All Hail the Queen...

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In honor of the London Olympics I made a Queen Victoria box. I've really gotten into altering all kinds of boxes lately.











I really like the way the little bottle with the Union Jack in it turned out. And the black feathers and black frame really work for Victoria.

Historical research: earrings worn by the Biblical Rebecca

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Recently, re-reading a Torah translation in Russian, I read that when Abraham sent his servant back to his native land to find a wife for his son Isaac, he sent him with some valuable gifts for the future bride. And when the servant met Rebecca (who became Isaac’s wife), he gave her gold bracelets weighing 10 shekels, and gold earrings weighing one-half a shekel. The weight of one shekel in those times was 14 grams. So each earring contained 7 grams of gold....

Necklace help request and a new episode

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Hi girls!
A crafty dilemma is going on here and I count on your good suggestions: I've these wood beads and I'd like to make a necklace. I made few tries but I think it's missing something, I just can't put m hand on it.. mmm. These are the first attempts:

I tried to ask google and these are the images that caught my attention: inspiration 1..


..and 2
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