Regalo para Mama ♥ Gift for Mum

Lucky me, I was visiting Argentina (my home country ♥) just on time to be with my family on my Mum's Birthday!!
So before leaving New Zealand, I made a brooche for her inspired by her love for earthy colours, her passion for wool & textils techniques and the magic of textures!

I used copper to symbolize the browns, oranges and gold colours from the land, hammered to add a nice texture, and I used Sterling Silver as a base plate. The touch of distinction was using my mum's hand-spun and home-dyed wool (all by her! ♥) with local natural & organic pigments lovingly selected and hand picked also by her!! Amazing lady ♥

Here I am sharing some pictures!

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Afortunadamente, estuve visitando Argentina justo a tiempo para estar con mi familia en el cumple de mi Mama!

Asi que antes de salir de NZ, hice un brooche para ella inspirado en su amor por los colores Tierra, su pasion por la lana y las tecnicas textiles y en la magia de las texturas!

Use cobre para simbolizar los arrones, naranjas y oros de la tierra, martille la placa para darle una linda textura, y use Plata 925 como placa base. El toque de distincion fue el usar las lanitas hiladas y teNidas a mano por mi mama, con pigmentos locales, naturales y organicos seleccionados y juntados con amor, tabien por ella! Increible mujer ♥!

Aca les comparto algunas fotos!

                                     

My new toys...

I´ve been after this set of letters for a while now, and after having my eyes on them, wishing them and imaginning all the things I could do with them, I finally have them in my hands!!!!
ALFABETH STAMPS yea yea!!!!

Hace bastante que vengo queriendo tener mi set de letras, luego de mucho esperarlos, desearlos e imaginar las cosas que podre hacer con ellos, finalmente los tengo en mis manos!
ABECEDARIO EN SELLOS si si!!!

CUSTOM MADE ORDER

Last Friday I had the awesome surprise of logging into Etsy and finding that someone from the other side of the world was choosing me to make some special rings!

He liked one of the rings I made last year, a Silver U Shape band with three silver dots on top, 100% handmade and very minimalist.

But he wanted his with a bit of a twist: instead of 3 dots, he wanted only 2, and on top of the top plate he wanted a hammered copper plate. And he wanted 2 of the same! 

I was shy to ask what was the occasion, but I thought it is more poetic if I leave it to my thoughts to guess...

Maybe it was for two very good friends that wanted to wear the same rings, maybe they were brothers, father and son... may be it was for a very special date, or something to remember...who knows? could be anything aye?

I'd like to think that it was special anyway... I know it made me feel special making them for them, so that counts as enough, doesn't it?

Here is what he wanted....

Dale and Stace's wedding rings ♥

Earlier this summer, in beautiful Hokianga, we had the pleasure and honor to attend to our dearest friends Dale & Stace's Wedding!
It was a delightful ceremony in an outstanding setting under the trees, with lots of lovely friends and family, and a delicate (you can also say delicious) eye for detail!
From the amazing dress the bride wore, until the little mushroom sits, passing thru the vintage decorations, the cars they arrived in, the handmade and hand knit buntings on the trees, the incredible cake and cupcakes, and more, more, more... the list is infinite to count all the amazing little treasures this wedding had!
And to my own little heart, this wedding also brought an amazing special experience..... last year when they told us they were getting married, they asked me to be the one to MAKE THE BRIDE AND GROOM'S RINGS!!!!
What an honor! I was stoked! Such an amazing thing to be appointed to, yet a big responsibility, as you want to get it right, right!


I must say I was a bit scared along the process, but when we had them ready, and they tried them on, and I could see that it was what they wanted! Oh, I can't explain how gratifying that is!
So here I would like to share some of the pictures of the process, and some of the rings!
Thank you Dale and Stace for letting me be part of this important moment in your lives! ♥

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