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Emerald Green Jewellery Luxury of all luxuries. Emerald green jewellery. I bought an emerald green and bronze vintage style brooch for 1 Deutschmark in a sale in Heidelberg in 1989, where I worked as an au-pair. It was one of my prize possessions for a time along with some other beautiful pieces I had then. I have not thought about it until a second ago when gathering my thoughts about emerald green jewellery in general. I can still tap into the desire I had for it right now and the pleasure I drew from simply looking at it. Jewellery can...

Boho Earrings are a Beacon of Light As I have mentioned many times before, I love Boho style. I'm not sure if it gets a capital B but it does in my book. Butterfly Boho Earrings In Jade, By Lapanda Designs You see, Boho earrings, for example offer such a broad spectrum of choice to the wearer. Lets face it, we don't need to label our clothing or our style but for the purpose of discussing it we need to label it so we are all on the same page. I am not generally into labeling these days. It can...

Designing Unusual Earrings Is Easy Why would I say that? Well.. When designing something unusual you just have to let your mind ramble. There's no pressure to conform and no real parameters except the ones you set yourself. Shop Vintage Affair Earrings by Lapanda Designs Here! It's like having a blank canvas. It is a freeing experience if you don't let yourself become pressurised by the experience. You just have to steer your mind in order to get into the right frame of mind to get you to where you want to go. It's like any creative expression. Creating something...

What Do You Dare Say in September About Christmas Cards? Ha! This is always a tricky question. Christmas Cards are still a big thing... In December! Nonetheless, no handmade gift ware website is worth it's name if there isn't at least a humble fresh handmade Christmas card offering available each year but when are you supposed to make them? In fact making cards by hand is one of the most pleasurable things I do. It brings back those Friday sessions of art crammed in between 'Comhra', (chat, in Irish, for the uninitiated) and going home time, when we would stick...

Freedom and Romance The very mention of the word 'Bohemian', conjures up great things for me. Freedom, countryside, wild horses and Summer days. I think of long skirts, petticoats and horse drawn wagons by firesides, filled with folksy cushions and cosy bed linen under dark starry skies. I could carry on with the imagery but I will spare you. So what does 'Bohemian', actually mean?  I have just looked it up..' A socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts' or 'Socially unconventional in an artistic way. Avant-garde, off-centre, alternative, eccentric, arty-farty, artistic and offbeat', among others....