Necklace & Earrings

Necklace - With Green Ceramic Button And Black Patinated Shard

This is a rather long necklace, with the pendant hanging below the bosom.

Art beads:

• Green Ceramic Button - Gaea
• Black patinated metal shard - MissFickleMedia
• Patinated toggle clasp - MissFickleMedia

Other beads and components:

• Pink Coral rounds 4mm
• Ghana Bauxite pipestones 4mm
• Green frosted large seed beads
• Rectangular links raw brass chain
• Square profile brass wire
• Vintaj brass jump ring
• Green Griffin silk cord

Earrings - Blue & Yellow Delight

These earrings look so great on. I should make sure to show you a picture of them when they are being worn. And I am also considering keeping them for myself. We'll see … I haven't completely made up my mind yet ...

Art beads:

• Yellow on chocolate Ceramic rounds - Gaea
• Ocean blue patinated petal links - MissFickleMedia

Other beads and components:

• Blue waxed linen cord
• Vintaj brass findings and ear studs

If you are interested in any of these pieces please let me know. 

e-mail: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Earrings

4 new pairs of earrings:

Hammered copper hearts by Joanne Tinley of DaisyChain

Earwires by CuriousBead

All my best,

Malin

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Please let me know if you are interested in buying any of my jewelry pieces. 

Write to me:  malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

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Inspiration - Architecture

I love to be inspired by different kinds of greatness. Today, for example, I learned about Villa Tugendhat in the town of Brno, in the Czech Republic. It was designed by Mies van der Rohe in the late 1920's, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of modernistic (or functionalistic) architecture.

As I searched for further information I also came across this absolutely fantastic and highly creative student project about Villa Tugendhat. This is what inspired me to write this blog post in the first place. Such a great way of presenting history! I hope you too will enjoy it :-).



And here are a few links I found where you can find more information:

http://www.tugendhat.eu/tour/tour_en.htm (will take you on a filmed tour in and around the villa)

http://www.tugendhat.eu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Tugendhat

If you are a Swede, or if you understand Swedish, I highly recommend a Podcast called "Staden". It is about architecture and urban planning. The latest episode is about the town Brno and Villa Tugendhat:

http://staden.arkitekt.se/brno-funktionalism-och-sanning/


All my best,
Malin

Lamb and Fish

Easter week I am presenting jewelry containing a lamb and fish. Might seem like a thought, but it isn't … unless it is a subconscious one …

I have never been one for practicing Christianity myself, in the sense of for instance regularly going to church, praying or reading the bible. I wouldn't call myself religious. Even so I do believe there was most probably a person called Jesus 2000 years ago, who was an extraordinary person in many ways. Like Gandhi, Mandela, Luther King, Mother Theresa and other great and real people in our history. Jesus was probably unusually extraordinary. And there have been times when I've found myself asking "What would Jesus have done in a situation like this?". I find him to be a great life guide. And the story of his life is ever so fascinating and inspiring.

Bracelet - Lisa Shaun

My daughter Arabella has a cuddly toy named Lisa Shaun (Shaun for surname since she is actually related to Shaun the Sheep … ). Lisa is soft, slouchy, extremely huggable, super cute, kind, caring and always there to give comfort for anyone in need of it. But she is also large. She can't be carried around everywhere. So when Rejetta Sellers recently showed us her latest design, an absolutely irresistible lamb/sheep bead in polymer clay, I knew I had to get one at once. And I've made this bracelet for Arabella. Now she can carry Lisa with her on the wrist at all times, for comfort when I am not around. The design is a result of a cooperation between Arabella and myself. The story is this: Lisa is in a field with purple flowers and under a bluish sky.

ART BEADS:

Lamb/sheep in polymer clay - Rejetta Sellers, JettaBugJewelry

Purple flower stamped resin coins - Susan K Nestor

OTHER:

Purple bicone, greenish leaf and bluish facetted rondelles - czech glass beads

Silvery flower magnetic clasp

Waxed linen cording

Necklace - Lime Green With Fish

ART BEAD:

Lime green raku ceramic pendant - Jubilee

OTHER:

Green tube indonesian glass beads

Matte pale periwinkle peanut beads

Old rose/purple small seed beads

Silvery ornate hook and eye clasp

Super soft and agile beading wire

Secretly hiding behind the lime green pendant are two fish shapes carved into the clay.

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Almost all of my jewelry pieces are available for purchase. Please let me know if you are interested in any of them. 
Contact me at: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com


All my best,
Malin

Knotted necklaces

A week or so ago Lorelei Eurto posted on her blog about knotted necklaces. And her post really inspired me (thanks :-) ). For one, I was really attracted to every piece she showed. All great designs and color schemes, and such fun combinations of beads. And secondly I realized that style of knotting long sections of beads for necklaces would really suit me. I often use knotting in my jewelry making. Knotting or macrame is perfect when I make jewelry sitting in front of the TV, or outdoors on the veranda for instance. I also love to roam around in my stash and pick out and combine beads of different shapes, textures and colors.

I am very happy with how these three necklaces turned out. And I got to use some beautiful art bead pendants that I have been hoarding for too long.

Necklace - Blooming

• Bloom pendant - Tesori Trovati, Erin Prais-Hinz
• Amazon colorored small ceramic round - Elaine Ray
• Pastel peach Aventurine petal briolette drops
• Pink-orange-peach Agate rounds
• Czech glass beads
• Pale blue small wooden rounds
• Pink lucite rounds, etched
• Copper beads and components
• Waxed linen cord

Necklace - Kind Words Conquer

• Teal-khaki-white long polymer clay bead - Humble Beads
• Kind Words Conquer polymer clay long pendant - SwoonDimples
• Glass beads
• Czech glass beads
• Brass components
• Waxed linen cord

Necklace - A Forest Is In An Acorn

• A Forest Is In An Acorn polymer clay pendant - SwoonDimples
• Glass beads
• Czech glass beads
• Seed beads
• Antiqued silvery chain
• Antiqued silvery beads and components
• Waxed linen cord

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Please let me know if you are interested in buying any of my pieces. 

Contact me at: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

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All my best,

Malin

New looks

So I have sort of settled for this new look on my blog. And I would be ever so grateful for some feedback. I am all for usabilty and for a style that mirrors my identity. It shall be pleasant and easy to look around on my blog. It shall be easy to find different features and gadgets. It shall be easy to identify links.

So what do you think about:

• The head/banner - the image and how it is cropped
• The head/banner - the way the title "Beading by Malin de Koning" is written. I am not totally happy with that myself. There seems to be a conflict between the image I want to use and the writing of my name. The sizing and the placement. I would like my name to be bigger really, but it also has to be placed so that ir is readable. Looks like the image is winning at the moment ... What do you think about it?
• The text font in the posts. I want it to be easily readable and pleasant. Is it?
• Is it easy enough to identify links, both in the post text and in the sidebar? I am not sure they are obvious enough in colour difference from the ordinary text. Visited links change their colour, again is it too similar to the ordinary text? People might wanna come back and find the link again.
• Is there anything else you wanna mention, please do so. Do not hesitate to bring up things that are negative. I HAVE asked for feedback! You are my readers, it shall be good for you!

Now the column for the posting has become wider than before, and all previously posted images are still sized for the old layout (why don't they change automatically when you change the template? something for the designers of the system to think about for the next update). I am most likely not going to go back and change each of them. It was only recently I figured out that not all of them came up original size if you clicked to open them in a new window. It seamed to be some kind of randomness to which ones did and which ones didn't. Now I know how to make them all like that though.

There are still a few other small details which I am not 100% pleased with. For instance I don't know why the text in each post changes from the dark grey colour I have chosen for the template to black after a image. Isn't that weird! I'lll have to look further into that. I might even talk to some web designer about it.

All posts need an image I think. Here is one of me and Jonake when we had lunch at Byblos, Ekero C the other day. She is one of my assistants. Also works as a DJ. She is cool, dedicated and very funny.

All my best,

Malin