Showing posts with label ecological. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ecological. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Ethiopische geluksbrenger


en nog een bestellingske,

hier hangt een ontroerend verhaal aan vast,
maar dat ga ik hier nu niet te grabbel gooien, :-)
het heeft iets met Ethiopië te maken en met een adoptie....

dit (amulet) halssnoer is gemaakt
met een mooie Ethiopische Zilveren kraal
en grote (Fair Trade) gerecycleerde papieren kralen
uit Ghana,
het knopenbloemetje (hier als sluiting gebruikt) is gekerfd in kokosnoot en van Indonesische makelij!

Ik hoop écht dat dit halssnoer
een geluksbrenger wordt voor de drager!

And another custom order:
this time one with a touching story,
I am sorry but I have to respect the privacy of the person who got it,
so I can't tell you,
but it has something to do with Ethiopia and an adoption.

I made an amulet necklace
with an Ethiopean handmade silver bead and two Fair Trade recycled paperbeads from Ghana,
it closes with a flower button from Indonesian handcrafted origin.

I so hope this necklace will bring lots of luck an happiness to the wearer!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

bloom


Nog even geduld! en...
Een nieuwe reeks Fleurfatale haarspeldjes en broches van de Bloom collectie zijn binnenkort weer online te koop op de website Earthlings (naast een nieuwe reeks Fleurfatale oorknopjes en ringen!)

Earthlings biedt een origineel aanbod aan juwelen, stuk voor stuk gemaakt uit natuurlijke of gerecycleerde materialen.
Je kan de collecties ook live bewonderen in De Kudzu shop in Brugge, Sint Jacobsstraat 10,
of je komt naar de Vitrine in Brugge , deze zondag!


remember the repurposed leather Blooms? (from ugly bags)
A lot of brand new stuff flew out to Bruges yesterday,
and ill soon be for sale on the webshop Earthlings.
and you can find some of them in my Etsy shop.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Monday, June 21, 2010

Nostalgia


amazing find at the thriftshop!
cute little books
from Maya de Bij...

hm
makes me sentimental and nostalgic
childhood memories pop up....

so I took my scissors
cutted perfect rounds
measured them into silver plated medaillons
covered them with a strong resin
and pimped them with flowers(what else for a bee?)

result:
4 very sweet long Maya necklaces

and now available at Earthlings!

limited edition, that is for sure!


Friday, May 14, 2010

From Scratch


After I have put my scissors in this ugly old bag
only a skeleton
is what left,

but I am very happy with the result!
My recycled leather collection: Bloom.
some of these are already in my shop!




Friday, May 7, 2010

Second life


Thrown away bags
unloved
abandoned....

but ready for a new life,
they bloom more then ever before :-)


Necklaces made out of leather scraps and old leather bags.
Soon for sale!


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

recycling....


The thriftshop had some nice surprises for me!


would this probably make a nice combination?

Friday, April 9, 2010

ButtonThursday


I love using vintage buttons in my creations.
Can't be on any thrift market without bringing new old buttons home:-)


Here I combined with felted (from eco merino wool)pebbles, ethiopean silver beads distressed vintage wooden beads and beads made of a silk tie.
Natural,earthy and ecological!
I bought this horn button a while ago on a thrift market in Ghent,
it's a rough one, but I like that!



Do you want to know what Lady Gaga has with buttons?
Then quick hop over to Kraplap's blog:-)