Stoned ;-)

I know, I know - couldn't resist ;-)

I've finally managed to make key chain rings from the beach stones I ordered a while ago. They have been finished for about a week or two, but since some of them were intended as gifts, I couldn't write about them earlier. Now I have given most of them away to dear friends I meet once or twice a year and I am finally able to post some pictures.

I had decided to put my studies to good use and create egyptian "magic" pendants to use as key rings or bag clingers. I looked for some hieroglyphic words like "magic", "seeress", "might" (and many others) and painted them onto the stones. I am quite satisfied with the outcome :-)



I wanted my friends to know what word they had chosen, but only after choosing a pendant, so I wrote the hieroglyphs, the transcription and the German meaning on narrow strips of parchment and rolled them around the wiry bits. This way, everyone was able to choose from looks and then get a nice surprise ;-)


There are a few left (I had ordered more stones than I needed, greedy me ;-)) and I am currently thinking about listing them in our InnerTwilight shop. Or I might keep them to have a small gift handy when I need it :-)

Look at these beauties!

All my life I've been collecting stuff from the beach - stones, shells, driftwood, amber. When my family looked for one of their members at the beach, they were quite easy to spot: we were always the ones bending over, looking for little trasures ;-)
I especially like stones with natural holes in them since they can be made into great decorative items. It never occurred to me to drill holes into "normal" pebbles, and if it had, I don't know if I would have tried it. So my hole-less stones and shells keep sitting in my cupboard, occasionally being looked at. A few months ago, I stumbled upon a shop on etsy where you can buy the most beautiful, drilled stones - stonestudiostoo - and I was immediately taken with it. I thought about ordering some stones but didn't have any ideas as to what to do with them at that time. When that changed (about two weeks ago) I finally ordered the most gorgeous pebbles - and here they are:

(The picture could be better, if you want to get another glimpse you may look here)

I had specific wishes concerning size and form - I wanted tiny buttons for mobile cosies, neck cuffs and the like, and rather large pendants for secret purposes (for now) - and Rhonda collected my stones specially. She was very nice, as well and the shipment took only a week. AND I got four small pendants as a thank you present! I am very happy with my order and will definitely be back for more stones when I know what to make from them. Thank you so much again, Rhonda!