My Friday Night Outfit

romantic amethyst lilac purple rose blossom flower hair pins (2 pieces) by ayawedding
Wrap women Tunics purple dresses women clothing collar V Tops long sweaters by Zayade
Druzy Amethyst Ring Hand formed Copper and Brass Statement jewelry by StaroftheEast
Purple Shoes by Ramon Tenza Floral Embroidery by needsgoodhome

Another purple outfit this week, I don't know why I'm so drawn to this color these days. I was so happy to find amazing amethysts in Izmir, they are so gorgeous that it was very easy to make pieces with them :)
Sorry for not commenting on your gorgeous outfits these past 2 weeks, I was a bit overwhelmed with the trip and everything else, I will visit your blogs again this week!

The rules are simple; make a fun outfit with items from Etsy (you can include one of your own items) with the mosaic maker or photoshop orPolyvore. Post it on your blog with the links to the featured shops, and add a link linking to this blogpost so that your readers can see the other outfits as well, this way we will all be connected :) You can then add your mosaic here below by clicking on the 'add a link' button so that everyone can see your outfit here as well, you can leave your link till Saturday evening.

Our Creative Space...

We were in İzmir last week. Usually we are there for 3 days, 2 nights, we shop till we drop for supplies and go back home. This time we were there for 1 week. Shopping went a little slower as we had more days, and I went every morning for about 5 hours to a silver smith's atelier to learn to work with silver.

 The atelier was incredibly shabby (without any chicness) but amazing stuff comes out of it. The silver smith himself was very patient with me and offered me lots of help, advice and tips and after 6 days I've already learned alot.

 Here a peak to the old fashioned tools.

 Here often molds are used to make lots of  the same model at once, after that only small details have to be soldered. They use the disappearing wax technique for that. So for each silver piece a wax piece has to be made. Once enough of the wax pieces are made they are attached to a tube and then put in to some kind of pipe. The pipe is then filled with plaster and this is burned in the oven. In the oven the wax disappears and a large plaster mold remains for lots of pieces at once, this is filled with sterling silver and ones cooled of there are dozens of rings or whatever kind of piece was molded.

 I didn't learn this wax technique as what I will make of silver won't be made in large quantities besides they will be made according to shells, stones and other natural shaped objects. But it was fun to find out how this system works.

 I took a bunch of eye of shiva shells with me, and created bezels for them.

 After the bezels are soldered I saw them in the shape I wanted.

 And here is a sneak peak of the first pieces I made.

 Slowly more will appear in the shop :)

See more creative spaces at Our Creative Spaces.   

New in the Shops

Sterling Silver Seashell Ring Eye of Shiva Shell

 

 

Flower Power Wallet Pouch Crocheted Purse

 

 

 

Curio Collection Teeth Seaweed Seashell

 

 

 

Jasper Ring Gold plated Bezel Ring Stone jewelry

 

 

My Friday Night Outfit

Travel journal or sketchbook diary hand painted with African textile cover red black by Avedouda
Black Smocked Messenger Bag - Unisex by StarBags
Personalized Wedding Tree Branch Guest Book Pen by JKartshop
Cotton Fabric - Cursive Handwriting - Half Yard by theheydayshop

This week not a fancy outfit for the night but more some kind of school gear while I'm having my TOEFL exams today (wish me luck!).
Since Monday we are in İzmir where we always shop for supplies. Usually we stay just for 3 days but this time we are here for a week as I'm also having silver smith lessons at a silver smith. I've taken pictures in the atelier, will show them soon! With lessons and exams we still are also shopping everyday, I don't know how we'll be upon our return home, pretty beat up is my guess :)

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

The rules are simple; make a fun outfit with items from Etsy (you can include one of your own items) with the mosaic maker or photoshop orPolyvore. Post it on your blog with the links to the featured shops, and add a link linking to this blogpost so that your readers can see the other outfits as well, this way we will all be connected :) You can then add your mosaic here below by clicking on the 'add a link' button so that everyone can see your outfit here as well, you can leave your link till Saturday evening.

New in the Shops

Orange Sea Urchin Ring Shell Coral Pearl Sea Urchin

 

 

 

Happy Hobo Bag Crochetted Multicolor

 

 

 

Money for Romance Wallet Pouch Crocheted Bamboo Purse

 

 

 

Moon Chart Jewelry Organizer Rack, Towel Holder, Coat Rack Driftwood, Metal Astronomy Home Decor

 

 

 

Curio Collection Teeth Seaweed Seashell

 

 

 

Beach Home Decor Natural Sea sponge, Sea weed, Nautical, Coral Marine

 

 

 

Chrysoprase Ring Gold plated Bezel Ring Stone jewelry

 

 

My Friday Night Outfit

Silver Sea Pod Ring - oxidized sterling silver ring by LucieTales
Black Honeycomb Purse - Bubble Smocked Clutch with Vintage Chain by StarBags
Classic little black dress by YollaKlea
Grace, Black Flats, leather shoes by TamarShalem

A bit somber but classic this week. After more then a week, things haven't calmed down here and more and more people are on the street in fight of democracy, hopefully all this will bring something good to this country.

The rules are simple; make a fun outfit with items from Etsy (you can include one of your own items) with the mosaic maker or photoshop orPolyvore. Post it on your blog with the links to the featured shops, and add a link linking to this blogpost so that your readers can see the other outfits as well, this way we will all be connected :) You can then add your mosaic here below by clicking on the 'add a link' button so that everyone can see your outfit here as well, you can leave your link till Saturday evening.

A curse called Internet

''There is a curse called Twitter. It is full of lies. Social media, today, is the curse of societies.''

Turkish Prime Minister T. Erdoğan

 The pictures below are taken from the blog http://fonbaligi.tumblr.com/. This blog is written half in English and half in Turkish and has a lot of pictures and info about the things happening right now in many Turkish cities.

And no, it is not over. Protesters have to go to work, but it continues in the evenings and is expected to grow again in the weekend.

There are many terrible pictures going around of wounded people, dead people, abuse.

But I find these pictures  specially poignant just because there are so mild.

Young woman, who ever you are, you are a hero.

A lovely Surprise

Between all the mess that is going on in Turkey, I received a lovely surprise yesterday. Nesrin from Istanbul sent me these beautiful tshirts, just because, isn't that super sweet?
She has an Etsy store with more fabulous designs, named NikaCollection, and the tshirts are even better in real, love them!

 They fit perfectly, and I love the fact that no one else in our little town has the same tshirts :)

Thank you so very much Nesrin, hopefully you are safe and well in Istanbul!

Multatuli's Love Letters

The Dutch writer Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 1820 – 19 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli, published Minnebrieven  Love Letters  in 1861, which, in spite of their  title, were satires about the abuses of the Dutch colonial system in Indonesia.

In one of this love letters Multatuli tells the story of a man with several sons and one daughter. The sons want the world in, they have wishes and desires and a will.  But the daughter is the best worker that his father has and he doesn't want to let her go. So, the father and sons plot together how to keep the girl at home. The sons tell the father not to teach the girl anything. But the father is afraid that she will learn just by looking.
The sons say that the girl is too simple to have wishes, but the father knows that the girl is not dumb.
This time the sons arrived to the perfect solution: Father, tell our sister that to understand, to wish and to know...are all sins.

Why am I telling you this tale? Not only because Multatuli is probably the greatest Dutch writer ever, but because this tale is so very relevant here today.

I cannot tell you anything about what is happening in Istanbul and other Turkish cities right now. You all probably know more than we do, since there is a complete media black out in the country.

Turkey is considered to be a democratic country. The present government  was reelected with more than a 50% majority. What is not understood, is that democracy is not about what the majority wants, but about what the majority does to the other 50% that didn't want that government. Otherwise if it was about the rights of the majority, it would be no different of the rights of the people with the largest army, would it?

But why did the majority choose twice a party that is corrupt and oppressive? Are the Turkish people so dumb?

No, the Turkish people are not specially dumb, but the party in question has God at its side. And they tell the people, as a good father would do,  that to understand, to wish and to know...are all sins.

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Moon light Earrings Sterling silver Opaline

 

 

 

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Sterling silver Coral Earrings Mermaid Treasures

 

 

 

Ribbon Embroidered Shoulder Bag- Delicious Browns and Pinks

 

 

 

Driftwood and Starfish Keychain / Bag Adornment

 

 

 

Amethyst Ring Gold plated Bezel Ring Stone jewelry