, tights, lace in shoes and, oh! -lace in earrings!

So, when L' Accent Nou came up with the theme 'Antarctica' for the EST challenge, I thought about all things white (like... snowflakes!) and then decided to dig up my drawer and make a pair of earrings using some of my vintage white cotton lace, which I had bought at a thrift store a few years back...



I also used transparent, 'ice' pink flower Czech glass beads and antique copper findings. I think they are one of the most graceful and loveliest pairs of earrings I have ever seen!

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.

Erotokritos and Aretousa: the Happy Ending

Erotokritos is a Greek romance epic, written in verse and in the popular dialect of the time, in early 17th century Crete by Vikentios Kornaros (1553-1613), an exact contemporary of Shakespeare. You can read more about it here.

Apart from the poet's version, Erotokritos also survives in the form of songs, which are very popular in contemporary Greece too, especially after some very important Greek singers interpreted them. I was listening to one such performance, when I was inspired to put together the following collection, trying to visualize the happy ending to Erokritos and Aretousa's romance.

I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did!

It's a Nice Day for a White Wedding upcycled linen crochet lace and tulle wedding dress, by TranscendentBird

Quartet, ring - by Evrydiki

Lace Dress, by Kimmi

Cognac Diamond Twig Solitaire in Recycled 14k Gold and Sterling Silver, by kristincoffin

folklore - natural vine crown, by whichgoose

sterling silver wedding rings - set of 2 - made to order, by preciousjd

A Country Wedding..deconstructed vintage silk wedding dress, by bayousalvage

Set of 4 Natural Linen Napkins. Classic style, by JBworld

Kastro Klemoutsi (2) by MariaMadonna

GP Plantable Tags HEART (10- Rice/Overcast), by GreenPost

Rough Cognac Diamond Engagement Ring - 22k Gold and Sterling, by JanishJewels

Wedding Handmade Crochet cuffs, by twoknit

Για τούτο, οπού'ναι φρόνιμος, μηδέ χαθεί στα Πάθη,
το ρόδον κι όμορφος αθός γεννάται μες στ' αγκάθι.
Ετούτ' η Αγάπη η μπιστική με τη χαρά ετελειώθη,
και πλερωμή στα βάσανα μεγάλη τώς εδόθη.
Και κάθε είς που εδιάβασεν, εδά κι ας το κατέχει, 1515
μη χάνεται στα κίντυνα, μα πάντα ολπίδα ας έχει.

Which means,

'So, those who are wise don't lose themselves in Passions,
for the rose and the pretty bloom are born among thorns.
This secret Love was happily consummated,
as the lovers were compensated for all their suffering.
Thus, everyone, who read, bear this one thing in mind,
do not in dangers lose yourself, but always save your hope.'

(My translation)

Don't you just love poetry?