Conchenn - I’m a sucker for natural shapes, so when I found these beautiful fresh green leaves I knew they would make great dangle earrings, I hung the leaves using a graduated suspension with a silver plated eye pin, added a sterling silver leaf charm, and finished with silver plated French ear wires. Wear them and get in touch with nature!
Earrings are 1.125”, not including findings, and include green Lucite leaf forms, sterling silver leaf charms, silver plated eye pins, and silver plated French ear wires.
Currently available at my Etsy store.
Lovely Heart - this necklace carries a simple but wonderful idea — love. With “Love” handstamped on a copper heart, the pendant is dapped into a shallow bowl shape, buffed to a high shine, coated with protective lacquer, and hung on a 18” silver plated chain. It’s a great way to show your love for someone, and would make an great present for bridesmaids. Pendant is copper, .75” wide x .75”, handstamped and coated with protective lacquer. Chain is 18” silver plated cable chain.
Currently available at my Etsy store.
One of the things I really appreciate about Martin Freeman’s performance as John Watson is that he actually looks competent with a gun. Either he knows how to shoot in real life, or someone’s taken the time to train him in proper handgun handling technique, unlike Ben (or Rupert, to be honest — bless his heart, he held his gun like he thought it was going to turn and bite him during the big confrontation scene in HOUN).
In light of the recent “Bandersnatch Cummerbund” contretemps in the Washington Post, perhaps we should all just start calling Benedict Cumberbatch “Bob.” That way, he only has to worry about his last name being mangled by the press. Plus, “Bob Cumberbatch” is easier to spell, sound charmingly Dickensian, and cuts down on the “fart in a bathtub” issue.
Thoughts?
Click on the pictures for HQ. Trust me. They’re mad pretty.
“I have been shot at, stabbed, and seen my own arm torn from my body upon the hostile battlefields of India and Afghanistan, and yet none of those terrors compare in my estimation with that of driving through London with Holmes at the helm.”
Steampunk Holmes is a mashup of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, characters, and stories from other 19th century works set in an alternative Steampunk universe. In the Steampunk Holmes Universe, a new, more compact and powerful steam engine has been invented, which powers everything from motorcycles to airships; computers, called Babbage Engines, are pervasive and critical to the information architecture of Victorian England; and the telegraph has evolved into a world wide network connecting Babbage Engines and people.The series starts in the year 1885, when Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are called in by Sherlock’s sister, Mycroft Holmes, to help find the stolen plans of a very advanced submarine, the Nautilus, recovered from the watery grave of the most notorious terrorist of the British Empire, Captain Nemo. Who stole the plans and what will they do with them? This is a job for the world’s greatest Amateur Detective and his trusty bionic sidekick.
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Babes Jenn, Lyndsay, and Amy have a chat with three of the people behind the Steampunk Holmes project. Producer Richard Monson-Haefel, author P.C. Martin, and artist Daniel Cortes talk about how the idea of mashing Sherlock Holmes and steampunk together came to life. Holmes rides a steampunk motorcycle with sidecar! Watson has a bionic arm! Mycroft is a female! How cool is that?!?
The Steampunk Holmes project is authorized by the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate and is a labor of love for these three. Currently, they are in need of your help. Steampunk Holmes has launched a Kickstarter Campaign to help raise funds to complete their interative iPad application of Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus. Everyone who donates gets some amazing gifts for helping. You can donate here.
As a special thank you to our listeners, the Steampunk Holmes creators are offering a FREE download of the e-pub version of Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus. To claim the free download, go to Smashwords, choose your preferred format of the e-book, and enter the code UN78D when you check out. It’s as simple as that!
Trust us. You won’t be disappointed.
May Flowers - These are what April showers bring — beautiful bronze flowers decorated with perfect teardrops of crystal!
My favorite beading store had a recent trunk sale, these delicate floral forms were some of my discoveries among the cast bronze findings. I mated them with large faceted crystal drops wire-wrapped with gold, and hung the result on gold plated French ear wires for a fresh, bright look that’s perfect for spring.
Earrings are .1.25”, not including findings, and include 8 x 12mm crystal briolettes, solid bronze floral forms, gold-filled wire wraps, and gold-plated French ear wires.
Currently available at my Etsy store.
Eithne - So I had to go to my local beading store, as you do, to pick up some antique brass clip on findings for a friend, when I found out they were having a findings trunk sale in bronze, copper, Turkish silver and vermeil gold. Well, it’s not like I could pass that up, right?
And then I saw them — these absolutely gorgeous Celtic knotted stars in bronze. They had presence without being heavy or clunky, and I *knew* that these had to be used in a bracelet. So I bought them and a lovely leafy toggle clasp, took them home, and stared playing. After some experimentation, I found a stash of imperial jasper ovals I had, and put one between two stars — YES! Small gold spacer beads on each side of an imperial jasper oval completed the look, and I had my bracelet. And now, much as it pains me (and oh, it pains me), it’s now available for you. If you love bronze, Celtic knotwork, imperial jasper, or just want to feel like a elven princess, this bracelet is for you!
Bracelet is 7.5” including toggle, and contains 15mm bronze Celtic knotwork stars, 12x17mm imperial jasper ovals, 4mm gold plated spacer beads, bronze leaf toggle, gold crimps, and .018 satin gold bead stringing wire.
Currently available at my Etsy store.
Stacy - These earrings are small, delicate and very feminine, which is why I named them after my sister (there, I’ve done something nice for her this year, she can’t complain anymore). Featuring faceted genuine amethyst drops wrapped in sterling silver wire and suspended from sterling silver ball posts, they’re great fro everything from a fun night out to a dressy occasion, and are absolutely great for spring or anyone who was born in February (amethyst is that month’s birthstone, after all).
Earrings are .75”, not including findings, and contain 7x10mm faceted amethyst drops, sterling silver wire, and sterling silver ball ear posts. Currently available in my Etsy store.
We had a rather ex¢iting drain$ di$a$ter last night, where the main line leading from the house to the city sewers developed a block and every drain in the house — and I mean EVERY drain — backed up into the downstairs shower enclosure. Two inches of standing sewage — whee.
So if you’ve been saying to yourself, “Gosh, I like her jewelry, but I’m a little short on cash right now,” worry no longer, because we are having a “10% off everything in the store sale because I need to pay the nice plumber man” at Belaurient Arts. I’ve already discounted a lot of stuff and created a new ON SALE section, so this weekend is definitely the time to head over there and browse. Just use the coupon code TENPERCENTOFF when you’re checking out to get 10% off your entire purchase. And I thank you for helping me to flush my toilet again without, shall we say, unpleasant consequences.
Icarus - no one ever said that flying close to the sun would be safe, and the weathered look of this cuff reflects that. But hey, where’s the fun in being safe?
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