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Lets talk about inspiration

December 16th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork

Remember this brooch? I bet you do because this is the third time I mention it on my blog. The other post, which you can see when you click over here, tells about the inspiration for this brooch and were it came from … well, the idea came from walls or sometimes roofs in Belgium [...]

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New jewelry

April 17th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

A few last minute pieces … Last week we made a few more jewelry pieces. These pieces are the last ones we are making for the Jewelry Presentation we are having coming weekend. Two new brooches by my partner Jan Kerkstra of Atelier The Jewelry Story and the long necklace is a made by me. [...]

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Moondance One a new brooch

December 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

And again another new brooch straight from your Atelier! I just added this brooch named Moondance One to our online store … So if you like to know more about it … please click over here …

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My favorite brooch

November 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Sometimes people ask me if I find it difficult to sell certain pieces of jewelry I make. The answer is yes, sometimes I do. Thank god not with every piece, that would be very stressful to want to keep on to all your jewelry and getting upset all the time when selling a piece. But [...]

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Mary Frances Brooch

October 11th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Woodwork, Work in progress...

Last week I told you here  about this great request we received from Mr. X, Odessa,  Florida. His wishes … “I really like the wood & metal combinations … because of how much my wife loves plants and flowers I had an idea of a pendent / pin that possible had some fern like parts [...]

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Scandinavian design

August 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments · Design, Fashion, Jewelry, My Work, Once upon a time...

Once up on a time we lived in the United States of America. To be more precise we lived in the middle of nowhere in a tiny little place called Watkinsville, Georgia. Just like now we had our own Atelier and made our own line of handmade jewelry. We sold through galleries and did many [...]

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The continuing story of the brooch

August 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized, Woodwork, Work in progress...

Just listed a great new Brooch in  our online store. The title of the brooch is Kleine Beer, (Little Bear) and is somewhat similar to Grote Beer. The brooch is made of ebony, silver and rose wood. The Kleine Beer Brooch is a design by my partner Jan Kerkstra. If you like more info about [...]

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5 Silver Wings

August 15th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

Hope you all had a good weekend? Me too thank you… Finally Sunday the rain stopped and I worked a good part of the day in the garden. I replanted some stuff and gave horse manure to the flowers. Mmmm … At the end of the afternoon Jan and I had a photo shoot of [...]

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The Big Dipper Brooch

August 5th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, Life, My Work

Another new brooch by the name of Grote Beer aka Big Bear or in other words Big Dipper. Want to know more about this new design brooch? Please click overhere I am of walking the dogs and to fish for fresh food for my 2 gold fish that swim in a small pond in our [...]

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Wrapping up the week

July 29th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Animals, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work

One week after our holiday in French we are pretty much used to the daily routine again… Jan is working on a complicated but fun commission. It’s going to be a variation on our bracelet “One More”. Instead of the rods of colored plexiglas, Jan is somehow going to place gemstones in the bracelet. I [...]

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