Vintage Pearls

Trükkisin seda pikka postitust ikka päris kaua...
Vastuseks eelmise postituse küsimusele: Seal pildil on 5 paari kõrvarõngaid, 4 kaelakeed, 2 käeketti, üks pross ja üks juuksekamm. Kokku 13 ehet. Lillelemb pani ikka päris lähedale!

Kogu selle pisikollektsiooni nimeks on Vintage Pearls. Sest kasutasin ikka päris vanu pärleid. Need 2mm on mul kõige vanimad helmed, mis mul üldse on olemas. Müüja sõnul on need pärit 1920ndatest. Sain need originaal kujul tehase pakina, lükituna kahekordsele traadile ning sildikestega "Simulated pearls. Made in Japan". Suur pusa traate mähituna siidipaberisse. Traat on kohati täiesti lagunenud ning pärlikesed pudisevad laiali. Need on tagasihoidlikku hallikat-beezikat tooni ja suurus varieerub - ideaalne looduslike pärlite imiteerimiseks. Pärlikiht pole väga vastupidav, kui see kulub, paistab alt poolläbipaistev klaas vastu. Suuremad pärlid sobivad nendega hästi, sest ka need pole ideaalsed, kohati on hallikat tooni, kohati beezikat. Mõned kriimud on ka peal. Pärit kuskil 1960-70ndatest.

Ehtekivid on kõik läbipaistev klaas. Eriti põnevad on minu jaoks need auguga ehtekivid, mul on neid nüüd kaks suurust 8mm ja 11mm. Teised ehtekivid on samuti kõik klaasist, seda seetõttu, et ei saa ju panna swarovski kristallklaasi tavalise klaasiga kõrvuti, muidu oleks vahe silmaga märgata.

Oh, uudiseid on nii palju! Sain kätte veel ühe Beads Bee ajakirja, nr 5. Tulemas on ka blogi sünnipäev 5ndal juulil! Sellel puhul loosin välja ühe ehte. Mõtlesin, et kuna maile pole turvaline kommentaaridesse panna, siis läheb loosimine Followers'ide vahel, nii saan võitjaga ilusti ühendust võtta. Ja veel... sain paar päeva tagasi teada, et Swarovski sponsoreerib ühte ehtekonkurssi, mille tähtaeg on 30. juuni! Appi, kas jõuan midagi valmis?!

Answer to my question from previous post is: on the photo there are 5 pairs of earrings, 4 necklaces, 2 bracelets, one brooch and one french comb. 13 pieces together. Lillelemb was really-really close!

The name of this minicollection is "Vintage Pearls". Because I used quite old pearls here. These tiny 2mm glass pearls are the oldest ones I have. The vendor told me these are from the 1920's. I had them in original condition, strung on two brass wires and packed in paper with labels "Simulated Pearls. Made in Japan". The brass wires are falling apart and they barely hold pearls together. The pearls have the modest color of grey-beige, with not so strong pearl coating. Under the pearl coating there is a glass core, sometimest crystal, sometimes light transparent beige. The bigger glass pearls go so well with them, they aren't round I think they're called "snail" pearls because of the spiral shape. These beads have sometimes grey sometimes beige spots with some scratches in the pearl coating. These were made in the 1960-70's.

All rhinestones are in crystal color. I still love those rhinestones with drilled concave on the surface. Now I have them in two sizes 8mm and 11mm. Other rhinestones are all glass because I can't put any swarovski next to it - it has so obvious difference in quality.

Oh, I have so many news! I received another copy of Beads Bee magazine, nr 5 this time. And the 5th july is my blogs birthday, it's been three years! I'm planning to have a free giveaway! I think it's not good to ask you to share your emails in public so I think it's better way if I make this draw among the followers of this blog. This way you don't need to write your email but I can contact you in case you're the lucky winner. And more... I found out that Swarovski is sponsoring a jewellery contest and the deadline is 30.june! Will I make it?!

News

Väike lisa jaapani Beads Bee ajakirja valikusse, nr 14. Lisasin mõned pildid sisust ka.

:) Mitu ehet on viimasel pildil?

Little addition to my collection of japanese magazine Beads Bee, nr 14. I made some photos to see what's inside.

:) How many pieces of jewelry are there on the last photo?

And again... Blue

Sinisinised ehted. Neli käeketti, üks pross, kõrvarõngapaar ning kaelakee. Kas teadsite, et Austria swarovski "aquamarine" ehtekivid on hoopis teist värvi kui Tšehhoslovakkia, Saksamaa ning Jaapani sama värvinime kandvad kivikesed? Igaljuhul on väga kurb, sest ei saanud neid sinised sätendavad swarovskeid ju teistega koos kasutada. Tegin selle kaelakee ja käeketi special selle pärast, et neid swarovskeid kasutada.

Mäletan, et kui ostsin need tillukesed Prantsusmaal toodetud klaaskivikesed, (sinises pakendis) siis oli neil kiri juures, et kollektsionäärid koguvad neid kive pakendite pärast. Kui need kätte sain, olin nõutu, sest see pakend suurem asi ei tundunud. Seda seni, kuni avasin paki ja vaatasin, mis seespool oli :) Selline mulje jääb küll, et pakendi paber on pandud tagurpidi. Kas need neljakohalised numbrid on telefoninumbrid?

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Blue jewelry. Four bracelets, one brooch, a pair of earrings and a necklace. Did you know that Austrian swarovski color aquamarine is very different from Czechoslovakia, Germany and Japan aquamarine rhinestones? Either way it's quite sad, because I couldn't use these swarovskies with other blue rhinestones in my stash. I made this necklace and bracelet specially so I could use them now.

I remember when I bought these French rhinestones in blue package, it had a note that these packages were highly collectable because of the paper packing. When I received it, I didn't know what to think because it wasn't much at all. Until I opened the package and discovered what was inside :) It seems like the front side is inside. Are those four-digit numbers telephone numbers?

Coral&Turquoise Glass

Ei saa ilma siniseta, ei saa ilma punaseta. Olen vist mingis kinnises ringis :) Pole hullu, varsti on mul läbipaistmatud punased ja sinised helmed otsas. Siis olen sunnitud midagi muud kasutama.

Kaelakee ovaalne kivi ning lillekestes olevad punased kivikesed on eakad swarovskid, ülejäänud on klaas.

Can't be without red color, can't be without blue color. It seems it's a circle :) No worries, I'll run out of opaque red and blue beads very soon. Then I have to use something else.

The oval cabochon of the necklace and tiny red rhinestones in the center of metal flowers are vintage swarovski. Everything else is glass.

Back with Blues

Ühest kõige esimesest ümmargusest prossi katsetusest sai kokku kolm ehet. Prossi küljes rippuvad vidinad harutasin lahti, osadest sai kõrvarõngad ning ripats käeketile. Prossil vahetasin taguse, kuid keskosa jätsin samaks (vot selline oligi esialgne variant, hiljem tehtutel on keskel suurem kivi ja selle ümber kümme väikest).

One of the first brooch attempts (when I tried to find the best way to make a circle brooch) ended up in three pieces of jewelry. I took apart the dangels and some of them became earrings. I changed the back plate of the brooch but kept the old version of the inner circle (new version was one bigger stone and ten smaller ones around it).

Cherry Red...

Ootan puhkust... Energilisemad värvid ehk aitavad natuke? Kirgas ja kärts punane klaas ja swarovski kristall-klaas.
Võtsin südame rindu ja tegin tellimuse antiikvasksele traadile. Jubejube, kui palju pean transpordi eest maksma... Aga noh, ilma ju ka ei saa.

Waiting for vacation... Stronger colors might give more energy? Bright and strong red glass and swarovski crystal glass.