Simply Hearted Pendant

This 925 Silver Heart pendant on a leather cord is simple & sweet on its own. But it is also Lovely with any other pendant, e.g. with this bead pendant with Rose Quarz, known as 'the Stone of Love', and pink Chrysoberyl.

This will bring Ms. C (even more) Love & Luck ! 

Inspiration of the day: Sounds of Gotye

Source photo

The way he plays with sounds is just beautiful. His fascination is very inspiring. He reminds me of my old Audio teacher, Kees, an other Audiophile who made me more aware of our everyday life's sounds.


The making of Gotye's new album


'Somebody that I used to know'
A -Thank You- to my dear friend Swen for introducing Gotye to me.

SYLKies I wear

Sometimes you just don't want to say good bye...

Neo Vintage Pendant Makeover

One broken pendant and a piece of necklace from the 60’s- 70’s. My mother no longer wore them, but as a girl I liked the colours so much that I kept them in my little box with my other 'treasures'.

I like green (Aventurine) and Cat's eye/ Chrysoberyl always triggers me. I kept them there for almost 3 decades. Today I gave them a second life and turned them into a neo-vintage pendant. It wears beautifully on a long oxidised silver chain necklace, which belonged to my grandmother Saar.

Turquoise Blue I Love U

 

       

It was a rainy, cold and grey Sunday yesterday. 

"Where's the Summer?", I thought as I watched 

the rain beating against the window. 

I needed to make this collage to remind me 

it is indeed Summer in the Netherlands. 

This colour always brightens the world in a nano-sec. 

PS.These are all SYLK©-made pieces.

Sources pics :

AnnaO

Salazar62
CubaGallery

Butterflies

Uranophane 

Findings: earring backs

Hardly visible, but essential: earring backs.

I need plastic earring backs for the French hooks I use. When earrings are a bit heavier they tend to fall out. Some people are kneeling on the floor to find their contact lenses and others are looking for their earrings... ;-) 

I also need these for the 925 Silver earring studs I have, because the 'butterfly' backs don't function well.

I found 2 kinds of plastic backs I like:

- smaller ones (bullet, flower, squares) 

- and broader ones (clutches with silver or gold plated centers).

Here's an informative article about earrings & backs.

My first Dawanda customer

Today a customer knocked on my Dawanda -shop door 
and purchased this Cobra/snake pendant. 
She is my very first Dawanda-customer, 
so I decided to celebrate this kick-off by making a piece for her.     
        Something summery, but also something that she would like. This was very challenging as I don’t know her at all IRL. 
But what I did know was that she likes black, leather & snake,  
 =casual/ fun/ no-nonsense.
And 925 Sterling Silver for style & durability. 
Her enthusiastic reply on my order-confirmation had a light & ‘sparkly’ tone, which would be ‘summery’ in my translation.

I love Turquoise for the summer, 
it has the colour of the infinite Sky & Ocean.

White Pearl for elegance & purity and Black Pearl adds mystery to it. 
A little green Turquoise chip to finish the charm.

All these free shaped semiprecious stones give the charm some attitude.

I hope she’ll like it.

Thanks M'inda and have a great summer!

Tschüss!