calling all lovers of things shiny
(elisem is having a sale, as she does.)
My first shinies from Elise were a pair of ocean jasper turtle earrings, back in 2006 when I'd finally gotten my Social Security Disability. Elise hadn't named them; I did, eventually, they're my Magical Turtle Earrings of Great Good Fortune.
I've got at least one other pair of earrings, and several pendants - oh, and two pirate hair ornaments - but the best thing ever is one of her wandering wire necklaces, made from a stone sold as Peruvian opal, which looks more like chalcedony but isn't that either. It, too, wasn't named before it became mine; it's now my Reminder, Against All Odds - a treat I bought myself in 2006, after the year in the shelters and nearly three years in post-shelter housing, a thing to look at (along with the Lomonosov small Cobalt Net teapot, cup, and saucer) to remind myself that I made it through all that hell.
There's a picture of her wearing that necklace, before it became mine(and LJ isn't letting me embed the pic, dammit...) (Oh, and a couple of years later, she made me earrings to go with it.) (I am such a sucker for that color, and that stone.)
I manage to find an occasion - usually an opera - to wear it to at least once a year, and have made a silk shell, in that color of green!, to wear it with. I've not managed to find the right frame to use to display it on a wall, but I'm working on it.
Such beautiful things, made by such a wonderful person. Go, browse, buy... you know you want to. *evil grin*
My first shinies from Elise were a pair of ocean jasper turtle earrings, back in 2006 when I'd finally gotten my Social Security Disability. Elise hadn't named them; I did, eventually, they're my Magical Turtle Earrings of Great Good Fortune.
I've got at least one other pair of earrings, and several pendants - oh, and two pirate hair ornaments - but the best thing ever is one of her wandering wire necklaces, made from a stone sold as Peruvian opal, which looks more like chalcedony but isn't that either. It, too, wasn't named before it became mine; it's now my Reminder, Against All Odds - a treat I bought myself in 2006, after the year in the shelters and nearly three years in post-shelter housing, a thing to look at (along with the Lomonosov small Cobalt Net teapot, cup, and saucer) to remind myself that I made it through all that hell.
There's a picture of her wearing that necklace, before it became mine(and LJ isn't letting me embed the pic, dammit...) (Oh, and a couple of years later, she made me earrings to go with it.) (I am such a sucker for that color, and that stone.)
I manage to find an occasion - usually an opera - to wear it to at least once a year, and have made a silk shell, in that color of green!, to wear it with. I've not managed to find the right frame to use to display it on a wall, but I'm working on it.
Such beautiful things, made by such a wonderful person. Go, browse, buy... you know you want to. *evil grin*