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Forged copper, French coin, vintage bead and 3 rows of vintage chain, vintage paste clasp.

Sunday flea market

It is a warm sunny day - perfect for the flea market. And what a colourful flea market it was!

Max always enjoys a table full of hardware.

Carved ivory tusks - imagine how huge the elephant must have been...

One seller had only doll's houses and doll's furniture. This apothecary was just too gorgeous.

Sometimes we see really unusual stuff - like this baby carriage, probably from the late 50's or early 60's.

The absolute attraction of the flea market this Sunday were these two visitors - with their huge dog and the parrot perched on her hand. I would have loved a couple of those gorgeous blue feathers...

 Oh yes, I did bring home a bit of stuff...

A vintage necklace sample card - which I will dismantle - I wanted those unusual faceted cat's eye beads...

Some vintage religious medals - these will need some work...

 

A handful of beads - bone, horn, wood, shell...

These are my favorite finds of the day - from an old doll factory in Thuringia - with a patina you just can't imitate. They look like ancient relics, something you would see in a museum... absolutely fabulous!

Max brought home some new herbs the other evening - I am off to plant them in pots for the herb garden ...
wishing you a wonderful Sunday!!

new earrings and work in progress

Stuff I have been working on:

Vintage coins, vintage beads and pyrite briolettes...

Buttons made of antler and rough carnelian beads...

Copper 'vessel' - for lack of a better word...

Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme...

This past week my garden was an intoxicating place, filled with the perfume of lilac and wisteria in bloom. I think that was made me decide to revamp part of our driveway/court yard. I rearranged and put stuff away, brought out other stuff, potted and potted and rearranged... and now I have a little herb and aroma garden. It isn't finished yet - still needs some work and some faery dust - but I love the idea so far.

Lots of sage, rosemary, thyme, lemon balm, catnip, cat balm, strawberries, hyssop, rainbow chard, lady's mantle...

This morning, while I was musing which herbs I still need for this garden by the 'tower clock', the words thyme's garden suddenly came to mind...

and sent me off to my work bench to make these earrings. Thyme's Garden...

I hope you are enjoying spring's perfume, however you are spending your Sunday.

new earrings

The former works in progress - are now finished...

The Earth has weight 

The symbol carved in bone here is an Adinkra symbol of West Africa - asase ye duru - meaning the Earth has weight. This is speaking to me strongly at the moment. Combined simply with jasper in an earthy green, to remind us to stay connected with the earth, our Mother.

Earth Mother

Another pair of earrings with this symbol - formed in copper this time and paired with chalcedony and peridot.

The Spiral Dance

An ancient symbol that has been used by many cultures, always in a positive way. Our galaxy is a spiral - perhaps that is the reason this symbol speaks to many of us. Copper, vintage silver plated chain, silk cord, carnelian, peach moonstone.

Work in progress

Some earrings and a pendant still in the works...

 

 Continuing my obsession with symbols and bone...

Sunday flea market

Another Sunday - and another flea market...
Some peeks at some of  the vendor's booths -

These wood printing blocks were huge - some of them were about 15"! So gorgeous.

Today is the first of May - and in the villages of Bavaria, it is traditional to erect the May pole today.
This one was at the flea market and it was huge!

The following two pics are of the May pole being erecting in the village closest to where I live. While it was not as tall as the one in the first pic, you can see that it still has considerable height. I couldn't get the whole pole on the photo, even from where I took the pic.

I did bring back some loot from the flea market...

Copper washers!  Many copper washers!!!

Art Deco rhinestone dress clips.

A couple of antique brooches.

Some vintage/antique goggles - I see something steampunk in my future...

Some lovely bone donuts and a carved bone owl bead.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday and a lovely first of May!