Faerie Amma - Jewellery Part I

Well, being a Faerie and a Goddess, you certainly do get to pick out the most amazing jewellery that is befitting the position.

I will be doing the next few blogs on the photos of the jewellery that I have found have inspired, energized and moved me. Each piece has been handmade for me and that makes them even more precious. Each set has been worn by me as Faerie Amma...and well...as me as well!

Krissy Terry

Freya Song

Inspired by the Moon

Princess of Scraps

Inspired by the Moon

Secret Dreams Jewelry PF

Carol MacPherson

Inspired by the Moon

It's the Little Things that Count

I so fell in love with the little tree that I had added as an extra to Faerie Boreal of the Northern Line of Faeries that I just had to do the same for all of the other Faeries.

Now I haven't gotten around to taking photos of the Faeries with their extras yet but here are the items that they will have.

Faerie Aurora with her dreamcatcher....

Faerie Boreal with her pine tree....

Faerie Midnight Sun with her sun charm....

Faerie Raven with her raven....

Faerie Snowflake with her snowflake....

Faerie Agua with her water drop....

For those of you that have already purchased a Northern Faerie and you would like to have her accompanying extra, please let me know and I will send you one from the Nursery at no charge. 

Faerie Charms

These are quite different from the first set of Faerie charms that I ordered. These ones a bit smaller but they are 3D and they have quite a bit of weight to them.

Here is a side by side view of the previously ordered Faerie (left) and the new one that arrived today (right).  As you can see, the new one is quite a bit smaller but has more dimension. 

Tiny Little Soldiers All In A Row

Well if lined up....who knows how far they would go! I received the last of Lois7374 (ebay) stash of little Nutcracker Prince charms, 98 of them in total!! This should complete all that I need to make the wine glass charms for this theme and if not....Lois said she would order more in for me  :)

3 in 1!!

A triple wammy at the post office today :)

I will update all three parcels on this one post (laziness, perhaps.....it is almost my bed time!).

Parcel #1.... from megacharms (ebay). As this vender sells their items in bulk I thought to save money this would work perfectly. I order two sets of 25 of both the beehive and the pear charms. The beehives are exactly the same as from my previous order (different vendor). The pears on the other hand are just weeeeeee tiny things. Not sure at this stage of the game if they will be usable for the wine glass charms or not.

Beehives....

The Pear.....now I have attached a picture of the new 'baby' pears and then one with the original pear for a comparison. As you can see, they are very tiny!

The next parcel was the Eggplant ribbon from balsacircle (ebay). As expected it is quite a bit darker than the Plum ribbon but in all fairness the Plum ribbon is sheer. When held together in the sunlight the outer edge of the Plum ribbon is really close to the same shade as the Eggplant. Final decision, I love the Eggplant ribbon and it goes fantastically with the sheer Plum ribbon...so I will buy both!! Now as I haven't been able to find the Eggplant ribbon in anything else but a double sided satin, I might go and try to get a wider size (this one is 1/16 of an inch). I have only attached photos of the two styles of ribbon together, as the Eggplant remains to look almost black when photographed.

The final parcel that came in today was....the scrapbooking paper from mch1069 (ebay). I am really pleased with it (though I wished it was not a matte finish). I did go ahead and order the last two sets that were available (prior to this parcel arriving) as the colour and style are now out of print. I think that the paper will make a wonderful addition to the whole marketing scheme as it does have both the Eggplant (and Plum) and Antique Gold colourings on it. 

All in all....a wonderful day to check the mail. I must say that with the exception for the size of the wee little pear charms I am thoroughly happy with all of my purchases. 

Leading a CHARMED life

Okay, now I am definitely going to need a work bench in a 'cat' free zone for all of these beads.

This is what was in today's parcel from moonbaby1962 (ebay).

I do believe I now have all the hoops that will be needed to complete this years wine glass charms. As this particular supplier did not have any more silver hoops I decided to purchase a few packages of the gold as well.
 

I also received the seed beads for this project. I decided to go with the jewel-toned beads...why...cause I like them better than the pastels :)

And as a little bonus from the seller....

Charming are they not?

Another package arrived in the mail today :)

This one was filled with the charms for the wine glass charm project. As this initial order was to evaluate size, quality and quantity required, I am now in a better position to place a larger order.

I would like to thank Lois7374 (ebay) for this order.

The Nutcracker - these are actually larger than I thought they would be, but the detail is awesome :)

The Sugarplum Faerie - yes she's nude, but that's how they come!!

The Pear - these are just beautiful

And for next year...The Honey Bee - symbolized by the Beehive with two adorable little bees on the front.

Wine Glass Charms

I haven't decided whether these will come in sets of 4 or 6 yet. They will all have the same charm but will have different coloured beads to allow for distinction between glasses.

Sugarplum Faerie   

Pear

                                              

Nutcracker

Beehive (2012 theme)