A Happy New Year. Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year shall in time end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
~Edgar Guest
Happy New Year!
A Happy New Year. Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year shall in time end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.
~Edgar Guest
Cool New Tools!
I posted this once before because I think it is such a great tool. It is the Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers. This one literally "chomps" round corners (2 sizes). I can't believe how thick of stuff it will cut and cut clean. So now on to another great find. I was shopping at Eclectic Paperie and found 3 new ones: "Stub Deco;" Scallop Cloud;" and "Angle Photo." I ordered the Angle Photo because I cut a lot of tags and thought it would be a great addition to my "must have" supplies. I was not disappointed--it is great!
This was my first order with Eclectic Paperie and I got my package in just a few days. If you like Tim Holtz stuff, it looks like they have it all! I always support my local scrapbook store, so please shop locally first (if we don't support them, they won't make it without us) Eclectic Paperie is a great place for getting some of the things you can't get locally.
One Day After Christmas
It's one day after Christmas
I'm crabby and I'm broke.
I'm so full of ham and fruitcake
I think I'm gonna croak.
It's nice to see the relatives
I wonder when they'll leave.
They've been camping in my bathroom
since early Christmas Eve.
They're eating everything in sight
and sleeping in my bed.
I been sacked out in the basement
with my beagle, Fred.
The relatives have all gone out
and left their screaming brats.
The toilet bowl is all plugged up
and I can't find the cat.
It's Christmastime at my house,
the relatives are here.
They eat me out of house and home.
and drink up all my beer.
I love the decorations,
and the sleigh bells in the snow
But I wish those pesky relatives
would take their kids and go.
Those cookie crunchers fed the dog
a twenty pound rib roast.
His feet are sticking in the air
like skinny old fence posts.
Now they're in a free-for-all,
the girls against the boys.
They're fighting over boxes'
cause they're bored with all their toys
My mother-in-law is snoring
in my favorite TV chair.
Those kids are stringing lights on her
and tinseling her hair
I oughta wake her up
before the fireworks begin.
But I wanna see those blue sparks fly
when they plug her in.
~author unknown
reade more...
I'm crabby and I'm broke.
I'm so full of ham and fruitcake
I think I'm gonna croak.
It's nice to see the relatives
I wonder when they'll leave.
They've been camping in my bathroom
since early Christmas Eve.
They're eating everything in sight
and sleeping in my bed.
I been sacked out in the basement
with my beagle, Fred.
The relatives have all gone out
and left their screaming brats.
The toilet bowl is all plugged up
and I can't find the cat.
It's Christmastime at my house,
the relatives are here.
They eat me out of house and home.
and drink up all my beer.
I love the decorations,
and the sleigh bells in the snow
But I wish those pesky relatives
would take their kids and go.
Those cookie crunchers fed the dog
a twenty pound rib roast.
His feet are sticking in the air
like skinny old fence posts.
Now they're in a free-for-all,
the girls against the boys.
They're fighting over boxes'
cause they're bored with all their toys
My mother-in-law is snoring
in my favorite TV chair.
Those kids are stringing lights on her
and tinseling her hair
I oughta wake her up
before the fireworks begin.
But I wanna see those blue sparks fly
when they plug her in.
~author unknown
Merry Christmas!
Christmas is forever, not for just one day.
For loving, sharing, and giving are not to be put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself . . .
~ Norman Wesley Brooks
For loving, sharing, and giving are not to be put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself . . .
~ Norman Wesley Brooks
Merry whatever-you-celebrate and peace for all!!!
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Thank you
for having the good taste
to call upon our expertise.
From Elkan Wijnberg, CEO
and the entire Adin-team
for having the good taste
to call upon our expertise.
From Elkan Wijnberg, CEO
and the entire Adin-team
Don't sit under the Christmas tree with anything else but me!
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Don't sit under the Christmas tree with anything else but me!
Victorian locket with rose cut diamond star motif
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Victorian locket with rose cut diamond star motif
It could be well possible that this locket was made to celebrate the passage of Halley's comet. The passage of Halley inspired jewellers to make jewels in the shape of celestial bodies. This comet appears every 76 years. In 1705 Edmond Halley predicted, using Newton's newly formulated laws of motion, that the comet seen in 1531, 1607, and 1682 would return in 1758 (which was, alas, after his death). The comet did indeed return as redicted and was later named in his honor.
Or the maker of this beauty was just into stars.... who will tell after so many years?
Or the maker of this beauty was just into stars.... who will tell after so many years?
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Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
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Flowery icicles discovered in the Garden of Adin
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Flowery icicles discovered in the Garden of Adin
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Flowery icicles discovered in the Garden of Adin
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So it was that blizzard came up at evening and covered the Garden of Adin, and in the morning the snow lay all around the camp. And when the layer of mist lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small sparkling substance, as fine as frost on the ground. And the Gardener picked it up and he was happy.
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Winter merriment in the Garden of Adin
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Winter merriment in the Garden of Adin
In the frosty Garden of Adin,
(while pelting snowballs at his beloved offspring)
much to the Gardener's joy and surprise
a bracelet was found
sparkling with glimmering ice.
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Antiqualy yours,
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Winter merriment in the Garden of Adin
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In the frosty Garden of Adin,
(while pelting snowballs at his beloved offspring)
much to the Gardener's joy and surprise
a bracelet was found
sparkling with glimmering ice.
Click the picture for more information on this beauty.
Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
www.adin.be
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Neo Etruscan crucifix in original box
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Neo Etruscan crucifix in original box
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Neo Etruscan crucifix in original box
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Top notch quality!
There are crosses and there are crosses but this one is one of the nicest in its sort that we have ever come along. Skilfully crafted with filigree and granules, a real joy for the eyes. The corpus is 3-dimensionally worked out and the aureole is also made in the finest filigree and granules technique. It comes in its original box with the text: "Luigi Freschi - Via Condotti - 55, 55a, 56 57, Corso Umberto 1º 401 - ROMA".
In the second half of the 19th Century goldsmiths of that era sought and found their inspiration by excavations such as Pompeï and the Etruscan treasures. Especially in Italy the so-called Neo-Etruscan style reached high levels as we can see here with this beautiful refined cross.
This jewel features a filigree decoration, which is in fact thin golden wire twisted into refined motifs, in this case elegant little balls. You can also notice the use of granulation on this piece. Granulation is a technique where the goldsmith uses very small balls (granules) of metal, which are not soldered to the piece but welded. Both techniques demand very high skills and precision from the maker.
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Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
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Gift Card Holder
This beautiful gift card holder is on Tammy's Tutterow's
website. Scroll down to her December 7th post and she
will show you how to make it. Who wouldn't like to get a
gift card dressed like this? And it has that vintage look--my
favorite thing.
Belgium and diamonds...a marriage of centuries
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Belgium and diamonds... a marriage of centuries
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~ A kiss on the hand may be quite Continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend. ~
Although Marilyn Monroe sang about them in 1953, diamonds are thought to have first been recognized and treasured as gemstones and religious icons in ancient India (where they were mined too). The usage of diamonds in engraving tools also dates to early human history. The name diamond is derived from the ancient Greek "adámas" meaning "unbreakable, untamed".
In 1475 Lodewyk (Louis) van Berquem, a Flemish stone-polisher from Bruges, Belgium, introduced the concept of absolute symmetry in the placement of facets on the stone. 17th century French jeweler, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605 -1689, and also with Belgian roots), was one of the early pioneer's of diamond trade with India. In his book "The Six Voyages of Jean-Baptist Tavernier" he documented many historically significant diamond cuts.
Popularity of diamonds has risen since the 19th century because of increased supply, improved cutting and polishing techniques and growth in the world economy. And in our days we at Adin, based in Antwerp - Belgium, are offering the splendours of craftmanship from diamond polishers and goldsmiths of many centuries. This reflects itself in the diamond jewelry we have to offer from the 17th century and onwards.
Antiqually yours,
The Adin team
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Adin's Antique Jewelry Christmas suggestions
Dear friend,
This time we take the liberty of sending you a mail without any special picture or back-ground information on symbolism, style or era. Just a list of present suggestions. We also would like to inform you that all orders till December 21st are still in time to be delivered before Christmas and that all orders will be specially packed in a free gift wrapping.
Hoping to be at your service with this,
do we remain,
antiqually yours,
The Adin team
This time we take the liberty of sending you a mail without any special picture or back-ground information on symbolism, style or era. Just a list of present suggestions. We also would like to inform you that all orders till December 21st are still in time to be delivered before Christmas and that all orders will be specially packed in a free gift wrapping.
Hoping to be at your service with this,
do we remain,
antiqually yours,
The Adin team
Thoughtful and exclusive presents under $500
 rings up to $500 |  earrings up to $500 |  pendants up to $500 |  brooches up to $500 |  all jewelry up to $500 |
Thoughtful and exclusive presents between $500 and $1,500
 rings up to $1,500 |  earrings up to $1,500 |  pendants up to $1,500 |  brooches up to $1,500 |  all jewelry up to $1,500 |
Thoughtful and exclusive presents between $1,500 - $5,000
 rings up to $5,000 |  earrings up to $5,000 |  pendants up to $5,000 |  brooches up to $5,000 |  all jewelry up to $5,000 |
Thoughtful and exclusive presents between $5,000 - $10,000
 rings up to $10,000 |  bracelets up to $10,000 |  pendants up to $10,000 |  brooches up to $10,000 |  all jewelry up to $10,000 |
Thoughtful and exclusive presents $10,000 and above
 rings $10,000 + |  bracelets $10,000 + |  necklaces $10,000 + |  brooches $10,000 + |  all jewelry $10,000 + |
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In the hands of the beholder...
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French Art Deco platinum lorgnette
(a real eye-catcher)
(a real eye-catcher)
A lorgnette (or face-à-main) is a pair of glasses (or opera glasses) held by a long handle at one side mostly used by the (well-to-do) ladies.
This particular type of lorgnette has a hidden system in its stem that, by moving it slowly down with the tip of your fingers, will release a spring that will open the closed lorgnette with one glass and makes it into a double-glassed lorgnette.
Craftfully worked out in platinum and richly covered with rose cut diamonds and little carré calibrated stones makes this utensil a true jewel.
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Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team
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Look what I won!
I won a set of Tonic Tools from Mario on twitter!
How cool is that? I normally don't get on twitter that
much (it is just not my fav way to communicate) --I
am sure glad I did this time! There are more great
Tim Holtz products to win if you are following the
"12 Tags of Christmas" with Tim Holtz. Great fun
and the tags are gorgeous this year!
12 Tags of Christmas by Tim Holtz
Day 1 of Tim's 12 Tags of Christmas has started!
Details at http://timholtz.typepad.com. Don't miss
the fun!