<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745</id><updated>2012-02-05T17:10:20.504+02:00</updated><category term='Present'/><category term='Artsy parts'/><category term='interior'/><category term='techniques'/><category term='Kohan sanon'/><category term='General'/><category term='Tänään tykkään...'/><category term='necklace'/><category term='Travel'/><category term='jewelry fashion'/><category term='Pearls'/><category term='Beauty'/><category term='shopping'/><category term='Earrings'/><category term='Bead shopping'/><category term='instructions'/><category term='Inspiration'/><category term='Seasonal'/><category term='Bracelet'/><category term='fashion'/><category term='Style'/><category term='Etsy'/><category term='Blogging'/><title type='text'>Castaliaz</title><subtitle type='html'>Pictures and thoughts about beading and jewelry making. Life of one bead enthusiast</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>132</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4127213522810193739</id><published>2012-02-05T17:10:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2012-02-05T17:10:20.511+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion'/><title type='text'>DKNY Chronograph rannekello</title><content type='html'>Olen himoinnut uutta rannekelloa ja pidemmän aikaa ja pohtinut myös &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/koruja-ne-ovat-kellotkin.html" target="_blank"&gt;blogissa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;sitä millaisen kellon seuraavaksi haluaisin. Hieman oli mielipide ainakin kellon värin suhteen kerennyt vuodessa muuttumaan, mutta malli pysyi lähes samana. Sain lahjaksi super söpön DKNY's chronograph kellon!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Kun vanhan kellon patterin vaihtokaan ei oikein ottanut tuulta alleen oli lahja erittäin mieleinen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_fT6YR_gM4/Ty6axqgFr8I/AAAAAAAAA1U/8sjoHoCMkFs/s1600/DKNY_Watch_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_fT6YR_gM4/Ty6axqgFr8I/AAAAAAAAA1U/8sjoHoCMkFs/s640/DKNY_Watch_2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1h_WxnUI0Sk/Ty6a9dXXejI/AAAAAAAAA1c/zhTGRKBuaiE/s1600/DSCN4566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1h_WxnUI0Sk/Ty6a9dXXejI/AAAAAAAAA1c/zhTGRKBuaiE/s640/DSCN4566.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kello on &amp;nbsp;ruostumatonta terästä ja tarkkasilmäisimmät helmeilijät saattavat huomata, että kellotaulun tausta on helmiäistä eli &lt;i&gt;mother of pearl&lt;/i&gt;:ä.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4127213522810193739?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4127213522810193739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2012/02/dkny-chronograph-rannekello.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4127213522810193739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4127213522810193739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2012/02/dkny-chronograph-rannekello.html' title='DKNY Chronograph rannekello'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_fT6YR_gM4/Ty6axqgFr8I/AAAAAAAAA1U/8sjoHoCMkFs/s72-c/DKNY_Watch_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8610508667681094630</id><published>2012-02-04T12:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2012-02-04T12:34:53.766+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään...Shayna Leib</title><content type='html'>Kylmänä pakkaslauantaina mieltä lämmittää&lt;a href="http://www.shaynaleib.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Shayna Leib&lt;/a&gt;:n&amp;nbsp;lasi taide.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khYECkaYbC0/Ty0HvpHcP8I/AAAAAAAAA0c/iQ6upt2YYTg/s1600/Antilles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khYECkaYbC0/Ty0HvpHcP8I/AAAAAAAAA0c/iQ6upt2YYTg/s640/Antilles.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz8EvxRUngY/Ty0H36UuoGI/AAAAAAAAA0k/pcOgzR3Xk30/s1600/Stiniva.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="518" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mz8EvxRUngY/Ty0H36UuoGI/AAAAAAAAA0k/pcOgzR3Xk30/s640/Stiniva.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="436" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P7bHQSLCimo/Ty0IcMCc2VI/AAAAAAAAA1M/Xvu9HlZ-Z4A/s640/Crivetz-smaller.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kaikki kuvat lainattu &lt;a href="http://www.shaynaleib.com/" target="_blank"&gt;täältä&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hätkähdyttävän ihania ja erikoisia taideteoksia. Voisin varsin hyvin korvata perinteisen taulun jollain Shauna Leib:n yksivärisistä lasiteoksista. Erityisesti kummatkin valkoiset teokset ihastuttavat minua. Minä tykkään - entäs te?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8610508667681094630?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8610508667681094630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2012/02/tanaan-tykkaanshayna-leib.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8610508667681094630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8610508667681094630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2012/02/tanaan-tykkaanshayna-leib.html' title='Tänään tykkään...Shayna Leib'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-khYECkaYbC0/Ty0HvpHcP8I/AAAAAAAAA0c/iQ6upt2YYTg/s72-c/Antilles.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-238078504973078872</id><published>2011-12-30T19:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T19:44:54.470+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Artsy parts'/><title type='text'>Kortti kokeilua</title><content type='html'>Juhlistan mennyttä ja tulevaa vuotta ihanissa tunnelmissa, nimittäin ystäväni häissä. Juhlaa varten päätin kokeilla kortin tekoa. Olen muutaman kerran tehnyt kortin vastaavaan tilaisuuten, mutta tämä on ensimmäinen jonka esittelin blogissani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0X2yK22qys0/Tv314fDjpWI/AAAAAAAAAzk/LUMiUy2NzxU/s1600/Kortti_front_blurred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0X2yK22qys0/Tv314fDjpWI/AAAAAAAAAzk/LUMiUy2NzxU/s640/Kortti_front_blurred.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nIEKx4LSObY/Tv32CcoH8oI/AAAAAAAAAzw/S6Cb86rnhzM/s1600/DSCN4525.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nIEKx4LSObY/Tv32CcoH8oI/AAAAAAAAAzw/S6Cb86rnhzM/s640/DSCN4525.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hZhylRa1jG0/Tv32JTUdpmI/AAAAAAAAAz8/Iz-llwUOybY/s1600/DSCN4526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hZhylRa1jG0/Tv32JTUdpmI/AAAAAAAAAz8/Iz-llwUOybY/s640/DSCN4526.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hHXocvJ2-rY/Tv32PlA5EpI/AAAAAAAAA0I/CB9ZGrhWgT8/s1600/Kortti_inside_blurred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hHXocvJ2-rY/Tv32PlA5EpI/AAAAAAAAA0I/CB9ZGrhWgT8/s640/Kortti_inside_blurred.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valitettavasti valokuva ei anna oikeutta kortissa käytetyn kartongin värille, joka on hennosti kimalteleva luonnonvalkoinen. En ole aiemmin harkinnut korttien väsäilyä harrastuksena, mutta eihän tämä hullumpaa touhua sitten ollutkaan?! Onkos siellä bittiavaruuden toisella puolella helmeilyn lisäksi kortti-harrastajia? Laittakaa linkkiä blogiinne niin pääsen vastavierailulle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hyvää Uutta Vuotta!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-238078504973078872?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/238078504973078872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/kortti-kokeilua.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/238078504973078872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/238078504973078872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/kortti-kokeilua.html' title='Kortti kokeilua'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0X2yK22qys0/Tv314fDjpWI/AAAAAAAAAzk/LUMiUy2NzxU/s72-c/Kortti_front_blurred.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5806076740512822499</id><published>2011-12-20T14:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T14:52:00.143+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Jouluinen charmi rannekoru</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/---fvk7CHdAQ/Tu4ah9IRBoI/AAAAAAAAAzA/YKgDI7DZkZg/s1600/DSCN4453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/---fvk7CHdAQ/Tu4ah9IRBoI/AAAAAAAAAzA/YKgDI7DZkZg/s640/DSCN4453.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jouluisessa värimaailmassa jämälaatikoiden pohjalta....yhdistelmä kuparia ja punaista korallia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5806076740512822499?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5806076740512822499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/jouluinen-charmi-rannekoru.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5806076740512822499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5806076740512822499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/jouluinen-charmi-rannekoru.html' title='Jouluinen charmi rannekoru'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/---fvk7CHdAQ/Tu4ah9IRBoI/AAAAAAAAAzA/YKgDI7DZkZg/s72-c/DSCN4453.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8810187760399118445</id><published>2011-12-19T16:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T16:41:00.370+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Si-si-simpukkaa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Olen edelleen helmien ostolakossa, jolla pakotan itseni toteuttamaan visioni niillä tarvikkeilla joita minulla jo on. Totta puhuen nämä simpukankuorihelmet olivat jo matkalla myytävää laatikkoon, mutta pelastuivat viime hetkellä. Kuvathan on ihan susisurkeita, mutta minkäs teet!?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CI-jfijhziQ/Tu4X_Wk7kjI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BtzOqYoSqLc/s1600/DSCN4452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CI-jfijhziQ/Tu4X_Wk7kjI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BtzOqYoSqLc/s640/DSCN4452.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sIIskjYufw/Tu4X4HYYYhI/AAAAAAAAAyw/YjHJDWXWQe0/s1600/DSCN4451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5sIIskjYufw/Tu4X4HYYYhI/AAAAAAAAAyw/YjHJDWXWQe0/s640/DSCN4451.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8810187760399118445?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8810187760399118445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/si-si-simpukkaa.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8810187760399118445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8810187760399118445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/si-si-simpukkaa.html' title='Si-si-simpukkaa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CI-jfijhziQ/Tu4X_Wk7kjI/AAAAAAAAAy4/BtzOqYoSqLc/s72-c/DSCN4452.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5989176481306104150</id><published>2011-12-18T19:12:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T19:12:36.650+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><title type='text'>Erilaisia käsitöitä</title><content type='html'>Kotona on ahkerasti remontoitu viime viikkoina - saunaa nimittäin. Suunnittelua lukuunottamatta, pienillä kätösilläni ei ole osaa eikä arpaa tämän komeuden luomisessa, mutta tämä käsityönä tehty sauna on sen verran hieno, että halusin jakaa sen teidän kanssanne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s_dZA_99VKI/Tu4eeeXLWMI/AAAAAAAAAzI/atOZ78OQYpw/s1600/DSCN4442.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s_dZA_99VKI/Tu4eeeXLWMI/AAAAAAAAAzI/atOZ78OQYpw/s640/DSCN4442.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5989176481306104150?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5989176481306104150/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/erilaisia-kasitoita.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5989176481306104150'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5989176481306104150'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/erilaisia-kasitoita.html' title='Erilaisia käsitöitä'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s_dZA_99VKI/Tu4eeeXLWMI/AAAAAAAAAzI/atOZ78OQYpw/s72-c/DSCN4442.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5724355420530981576</id><published>2011-12-18T18:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T18:41:41.612+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Loman kunniaksi</title><content type='html'>Minulla on alkoi joululoma! Vihdoinkin aikaa etsiä helmilaatikot esiin ja viettää rento sunnuntai korujen merkeissä. Ensiksi esittelen 'lehtikorun', joka on pyörinyt mielessä jo pidemmän aikaa. Bling blingiä antaa viistehiotut savukvartsi rondellit sekä Svarowskin tanzanite kristallit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoH5OxfXHIA/Tu4Vx1CgUKI/AAAAAAAAAyo/s_2SxYjKFZU/s1600/DSCN4445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoH5OxfXHIA/Tu4Vx1CgUKI/AAAAAAAAAyo/s_2SxYjKFZU/s640/DSCN4445.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kuvaus ilman valoa on &lt;i&gt;hieman&lt;/i&gt; haasteellista, mutta senhän te varmaan jo kaikki tiedättekin!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5724355420530981576?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5724355420530981576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/loman-kunniaksi.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5724355420530981576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5724355420530981576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/12/loman-kunniaksi.html' title='Loman kunniaksi'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QoH5OxfXHIA/Tu4Vx1CgUKI/AAAAAAAAAyo/s_2SxYjKFZU/s72-c/DSCN4445.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2319792085808297884</id><published>2011-11-08T15:25:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-08T15:25:01.158+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään... Umbra</title><content type='html'>Edellisellä kerralla vinkkailin hieman uudesta tuttavuudestani&lt;a href="http://www.umbra.com/"&gt; Umbrasta&lt;/a&gt;. Putiikki tarjoaa laajan valikoiman koriste-esineitä korujen säilytykseen vai sanoiko ennemminkin esillepanoon. Miksipä sulkea kauniit korut jonnekkin kaappiin tai laatikkoon kun ne voivat yhtä hyvin kauniistaa kotia?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RPWAczv72nA/Trf_Rt5NA9I/AAAAAAAAAxo/7Ezci6Dc7uo/s1600/Umbra_korus%25C3%25A4ilytys.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RPWAczv72nA/Trf_Rt5NA9I/AAAAAAAAAxo/7Ezci6Dc7uo/s640/Umbra_korus%25C3%25A4ilytys.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Umbran sivulta löytyy perinteisten korutelineiden lisäksi hieman epätavallisempia ratkaisuja kuten tuo roikkuva koukeroinen teline, jonka voi ripustaa vaikka vaatetankoon. Myös sormustelineet ilahduttaa silmääni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Minä tykkään, mites te?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2319792085808297884?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2319792085808297884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/11/tanaan-tykkaan-umbra.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2319792085808297884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2319792085808297884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/11/tanaan-tykkaan-umbra.html' title='Tänään tykkään... Umbra'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RPWAczv72nA/Trf_Rt5NA9I/AAAAAAAAAxo/7Ezci6Dc7uo/s72-c/Umbra_korus%25C3%25A4ilytys.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3481521829375509109</id><published>2011-11-07T17:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T17:25:10.394+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><title type='text'>Korutelineet</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Slp1IZ4Hk8/Trf0YRil3EI/AAAAAAAAAxg/frLy4ecYOq8/s1600/Koruteline.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="360" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Slp1IZ4Hk8/Trf0YRil3EI/AAAAAAAAAxg/frLy4ecYOq8/s640/Koruteline.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Kuvat ylhäältä alas ja vasemmalta oikealla. 1. The Treasure Tree Jewerly Stand - &lt;a href="http://www.modcloth.com/"&gt;ModCloth&lt;/a&gt; 2. Casa &lt;a href="https://stockmann.com/"&gt;Stockmann&lt;/a&gt; koruteline 3. Menu - &lt;a href="http://www.finnishdesignshop.fi/"&gt;Finnish Design Shop&lt;/a&gt; 4.Villa Stockmann koruteline 5. Menu - Finnish Design Shop 6. Icelet Jewelry Hanger - &lt;a href="http://www.umbra.com/"&gt;Umbra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pyöriskelin tänään äitin kanssa keskustassa kaupoilla leppoisaa  vapaapäivää viettäen. Stockmannilla silmiini osui kivoja korutelineita. Ajattelin  vinkata niistä myös teille, sillä veikkaampa etten ole ainut jolle korujen säilytys tuottaa päänvaivaa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voisin kotiuttaa kummatkin Menu-merkkiset Finnish Design Shopin korutelineet vaikka heti! Myöskin Umbran korunsäilytys ratkaisut ovat mielestäni moderneja, käytännöllisiä ja niin kauniita. Niistä hieman lisää myöhemmin.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3481521829375509109?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3481521829375509109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/11/korutelineet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3481521829375509109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3481521829375509109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/11/korutelineet.html' title='Korutelineet'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9Slp1IZ4Hk8/Trf0YRil3EI/AAAAAAAAAxg/frLy4ecYOq8/s72-c/Koruteline.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-9099386817418604001</id><published>2011-10-23T13:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T13:01:00.322+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Todistusaineistoa</title><content type='html'>Olen kiltisti pitäytynyt lupauksessani olla ostamatta helmiä jo todella monen kuukauden ajan. Hyvä minä! Lupauksen tarkoitus on ollut lähinnä hillitä hullua helmi-hamstraamisen tarvetta sekä todistaa itselleni, että kaapeista ryöppyävät helmivarastoni ovat enemmän kuin riittävät uusien korujen luomiseen. Tässä siis lisää todistusaineistoa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Eqy5B2K5nGY/TqK_umkI6AI/AAAAAAAAAws/TRVgqgKvf1M/s1600/DSCN4395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Eqy5B2K5nGY/TqK_umkI6AI/AAAAAAAAAws/TRVgqgKvf1M/s640/DSCN4395.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYK80Cxaph0/TqK_36ABxkI/AAAAAAAAAw0/jclHhJYsB-g/s1600/DSCN4397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYK80Cxaph0/TqK_36ABxkI/AAAAAAAAAw0/jclHhJYsB-g/s640/DSCN4397.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Korukivenä killuu ruusukvartsi&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9099386817418604001?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9099386817418604001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/todistusaineistoa.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9099386817418604001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9099386817418604001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/todistusaineistoa.html' title='Todistusaineistoa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Eqy5B2K5nGY/TqK_umkI6AI/AAAAAAAAAws/TRVgqgKvf1M/s72-c/DSCN4395.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-7516435936319864513</id><published>2011-10-22T16:01:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T16:01:42.335+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Tiffany &amp; Co</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a2GMw0ahP4g/TqK9pWob-bI/AAAAAAAAAwU/BGANga4MwXo/s1600/Tiffany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a2GMw0ahP4g/TqK9pWob-bI/AAAAAAAAAwU/BGANga4MwXo/s640/Tiffany.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kauniita klassikko koruja tarjoavan&lt;a href="http://www.tiffany.com/"&gt; Tiffany &amp;amp; Co:n nettikauppa&lt;/a&gt; pursuaa yksi toistaan ihanampia aareita. Tiffany &amp;amp; Co:n väreistä ja tyylistä inspiroituneena loihdin jämähelmieni keskeltä seuraavan Tiffany henkisen kaulakorun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFTyTsFTz_s/TqK-TqD-29I/AAAAAAAAAwc/8E6uS5aAk0M/s1600/DSCN4392.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wFTyTsFTz_s/TqK-TqD-29I/AAAAAAAAAwc/8E6uS5aAk0M/s640/DSCN4392.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ua8UmB_y43Q/TqK-eq3FWtI/AAAAAAAAAwk/N9vMORZoHiU/s1600/DSCN4394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ua8UmB_y43Q/TqK-eq3FWtI/AAAAAAAAAwk/N9vMORZoHiU/s640/DSCN4394.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-7516435936319864513?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/7516435936319864513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/tiffany-co.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7516435936319864513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7516435936319864513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/tiffany-co.html' title='Tiffany &amp; Co'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a2GMw0ahP4g/TqK9pWob-bI/AAAAAAAAAwU/BGANga4MwXo/s72-c/Tiffany.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2868689323213437063</id><published>2011-10-03T15:27:00.012+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T15:27:00.361+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>...something blue</title><content type='html'>Ja sitten sitä sinistä. Hieman metallinhohtoiset helmiäiskolikot ja kiiltävä tumma metalli tuokoon pimeisiin syysiltoihin hieman sitten bling blingiä ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qHhec1H1AM/TohaYQvIbmI/AAAAAAAAAwI/3ouUkfq3l8g/s1600/DSCN4351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qHhec1H1AM/TohaYQvIbmI/AAAAAAAAAwI/3ouUkfq3l8g/s640/DSCN4351.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2868689323213437063?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2868689323213437063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/something-blue.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2868689323213437063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2868689323213437063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/something-blue.html' title='...something blue'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8qHhec1H1AM/TohaYQvIbmI/AAAAAAAAAwI/3ouUkfq3l8g/s72-c/DSCN4351.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5682328810334123166</id><published>2011-10-02T15:27:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T15:27:42.219+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Something old, something new</title><content type='html'>....mutta ei mitään sinistä kuitenkaan. Kaipailin yksinkertaista, mutta hieman vanhahtavaa korua uuden paidan seuraksi. Vanhan ajan henkeä syntyi messingistä ja valkoisista lasihelmistä. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RM7Sd02Qefc/TohW8X0VnmI/AAAAAAAAAv8/9rhyjZxr6No/s1600/DSCN4353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RM7Sd02Qefc/TohW8X0VnmI/AAAAAAAAAv8/9rhyjZxr6No/s640/DSCN4353.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5KDmhLy1hbU/TohXG9dkNcI/AAAAAAAAAwA/cPp5ZVz2oYk/s1600/DSCN4354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5KDmhLy1hbU/TohXG9dkNcI/AAAAAAAAAwA/cPp5ZVz2oYk/s640/DSCN4354.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gl2AWKNyLN8/TohXUGfE3OI/AAAAAAAAAwE/UnX9TyzU9i0/s1600/DSCN4352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gl2AWKNyLN8/TohXUGfE3OI/AAAAAAAAAwE/UnX9TyzU9i0/s640/DSCN4352.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Aurinkoista syyspäivää!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5682328810334123166?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5682328810334123166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/something-old-something-new.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5682328810334123166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5682328810334123166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/10/something-old-something-new.html' title='Something old, something new'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RM7Sd02Qefc/TohW8X0VnmI/AAAAAAAAAv8/9rhyjZxr6No/s72-c/DSCN4353.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1886683750331139251</id><published>2011-09-12T14:22:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T14:22:00.735+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Projektien päätöksiä</title><content type='html'>Tosi pitkän aikaa sitten tein erilaisia kangaskokeiluja korujen kanssa, eräs niistä oli jäänyt pahasti kesken ja sain vasta viikonloppuja inspiraatio saattaa sen päätökseen. Yksi keskeneräinen projekti vähemmän. Onko kenenkään muulla lopun määrä keskeneräisiä (koru)projekteja odottamassa?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rrO62xz2s6I/TmuPdZ5TDEI/AAAAAAAAAvw/6cLGzlrmMNk/s1600/DSCN4340_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rrO62xz2s6I/TmuPdZ5TDEI/AAAAAAAAAvw/6cLGzlrmMNk/s640/DSCN4340_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JZIbftfGqfk/TmuPmdnQHEI/AAAAAAAAAv0/YYEs-BuVh9M/s1600/DSCN4342_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JZIbftfGqfk/TmuPmdnQHEI/AAAAAAAAAv0/YYEs-BuVh9M/s640/DSCN4342_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7heOlOTH0qk/TmuPxEP2fOI/AAAAAAAAAv4/zNmW_-b-GLU/s1600/DSCN4343_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7heOlOTH0qk/TmuPxEP2fOI/AAAAAAAAAv4/zNmW_-b-GLU/s640/DSCN4343_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luulempa että tälle kaulakorulle tulee paljon käyttöä.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1886683750331139251?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1886683750331139251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/projektien-paatoksia.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1886683750331139251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1886683750331139251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/projektien-paatoksia.html' title='Projektien päätöksiä'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rrO62xz2s6I/TmuPdZ5TDEI/AAAAAAAAAvw/6cLGzlrmMNk/s72-c/DSCN4340_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-78166413836759521</id><published>2011-09-11T15:15:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T15:15:00.586+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Sokerikuutiot</title><content type='html'>Viime aikoina syntyneet korut ovat melko pelkistettyjä värimaailmaltaan, kun olen keskittynyt leikkimään erilaisten tekstuurien kanssa. Tässä kaulakorussa olen käyttänyt pinnaltaan hyvin rouheita vuorikristalli paloja sekä hopeisia kuutioita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z8AX-l6NK3M/TmuNW5Wp2mI/AAAAAAAAAvo/BFXCyGOvWMY/s1600/DSCN4335_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z8AX-l6NK3M/TmuNW5Wp2mI/AAAAAAAAAvo/BFXCyGOvWMY/s640/DSCN4335_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfDqrFjSlRU/TmuNqH7ew3I/AAAAAAAAAvs/puUuXVyBm1o/s1600/DSCN4334_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vfDqrFjSlRU/TmuNqH7ew3I/AAAAAAAAAvs/puUuXVyBm1o/s640/DSCN4334_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="goog_680447810"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_680447811"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-78166413836759521?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/78166413836759521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/sokerikuutiot.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/78166413836759521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/78166413836759521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/sokerikuutiot.html' title='Sokerikuutiot'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z8AX-l6NK3M/TmuNW5Wp2mI/AAAAAAAAAvo/BFXCyGOvWMY/s72-c/DSCN4335_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2919946881206975000</id><published>2011-09-10T19:14:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-09-10T19:14:59.023+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Tauon jälkeen</title><content type='html'>Kesällä ei oikein malta istua sisällä näpertämässä koruja saatikka päivitellä blogia. Näin syksyn saapuessa, muutamia korujakin on syntynyt. Tässä niistä ensimmäinen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AYDWioVrEqU/TmuMiJkjZRI/AAAAAAAAAvc/cAXCa07aEss/s1600/DSCN4339_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AYDWioVrEqU/TmuMiJkjZRI/AAAAAAAAAvc/cAXCa07aEss/s640/DSCN4339_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEhSji_HSvg/TmuMzLbdEbI/AAAAAAAAAvk/V4TvTmsK8Nc/s1600/DSCN4336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MEhSji_HSvg/TmuMzLbdEbI/AAAAAAAAAvk/V4TvTmsK8Nc/s640/DSCN4336.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2919946881206975000?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2919946881206975000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/tauon-jalkeen.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2919946881206975000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2919946881206975000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/09/tauon-jalkeen.html' title='Tauon jälkeen'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AYDWioVrEqU/TmuMiJkjZRI/AAAAAAAAAvc/cAXCa07aEss/s72-c/DSCN4339_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2928653054507981452</id><published>2011-05-05T19:04:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T19:04:02.164+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Kotkan poikii ilman siipii</title><content type='html'>Lainasin hieman inspiraatiota Pricillan kauniista kotkansiipi korusta, jota esittelin joitakin kuukausia sitten &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/tanaan-tykkaan.html"&gt;Tänään tykkään&lt;/a&gt; osiossa. Ihan puhtaaksi kopioinniksi ei homma kuitenkaan mennyt, lähinnä inspiroiduin tuosta kotkasiivestä joten olen hakenut bittiavaruudesta kissojen ja koirien kanssa. Samanlaista en tietysti löytänyt, mutta selkeästi pienempi version Perles &amp;amp; Co:lta kelpasi vallan mainiosti. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSRs26Ch5LY/TcLHC1aDn8I/AAAAAAAAAmE/XwZtb7j5GrM/s1600/DSCN3837_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSRs26Ch5LY/TcLHC1aDn8I/AAAAAAAAAmE/XwZtb7j5GrM/s640/DSCN3837_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBmTQM5yJNE/TcLIfX4zq5I/AAAAAAAAAmI/YBAGNcNqksk/s1600/DSCN3838_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RBmTQM5yJNE/TcLIfX4zq5I/AAAAAAAAAmI/YBAGNcNqksk/s640/DSCN3838_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L72iRVlqGkk/TcLJrWulLlI/AAAAAAAAAmM/UtTUoHGJ3L0/s1600/DSCN3839_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L72iRVlqGkk/TcLJrWulLlI/AAAAAAAAAmM/UtTUoHGJ3L0/s640/DSCN3839_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Silver plated base metal, garnet, fire polished glass beads &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2928653054507981452?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2928653054507981452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/05/kotkan-poikii-ilman-siipii.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2928653054507981452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2928653054507981452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/05/kotkan-poikii-ilman-siipii.html' title='Kotkan poikii ilman siipii'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSRs26Ch5LY/TcLHC1aDn8I/AAAAAAAAAmE/XwZtb7j5GrM/s72-c/DSCN3837_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-7663535844963176333</id><published>2011-04-28T19:45:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2011-04-28T19:45:09.859+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Loppu lakolle</title><content type='html'>Ostoslakko rikkoutui toissa viikolla pitkän inspiraatio puutteen jälkeen. Shoppailu ei onneksi kuitenkaan lähtenyt lapasesta ja selvisin tästä luovuus blokista melko pienellä tilauksella. Sen tuloksena syntyi tämä puuterimainen rannekoru jossa on mielestäni varsin herkullinen värimaailma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BBqT5rIAj8/TbmX2XJplwI/AAAAAAAAAl4/FT6vNQyv-Ek/s1600/DSCN3834_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BBqT5rIAj8/TbmX2XJplwI/AAAAAAAAAl4/FT6vNQyv-Ek/s640/DSCN3834_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FRsft8dLg3Q/TbmYR0Bl7bI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qW9-c9M1m-E/s1600/DSCN3835_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FRsft8dLg3Q/TbmYR0Bl7bI/AAAAAAAAAl8/qW9-c9M1m-E/s640/DSCN3835_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaI7Vbh64H4/TbmYfQ94uWI/AAAAAAAAAmA/cZwdE2v0O6Y/s1600/DSCN3841_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uaI7Vbh64H4/TbmYfQ94uWI/AAAAAAAAAmA/cZwdE2v0O6Y/s640/DSCN3841_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Swarovski pearls in 'powder almond' colour, brushed silver plated beads, gun metal chain and findings (recycled)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-7663535844963176333?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/7663535844963176333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/04/loppu-lakolle.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7663535844963176333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7663535844963176333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/04/loppu-lakolle.html' title='Loppu lakolle'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--BBqT5rIAj8/TbmX2XJplwI/AAAAAAAAAl4/FT6vNQyv-Ek/s72-c/DSCN3834_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5263633754629962782</id><published>2011-03-22T20:53:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T20:53:06.509+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Sopivan teoksen puuttuessa...</title><content type='html'>....tee se itse. Olen haaveillut siitä makuhuoneen tyhjillään ammottavan seinän täytteestä jo pidemmän aikaa. Valitettavasti suurin osa taide haaveistani on tyssänyt artikkeleiden kokoon (vanhoja juttuja löytyy tänään tykkään-tittelin alta mm.&lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/tanaan-tykkaan.html"&gt; Labokoff&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/tanaan-tykkaan.html"&gt;Shawna Erback&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vajaa vuosi sitten eräässä oman alani seminaarissa sain taiteellisen inspiraation (tieteellisen sijaan), katsellessani ohut hie valokuvia. Siitä lähtien olen leikitellyt ajatuksella suunnitella tauluni itse. Saisinpahan ainakin oikean kokoisen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parhaillaan kokoan hyvä laatuisia valokuvia itselle mielenkiintoisista ja (etenkin) kauniista ohut hieistä, joita olisi sitten tarkoitus työstää kuvanmuokkausohjelmalla hieman taiteellisemmaksi versioksi. Kunhan löydän sen täydellisen kanditaatin käyn pohtimaan mistä löytää yrittäjä, joka pystyy tulostamaan tämän suuren teoksen vaikka kanvakselle. Jos kellään on kokemuksia ja/tai vinkkejä vastaavastanlaisesta korkealaatuisesta taidetulostuksesta kertokaa ihmeessä. Ehkäpä joku osaisi jopa suositella pääkaupunkiseudulla alan yrittäjää?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tällä sarkaa omat valokuva kokoelmani sekä internet ovat tuottaneet&amp;nbsp; melkoisen vesiperän, eikä sopivia kandidaatteja ole oikein kertynyt. Kuvanmuokkaus harjoituksia varten keräilin muutamia melko siedettäviä otoksia, joissa tosin ei pikselit riitä kunnianhimoiseen projektiini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-80iJeNRiWUo/TYjsk3_MdfI/AAAAAAAAAlo/h9PaUXXmZj8/s1600/dwoucretards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="350" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-80iJeNRiWUo/TYjsk3_MdfI/AAAAAAAAAlo/h9PaUXXmZj8/s400/dwoucretards.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hYdIR0GQ2r8/TYjs3Iu0_bI/AAAAAAAAAls/QjBMeDt2UTU/s1600/Batch_Three-01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="272" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hYdIR0GQ2r8/TYjs3Iu0_bI/AAAAAAAAAls/QjBMeDt2UTU/s400/Batch_Three-01.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f1bIaHMNII8/TYjuC9z10nI/AAAAAAAAAl0/zJO7XYIZ4T4/s1600/K-T+boundary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f1bIaHMNII8/TYjuC9z10nI/AAAAAAAAAl0/zJO7XYIZ4T4/s400/K-T+boundary.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QcKJ_YQcHlQ/TYjt2dOmNOI/AAAAAAAAAlw/3Ozy3_XZmz8/s1600/mousebrain1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="287" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-QcKJ_YQcHlQ/TYjt2dOmNOI/AAAAAAAAAlw/3Ozy3_XZmz8/s400/mousebrain1.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Hie on ohuen ohut laboratorio aluslasille tehty työstös vaikkapa kiven pinnasta. Hieitä tutkiskellaan mikroskooppien avulla ja niillä voi selvittää kivien petrologiaan eli mineralogista koostumust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Viimeisessä kuvassa ei ole kyse kivestä vaan hiiren aivoista...valitsin kuvan kuitenkin, koska kukapa ei haluaisi hiiren aivoja seinälleen.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5263633754629962782?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5263633754629962782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/03/sopivan-teoksen-puuttuessa.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5263633754629962782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5263633754629962782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/03/sopivan-teoksen-puuttuessa.html' title='Sopivan teoksen puuttuessa...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-80iJeNRiWUo/TYjsk3_MdfI/AAAAAAAAAlo/h9PaUXXmZj8/s72-c/dwoucretards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1494811207718548048</id><published>2011-03-06T17:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T17:54:55.832+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Pimpula pampula</title><content type='html'>Palasin taas hetkellisesti yksinkertaisuuteen, sekä mustaan ja valkoiseen. Iso reikäiset hopeafoliohelmet oli alunperin korvamerkitty ihan muuhuun projektiin, joka ei sitten käytännössä enää ollutkaan yhtä viehkeä kuin visioni. Pujottelin siis näitä suuria lasihelmiä sekä hopea rondelleja tuollaiseen muovinahka nyöriin (mitä lie tuo materiaali?) ja kiinnitin ne paikalleen hopealangalla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A8vX264BZCc/TXOtvEXUu8I/AAAAAAAAAlg/O8Z7LIJLQFM/s1600/DSCN3731_edit_edited-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A8vX264BZCc/TXOtvEXUu8I/AAAAAAAAAlg/O8Z7LIJLQFM/s640/DSCN3731_edit_edited-1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WdMKLX5OjCY/TXOuBQkrflI/AAAAAAAAAlk/0RGfdYnnaLs/s1600/DSCN3732_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WdMKLX5OjCY/TXOuBQkrflI/AAAAAAAAAlk/0RGfdYnnaLs/s640/DSCN3732_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sterling hopeaa, foliolasihelmiä, muovinahkanyöriä&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1494811207718548048?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1494811207718548048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/03/pimpula-pampula.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1494811207718548048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1494811207718548048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/03/pimpula-pampula.html' title='Pimpula pampula'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A8vX264BZCc/TXOtvEXUu8I/AAAAAAAAAlg/O8Z7LIJLQFM/s72-c/DSCN3731_edit_edited-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8326116150214708891</id><published>2011-02-23T11:20:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T20:28:07.316+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Dinner for one</title><content type='html'>Muutama viikko sitten leikittelin ajatuksella memory wire:sta tehdyistä &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/come-dwine-with-me.html"&gt;servetti renkaista&lt;/a&gt;. Aloitin projektin jo toissa viikonloppuna, mutta homma tyssäsi kuin seinään kun tajusin, ettei minulla ole tarpeeksi memory wire:a edes neljän hengen kattausta vaativaan määrään. Servettirengas prototyyppi on kuitenkin testattu, joten tässä ensimmäinen kokeilu - yksinäinen sellainen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5d0vLa2VueI/TWIwsPquIDI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/rgfJWO-wnaU/s1600/DSCN3719_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5d0vLa2VueI/TWIwsPquIDI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/rgfJWO-wnaU/s640/DSCN3719_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1rPS8ZpzO3w/TWIw_tiGt4I/AAAAAAAAAlU/UwhSLUnwbBA/s1600/DSCN3717_edit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1rPS8ZpzO3w/TWIw_tiGt4I/AAAAAAAAAlU/UwhSLUnwbBA/s640/DSCN3717_edit2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0-GHXUrhsxw/TWIxTOJqjYI/AAAAAAAAAlY/eF3KJ2r-9-c/s1600/DSCN3721_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0-GHXUrhsxw/TWIxTOJqjYI/AAAAAAAAAlY/eF3KJ2r-9-c/s640/DSCN3721_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJvm7QVheXI/TWIxl4Nr4ZI/AAAAAAAAAlc/5CDxduRlsmo/s1600/DSCN3720_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tJvm7QVheXI/TWIxl4Nr4ZI/AAAAAAAAAlc/5CDxduRlsmo/s640/DSCN3720_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mielestäni tulos on varsin toimiva ja aion varmasti väsäillä servettirenkaita lisää kunhan saan vain sopivan kokoista memory wirea lisää. En ole vielä valmis rikkomaan ostolakkoani ja laittamaan isoa ulkomaan tilausta kehiin, mutta joku sattuu tietämään suomalaisen putiikin, josta saa tuota halkaisijaltaan noin 4 - 4,5 cm levyistä memory wire:a niin kertokaa ihmeessä.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8326116150214708891?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8326116150214708891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/dinner-for-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8326116150214708891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8326116150214708891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/dinner-for-one.html' title='Dinner for one'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5d0vLa2VueI/TWIwsPquIDI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/rgfJWO-wnaU/s72-c/DSCN3719_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3614970545565995895</id><published>2011-02-22T13:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T13:00:13.295+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Kevät spiraali</title><content type='html'>Aikasemmasta delicojen kanssa väkertämisestä innostuneena päätin kokeilla miten värikäs spiraali onnistuisi peyote pistolla puuhelmen ympärille. Tällä kertaa päädyin aloittamaan perinteisellä yhden neula tekniikalla, jotta sain eriväriset delicat asettumaan paremmin omille paikoilleen. Tässäpä pienet maistijaiset siitä mitä on luvassa jossain vaiheessa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zlHw3Yu6Z8Q/TWIsXd7QNhI/AAAAAAAAAlI/NZz7lmkEZZ0/s1600/DSCN3722_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zlHw3Yu6Z8Q/TWIsXd7QNhI/AAAAAAAAAlI/NZz7lmkEZZ0/s640/DSCN3722_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fvjfp0Dyql8/TWIss0k8IfI/AAAAAAAAAlM/A6NAlkCEAW8/s1600/DSCN3723_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fvjfp0Dyql8/TWIss0k8IfI/AAAAAAAAAlM/A6NAlkCEAW8/s640/DSCN3723_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ole aikaisemmin kokeillut spiraalia helmen päälle, jonka vuoksi olin hieman huolissani kavennuksista. Ne toimivat kuitenkin tässä kuviossa mielestäni vallan mainiosti. Minulla on jo eräs koru mielessä, jonka haluaisin toteuttaa kunhan jaksaisin vielä väkertää samanlaisia palluroita lisää.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3614970545565995895?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3614970545565995895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/kevat-spiraali.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3614970545565995895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3614970545565995895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/kevat-spiraali.html' title='Kevät spiraali'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zlHw3Yu6Z8Q/TWIsXd7QNhI/AAAAAAAAAlI/NZz7lmkEZZ0/s72-c/DSCN3722_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2029976359878135717</id><published>2011-02-21T10:27:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-21T18:05:34.242+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Tumman puhuvaa</title><content type='html'>Sain viimeisetkin helmillä päällystetyt helmet valmiiksi viikonlopun aikana ja pääsin vihdoin rakentamaan suunnittelemani korun niiden ympärille. Tummilla väreillä mennään, vaikka ulkona paistaakin ihanasti aurinko.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWtNvMHru50/TWIfCjydC2I/AAAAAAAAAk8/v0krm7x8JQI/s1600/DSCN3724_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWtNvMHru50/TWIfCjydC2I/AAAAAAAAAk8/v0krm7x8JQI/s640/DSCN3724_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="goog_134454148"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_134454149"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXp7VetvX4w/TWIgKcsO8oI/AAAAAAAAAlA/tDIz4mAyFGA/s1600/DSCN3728_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NXp7VetvX4w/TWIgKcsO8oI/AAAAAAAAAlA/tDIz4mAyFGA/s640/DSCN3728_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPRLXCJwYF4/TWIguckOibI/AAAAAAAAAlE/tHvmX1oNYeQ/s1600/DSCN3729_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MPRLXCJwYF4/TWIguckOibI/AAAAAAAAAlE/tHvmX1oNYeQ/s640/DSCN3729_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Delicoilla päällystettyjen puuhelmien seuraksi olen laittanut simpukankuori ovaaleja sekä hopeafoliolasia. Korupiikit ja ketju on viime aikoina suosimaani 'gun metal':a. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2029976359878135717?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2029976359878135717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/tumman-puhuvaa.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2029976359878135717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2029976359878135717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/tumman-puhuvaa.html' title='Tumman puhuvaa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XWtNvMHru50/TWIfCjydC2I/AAAAAAAAAk8/v0krm7x8JQI/s72-c/DSCN3724_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8218765705691978055</id><published>2011-02-13T19:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T19:22:20.511+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='instructions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Beaded beads</title><content type='html'>...siis helmillä päällystetyt helmet. En ole tosi pitkään aikaan koskenut siemenhelmiin, vaikka kaapit on niitä pullollaan. Kun tuossa jokin aika sitten pengoin helmilaatikoitani epätoivon vallassa (siis olen edelleen niin sanotulla ostolakolla ennen kuin vanhat varastot hieman tyhjenee) tajusin, että olen tosiaan täysin kykeneväinen tekemään yhteensopivia helmiä itse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helmillä päällystettyjen helmien tekoon on monta tekniikkaa, itse esittelen tässä kahden neulan tekniikan peyote pisto helmen. Päätin samalla napsia muutamia kuvia näyttämään muillekin käyttämääni kahden neulan tekniikkaa. Tekniikka ei ole siis oma keksimäni vaan joskus vuosia sitten netistä opittu. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-Tamb3Qdc/TVgA2EuJrCI/AAAAAAAAAkY/vCtzNMMAu-0/s1600/DSCN3702_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-Tamb3Qdc/TVgA2EuJrCI/AAAAAAAAAkY/vCtzNMMAu-0/s640/DSCN3702_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Helmillä päällystettyjen helmien tekoon tarvitset&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Haluamasi kokoisen puuhelmen &lt;br /&gt;- 2 kpl ohuita helmeilyneuloja&lt;br /&gt;- Siemenhelmityöhön tarkoittettua lankaa (itse käytän Nymon nylon lankaa) &lt;br /&gt;- Siemenhelmiä haluamassasi koossa ja väreissä. Mielestäni parhaan tulokset saa tasakokoisilla helmillä, kuten esimerkiksi delicoilla&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;- Mielikuvitusta ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ayG5AirqQg/TVgDJqEFAmI/AAAAAAAAAkc/0Iu3-Ugd8ig/s1600/DSCN3705_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1ayG5AirqQg/TVgDJqEFAmI/AAAAAAAAAkc/0Iu3-Ugd8ig/s640/DSCN3705_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aluksi tehdään sopivan mittainen pätkä peyote pistoa kuvan mukaan. Sopiva mitta riippuu täysin puuhelmesi koosta. Mikäli peyote pisto ei ole tuttu, kannattaa tutustua siihen ennen kuin kokeilet tätä tekniikkaa. Hyviä kuvitettuja ohjeita löytyy esimerkiksi &lt;a href="http://www.beadandbutton.com/en/sitecore/content/Home/How%20To/Basics/Peyote%20Stitch/2006/08/Peyote%20Stitch%20Basics.aspx"&gt;Bead &amp;amp; Button:lta&lt;/a&gt; ja &lt;a href="http://www.beadpatterncentral.com/BPCpeyote.pdf"&gt;Bead Pattern Central:lta&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hm4Qc2EwaMs/TVgEJAYXkeI/AAAAAAAAAkg/6nKem9h4VBg/s1600/DSCN3707_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Hm4Qc2EwaMs/TVgEJAYXkeI/AAAAAAAAAkg/6nKem9h4VBg/s640/DSCN3707_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muodosta pitkulaisesta peyote pätkästä tiukka rinkula puuhelmen keskikohdan ympärille. Rinkulan tulisi tosiaan olla melko napakka, jotta se pysyisi tiukasti paikallaan. Siksipä on parasta tehdä rinkulasta vaikka piirun verran liian lyhyt, kuin hieman pitkä ja siten löysä. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKRM7FjuDHE/TVgE3FOSW7I/AAAAAAAAAkk/v49lnGjbGWg/s1600/DSCN3709_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aKRM7FjuDHE/TVgE3FOSW7I/AAAAAAAAAkk/v49lnGjbGWg/s640/DSCN3709_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kiinnitä peyote aloitus rinkula paikalleen pyörittämällä lankaa muutaman kerran tiukasti puuhelmen ympäri. Itse kiinnitän rinkulan ainakin neljästä eri kohtaa käyttäen hyödykseni peyote rinkulaa, jonka läpi pujotan lankaa. Mitä tiukempi sitä parempi. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EpA1vn_0GWY/TVgGGNzv3PI/AAAAAAAAAko/aC0-EMSzKp8/s1600/DSCN3710_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EpA1vn_0GWY/TVgGGNzv3PI/AAAAAAAAAko/aC0-EMSzKp8/s640/DSCN3710_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kun peyote rinkula on napakasti kiinnitetty aloita normaali peyote pisto kuvan mukaisella tavalla. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l8-HS_yHFUw/TVgHCg2LHQI/AAAAAAAAAks/ELRWtRKyRAE/s1600/DSCN3712_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l8-HS_yHFUw/TVgHCg2LHQI/AAAAAAAAAks/ELRWtRKyRAE/s640/DSCN3712_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kuvassa näkyy esimmäinen valmis peyote kierros&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NfBa7OQK9Dw/TVgIZIY9jYI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Emmabb8V6UM/s1600/DSCN3713_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NfBa7OQK9Dw/TVgIZIY9jYI/AAAAAAAAAkw/Emmabb8V6UM/s640/DSCN3713_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ensimmäisen rivin tehtyäni siirryn toiseen neulaan ja teen ensimmäisen peyote pisto rivin aloitus peyote rinkulan toiselle puolelle. Käytän usein tätä vuorottelevaa tekniikkaa, koska täten pystyn kontrolloimaan kavennuksia ja kuviointia paremmin. Kavennukset toimivat kuten normaalissa peyote pistossa, siis vähentämällä lisättävien helmien määrää kierroksella. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RaTsxTWe9T4/TVgJSkUT0PI/AAAAAAAAAk0/bPUrLMpsB7c/s1600/DSCN3715_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RaTsxTWe9T4/TVgJSkUT0PI/AAAAAAAAAk0/bPUrLMpsB7c/s640/DSCN3715_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WBVEZv89-X8/TVgKDMNzu3I/AAAAAAAAAk4/pwz8nTymVMk/s1600/DSCN3716_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WBVEZv89-X8/TVgKDMNzu3I/AAAAAAAAAk4/pwz8nTymVMk/s640/DSCN3716_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tässä vielä muutama kuva valmistuneista helmistä. Puuhelmet ovat mielestäni mukavia 'alushelmiä' tähän hommaan, koska ne eivät ole yhtä liukkaita kuin muut helmet ja koska niissä on usein iso reikä. Puuhelmet on myös helppo värjätä vaikkapa tussilla.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Helmillä päällystettyjen helmien teko on melko työlästä hommaan. Käytin näissä koon 11 delicoja, joten yhden helmen tekemiseen meni noin 1,5 - 2 tuntia. Pitkä aika johtuneen myös harjoituksen puutteesta, sillä viimeksi tein päällystettujä helmiä varmaan 2 vuotta sitten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suunnittelmani koru vaatii vielä muutamia helmillä päällystettyjä helmiä, joten sillä aikaa voitte tutustua vanhempaa tuotantooni muutaman vuoden takaisessa postauksessa &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/10/learning-french.html"&gt;'Learning French&lt;/a&gt;'.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8218765705691978055?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8218765705691978055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/beaded-beads.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8218765705691978055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8218765705691978055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/beaded-beads.html' title='Beaded beads'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9Z-Tamb3Qdc/TVgA2EuJrCI/AAAAAAAAAkY/vCtzNMMAu-0/s72-c/DSCN3702_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4221940192206146361</id><published>2011-02-09T14:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T14:52:00.300+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Blue lagoon</title><content type='html'>Vanha ja luotettava turkoosi-hopea kompo - todettu hyväksi ja toimivaksi väriyhdistelmäksi aikoja sitten. Ja koska muoti toistaa itseään uskon vahvasti, että tämäkin yhdistelmä on taas pian uusio-suosittu. Näin tyhjennellään helmivarastoja vanhasta uuden tieltä. Kaulakoru on pitkähkö versio, roikkuen noin 50 cm pituudelta.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2CY_sTYOI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/o-ely7jvLcI/s1600/DSCN3684_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2CY_sTYOI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/o-ely7jvLcI/s640/DSCN3684_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2DG2HHXiI/AAAAAAAAAkU/92yI3Hl98C0/s1600/DSCN3687_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2DG2HHXiI/AAAAAAAAAkU/92yI3Hl98C0/s640/DSCN3687_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aito turkoosi ja sterling hopea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4221940192206146361?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4221940192206146361/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue-lagoon.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4221940192206146361'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4221940192206146361'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/blue-lagoon.html' title='Blue lagoon'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2CY_sTYOI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/o-ely7jvLcI/s72-c/DSCN3684_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-7758078713940761672</id><published>2011-02-07T15:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T15:47:01.082+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Cheap and cheerful</title><content type='html'>Viikonlopun tuotoksia edelleen. Hempeät ja romanttiset korvakorut lasihelmistä ja hopeoidusta metalliosista. Kiva huomata, että kyseiset materiaalit voivat tuottaa omaa silmää mielyttäviä yhdistelmiä näyttämältä halvalta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2AFBNrx3I/AAAAAAAAAkM/oNTQWZRMwaA/s1600/DSCN3690_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2AFBNrx3I/AAAAAAAAAkM/oNTQWZRMwaA/s640/DSCN3690_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Swarovskin kristallia, lasihelmiä ja hopeoituja korunosia&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-7758078713940761672?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/7758078713940761672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/cheap-and-cheerful.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7758078713940761672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7758078713940761672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/cheap-and-cheerful.html' title='Cheap and cheerful'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU2AFBNrx3I/AAAAAAAAAkM/oNTQWZRMwaA/s72-c/DSCN3690_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4301873230827347319</id><published>2011-02-05T18:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-02-05T18:47:34.985+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pearls'/><title type='text'>Lauantaisia</title><content type='html'>Käytin lauantaini tehokkaasti korunteon parissa. Tiedä mistä kaiken inspiraation tempaisin, sillä en ole pitkään aikaan tehnyt edes tilauksia. Hienoa, että samat vanhat materiaalit alkoivat vihdoinkin puhutella, sillä tuntuu jotenkin älyttömältä hamstrata kilokaupalla uusia helmiä nurkkiin, kun vanhatkin on vielä käyttämättä.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Makeanvedenhelmet on yhdistetty mustiin (gun metal värisiin) korunosiin, joka antaa mielestäni hieman modernimman ilmeen perinteisille valkoisille helmille. Kyseessä on siis kaksin kerroin ranteen ympärille kierrättävä rannekoru. Sekä helmissä että mustissa korunosissa on loistava kiilto, oli mukavaa yhdistää tätä kiiltävää, laadukasta tavaraa keskenään. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU1828gc3VI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ggMOr7C24Os/s1600/DSCN3694_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU1828gc3VI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ggMOr7C24Os/s640/DSCN3694_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU19ERl2MgI/AAAAAAAAAkE/ldYyJ3WSlGw/s1600/DSCN3696_edit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU19ERl2MgI/AAAAAAAAAkE/ldYyJ3WSlGw/s640/DSCN3696_edit1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vertailun vuoksi nappasin kuvan myös valkoista tausta vasten...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU1-UjVjT0I/AAAAAAAAAkI/i73kLWh8PkE/s1600/DSCN3701_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU1-UjVjT0I/AAAAAAAAAkI/i73kLWh8PkE/s640/DSCN3701_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Kumpi teistä on kivempi? Itse taivun mustan taustan puoleen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4301873230827347319?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4301873230827347319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/lauantaisia.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4301873230827347319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4301873230827347319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/02/lauantaisia.html' title='Lauantaisia'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TU1828gc3VI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ggMOr7C24Os/s72-c/DSCN3694_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1659212640945882122</id><published>2011-01-31T16:51:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T16:51:27.980+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Midnight blues</title><content type='html'>Vihdoinkin jotain uutta esiteltävää. Vaikka kovasti odotinkin esitteleväni ensin servettien pidikkeitä, on ensin rannekorun vuoro. Varsinaisen pläjäys Swarovskia yötaivaan sinisenä. Tosin kuvien värit eivät ole ihan kohdallaan, niin kun ei taida olla mitkään muutkaan valokuvaus asetukseni. Rannekorun charmit 'imagine', 'create' ja 'play' viittaavat koruntekijän luomisprosessiin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbKlWJiH2I/AAAAAAAAAjs/PeTPsXSmJl4/s1600/DSCN3678_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbKlWJiH2I/AAAAAAAAAjs/PeTPsXSmJl4/s640/DSCN3678_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbKMu-2x9I/AAAAAAAAAjo/aHu5atu4Zj4/s1600/DSCN3681_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbKMu-2x9I/AAAAAAAAAjo/aHu5atu4Zj4/s640/DSCN3681_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbK2UukVvI/AAAAAAAAAjw/-x0LiWVNPDg/s1600/DSCN3679_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbK2UukVvI/AAAAAAAAAjw/-x0LiWVNPDg/s640/DSCN3679_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbLLVKwJ7I/AAAAAAAAAj0/GIayVGK-LT8/s1600/DSCN3677_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbLLVKwJ7I/AAAAAAAAAj0/GIayVGK-LT8/s640/DSCN3677_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Swarovskin pyöreitä helmiä ja pyöreitä, bicone ja sydän kristalleja. Seuraksi hopeaa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1659212640945882122?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1659212640945882122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/midnight-blues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1659212640945882122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1659212640945882122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/midnight-blues.html' title='Midnight blues'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TUbKlWJiH2I/AAAAAAAAAjs/PeTPsXSmJl4/s72-c/DSCN3678_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-9096572544522461971</id><published>2011-01-23T19:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T19:36:20.653+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><title type='text'>Koruja ne ovat kellotkin</title><content type='html'>Kuuluun siihen nykyään sukupuuttoon (?) kuuluvaan ryhmään, joka tykkää edelleen käyttää rannekelloa. Vaikka kännykkä matkaa mukana melkein joka paikkaan, tarkistan kellon ajan aina rannekellostani. Vanha rannekelloni alkaa olemaan jo melko elämää nähneessä kunnossa, selailin Asoksen sivuja siinä toivossa, että löytäisin jotain mikä silmää miellyttää.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Olen erityisen viehättynyt keraamisiin koko valkoisiin ja mustiin kelloihin, joten kokosin inspiraation lähteeksi Asoksen sivuilta mieleisimmät ajannäyttäjät.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTxjQ1vZ_RI/AAAAAAAAAjk/LkKwCBONv4Q/s1600/Watches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="576" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTxjQ1vZ_RI/AAAAAAAAAjk/LkKwCBONv4Q/s640/Watches.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Kaikki kuvat on lainattu &lt;a href="http://www.asos.com/"&gt;täältä &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. DKNY &amp;nbsp; 2. Marc by Marc Jacobs 3. Marc by Marc Jacobs 4. Fossil 5. DKNY 6. Marc by Marc Jacobs 7.&amp;nbsp; Guess 8. Michael Kors 9. DKNY &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yllä esitellyistä ihanuuksista eniten minua viehättää Marc by Marc Jacobsin pelkistetty valkoinen ruostumattomasti teräksestä tehty (6.) rannekello, jossa kellotaulun ympärystä kiertää tekijän nimi sekä Michael Korsin valkoinen keraaminen bling-bling kellotaululla koristeltu (8.) kello. Mustassa katergoriassa suosikkini kelloista on Marc by Marc Jacobsin 'stone bezel' (3.) kuvan oikeassa ylänurkassa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seuraavaa palkkaa odotellessa...sillä yksikään kelloista ei lähde alle €300. Jollei kukkaro aivan noihin taivu Fossil:n ja Guess:n kokoelmissa löytyy hyvin samantyylisiä ihanuuksia hieman huokeammassa luokassa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9096572544522461971?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9096572544522461971/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/koruja-ne-ovat-kellotkin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9096572544522461971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9096572544522461971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/koruja-ne-ovat-kellotkin.html' title='Koruja ne ovat kellotkin'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTxjQ1vZ_RI/AAAAAAAAAjk/LkKwCBONv4Q/s72-c/Watches.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4949000923709726041</id><published>2011-01-20T21:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T21:17:32.723+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kohan sanon'/><title type='text'>Voihan Helmetti!</title><content type='html'>Kuutisen vuotta sitten istuin ensimmäisen kerran keittiön pöydän ääressä edessäni rasia mustia siemenhelmiä ja veljen pilkkilaatikosta nyysittyä siimaa. Minulla oli selkeä visio siitä mitä halusin, mutta ei hajuakaan miten se toteuttaa. Muutamia lattialta keräiltyjä kaulakoruja myöhemmin google löysi minulle oikotien koru onneen - &lt;a href="http://foorumi.helmetti.fi/"&gt;Helmetti&lt;/a&gt;. Kokoontumispaikka helmiin hurahtaneille ihmisille, jotka kysyivät ja neuvoivat, kertoivat ja opastivat. Voi sitä oppimisen määrää, kannustusta ja inspiraatiota, jota Helmetistä sain. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erilaisten elämän muutosten myötä koruilu jäi hieman taka-alalle ja sen vuoksi foorumilla käynti muuttui vähemmän aktiviiseksi. Olen tässä reilun vuoden päivät sivusilmällä seurannut taas Helmetin menoa, mutta vaikka koruilu aktiviteettini on noussut huimasti ei foorumi aktiivisuus ole kokenut samanlaista heräämistä. Syitä passiivisuuteni on monia (mm. koruharrastuksen siirtyminen blogeihin, uuden oppimushalujeni vähentyminen), mutta odottamattomin näistä oli se ikävä fiilis mikä minulle on viime käynneistäni jäänyt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tänään olin menossa innolla selaamaan ostokset ja ilmoitukset osastoa kun törmäsin '&lt;a href="http://foorumi.helmetti.fi/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;amp;t=9042"&gt;Ahdistaako ylihinnoitelu&lt;/a&gt;' ketjuun. Ajattelin ketjun sisältävän rakentavaa keskustelua (ex-kirppari) osaston hinnoittelusta ja mahdollisesti hieman vinkkejä myyjiltä ja ostajilta siihen millä hinnoin tavara menee parhaiten kaupaksi. Ei olisi arvaus voinut mennä enemmän metsään. Ketju sisälsikin aikamoisen pläjäyksen itseään toistavaa minä-itse-kaikki-tietävää kotkotusta ja ilkeitä sivalluksia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noh, kukin tavallaan. Kummastelen vain itsekseni täällä mitä &lt;u&gt;Helmettiläisille&lt;/u&gt; oikein tapahtui? Nostan hattua foorumin ylläpidon ja etenkin perustajan kärsivällisyydelle ja kiitän teitä vanhoja helmihulluja siitä korvaamattomasta avusta ja inspiraatiosta, jota olen teiltä saannut. Kunnioitan teidän ponnistelujanne sen eteen, että myös uusimmat helmiin hurahtaneet löytävät tarvitsemansa neuvot ja kannustuksen. Harmi vain, että joudutte tarjoilemaan ne nykyään marinan ja kiukuttelun kera.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4949000923709726041?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4949000923709726041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/voihan-helmetti.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4949000923709726041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4949000923709726041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/voihan-helmetti.html' title='Voihan Helmetti!'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-941622705744017761</id><published>2011-01-16T19:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T19:22:16.446+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Come d(w)ine with me</title><content type='html'>Blogin hiljaiseloa täällä suunnalla työkiireiden vuoksi. Helmilaatikot pysyvät kiinni vielä ainakin viikon verran, mutta pään sisällä pursuavia ideoita eivät työkiireetkään voi poistaa. Kävin toissa viikolla ystäväni luona vierailemassa, jossa pyörittelin illallispöydässä ihania helmistä tehtyjä servetti renkaita. Niistä innostuneena kahlasin googlen kuvaviidakkoa pieni inspiraatio kuvakollaasi mielessä.&amp;nbsp; Ostin aikoinaan väärän kokoista '&lt;a href="http://www.artbeads.com/stringing-materials-memory-wire.html"&gt;memory wire&lt;/a&gt;' metallilankaa, joka ei sopinut rannekoruihin eikä sormuksiin. Ystäväni servetin pidikkeitä näprätessäni tajusin, että laatikoissa lojuva memory wire on juuri täydellisen kokoista servetin pidikkeiksi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTMoa3Z1MSI/AAAAAAAAAjg/Ka65qpESOkA/s1600/NapkinRings_combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="602" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTMoa3Z1MSI/AAAAAAAAAjg/Ka65qpESOkA/s640/NapkinRings_combo.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Näiden ihanien servetti pidikkeiden innoittama odottelenkin jo vuoden ensimmäisen työurakan päättymistä ja kotiin pääsyä.&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-941622705744017761?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/941622705744017761/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/come-dwine-with-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/941622705744017761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/941622705744017761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/come-dwine-with-me.html' title='Come d(w)ine with me'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TTMoa3Z1MSI/AAAAAAAAAjg/Ka65qpESOkA/s72-c/NapkinRings_combo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4186435633584322656</id><published>2011-01-04T16:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T16:01:00.423+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><title type='text'>Rasiallinen koruja</title><content type='html'>Olen jo kauan haaveillut uudesta korurasista ja tänään sen vihdoin sain. Etsinnässä oli valkoinen tai hopeanvärinen rasia kuten haastelinkin jo aikanaan &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/neatly-boxed.html"&gt;Neatly boxed&lt;/a&gt; postauksessani. Ihailemiani Zara Home:n tuotteita en tällä kertaa saanut vaan korurasian löysin Kodin Ykkösestä. Tämä Riverdalen pelkistetty korurasia oli vielä onnekseni reippaasti alennettu! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmL_TveuI/AAAAAAAAAjU/mxo8D3jWpGA/s1600/DSCN3662_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmL_TveuI/AAAAAAAAAjU/mxo8D3jWpGA/s640/DSCN3662_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmaRmTlOI/AAAAAAAAAjY/-0Te3kNrgew/s1600/DSCN3664_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmaRmTlOI/AAAAAAAAAjY/-0Te3kNrgew/s640/DSCN3664_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmtOIkxZI/AAAAAAAAAjc/2iOkl5iuqbo/s1600/DSCN3667_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmtOIkxZI/AAAAAAAAAjc/2iOkl5iuqbo/s640/DSCN3667_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rasia on valkoista puuta ja se on verhoiltu sisältä mustalla sametilla. Zara Homesta tulikin mieleen, että tietääkseni Ellos on tällä hetkellä ainut joka myy Zara Homen tuotteita ja heilläkään ei ole täysin kattavaa valikoimaa. Kyselivät aikoinaan asiakaspalautteessa mitä haluaisin nähdä tuotelistoilla lisää johon vastasin tietysti Zara Home:n tuotteita, mutta eipä ole näkynyt. Olisikohan jo aika meidänkin saada Suomeen lisää niitä ihanuuksia?!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4186435633584322656?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4186435633584322656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/rasiallinen-koruja.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4186435633584322656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4186435633584322656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/rasiallinen-koruja.html' title='Rasiallinen koruja'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSMmL_TveuI/AAAAAAAAAjU/mxo8D3jWpGA/s72-c/DSCN3662_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6040011513505794482</id><published>2011-01-03T19:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T19:30:02.847+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään...</title><content type='html'>Korupihdit ei ole viime päivinä kiinnostaneet kun tiedossa olisi muutaman oman korun korjausprojekti. Sen sijaan suunnittelen edelleen mitä sinne makuuhuoneen seinälle oikein laittaisi. Huoneen värimaailma on kovin valkoinen muutamaa pientä väriläiskää lukuunottamatta. Sängyn ylle haluaisin ripustaa suurehkon taulun antamaan huoneeseen hieman lisää väriä. Etsinnässä on lähinnä hempeät sini-virheään taittavat värit ja tunnelmaltaan taulun tulisi olla rauhallinen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIGiEwtr1I/AAAAAAAAAjM/LkNt7gbcpDY/s1600/010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIGiEwtr1I/AAAAAAAAAjM/LkNt7gbcpDY/s640/010.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIFb2jNYTI/AAAAAAAAAjE/CTBWsTWbmxQ/s1600/011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIFb2jNYTI/AAAAAAAAAjE/CTBWsTWbmxQ/s640/011.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIFoCbH6cI/AAAAAAAAAjI/TLHM4XbbjcI/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIFoCbH6cI/AAAAAAAAAjI/TLHM4XbbjcI/s640/012.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIGt5AZUPI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/T5tp2j0MuMY/s1600/015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIGt5AZUPI/AAAAAAAAAjQ/T5tp2j0MuMY/s640/015.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Löysin bloggeria selaillessani hempeitä valokuvista digitaalisesti muokattuja taide printtejä &lt;a href="http://labokoff.blogspot.com/"&gt;Labokoff&lt;/a&gt; nimen alla tekevän taiteilijan sivuilta. Värimaailma ja rauhallinen tunnelma sopisi täydellisesti makuuhuoneeseeni, saisinpa vain taideprintit isommassa koossa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIDbC-UaVI/AAAAAAAAAi0/iemAQYt5nBA/s1600/Fleur+violet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIDbC-UaVI/AAAAAAAAAi0/iemAQYt5nBA/s640/Fleur+violet.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIDg7D1pAI/AAAAAAAAAi4/CvQbZ-kOX6E/s1600/Eblouie+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIDg7D1pAI/AAAAAAAAAi4/CvQbZ-kOX6E/s640/Eblouie+2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIEATtN4iI/AAAAAAAAAjA/50Yjl79n3Hc/s1600/herbette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIEATtN4iI/AAAAAAAAAjA/50Yjl79n3Hc/s640/herbette.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Taideprintti kuvat on siis lainattu &lt;a href="http://labokoff.blogspot.com/"&gt;täältä&lt;/a&gt;. Art print&amp;nbsp; pictures borrowed from &lt;a href="http://labokoff.blogspot.com/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6040011513505794482?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6040011513505794482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/tanaan-tykkaan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6040011513505794482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6040011513505794482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2011/01/tanaan-tykkaan.html' title='Tänään tykkään...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TSIGiEwtr1I/AAAAAAAAAjM/LkNt7gbcpDY/s72-c/010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5862728769260531747</id><published>2010-12-31T11:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-31T11:28:29.450+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Vuoden viimeinen</title><content type='html'>Esittelinkin jo ennen joulua suurimman osan myös joulupapereihin käärityistä koruista. Tässä viimeinen niistä. Lahjaksi päätynyt pitkä Swarovskin helminauhakoru, jossa välihelminä on käytetty sileitä sterling hopeisia rondelleja. Käytin aikaisemmin tänä vuona näitä Swarovskin Platinum Ash värisiä helmiä samanhenkiseen &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/platinum-ash.html"&gt;rannekoruun&lt;/a&gt;, josta sain idean tähän kaulakoruun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2cZE4CrtI/AAAAAAAAAis/95SIzT9A4qU/s1600/DSCN3335_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2cZE4CrtI/AAAAAAAAAis/95SIzT9A4qU/s640/DSCN3335_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2f_zHeXTI/AAAAAAAAAiw/B5ZHZ4kxZfM/s1600/DSCN3350_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2f_zHeXTI/AAAAAAAAAiw/B5ZHZ4kxZfM/s640/DSCN3350_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2b5bgBm_I/AAAAAAAAAio/il-VhgsdFFo/s1600/DSCN3333_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2b5bgBm_I/AAAAAAAAAio/il-VhgsdFFo/s640/DSCN3333_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sterling hopea &amp;amp; Swarovskin helmet värissä 'platinum ash'&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5862728769260531747?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5862728769260531747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/vuoden-viimeinen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5862728769260531747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5862728769260531747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/vuoden-viimeinen.html' title='Vuoden viimeinen'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TR2cZE4CrtI/AAAAAAAAAis/95SIzT9A4qU/s72-c/DSCN3335_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-320072860102543836</id><published>2010-12-24T13:00:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T13:00:03.374+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Ho ho ho</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nämä hopeiset pyöreät korvispohjat ovat lojuneet kaapeissa pidemmän aikaa, olen aikoinaan ostanut ne Fusion Beads:ltä. Joulun kunniaksi päätin lopettaa helyjen panttaamisen joten hopean kaveriksi Swarovskin kristallia. Väri on muistaakseni crystal silver tai greige....nämäkin ovat olleet kaapissa jonkin aikaa :-/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-GNBzybOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/4niGxVt-xs4/s1600/DSCN3514_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-GNBzybOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/4niGxVt-xs4/s640/DSCN3514_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Sterling hopea &amp;amp; Swarovskin kristalli&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9013173505879040455?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9013173505879040455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-yo-jouluun-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9013173505879040455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9013173505879040455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/1-yo-jouluun-on.html' title='1 yö jouluun on'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-GNBzybOI/AAAAAAAAAh8/4niGxVt-xs4/s72-c/DSCN3514_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5927055121608193717</id><published>2010-12-22T13:00:00.015+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T13:00:08.740+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>2 yötä  jouluun on</title><content type='html'>Kuten luvattu korvakoruilla jatketaan. Sen verran kivalta näpertely tuntui taasen, että jäi ihan harmittamaan kun en tullut tilanneeksi isonpaa satsia tarvikkeita. Ehkäpä joulun jälkeen myös helmipuodeissa odottaisi alennusmyynnit. Toiveajatteluako?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Korupohjat onkin toissa viikolla Villihelmen Vantaan myymälän hopea korukasasta. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-DGYa4_GI/AAAAAAAAAh4/SouTvpibQP8/s1600/DSCN3518_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-DGYa4_GI/AAAAAAAAAh4/SouTvpibQP8/s640/DSCN3518_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sterling hopea &amp;amp; Swarovskin kristalli (dark indigo)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5927055121608193717?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5927055121608193717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/2-yota-jouluun-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5927055121608193717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5927055121608193717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/2-yota-jouluun-on.html' title='2 yötä  jouluun on'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-DGYa4_GI/AAAAAAAAAh4/SouTvpibQP8/s72-c/DSCN3518_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3480559051750861722</id><published>2010-12-21T13:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-21T13:00:01.284+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>3 yötä jouluun on</title><content type='html'>Joulupostin viivyttämä Perles&amp;amp; Co:n tilaus saapui vihdoin, joten olen innoissani uuden korvis inspiraation vallassa väsännyt korvakoruja. Olen jättänyt lumimyräkän jälkeiset lumityöt suosiolla muille ja istun kotona väkertämässä koruja ja parantelemassa polvivammaani. Korvakoruja on syntynyt riittävästi jokaiselle joulua edeltävälle päivälle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-An_v0QYI/AAAAAAAAAhw/5SBKbibZTZM/s1600/DSCN3519_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-An_v0QYI/AAAAAAAAAhw/5SBKbibZTZM/s640/DSCN3519_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-BNFHqAvI/AAAAAAAAAh0/XJ80q0XC91M/s1600/DSCN3496_edit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-BNFHqAvI/AAAAAAAAAh0/XJ80q0XC91M/s640/DSCN3496_edit2.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kuparisissa koruosissa killuvat keskellä särmikkäät akvamariini kolikot, joita reunustaa Swarovskin kristallia väreissä tanzanite ja light azore&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3480559051750861722?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3480559051750861722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/3-yota-jouluun-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3480559051750861722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3480559051750861722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/3-yota-jouluun-on.html' title='3 yötä jouluun on'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ-An_v0QYI/AAAAAAAAAhw/5SBKbibZTZM/s72-c/DSCN3519_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4018500272693081833</id><published>2010-12-20T14:00:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T14:00:05.800+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Joulu valmisteluita</title><content type='html'>Lahjat on pakattu ja siivoukset on tehty - alkakoon Joulu! Uskallaudun esittelemään yhden itse tekemistäni joululahjoista, sillä koru on toteutettu lahjansaajan toiveista &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/jattilaisperhoset-giant-butterflies.html"&gt;jättiläisperhoset&lt;/a&gt; tyyppiseen koruuni, jonka esittelin jokunen aika sitten. Sitä paitsi elättelen toiveita ettei lahjan saaja joulukiireiden keskellä eksy sivuilleni. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4tfjX8NSI/AAAAAAAAAhY/aIUgjDHJ6zo/s1600/DSCN3483.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4tfjX8NSI/AAAAAAAAAhY/aIUgjDHJ6zo/s640/DSCN3483.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Hopeoitujen perhosten ja ketjun lisäksi, korussa komeilee särmikkäät onyksi rondellit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Olen melko surkea lahjapaperin kääriä, joten lievennän käärimisestä johtuvaa ketutusta valitsemalla valmiita lahjarasioita. Rasiat ovat mielestäni aika söpöjä, joten niitä voi toivottavasti käyttää muuhunkin (säilöä siististi pikkutavaraa tms.) tai ainakin uusiokäyttää seuraavana vuonna uudestaan. Lisäsin rasioihin hieman lahjanauhaa ja valmista. Stressitöntä ja helppoa. Näin se pitäisikin olla.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4uw3AqKgI/AAAAAAAAAhc/wRMsLQSCaSE/s1600/DSCN3487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4uw3AqKgI/AAAAAAAAAhc/wRMsLQSCaSE/s640/DSCN3487.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4vpYKLPiI/AAAAAAAAAhg/tpa8uaGNvvY/s1600/DSCN3488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4vpYKLPiI/AAAAAAAAAhg/tpa8uaGNvvY/s640/DSCN3488.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4v1-FQ_zI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tTmHvXBNVq8/s1600/DSCN3490.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4v1-FQ_zI/AAAAAAAAAhk/tTmHvXBNVq8/s640/DSCN3490.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4018500272693081833?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4018500272693081833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/joulu-valmisteluita.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4018500272693081833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4018500272693081833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/joulu-valmisteluita.html' title='Joulu valmisteluita'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ4tfjX8NSI/AAAAAAAAAhY/aIUgjDHJ6zo/s72-c/DSCN3483.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-9167527041781650611</id><published>2010-12-19T13:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-19T13:56:29.404+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Afrikka on sarvikuonojen maa</title><content type='html'>Olen onnekas siinä mielessä, että työni vie minut mitä erikoisempiin paikkoihin, joihin en ehkä lomailijana olisi eksynyt. Yksi näistä on Afrikka, jossa minulla on ollut ilo vierailla useamman kerran viime vuosien aikana. Viimeksi lokakuussa piipahdin työmatkalla Sambiassa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turistin näkökannasta työmatkoissa on se huono puoli, ettei aitoa turismia oikein kerkeä harjoittaa, kun päivät täyttyvät työhön liittyvillä asioilla ja nähtävyydet tallentuvat kameralle tärähtäneinä suttuina auton ikkunasta kuvattuna. Toisaalta työmatkailussa on hyvätkin puolensa. Kun antaa muiden laatia päivän ohjelman löytää itsensä usein paikoista joihin ei minkään sortin Extreme-Travel opuskaan olisi osannut sinua neuvoa. Lisäksi jos lomafiilikset iskee työmatkalla,&amp;nbsp; paikan päällä on helppoa tarkastaa ja arvioida alueen turismipotentiaali.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sambia on matkojeni kohteista mielestäni se kaiken peri-afrikkalaisin. Sambiassa koin ne lapsuuden mielikuvat Afrikasta, jossa ihmiset edelleen asuvat olkikattoisissa savimajoissa ja tekevät ruokansa avotulella. Naisista värikkäissä sarongeissa kantamassa vesiruukkuja päänsä päällä ja pienistä valkohampaisista hymyilevistä lapsista teiden varsilla vilkuttamassa ohi meneville autoille.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seuraavaksi niitä auton ikkunasta otettuja tärähtäneitä kuvia Sambiasta...ja ehkä vähän muitakin ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3Pb2_PeRI/AAAAAAAAAew/TyyQ8W139QY/s1600/Zambia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="98" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3Pb2_PeRI/AAAAAAAAAew/TyyQ8W139QY/s320/Zambia.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3QRb-iUiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/aJW3jqGuJ4U/s1600/DSCN3081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3QRb-iUiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/aJW3jqGuJ4U/s640/DSCN3081.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3X6Kx9UFI/AAAAAAAAAfc/2fLahMahsTc/s1600/Namibia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="132" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3X6Kx9UFI/AAAAAAAAAfc/2fLahMahsTc/s320/Namibia.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Oleskelin Namibiassa muutamia vuosia sitten hieman pidemmän aikaa työn merkeissä. Suurimman osan ajasta vietin maan etelä osissa melko kuivassa ja karussa maisemassa, mutta poikkesin myös maan koillisosaan ja pääkaupunkiin Windhoekiin oleskeluni aikana. Namibia on ehdottamasti rauhallisin ja turvallisin Afrikassa vierailemistani maista. Ihmiset ovat todella ystävällisiä ja luonto on uskomattoman kaunista omalla karulla tavallaan. Parhaat ruoka elämykset Afrikan reissuiltani ovat juuri Namibiasta, jossa ensimmäinen illalliseni oli Windhoekin kuuluisassa&lt;a href="http://namibia.mydestinationinfo.com/en/joes-beer-house"&gt; Joe's Beer Housessa&lt;/a&gt; - parhas pihvi ikinä! Vegetaristeille paikka ei ehkä ole mitä parhain elämys, sillä suurin osa olkikattoisista 'Lodgeista' sisustaa seinänsä antilooppien päillä ja tarjoaa metsästyksen ystäville puuhaa jos jonkinlaista. Mutta meille liharuuan ystäville Namibia on eräänlainen afrikkalainen kulinaari taivas, jonne toivon voivani joskus palata.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3YersN8vI/AAAAAAAAAfk/-r29BrMSmTw/s1600/IMG_0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3YersN8vI/AAAAAAAAAfk/-r29BrMSmTw/s640/IMG_0422.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3YwnyUXPI/AAAAAAAAAfo/heDpaq_rzLo/s1600/IMG_0423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3YwnyUXPI/AAAAAAAAAfo/heDpaq_rzLo/s640/IMG_0423.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3e0n9fVlI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/H_cSR375Cco/s320/South+Africa.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Etelä-Afrikka on ehkä länsimaisin Afrikan valtioista joissa olen vieraillut, mutta poliittisen historiansa vuoksi ehkä yksi hämmentävimpiä kokemiani paikkoja.&amp;nbsp; Toisaalta Etelä-Afrikka on kuvan kaunis maa, jossa yhdistyy monta lomailijan unelmaa....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Pitkiä hiekkarantoja auringonpalvojille&lt;br /&gt;- Suurkaupungin vilinää shoppailijalle ja vilkkaasta yöelämästä nautiskelijalle&lt;br /&gt;- Eksoottisia safareja ja slummi-kierroksia seikkailijalle&lt;br /&gt;- Uniikkia paikallista taidetta taiteen rakastajalle&lt;br /&gt;- Historiaa ja hyvin kaunista luontoa monessa eri muodossa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mutta kun ihmiset Namibiassa ja Zambiassa ovat avoimia ja välittömiä, niin Etelä-Afrikassa kokemuksista paikallisisten kanssa jää usein hieman outo tunne. Kansa on jakautunut ja peloissaan. Rasismi kukoistaa (peittely yrityksistä huolimatta se on melko räikeää jos ryhtyy yhtään syvällisempään keskusteluun ihmisten kanssa) ja ihmiset elävät kaltereiden takana ikuisen väkivallan pelossa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vietin Etelä-Afrikassa pidemmän aikaa, joten kerkesin myös lomailla eri paikoissa muutamaan otteeseen. Ehkä hienoin reissuni oli muutama vuosi sitten Kap Kaupungista alkava road trip, jossa matkustimme kaunista puutarha reittiä (Garden Route) itään Porth Elizabethin kautta Durbanin hiekkarannoille. 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Hinnatkaan ei päätä huimaa. Tämä muuten pätee muuhunkin kuin vain helmeilyyn.&amp;nbsp; Asuminen, syöminen, erilaiset aktiviteetit ja shoppailu ovat melko edullista lystiä länsimaiselle matkaajalle. Kunhan muistaa että omasta turvallisuudesta ei kannata tinkiä. Pakettiautoista muunnellut minibussit ovat Afrikassa yleinen näky (ja erittäin halpa matkustustapa) ja eittämättä varmaan hieno elämys,&amp;nbsp; kannattaa vaan miettiä haluatko sen olevan viimeinen elämuksesi.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9167527041781650611?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9167527041781650611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/afrikka-on-sarvikuonojen-maa.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9167527041781650611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9167527041781650611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/afrikka-on-sarvikuonojen-maa.html' title='Afrikka on sarvikuonojen maa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQ3Pb2_PeRI/AAAAAAAAAew/TyyQ8W139QY/s72-c/Zambia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4474672662928678677</id><published>2010-12-15T14:00:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T18:28:28.649+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Sydänkäpyseni III</title><content type='html'>Herttaisella meiningillä jatketaan edelleen, tosin tällä kertaa hieman minulle tyypillisemmällä väriskaalalla. Kaulakoru on melko pitkä, joka tuo koruun muunneltavuutta kivasti. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZHKaV0jQI/AAAAAAAAAec/LoQMPrYzPRc/s1600/DSCN3462_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZHKaV0jQI/AAAAAAAAAec/LoQMPrYzPRc/s640/DSCN3462_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZHysM2HnI/AAAAAAAAAeg/DZNHKDhCVsY/s1600/DSCN3464_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZHysM2HnI/AAAAAAAAAeg/DZNHKDhCVsY/s640/DSCN3464_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZIQZJUNSI/AAAAAAAAAek/m6YAHhk7FRE/s1600/DSCN3459_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZIQZJUNSI/AAAAAAAAAek/m6YAHhk7FRE/s640/DSCN3459_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Messinkiä (brass) &amp;amp; Swarovskin kristalleja&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4474672662928678677?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4474672662928678677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/sydankapyseni-iii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4474672662928678677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4474672662928678677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/sydankapyseni-iii.html' title='Sydänkäpyseni III'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZHKaV0jQI/AAAAAAAAAec/LoQMPrYzPRc/s72-c/DSCN3462_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4814834904702546637</id><published>2010-12-15T13:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T13:37:17.768+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Joulu mieltä jakamassa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQeoooRDRAI/AAAAAAAAAeo/8aoTcDXL-mg/s640/Artbeads+banner.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nyt olisi tarjolla kymmenen kappaletta 10 dollarin (US) lahjakortteja &lt;a href="http://www.artbeads.com/"&gt;Artbeadsille&lt;/a&gt;. Osallistumaan pääsee kymmenen ensimmäistä (jos niin paljon halukkaita edes löytyy) &lt;b&gt;kommentoimalla tätä postausta 17.12. klo 16 mennessä&lt;/b&gt;. Pyydän kilpailun voittajia lähettämään minulle yhteystietonsa (nimi, osoite, sähköpostiosoite), jotta voin lisätä heidät lahjakorttien saajien listalle. Tarkkailethan siis blogia osallistumisen jälkeen kunnes ilmoitan voittajat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voisin mainita, että Artbeads:n omat säännöt sanelevat seuraavaa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Lahjakortit pitää käyttää 29.2.2011 mennessä&lt;br /&gt;- Yksi lahjakortti per talous (voit osallistua vain kerran)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tarkempia tietoja löydätte&lt;a href="http://www.artbeads.com/free-gift-card-giveaway.html?cmp=emp-121310M"&gt; täältä&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Koska Artbeads jakaa vain 10,000 kappaletta lahjakortteja, en tietenkään voi mennä heidän puolestaan takuuseen, että lahjakortteja on vielä 17.12. jäljellä - mutta toivotaan niin! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vinkkinä teille, joilla on Artbeadsin käyttäjätili ja olette tehneet sieltä ostoksia, voitte osallistua myös lahjakorttien jakoon ja jakaa hyvää joulumieltä muille helmeilijöille. Aikaa on 22.12. asti.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4814834904702546637?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4814834904702546637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/joulu-mielta-jakamassa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4814834904702546637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4814834904702546637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/joulu-mielta-jakamassa.html' title='Joulu mieltä jakamassa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQeoooRDRAI/AAAAAAAAAeo/8aoTcDXL-mg/s72-c/Artbeads+banner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6734543015901353074</id><published>2010-12-14T15:00:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T15:00:10.734+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Sydänkäpyseni II</title><content type='html'>Viitaten edelliseen postaukseen, tarjolla lisää sydämellistä tuotantoa. Hyvin klassisella linjalla tällä kertaa.&amp;nbsp; Luonnonvalkoisten helmien kuvaus osoittautui hieman hankalaksi, mutta sain lopulta helmien värin kuvissa (lähes!) vastaamaan niiden todellista väriä. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZEni9avNI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/uuEWt2Zg6RE/s1600/DSCN3475_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZEni9avNI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/uuEWt2Zg6RE/s640/DSCN3475_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZEzQK5KLI/AAAAAAAAAeU/_bwz7uUhspg/s1600/DSCN3479_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZEzQK5KLI/AAAAAAAAAeU/_bwz7uUhspg/s640/DSCN3479_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZE_VsqDlI/AAAAAAAAAeY/5H_jrq8yNGY/s1600/DSCN3477_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZE_VsqDlI/AAAAAAAAAeY/5H_jrq8yNGY/s640/DSCN3477_edit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Svarowskin helmiä ja sterling hopeaa&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6734543015901353074?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6734543015901353074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/syd%C3%A4nk%C3%A4pyseni-ii.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6734543015901353074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6734543015901353074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/syd%C3%A4nk%C3%A4pyseni-ii.html' title='Sydänkäpyseni II'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZEni9avNI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/uuEWt2Zg6RE/s72-c/DSCN3475_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8387927294260912910</id><published>2010-12-13T18:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-13T18:04:22.222+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Sydänkäpyseni</title><content type='html'>Joulu on mielestäni varsin romanttista aikaa. Tai ainakin alitajuntani on sitä mieltä, sillä sydämellisiä koruja on valmistunut viime aikoina hieman normaalia enemmän. Tästä niistä ensimmäinen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZCzo1J9oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/_umX7Rw9GHg/s1600/DSCN3454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZCzo1J9oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/_umX7Rw9GHg/s640/DSCN3454.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZDOjfpauI/AAAAAAAAAeM/fLhX2QAL0D0/s1600/DSCN3453_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZDOjfpauI/AAAAAAAAAeM/fLhX2QAL0D0/s640/DSCN3453_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cubic zirconia &amp;amp; sterling hopea&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8387927294260912910?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8387927294260912910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/sydankapyseni.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8387927294260912910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8387927294260912910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/sydankapyseni.html' title='Sydänkäpyseni'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQZCzo1J9oI/AAAAAAAAAeI/_umX7Rw9GHg/s72-c/DSCN3454.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6259096561824738153</id><published>2010-12-12T13:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T13:00:02.543+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään...</title><content type='html'>...uudesta Etsy tuttavuudesta &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pila12903"&gt;Priscilla's Jewelry&lt;/a&gt;. Eksyin sivuille kun etsin hopeaisia filigree enkeli siipiä erääseen kaulakorun inspiraatioon ja totesin, että joku on kerennyt toteuttaa ideani ja vielä hienommin! Harvemmin sitä tulee itse ihan oikeasti keksittyä mitään uutta, joten ajattelin kaikeasta huolimatta pitää enkelisiipi ideani idea purkissani. Nyt sitten niitä ihania Priscillan koruja joista kovin tykkään.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFBmqQBy7I/AAAAAAAAAd8/ogN0T4PRplg/s1600/Angelwing_heartlocket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFBmqQBy7I/AAAAAAAAAd8/ogN0T4PRplg/s640/Angelwing_heartlocket.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFBuNXNATI/AAAAAAAAAeA/8Vk9T0gTEPY/s1600/Angelwing_necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="478" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFBuNXNATI/AAAAAAAAAeA/8Vk9T0gTEPY/s640/Angelwing_necklace.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFB0sXAzRI/AAAAAAAAAeE/-lZfHNtyiAM/s1600/Skelton+key_heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="478" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFB0sXAzRI/AAAAAAAAAeE/-lZfHNtyiAM/s640/Skelton+key_heart.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keskimmäinen on ehdottomasti lempparini ja huolisin sen itselleni saman tien.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6259096561824738153?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6259096561824738153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/tanaan-tykkaan.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6259096561824738153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6259096561824738153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/tanaan-tykkaan.html' title='Tänään tykkään...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQFBmqQBy7I/AAAAAAAAAd8/ogN0T4PRplg/s72-c/Angelwing_heartlocket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3278990593214428556</id><published>2010-12-11T13:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T18:29:08.416+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Satumaan tango</title><content type='html'>On näitäkin Vintaj Natural Brass charmeja pantattu ties mistä syystä aivan liian kauan. En ole raaskinut käyttää kauniita pikku otuksia, mutta turhaanpa ne pölyttyvät tuolla laatikon pohjalla. Joten kaikki kerralla samaan koruun ja muutama Swarovskin kritalli sekaan. Keijuja, perhosia, tähtisadetta...kaikenmoista satumaahan sopivaa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEtfWq5myI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ggr-WRqevaU/s1600/DSCN3446_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEtfWq5myI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ggr-WRqevaU/s640/DSCN3446_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEuEkBa-iI/AAAAAAAAAds/37KW57Ye8Qw/s1600/DSCN3444_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEuEkBa-iI/AAAAAAAAAds/37KW57Ye8Qw/s640/DSCN3444_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEuWbb7uJI/AAAAAAAAAdw/wZ3Yl4TKutw/s1600/DSCN3445_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEuWbb7uJI/AAAAAAAAAdw/wZ3Yl4TKutw/s640/DSCN3445_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEukCw3gTI/AAAAAAAAAd0/MMte7EeYRVI/s1600/DSCN3443_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEukCw3gTI/AAAAAAAAAd0/MMte7EeYRVI/s640/DSCN3443_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3278990593214428556?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3278990593214428556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/satumaan-tango.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3278990593214428556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3278990593214428556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/satumaan-tango.html' title='Satumaan tango'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEtfWq5myI/AAAAAAAAAdo/ggr-WRqevaU/s72-c/DSCN3446_edited.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-9205012292799501764</id><published>2010-12-10T16:10:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-20T18:29:35.989+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Shampanja aurinko</title><content type='html'>Inspiraation ihanien tuulien puhallellessa on väkertänyt ensimmäisen vedoksen toivottavasti laajemmasta sarjasta isoja näyttäviä korvakoruja. Siis niin isoja, että korvanipukat venyvät ihanien helyjen painosta melkein polviin :-) En tiedä mistä viimeisin villitys, mutta näitä on nyt pakko saada. Kolusin Villihelmen Vantaan myymälää läpi, mutten onnistunut löytämään kuin muutamat 'chandelier' korvakorut pohjat, joten joudun turvautumaan netti ostoksiin. Perles &amp;amp; Co:n pakettia odotellessa väsäsin Villihelmistä ostetuilla korvakorupohjilla seuraavat korvanipukan venyttäjät.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEoQDR_esI/AAAAAAAAAdg/nQowSas3RE4/s1600/DSCN3436_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEoQDR_esI/AAAAAAAAAdg/nQowSas3RE4/s640/DSCN3436_edited.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Keskellä pyöreä sitruuna jade, kyyneleen muotoiset särmikkäät sitriinit sekä Swarovskin 'golden shadow' väriset pyöreät kristallit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEoj0jSVhI/AAAAAAAAAdk/CsK7FwXrgs4/s1600/DSCN3438_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEoj0jSVhI/AAAAAAAAAdk/CsK7FwXrgs4/s640/DSCN3438_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pienen pieni perjantai illan oivallus. Fiksut ihmiset sanovat, että hyvän blogin salaisuus on upeat kuvat. Näiden photoshopattujen kuvien perusteella blogini ei voi olla kovin hyvä....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9205012292799501764?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9205012292799501764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/shampanja-aurinko.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9205012292799501764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9205012292799501764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/shampanja-aurinko.html' title='Shampanja aurinko'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEoQDR_esI/AAAAAAAAAdg/nQowSas3RE4/s72-c/DSCN3436_edited.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8753508440424793233</id><published>2010-12-09T20:39:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:24:48.266+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Pennies from heaven</title><content type='html'>Kauan sitten Turkin lomalta raahaamani itämäiset kolikko riipukset (tai mitkä lie amuletit sitten ovatkaan) ovat viimeinkin saavuttaneet sen vision mihin niitä aikanaan kaavailin. Näin Joulun alle sopivasti kilisevä kaulakoru on simppeli värimaailmaltaan ja sopii monen vaatteen kanssa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEgYLK4zPI/AAAAAAAAAdU/7EtCQaa34Sc/s1600/DSCN3427_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEgYLK4zPI/AAAAAAAAAdU/7EtCQaa34Sc/s640/DSCN3427_edit.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEg0lNknrI/AAAAAAAAAdY/fpG-jBR3aYs/s1600/DSCN3430_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEg0lNknrI/AAAAAAAAAdY/fpG-jBR3aYs/s640/DSCN3430_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEhtOUNOOI/AAAAAAAAAdc/mpNdIGFZ-IA/s1600/DSCN3432_edited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEhtOUNOOI/AAAAAAAAAdc/mpNdIGFZ-IA/s640/DSCN3432_edited.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8753508440424793233?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8753508440424793233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/pennies-from-heaven.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8753508440424793233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8753508440424793233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/12/pennies-from-heaven.html' title='Pennies from heaven'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TQEgYLK4zPI/AAAAAAAAAdU/7EtCQaa34Sc/s72-c/DSCN3427_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3703036424076941664</id><published>2010-11-30T21:06:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:25:01.541+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Organza</title><content type='html'>Nappasin sunnuntaina &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/sinelli-helsinki.html"&gt;Yrjönkadun Sinellista&lt;/a&gt; mukaan mustaa organza nauhaa ja läpinäkyviä lasihelmiä...pienen askarteluhetken jälkeen tuloksena kepeä kaulakoru. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKWn3r80I/AAAAAAAAAdE/Go4vye0PyZw/s1600/DSCN3387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKWn3r80I/AAAAAAAAAdE/Go4vye0PyZw/s640/DSCN3387.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKi03rxJI/AAAAAAAAAdI/WUcQubLxqTI/s1600/DSCN3389.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKi03rxJI/AAAAAAAAAdI/WUcQubLxqTI/s640/DSCN3389.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lukkopäähän söpöt pienet rusetit...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKwTRLOqI/AAAAAAAAAdM/Aw4eI3kHQO0/s1600/DSCN3391.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKwTRLOqI/AAAAAAAAAdM/Aw4eI3kHQO0/s640/DSCN3391.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...ja keulaan samaa sarjaa oleva sydänriipus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3703036424076941664?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3703036424076941664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/organza.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3703036424076941664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3703036424076941664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/organza.html' title='Organza'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TPVKWn3r80I/AAAAAAAAAdE/Go4vye0PyZw/s72-c/DSCN3387.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6078075256768354789</id><published>2010-11-25T21:54:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:27:15.290+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään...</title><content type='html'>...muhkeista ja näyttävistä kaulakoruista. Näitä on näkynyt viime aikoina monessakia paikassa - muotiblogeissa, julkimoiden kaulalla ja nettikauppojen koruosastojen houkutuksena. Minua koruissa viehättää useasti eri materilaalien sekoittelu ja ylitseampuva 'bling' kimallus. Kiva tapa tuoda sitä jotain ekstraa yksinkertaisen asukokonaisuuteen ja antaa korun olla huomion keskipiste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO66Bie-MEI/AAAAAAAAAc8/gYnxtdEFerE/s1600/Net-a-porter_kaulakorut.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="182" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO66Bie-MEI/AAAAAAAAAc8/gYnxtdEFerE/s640/Net-a-porter_kaulakorut.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mikäli kukkaronyörit eivät ole liian tiukalla Net-a-Porter tarjoilee säihkettä marraskuiseen pimeyteen. Kaulakorut vasemmalta oikealle 1. Oscar de la Renta 2. Scosha 3. Irit Design 4. Erickson Beamon 5. Oscar de la Renta. Kuvat lainattu &lt;a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/"&gt;täältä&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO69xWaux8I/AAAAAAAAAdA/SytJ1X5ZfIs/s1600/Asos_Boohoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="182" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO69xWaux8I/AAAAAAAAAdA/SytJ1X5ZfIs/s640/Asos_Boohoo.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hieman huokeampia vaihtoehtoja tarjoilee muuan muassa Asos ja Boohoo. Kaulakorut vasemmalta oikealla 1. Oasis 2. BooHoo.com 3. Blakegodbold 4. Blakegodbold 5. Boohoo. Kuvat lainattu &lt;a href="http://www.asos.com/Woman/"&gt;täältä&lt;/a&gt; ja&lt;a href="http://www.boohoo.com/"&gt; täältä&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Näissä merkeissä mukavaa pikkujoulukautta!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6078075256768354789?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6078075256768354789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/tanaan-tykkaan_25.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6078075256768354789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6078075256768354789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/tanaan-tykkaan_25.html' title='Tänään tykkään...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO66Bie-MEI/AAAAAAAAAc8/gYnxtdEFerE/s72-c/Net-a-porter_kaulakorut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5611543907339748779</id><published>2010-11-24T18:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T18:46:57.446+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Sour grapes</title><content type='html'>Pääsette nauttimaan harvinaisen kehnosti tarkennetuista korukuvista. Jalona ajatuksena oli, että nappaan kuvat uudelleen, mutta antaudun, sillä en siis viitsi odottaa enää viikonloppuun kunnes olen kameran äärellä hieman valoisampaan aikaan. Tällä kertaa korupajasta on syntynyt tummia viinirypäleitä muistuttavat korvakorut, jossa komeilee makeanvedenhelmiä 'gun metal' korunosissa. Sanakirjan mukaan gun metal kääntyisi suomeksi tykkipronssi, joka kuullostaa vallan hassulta. Anyhow...pidemittä puheitta tässä &lt;i&gt;sour grapes&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO1A4kwqvgI/AAAAAAAAAcw/cDmaN-SbOY0/s1600/DSCN3351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO1A4kwqvgI/AAAAAAAAAcw/cDmaN-SbOY0/s640/DSCN3351.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO1BPPIudbI/AAAAAAAAAc0/V4rKYJJEaYs/s1600/DSCN3352.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO1BPPIudbI/AAAAAAAAAc0/V4rKYJJEaYs/s640/DSCN3352.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5611543907339748779?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5611543907339748779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/sour-grapes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5611543907339748779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5611543907339748779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/sour-grapes.html' title='Sour grapes'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TO1A4kwqvgI/AAAAAAAAAcw/cDmaN-SbOY0/s72-c/DSCN3351.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4541466046098129076</id><published>2010-11-19T18:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T18:32:08.761+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tänään tykkään...'/><title type='text'>Tänään tykkään...</title><content type='html'>...Shawna Erback:n taideprinteistä kun etsin sopivaa taidetta makuuhuoneen seinälle. Tykkään kovasti myös teosten nimistä. Tässä on jotain taianomaista, juuri sellaista rauhallisuutta ja mystiikaa, joka sopii uniseen huoneeseen. Shawna Erback:n tuotantoa löytyy &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/shawnaerback"&gt;täältä&lt;/a&gt; - siis Etsy:stä mistäpä muustakaan! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOakUGBsz-I/AAAAAAAAAcg/a3e2wdL_mjQ/s1600/LoveIsInTheAir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="508" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOakUGBsz-I/AAAAAAAAAcg/a3e2wdL_mjQ/s640/LoveIsInTheAir.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Love is in the air&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOakh98I97I/AAAAAAAAAck/13ORpppi_fk/s1600/SnowDreamscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="499" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOakh98I97I/AAAAAAAAAck/13ORpppi_fk/s640/SnowDreamscape.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Snow dreamscape&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOaksWN_EEI/AAAAAAAAAco/65kQ5lrlLV8/s1600/NightOfBleedingHearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOaksWN_EEI/AAAAAAAAAco/65kQ5lrlLV8/s640/NightOfBleedingHearts.jpg" width="492" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Night of the bleeding hearts &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOalovZLo8I/AAAAAAAAAcs/QmbJM0r6saw/s1600/TheRoadToHealingStartsWithMemories.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOalovZLo8I/AAAAAAAAAcs/QmbJM0r6saw/s640/TheRoadToHealingStartsWithMemories.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Road to healing starts with memories&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Huolisin 'Love is in the Air':n hetkessä, jos taidetta löytyisi isommassa koossa. Kukahan tekisi kaiken tämän ihanuudeen ainakin metrin leveän? Huoh...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4541466046098129076?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4541466046098129076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/tanaan-tykkaan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4541466046098129076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4541466046098129076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/tanaan-tykkaan.html' title='Tänään tykkään...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TOakUGBsz-I/AAAAAAAAAcg/a3e2wdL_mjQ/s72-c/LoveIsInTheAir.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3997388904250702806</id><published>2010-11-11T13:22:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-11T13:22:00.377+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Ilman järkevää otsikkoa</title><content type='html'>Hankin näitä herttaisia sydän välikappaleita antiikki hopeituna  (patinoitua) sekä messinkisenä. Messinkiset odottavat vielä laatikossa  päivän valoon astumista, mutta hopeoidut sydämet saivat seurakseen  kauniit kirkkaat särmikäästi hiotut kristallit ja patinoitua hopeoitua  ketjua. Pitkä kaulakoru, jonka olen kuvaa varten asetellut pieneksi syttyräksi. En voi olla ainut joka tekee pitkiä kaulakoruja, miten onnistutte kuvaamaan ne kauniisti roikkuen? Onko kaikilla joku upea mallinukke...*huoh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaMAslvoQI/AAAAAAAAAcU/RvFsoaaDbKo/s1600/DSCN3342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaMAslvoQI/AAAAAAAAAcU/RvFsoaaDbKo/s640/DSCN3342.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaNEijSDZI/AAAAAAAAAcc/WDl2aQuxYNc/s1600/DSCN3343mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaNEijSDZI/AAAAAAAAAcc/WDl2aQuxYNc/s640/DSCN3343mod.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3997388904250702806?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3997388904250702806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/ilman-jarkevaa-otsikkoa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3997388904250702806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3997388904250702806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/ilman-jarkevaa-otsikkoa.html' title='Ilman järkevää otsikkoa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaMAslvoQI/AAAAAAAAAcU/RvFsoaaDbKo/s72-c/DSCN3342.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5532327670303958581</id><published>2010-11-09T13:02:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T13:02:00.318+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Pikkumusta</title><content type='html'>Kesällä Ylämaan jalokivimessuilta ostetut &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/4-strands-of-beads.html"&gt;särmikkäät onyksit &lt;/a&gt;löysivät vihdoin paikkansa hopeisten sileiden välihelmien luota. Yksinkertainen, pikkujoulukauteen sopiva kaulakoru.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaIbKM2jRI/AAAAAAAAAcM/-zGUlolJanY/s1600/DSCN3339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaIbKM2jRI/AAAAAAAAAcM/-zGUlolJanY/s640/DSCN3339.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaIjGIIkTI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/7pMXQpPRBDU/s1600/DSCN3340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaIjGIIkTI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/7pMXQpPRBDU/s640/DSCN3340.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;LBN - Little black necklace&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5532327670303958581?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5532327670303958581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/pikkumusta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5532327670303958581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5532327670303958581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/pikkumusta.html' title='Pikkumusta'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaIbKM2jRI/AAAAAAAAAcM/-zGUlolJanY/s72-c/DSCN3339.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-466860725491383693</id><published>2010-11-07T12:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-11-07T12:57:26.016+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Jättiläisperhoset - giant butterflies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Harrastuksen alkuaikoina olin usein hämmentynyt tilaamieni helmien koosta, koska en osannut kunnolla arvioida netistä tilattujen helmien ja osien kokoja. Muutaman kerran jälkeen opin tekemään tilaukset viivottimen kanssa visuaalisoinnin helpottamiseksi. Luulin jo kauan sitten oppineeni ulos viivotin tavoistani, mutta toisin todisti viimeisin tilaukseni. Pakkausesta kääriytyi nimittäin jättimäisiä perhosriipuksia pienten sirojen sijasta. Alkuperäinen inspiraatio siis uusiksi ja yllätten ihastuinkin näihin jättiläisperhosiin.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaE1PLVVkI/AAAAAAAAAcE/WysdSmRLv9w/s1600/DSCN3329mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaE1PLVVkI/AAAAAAAAAcE/WysdSmRLv9w/s640/DSCN3329mod.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaFBS4JDwI/AAAAAAAAAcI/hF1n0-9E7VY/s1600/DSCN3331mod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaFBS4JDwI/AAAAAAAAAcI/hF1n0-9E7VY/s640/DSCN3331mod.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Messinkiä (brass) ja särmikkäät savukvartsi brioletit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-466860725491383693?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/466860725491383693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/jattilaisperhoset-giant-butterflies.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/466860725491383693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/466860725491383693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/11/jattilaisperhoset-giant-butterflies.html' title='Jättiläisperhoset - giant butterflies'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TNaE1PLVVkI/AAAAAAAAAcE/WysdSmRLv9w/s72-c/DSCN3329mod.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4679145788066400063</id><published>2010-10-07T15:58:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:25:26.208+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Present'/><title type='text'>Afrikan tähti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Afrikan tähden smaragdeista innostuneelle pikkutytölle kimallusta kaulaan. Aivan smaragdeihin en pystynyt, mutta särmikkäät AB loisteiset kirstallit tavoittelevat toivottavasti 4-vuotiaan maailmassa jotain smaragdin tapaista. Kaulakorun rinnalle väsäsin jotain vielä lapsenomaisempaa, elikkä pienen perhos rintaneulan koristamaan vaikka syysmyssyä. On se hyvä, että oppii jo nuorena sen mitä me vanhemmat tytöt jo tiedetään...&lt;i&gt;diamonds are a girl's best friend&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CS0MVPzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/z7strZ6_hTQ/s1600/DSCN3054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CS0MVPzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/z7strZ6_hTQ/s640/DSCN3054.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CVLs-BSI/AAAAAAAAAb8/Pwp_9dWxizA/s1600/DSCN3060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CVLs-BSI/AAAAAAAAAb8/Pwp_9dWxizA/s640/DSCN3060.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CFHXntfI/AAAAAAAAAbw/n0SxCTQpToU/s1600/DSCN3052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CFHXntfI/AAAAAAAAAbw/n0SxCTQpToU/s640/DSCN3052.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CHZzhD9I/AAAAAAAAAb0/f0SFTGfuhwM/s1600/DSCN3060.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CBMnme6I/AAAAAAAAAbs/x5jIL5z7xz8/s1600/DSCN3054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4679145788066400063?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4679145788066400063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikan-tahti.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4679145788066400063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4679145788066400063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/10/afrikan-tahti.html' title='Afrikan tähti'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TK3CS0MVPzI/AAAAAAAAAb4/z7strZ6_hTQ/s72-c/DSCN3054.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3061330083620319144</id><published>2010-09-19T14:16:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-19T14:16:00.712+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Lamppuhelmiä</title><content type='html'>Sitten helmeilyn alkuaikojen en ole juuri käyttänyt lamppuhelmiä. Muutama vuosi sitten ihastuin &lt;a href="http://www.riveroakacres.com/"&gt;River Oak Acres:n&lt;/a&gt; lamppuhelmiin ja päädyin hankkimaan kauniin ja uniikin setin itselleni. Tuloksen näette tässä.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHh72wxIfI/AAAAAAAAAbk/Apa_4YsIKzU/s1600/TinsleTown_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHh72wxIfI/AAAAAAAAAbk/Apa_4YsIKzU/s640/TinsleTown_1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHhahCOhEI/AAAAAAAAAbc/NGXS0mihJ5I/s1600/TinsleTown_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHhahCOhEI/AAAAAAAAAbc/NGXS0mihJ5I/s640/TinsleTown_2.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;River Oak Acres lampwork beads, black faceted and round beads, gun metal jewelry findings. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3061330083620319144?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3061330083620319144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/lamppuhelmia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3061330083620319144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3061330083620319144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/lamppuhelmia.html' title='Lamppuhelmiä'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHh72wxIfI/AAAAAAAAAbk/Apa_4YsIKzU/s72-c/TinsleTown_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5306359975641612572</id><published>2010-09-17T13:57:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-17T13:57:00.422+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Fishnets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;Wire Lace ™ ribbon verkko on mielenkiintoista materiaalia jos sen vain oikein saa toimimaan. Alussa minulla on materiaalin kanssa vaikeuksia, koska en osannut visualisoida miten materiaali käytännössä käyttäytyy. Muutamien onnettomien räpellysten jälkeen sain kuitenkin ainaiseksi yhdistellä Swarovskin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;™ helmiä ja Wire Lace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;™&amp;nbsp; ribbon verkkoa keskenään. Lopputulos on kaksi eripituista kaulakorua, jotka muistuttavat mielestäni verkkosukkahousuja.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHdvjHCoBI/AAAAAAAAAbM/_iQcdaTC3AU/s1600/Fishnet_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHdvjHCoBI/AAAAAAAAAbM/_iQcdaTC3AU/s640/Fishnet_1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;Grey Swarovski ™ pearls, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wire Lace ™ ribbon, Bali sterling silver &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHepIkw8SI/AAAAAAAAAbU/PQV15TK5SvM/s1600/Kinky_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHepIkw8SI/AAAAAAAAAbU/PQV15TK5SvM/s640/Kinky_2.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;Creamy white Swarovski ™ pearls, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Wire Lace ™ ribbon, Bali sterling silver &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="main" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;span id="search" style="visibility: visible;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5306359975641612572?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5306359975641612572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/fishnets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5306359975641612572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5306359975641612572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/fishnets.html' title='Fishnets'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHdvjHCoBI/AAAAAAAAAbM/_iQcdaTC3AU/s72-c/Fishnet_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8366332176080153307</id><published>2010-09-16T11:56:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:25:51.762+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pearls'/><title type='text'>Sinikellot</title><content type='html'>Rakastan helmeilyssä harmaata, mustaa ja ruskeaa. Ne ovat monikäyttöisiä koruvärejä, joita tulee pidettyä aina uudelleen ja uudelleen. Syksyn harmauden keskellä kaipaan kuitenkin jo mennyttä kesää, jonka vuoksi pieni ripaus väriä auttanee. Ajatukset palaavat kesään ja lapsuudenkodin kukkaniittyjen sinikelloihin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHbLwk8A2I/AAAAAAAAAbE/X4bvVmyr_58/s1600/Bluebells.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHbLwk8A2I/AAAAAAAAAbE/X4bvVmyr_58/s640/Bluebells.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Makeanvedenhelmiä, Balin hopeaa, sodaliittia ja Swarovskin kristallia. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8366332176080153307?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8366332176080153307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/sinikellot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8366332176080153307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8366332176080153307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/sinikellot.html' title='Sinikellot'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TJHbLwk8A2I/AAAAAAAAAbE/X4bvVmyr_58/s72-c/Bluebells.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3270653837547326803</id><published>2010-09-14T19:32:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-12-11T12:23:43.545+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Kulkunen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-jLGY2MTI/AAAAAAAAAa8/KQPnV8_Rx2E/s1600/Magical+Kingdom+bracelet.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hieman vanhenpaa helminauha tuotantoa. Silkkinauhaan sidotut herkullisen vihreät makeanvedenvelmet ja Bali-tyylinen sterling hopea riipus. Erikoisen riipuksesta tekee pieni kulkusmainen ääni...siinä voi sitten seurailla kulkusen ääntä ja tietää missä korun kantaja menee ;-) Kaveriksi tein korvakorut ja rannekorun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-g1scaeAI/AAAAAAAAAas/CL5i9fPGA0I/s1600/Magical+Kingdom+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-g1scaeAI/AAAAAAAAAas/CL5i9fPGA0I/s640/Magical+Kingdom+necklace.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-h95qqGAI/AAAAAAAAAa0/18oOKFHB-PI/s1600/Magical+Kingdom+earrings.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-h95qqGAI/AAAAAAAAAa0/18oOKFHB-PI/s640/Magical+Kingdom+earrings.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-jLGY2MTI/AAAAAAAAAa8/KQPnV8_Rx2E/s1600/Magical+Kingdom+bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-jLGY2MTI/AAAAAAAAAa8/KQPnV8_Rx2E/s640/Magical+Kingdom+bracelet.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3270653837547326803?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3270653837547326803/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/kulkunen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3270653837547326803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3270653837547326803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/kulkunen.html' title='Kulkunen'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TI-g1scaeAI/AAAAAAAAAas/CL5i9fPGA0I/s72-c/Magical+Kingdom+necklace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2907552472030442213</id><published>2010-09-11T15:22:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T11:42:24.208+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Merenanteja</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Lisää arkistojen kätköistä. Hopeanharmaat helmet on sidottu silkkinauhaan.&amp;nbsp; Reilunkokoinen sterling hopea riipus on hankittu Thai hopeaan erikoistuneesta liikkeestä. Helmet ovat eittämättä kauneimmat helmet jotka olen hankkinut. &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/08/ile-maurice.html"&gt;Mauritaniasta&lt;/a&gt; ostamissani helmissä on mahtava kiilto ja kuten kuvasta näkyy ne ovat lähes täydellisen pyöreitä - kauppias vakuuttelikin helmien olevan ehtaa tavaraa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfU23D3JGI/AAAAAAAAAak/aZeYBBf5s0Q/s1600/Lucite+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfU23D3JGI/AAAAAAAAAak/aZeYBBf5s0Q/s640/Lucite+necklace.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2907552472030442213?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2907552472030442213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/merenanteja.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2907552472030442213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2907552472030442213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/merenanteja.html' title='Merenanteja'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfU23D3JGI/AAAAAAAAAak/aZeYBBf5s0Q/s72-c/Lucite+necklace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-304694071951330209</id><published>2010-09-09T17:01:00.003+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T17:01:00.290+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Copying In Style</title><content type='html'>Viimeksi tekemieni korujen valokuvat olivat aivan järkyttäviä ja täysin julkaisu kelvottomia. Olen ilmeisesti kesän aikana unohtanut kuinka kuvata valon puuttuessa, joten arkiston kätköistä kaivan erään ennen esittelemättä jääneen korun. Idean koruun olen saanut amerikkalaisesta 'In Style' naistenlehdessä esitellystä korusta. Koru on hyvin samanlainen kuin lehdessä esitelty koru, tosin sillä erotuksella, että minun korulle ei hintaa melko arvokkaista materiaaleista huolimatta kertynyt US$500 kuten lehdessä esitellyssä korussa. Korujen kopioinnista lienee monia mielipiteitä, mutta tässä tapauksessa yksinkertaisesti halusin itselleni samanlaisen kaulakorun&amp;nbsp; ilman 500 dollarin hintalappua. Annan sen anteeksi itselleni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfSUyt2J5I/AAAAAAAAAac/DLyX0D1LCOM/s1600/In+Style+necklace_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfSUyt2J5I/AAAAAAAAAac/DLyX0D1LCOM/s640/In+Style+necklace_1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Savukvartsia, zirkonia, ametistia, Swarovskin kristalleja ja kultaa.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-304694071951330209?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/304694071951330209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/copying-in-style.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/304694071951330209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/304694071951330209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/copying-in-style.html' title='Copying In Style'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfSUyt2J5I/AAAAAAAAAac/DLyX0D1LCOM/s72-c/In+Style+necklace_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2876063136037298396</id><published>2010-09-08T20:57:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-09-08T20:57:19.695+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Kreativ</title><content type='html'>Eksyin aikoinaan Etsyn sivuilla ihastelemaan &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kreativlink?ref=top_trail"&gt;Kreativlink:n&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; persoonallisia käsityönä tehtyjä muistikirjoja. Kreativlinkin nahkakantiset kirjat ovat kuin satumaailmasta ja jo itsessään insiroivia. Siihen olisi kiva hahmotella koruideoita ja ostoslistoja ja tämän kirjan kehtaisi myös napata koruhyllyjen keskellä laukusta ulos sen ryppyyntyneen muistilapun sijaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfMxIymwMI/AAAAAAAAAaM/pB1Oxd6YfPY/s1600/Trio+of+Swril.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="292" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfMxIymwMI/AAAAAAAAAaM/pB1Oxd6YfPY/s640/Trio+of+Swril.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tämä tummansininen 'Swirl' kirja on erityisesti mieleeni. Paperin rosoisuus on minusta varsin viehättävää ja kaikista sivuilla esitetyistä Kreativlink:n kirjoissa tässä on jotain ihanan mystistä.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfNi9wJr1I/AAAAAAAAAaU/_lCZau3TelQ/s1600/Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfNi9wJr1I/AAAAAAAAAaU/_lCZau3TelQ/s640/Combo.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;All photos copied &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kreativlink?ref=top_trail"&gt;Kreativlink&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2876063136037298396?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2876063136037298396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/kreativ.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2876063136037298396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2876063136037298396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/09/kreativ.html' title='Kreativ'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TIfMxIymwMI/AAAAAAAAAaM/pB1Oxd6YfPY/s72-c/Trio+of+Swril.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1475391326016494731</id><published>2010-07-04T15:32:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T15:32:49.391+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>4 strands of beads...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;...Is what was the total of my Mineral &amp;amp; Gem Show shopping - pretty conservative, uh? I had clear vision of shapes I was after didn't allow myself to get carried away. From 'Suomen Jalokivituote' I bought only black agate. Strand of large matte beads and microfaceted rondelles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...on helmiostossaldoni Ylämaan jalokivimessuilta - aika vaatimatonta eikö totta? Olen kai onnistunut hillitsemään itseni ja pitämään pään kylmänä myös helmihoukutusten keskellä. Suomen Jalokivituotteen kojusta ostin vain mustaa akaattia. Nauhan isoja pyöreitä mattapintaisia helmiä sekä särmihiottuja rondelleja&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TDB9CcC6jqI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ce_wps3dOGI/s1600/DSCN2573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TDB9CcC6jqI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ce_wps3dOGI/s640/DSCN2573.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;From 'Sekanum' I purchased two strands flat freshwater pearls. White natural colour squares and navy blue round. I bought these keeping in mind some nice summery navy themed bracelets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;'Sekanumista' käteen jai kaksi makeanvedenhelminauhaa. Luonnonvalkoinen sekä laivastonsininen litteä nauha, joita olin haikaillut merimiesteemaisia rannekoruja silmällä pitäen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TDB9APkB2vI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/xFL53q8v1tY/s1600/DSCN2576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TDB9APkB2vI/AAAAAAAAAZ0/xFL53q8v1tY/s640/DSCN2576.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1475391326016494731?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1475391326016494731/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/4-strands-of-beads.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1475391326016494731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1475391326016494731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/4-strands-of-beads.html' title='4 strands of beads...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TDB9CcC6jqI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/ce_wps3dOGI/s72-c/DSCN2573.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8671170469640406884</id><published>2010-07-03T13:20:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T10:57:09.587+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>Ylämaa Gem &amp; Mineral Show Pt.2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77Wmb4n0I/AAAAAAAAAZc/ItT_g66Ezcc/s1600/DSCN2543.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77Wmb4n0I/AAAAAAAAAZc/ItT_g66Ezcc/s640/DSCN2543.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Greetings from Ylämaa! I prepared a post for you in pictures of my visit to Mineral &amp;amp; Gem show. Show was somewhat quieter than in previous years, though it may be just because all of the exhibitors had not yet arrived. I was pleased to find out that 'Suomen Jalokivituote' &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(rough English translation is something like Finnish Gemstone Product)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; was conscientiously occupying their usual lot. Over the years 'Suomen Jalokivituote' has proven to be a sure bet when it comes to buying great quality gemstones in Finland. Of course they also had loose gems, silver findings and ready made jewelry on show, but I concentrated on the variety of gemstone strands available. For your benefit, here's what they had to offer&lt;i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Terveisiä Ylämaalta! Tässä luvattua kuvasaldoa jalokivimessuilta. Poikkesin paikanpäälle melkein heti messujen avauduttua puolenpäivän jälkeen. Meno vaikutti jokseenkin hiljaisemmalta kun parina edellisvuotena, ainakaan perjantaina messujen avautuessa näytteelleasettelijoita ei ollut yhtä paljon kuin muutama vuosi sitten. Onneksi paikalla kuitenkin oli 'Suomen Jalokivituote,' joka on osoittautunut takuuvarmaksi ostopaikaksi laadukkaiden tuotteidensa ja laajahkon valikoimansa puolesta. Muiden helmiin hurahtaneiden iloksi napsin kuvia paikalla olleesta valikoimasta. Kivihelmien lisäksi 'Suomen Jalokivituotteella' on myös kivenistutukseen sopivia ihania kiviä, valmiita koruja ja hopeaosia. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC70_7cW39I/AAAAAAAAAYU/5nEmzJsM-6o/s1600/DSCN2560.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC70_7cW39I/AAAAAAAAAYU/5nEmzJsM-6o/s640/DSCN2560.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC71S7q9KOI/AAAAAAAAAYc/zuV_EyfALOs/s1600/DSCN2557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC71S7q9KOI/AAAAAAAAAYc/zuV_EyfALOs/s640/DSCN2557.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC71kF3HTjI/AAAAAAAAAYk/Kf82PO5CVtA/s1600/DSCN2561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC71kF3HTjI/AAAAAAAAAYk/Kf82PO5CVtA/s640/DSCN2561.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC72JTPn5rI/AAAAAAAAAYs/ZlHVQ9frkxQ/s1600/DSCN2558.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC72JTPn5rI/AAAAAAAAAYs/ZlHVQ9frkxQ/s640/DSCN2558.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC733VsA8VI/AAAAAAAAAY0/-QBaQlATx0c/s1600/DSCN2559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC733VsA8VI/AAAAAAAAAY0/-QBaQlATx0c/s640/DSCN2559.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sekanum.se/sekanumshop/"&gt;'Sekanum'&lt;/a&gt; from our neighboring Sweden was a new acquaintance to me. Their stall was full of mostly freshwater pearls with some mother of pearlsbeads and semi-precious stones. As I arrived to their stall the exhibitor was still unpacking some of the supplies, which suggested that I may have been better off arriving little later. 'Sekanum' carried a wide selection of what I would call mostly second grade freshwater pearls, but there was some better quality (higher price) products available as I asked around. Selection of semi-precious stones was limited to some of the more popular and readily available stones and cuts, all of which seemed to be good-(enough) quality. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Helmikojuista paikalla oli myös minulle uusi tuttavuus '&lt;a href="http://www.sekanum.se/sekanumshop/"&gt;Sekanum&lt;/a&gt;', jonka koju pursui makeanvedenhelmistä, simpukankuorihelmistä sekä kivihelmistä. Kun saavuin paikalle myyjä oli edelleen purkamassa osaa tuotteistaan, mutta alustavasti näytti siltä että valikoima koostui pääasiassa kakkosluokan makeanvedenhelmistä ja siinä sivussa tarjolla oli myös muutamia ihan hyvälaatuisilta vaikuttavia kivihelmiä. Juttelin myyjän kanssa hänen purkaessaan vielä osaa helmistään ja löysin sitten myös muutamia parempi laatuisia (ja luonnollisesti kalliinpia) helmiä. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC7545ucNcI/AAAAAAAAAY8/lHFyGteui_I/s1600/DSCN2553.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC7545ucNcI/AAAAAAAAAY8/lHFyGteui_I/s640/DSCN2553.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC76DAOQ-tI/AAAAAAAAAZE/-PqLPiR42dw/s1600/DSCN2554.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC76DAOQ-tI/AAAAAAAAAZE/-PqLPiR42dw/s640/DSCN2554.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77GMZij1I/AAAAAAAAAZU/khH536K7W04/s1600/DSCN2555.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77GMZij1I/AAAAAAAAAZU/khH536K7W04/s640/DSCN2555.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My third example of gemstone / semi-precious stone exhibitor 'Sunrise Gems' came little further afield (I think the gentleman came from Germany?). 'Sunrise Gems' carried a beautiful selection of great quality rare gemstones including ruby's, sapphires, tourmalines, black spinel, diamonds etc. Most of the stones were &amp;lt; 5 mm sized faceted rondelles or teardrops. Their selection was absolutely delicious, but didn't suit my needs this time.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Helmitarjonnasta paikalla vastasi myös hieman kauenpaa paikalle (lieneekö herra ollut Saksasta? ) saapunut 'Sunrise Gems'. Tarjolla oli todella hyvälaatuisia, erikoisia ja kauniita nauhoja ja kaulakoruja 'tukkuhintaan'. Tarjolla oli rubiineja, timatteja, safiireja, mustaa spinelliä, tourmaliineja jne.&amp;nbsp; Suurin osa kivistä oli&amp;nbsp; &amp;gt; 5 mm särmähiottuja rondelleja sekä pisaroita. Kivet olivat syötävän kauniita, mutta eivät ne tällä kertaa soveltuneet ostoslistaani. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77skEf88I/AAAAAAAAAZk/tuzGdXEs0l4/s1600/DSCN2546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77skEf88I/AAAAAAAAAZk/tuzGdXEs0l4/s640/DSCN2546.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC776SQBFdI/AAAAAAAAAZs/ypv62rR0VzY/s1600/DSCN2548.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC776SQBFdI/AAAAAAAAAZs/ypv62rR0VzY/s640/DSCN2548.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apart from the exhibitor presented above I was little disappointed&amp;nbsp; that none of the Finnish online bead store's were at the show. Perhaps they arrived later on, or had concluded that the show was too small from them to attend. However there we other stalls that carried small amounts of semi-precious stone and gemstone pendants and even few strands of some of the most popular stones (i.e. rose quartz, malachite, amethyst) in&amp;nbsp; basic shapes like chips, round or nuggets.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yllä mainitsemiani näytteellepanijoita lukuunottamatta sain harmikseni huomata ettei paikalla ollut lainkaan Suomalaisia verkossa toimivia helmiyrityksiä. Ehkäpä he saapuivat myöhemmin tai olivat todenneet Ylämaan messujen tosiaankin olevan liian pienet kannattaakseen. Joissakin muissa valmiita korutuotteita ja kiviä myyvissä kojuissa oli kuitenkin pieniä määriä kiviriipuksia sekä joitakin yleisimmistä kivihelminauhoista. Etenkin siruhelmiä paikalla oli paljon, mutta myös muutamia nuggetteja ja pyöreitä helmiä löytyi sieltä täältä. Kivet olivat tosin lähinnä sitä peruskauraa, eli ruusukvartsia, malakiittia, tiikerinsilmää, ametistia jne.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;FYI - interested to see what I bought? Check out later on, hopefully I have time to upload some images tomorrow. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Huom! Jos kerkeän pyrin esittelemään huomenna ostoksieni saldoa. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8671170469640406884?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8671170469640406884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/ylamaa-gem-mineral-show-pt-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8671170469640406884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8671170469640406884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/ylamaa-gem-mineral-show-pt-2.html' title='Ylämaa Gem &amp; Mineral Show Pt.2'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TC77Wmb4n0I/AAAAAAAAAZc/ItT_g66Ezcc/s72-c/DSCN2543.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2823916338853073675</id><published>2010-07-01T15:31:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T11:14:40.721+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Ylämaa Gem &amp; Mineral Show Pt.1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Midsummer celebrations in southeastern Finland have stretched longer than originally anticipated due to profusion of sun. Summer cottage by the lake beats the heat in the city, which is why the return trip to the city has been pushed forward over and over again. By my pleasant coincidence tomorrow happens to be the start of an annual&amp;nbsp; three day &lt;a href="http://www.jalokivimessut.fi/eng/gemshow.htm"&gt;Gem and Mineral Show in Ylämaa. &lt;/a&gt;Little detour for the journey back does wonders especially when there's a possibility of gemstone shopping, right ;-) I have last attended the show in Ylämaa in 2008 and have great anticipation for the type of bead shopping available this time. This Gem &amp;amp; Mineral show is rather small, but ever so charming and right bang in the middle of the best of Finnish summer. &lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aurinko on hellinyt lomailijaa enkä ole raaskinut palata vielä pitkäksi venyneeltä Juhannus lomalta Kaakkois-Suomesta. Viikonlopuksi on kuitenkin palattava takaisin betonin keskelle, joten päätin piristää paluumatkaa pienellä mutkalla Ylämaan kautta. Perjantaina puoliltapäivin alkavat joka vuotiset &lt;a href="http://www.jalokivimessut.fi/index.htm"&gt;Ylämaan jalokivimessut&lt;/a&gt; ovat osoittautuneet pari vuotta sitten vallan mainioksi helmien ostopaikaksi. Asiaa ei tietysti huononna yhtään se, että esitteillä on runsaasti mitä hienompia kiviä ja mineraaleja - ammattisairaus ;-) Edellis vuosina olen tehnyt messuilla ostoksia ainakin Suomen Jalokivituotteen ja HelmiQ:n kojuista. Toivoisin, että paikalla olisi tänäkin vuonna useita eri 'helmilaareja'. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TCyDkdjQc4I/AAAAAAAAAYM/9Dx62LTL8c8/s1600/jalokivimessut2010s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TCyDkdjQc4I/AAAAAAAAAYM/9Dx62LTL8c8/s640/jalokivimessut2010s.jpg" width="449" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Pssst....watch this space if you wish to see how it all went and what they had to offer.&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tarkkaile sivuja jos haluat tietää mitä messuilla oli tarjota. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2823916338853073675?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2823916338853073675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/ylamaa-gem-mineral-show.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2823916338853073675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2823916338853073675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/ylamaa-gem-mineral-show.html' title='Ylämaa Gem &amp; Mineral Show Pt.1'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TCyDkdjQc4I/AAAAAAAAAYM/9Dx62LTL8c8/s72-c/jalokivimessut2010s.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-9175984470935979524</id><published>2010-06-22T10:30:00.009+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-22T10:30:00.781+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>Pink Lady</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yesterday I dropped by a bead store called &lt;a href="http://www.villihelmi.fi/shop/"&gt;Villihelmi&lt;/a&gt; to look for some pink beads for necklace someone asked me to make. This was my first visit to store (I have ordered online from them many of times) and I was surprised how crowded it was on Saturday afternoon. The store is pretty and petite like a sweet shop packed full of beaders in rapture (like kids in a sweet shop). I went in with a strict budget and as by miracle sticked to it. I liked the collection of beads available at the store and for this purpose I found what I was looking for. However, like many other bead stores in Nordic countries the selection of gemstones and semi-precious beads was fairly limited. Of course there were some basic and most popular stones and cuts, but it was certainly nothing compared to Far Easter and American bead stores with their endless supply of unusual stones and fancy cuts. There was nice collection of freshwaterpearls at Villihelmi and (if I remember correctly) I think they held more FW pearls than &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/sinelli-helsinki.html"&gt;Sinelli&lt;/a&gt; at Yrjönkatu. For the necklace I ended up purchasing some frosted pale pink glass pearls which I teamed up with Swarovski crystals and metal beads. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Suuntasin lauantaina &lt;a href="http://www.villihelmi.fi/shop/"&gt;Villihelmen&lt;/a&gt; Vantaan myymälään metsästämään vaaleanpunaisia helmiä tilauskoruun. Tämä oli minulle ensi vierailu kyseisen helmipuljun puujalkaliikkeeseen ja olin yllättynyt kuinka täynnä väkeä liike oli. Liike on sievä ja pienehkö kuin karkkipuoti ja heti sisään astuttuani huomasin kuinka helmihullujen silmät kiiluivat kuin pikkulapsilla karkkipuodissa. Onneksi olin psyykannyt itseni pysymään budjetissa ja hankkimaan vain muutamia pieniä juttuja, ehkä juuri siksi selvisinkin liikkeestä ulos vain pieni paperipussi ranteessa ja noin €20 köyhempänä. Liikkeessä oli kivat valikoimat helmiä, mutta kuten myös muutamassa muussa Pohjoismaisessa helmiliikkeessä tarjolla oli melko vähän kivihelmiä. Joitakin 'perus' kivihelmiä tietysti löytyi, mutta Kauko-Idän ja Amerikan helmipuotien tapaiset mitä erikoisimmista kivihelmistä pursuavat rivistöt kaupasta puuttuivat. Tosin makeanvedenhelminauhoja liikkeessä oli ihan kiittettävästi. Muistelisin, että jopa enemmän mitä Yrjönkadun &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/sinelli-helsinki.html"&gt;Sinellissä&lt;/a&gt;. Tilauskaulakoruun päädyin hankkimaan kauniita huurretuja vaalenpunaisia lasihelmiä joita yhdistelin Swarovskin kristalliin sekä metallihelmiin.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8U_Dbu1gI/AAAAAAAAAX0/F0le4CsAEgA/s1600/DSCN2347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8U_Dbu1gI/AAAAAAAAAX0/F0le4CsAEgA/s640/DSCN2347.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8VJOBMGaI/AAAAAAAAAX8/dEtqt92lEGs/s1600/DSCN2345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8VJOBMGaI/AAAAAAAAAX8/dEtqt92lEGs/s640/DSCN2345.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8VQEj8ZsI/AAAAAAAAAYE/VxRknv4-Dsk/s1600/DSCN2357.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8VQEj8ZsI/AAAAAAAAAYE/VxRknv4-Dsk/s640/DSCN2357.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-9175984470935979524?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/9175984470935979524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/06/pink-lady.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9175984470935979524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/9175984470935979524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/06/pink-lady.html' title='Pink Lady'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8U_Dbu1gI/AAAAAAAAAX0/F0le4CsAEgA/s72-c/DSCN2347.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3503412654528109425</id><published>2010-06-21T10:10:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T10:10:53.884+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Size matters</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This bracelet was made to accompany 'mystic black' pearl necklace I made while back. Since I had run out of silver rondelles which I used in &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/platinum-ash.html"&gt;Platinum Ash&lt;/a&gt; bracelet I made an order to an European beads tore (all in aid to avoid lengthy delivery times and extra costs). It turns out I ordered the wrong size rondelles and ended up with something which is a millimeter wider and thicker than those originally used.&amp;nbsp; Some say size doesn't matter, but in this case I find this few millimeter difference somewhat troubling.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tein taanoin Swarovskin 'mystic black' helmille seuraksi rannekorun. Koska &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/platinum-ash.html"&gt;Platinum Ash&lt;/a&gt; rannekorussa käyttämäni hopeiset välihelmet olivat päässeet loppumaan tilailin niitä lisää Eurooppalaisesta helmikaupasta välttääkseni pitkät toimitusajat ja tullimaksut. Kävikin sitten niin, etten tarkalleen muistanut aikaisemmin käyttämieni välihelmien kokoa ja päädyin ostamaan ns. väärää kokoa. Tässä tapauksessa koolla on väliä ja minua jäi hieman häiritsemään tuo muutaman millimetrin ero. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8QBmK22cI/AAAAAAAAAXk/LL_K8ogbhIY/s1600/DSCN2336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8QBmK22cI/AAAAAAAAAXk/LL_K8ogbhIY/s640/DSCN2336.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8QNVe-fyI/AAAAAAAAAXs/CuRL6RRU8wc/s1600/DSCN2337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8QNVe-fyI/AAAAAAAAAXs/CuRL6RRU8wc/s640/DSCN2337.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3503412654528109425?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3503412654528109425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/06/size-matters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3503412654528109425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3503412654528109425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/06/size-matters.html' title='Size matters'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TB8QBmK22cI/AAAAAAAAAXk/LL_K8ogbhIY/s72-c/DSCN2336.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6541510478532600063</id><published>2010-05-30T18:28:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T18:28:12.119+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Mystic black</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Swarovski's mystic black pearls and sterling silver rondelles in a extra long necklace which can be wrapped twice around the neck. Timeless piece for my own collection. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yhdistelin Swarovskin 'mystic black' helmiä ja hopeisia välihelmiä tähän tosi pitkään kaulakoruun, jonka voi kietoa kaksikerroin kaulaan. Ajaton kappale omaan kokoelmaani.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAJ-FCbUmxI/AAAAAAAAAXU/G3td9eQMHC0/s1600/DSCN2342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAJ-FCbUmxI/AAAAAAAAAXU/G3td9eQMHC0/s400/DSCN2342.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAKA77E9lUI/AAAAAAAAAXc/eo5ybZDwpYc/s1600/DSCN2340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAKA77E9lUI/AAAAAAAAAXc/eo5ybZDwpYc/s400/DSCN2340.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAJ7cr4VnWI/AAAAAAAAAXM/e58snsF10us/s400/DSCN2344.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6541510478532600063?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6541510478532600063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/05/mystic-black.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6541510478532600063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6541510478532600063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/05/mystic-black.html' title='Mystic black'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/TAJ-FCbUmxI/AAAAAAAAAXU/G3td9eQMHC0/s72-c/DSCN2342.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8239995316457355853</id><published>2010-04-25T16:12:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T16:12:00.588+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Tiny little beads</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It's been a while, but I have made lot of jewelry out of seed beads. Mostly I use Miyuki delicas or Japanese seed beads, which are great due their even size and shape. Many of patterns are from Beading magazines or by other beaders around the world, which is great especially when I was learning different stitching techniques. First of the bracelets presented here is my own design. Very time consuming technique, which involved double threading through each bead to force the strength on the bracelet. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Olen tehnyt paljon helmitöitä siemenhelmistä, joskin viime kertaisesta pikkuhelmien näpräilystä on jo aikaa. Siemenhelmistä käytän eniten Miyuki delicoita ja Japanilaisia siemenhelmiä niiden tasaisen koon ja muodon vuoksi. Suurin osa kuvioista on alan lehdistä tai muilta helmeilijöiltä napattu, mikä on kätevää etenkin alkuvaiheessa kun vielä opettelee eri pistoja ja tekniikoita. Ensimmäinen rannekoru on kuitenkin alkuperäinen Castalia, elikkä itse suunnittelemani malli. Hyvin aikaa vievä tekniikka, koska lanka on käytetty kunkin helmen läpi kaksi kertaa, jotta saisin työhön vahvuutta. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88YjBBRf2I/AAAAAAAAAXE/bpn4QpteTcU/s1600/SquareRoot_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88YjBBRf2I/AAAAAAAAAXE/bpn4QpteTcU/s640/SquareRoot_1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88WxhVA0fI/AAAAAAAAAWk/agp-MFkgO7o/s1600/SquareRoot_2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88WxhVA0fI/AAAAAAAAAWk/agp-MFkgO7o/s640/SquareRoot_2.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88W_xoDKpI/AAAAAAAAAWs/xBffEBy-Q9I/s1600/Sweetheart+bracelet_1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88W_xoDKpI/AAAAAAAAAWs/xBffEBy-Q9I/s640/Sweetheart+bracelet_1.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88XZo5hgzI/AAAAAAAAAW0/_6DeX0H43Bo/s1600/PeasSoup+bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88XZo5hgzI/AAAAAAAAAW0/_6DeX0H43Bo/s640/PeasSoup+bracelet.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88XtuNsmMI/AAAAAAAAAW8/iTrfDj_SmTE/s1600/Pineforest+bracelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88XtuNsmMI/AAAAAAAAAW8/iTrfDj_SmTE/s640/Pineforest+bracelet.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8239995316457355853?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8239995316457355853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/tiny-little-beads.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8239995316457355853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8239995316457355853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/tiny-little-beads.html' title='Tiny little beads'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88YjBBRf2I/AAAAAAAAAXE/bpn4QpteTcU/s72-c/SquareRoot_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3856589717699530158</id><published>2010-04-24T17:43:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T17:43:00.081+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Story behind the beads</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Double strand bracelet is made of amazonite 'pillows' and sterling silver. These amatonite beads have been gathering dust at the bottom of the cupboard and I noticed only just now small blue spots in the beads. Closer examination left me doubtful of the authenticity of these beads. I have real amazonite in my rock &amp;amp; mineral collection which I have smashed from the bedrock with my own two hands. These beads look nothing like it. Amazonite is essentially a microcline feldspar, which means I should be able to see a cleavage. Anyhows...what ever the beads are I made a bracelet of them. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kaksirivinen rannekoru, joka on tehty amatsoniitti tyynyistä ja hopeasta. Amatsoniitit ovat pesineet laatikon pohjalla jo pidemmän aikaa, enkä ole aikaisemmin kiinnittänyt kivien laatuun enemmin huomiota. Läheisempi tarkastelu sai minut kuitenkin epäilemään kivien aitoutta, sillä pienet sinertävät täplät ja värin tasaisuus viittaavat tuotteen värjäykseen. Kivikokoelmastani löytyy omin pikku kätösin Etelä-Afrikassa hakkaamaani amatsoniittia, joka ei näytä pätkääkään tältä. Amazoniitiksi korumaailmassa kutsuttu kivi on mikroliini maasälpää, jossa pitäisi näkyä mineraalin lohkeavuus. Hmmp? Oli mitä oli, koru siitä kuitenkin syntyi.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88RTllSDII/AAAAAAAAAWU/tDIkFFiTZdI/s1600/DSCN2279.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88RTllSDII/AAAAAAAAAWU/tDIkFFiTZdI/s640/DSCN2279.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88R7cH98BI/AAAAAAAAAWc/i95Pd27_OQk/s1600/DSCN2280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88R7cH98BI/AAAAAAAAAWc/i95Pd27_OQk/s640/DSCN2280.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3856589717699530158?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3856589717699530158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/story-behind-beads.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3856589717699530158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3856589717699530158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/story-behind-beads.html' title='Story behind the beads'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88RTllSDII/AAAAAAAAAWU/tDIkFFiTZdI/s72-c/DSCN2279.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3600969669559607956</id><published>2010-04-23T17:22:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-24T10:53:03.304+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Something old, something blue...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Next set fits both categories - something old, something blue. I made them two years ago and forgot to post&amp;nbsp; photos of them. Charm bracelet was gift to a friend who had recently become a mother of a baby girl. I thought that the bracelet could be passed down from the mother to the daughter with a message to &lt;b&gt;love, hope&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;dream &lt;/b&gt;in life. Charm bracelet is made of faceted aquamarine coins and sterling silver. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seuraava setti sopii kumpaakin ylempänä esitettävään kategoriaan, setti on nimittäin vähintään kaksi vuotta sitten tehty. Tein rannekorun ystävälleni josta oli tullut pikkutytön äiti ja halusin antaa hänelle lahjan, jonka hän voisi joskus antaa tyttärelleen. Charmien viesti, &lt;b&gt;rakasta, toivo&lt;/b&gt; ja&lt;b&gt; uneksi&lt;/b&gt;, on hyvä ohje positiiviseen elämään. Rannekoru on tehty särmähiotuista akvamariini kolikoista ja hopeasta.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88Kzr3Lc5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/Pea7gS0n3zM/s1600/Mother+%26+Daughter.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88Kzr3Lc5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/Pea7gS0n3zM/s640/Mother+%26+Daughter.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88Nay1muzI/AAAAAAAAAV8/gpdLxNZ1Cok/s1600/DSCN2266.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88Nay1muzI/AAAAAAAAAV8/gpdLxNZ1Cok/s640/DSCN2266.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88NoH-vhVI/AAAAAAAAAWE/ekapmhwNJGI/s1600/DSCN2267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88NoH-vhVI/AAAAAAAAAWE/ekapmhwNJGI/s640/DSCN2267.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later on I added a necklace to the set with a joyful message.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;These earrings don't necessarily follow the team quite the way I  imagined, but that's how they turned out. &lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Myöhemmin lisäsin settiin kaulakorun, jossa positiivinen viesti  jatkuu  teemalla 'ilo'&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;i&gt;Korvakoruista ei ehkä tullut ihan sitä mitä ajattelin, mutta värimaailma ja yksikertaisuus pitää ne edelleen teemalleen uskollisena. Hieman jäi harmittamaan, että kuvasin toisen korvakorun siltä puoleta missä tuo hopean 925 tunnus näkyy. Eipähän ainakaan jää epäselväksi että kyseessä on todellakin hopea.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88N_qoujnI/AAAAAAAAAWM/jCF-_IEL0Dc/s1600/Hurricane.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88N_qoujnI/AAAAAAAAAWM/jCF-_IEL0Dc/s640/Hurricane.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3600969669559607956?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3600969669559607956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/something-old-something-blue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3600969669559607956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3600969669559607956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/something-old-something-blue.html' title='Something old, something blue...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88Kzr3Lc5I/AAAAAAAAAV0/Pea7gS0n3zM/s72-c/Mother+%26+Daughter.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2840222571264692782</id><published>2010-04-22T16:13:00.002+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-22T16:13:00.472+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Leaves</title><content type='html'>I made these earrings some time ago, but was so displeased with the photos that did not allow myself to post them earlier. Simple silver earring findings teamed up with freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tein korvakorut jo aikaa sitten, mutta ottamani valokuvat olivat niin järkyttäviä, että korvakorut menivät postaus-kieltoon parempia kuvia odotellessa. Kasvimaailma teemaiset hopeiset korvakoru koukut makeanvedenhelmien ja Swarovskin kristallien kanssa. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88JLWEd-FI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Dh124UQEPts/s1600/DSCN2265.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88JLWEd-FI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Dh124UQEPts/s640/DSCN2265.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88JcdblQeI/AAAAAAAAAVs/qWUyCxX5oEQ/s1600/DSCN2268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88JcdblQeI/AAAAAAAAAVs/qWUyCxX5oEQ/s640/DSCN2268.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2840222571264692782?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2840222571264692782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/leaves.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2840222571264692782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2840222571264692782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/leaves.html' title='Leaves'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88JLWEd-FI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Dh124UQEPts/s72-c/DSCN2265.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1024480231641474785</id><published>2010-04-21T17:13:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-21T17:13:09.783+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>Platinum ash</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Regardless of the flight grounding volcanic ash situation both of my bead orders arrived this week&lt;i&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;This was awesome news as I'd been waiting to see Swarovski's platinum pearls in real life - and let me tell you they are so adorable.&amp;nbsp; I kept the design simple just added some plain sterling silver spacer beads and simple heart charms. Voila! Classic piece which matches many outfits. Such a cute little combo that I must try this in different colours...new orders :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vulkaanisesta tuhkasta ja siitä johtuneesta lentokiellosta huolimatta kummatkin lätäkön takaa tilaamani helmipaketit saapuivat tällä viikolla. Olinkin jo odotellut Swarovskin platinum-värisiä helmiä ja ihastuin helmien väriin enemmän kuin osasin odottaa. Yhdistelin Swaron helmet samassa tilauksessa saapuneiden hopeisten välihelmien kanssa. Tulos on klassinen ja sopii monen asusteen kanssa&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;i&gt; Tämä oli mielestäni sen verran onnistunut yhdistelmä, että Swarovskin isoja helmiä, hopeaisia välihelmiä ja charmeja lähtee tilaukseen saman tien.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88EqmjwoBI/AAAAAAAAAVU/SXFdY8AdiZ0/s1600/DSCN2274.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88EqmjwoBI/AAAAAAAAAVU/SXFdY8AdiZ0/s640/DSCN2274.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88E15G-X7I/AAAAAAAAAVc/CM5zTLfPSuU/s1600/DSCN2272.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88E15G-X7I/AAAAAAAAAVc/CM5zTLfPSuU/s640/DSCN2272.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1024480231641474785?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1024480231641474785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/platinum-ash.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1024480231641474785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1024480231641474785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/platinum-ash.html' title='Platinum ash'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S88EqmjwoBI/AAAAAAAAAVU/SXFdY8AdiZ0/s72-c/DSCN2274.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6034441950113184927</id><published>2010-04-20T13:39:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T13:39:13.466+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Kevät!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the honor of spring I present these spring green faceted peridotite and sterling silver earrings. Idea for these earrings is by no means originally mine, I have seen very similar earrings for example in &lt;a href="http://blog.helmetti.fi/"&gt;Helmetti&lt;/a&gt; blog.&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vihdoinkin on kevät! Kevään kunniaksi keväänvihreät hopeiset korvakorut. Helmet ovat fasettihioittuja peridotiittejä, joita olet hillonnut kaapissa jo aivan liian kauan. Korun idea ei ole mitenkään alkuperäinen vaan olen nähnyt vastaavan tapaiset korvakorut myös esimerkiksi &lt;a href="http://blog.helmetti.fi/"&gt;Helmetti&lt;/a&gt; blogissa. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S82D4rxkDyI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8u3R7Cp1pCw/s1600/DSCN2264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S82D4rxkDyI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8u3R7Cp1pCw/s640/DSCN2264.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S82ECboF2pI/AAAAAAAAAVM/C7O9hvuq5bA/s1600/DSCN2263.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S82ECboF2pI/AAAAAAAAAVM/C7O9hvuq5bA/s640/DSCN2263.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6034441950113184927?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6034441950113184927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/kevat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6034441950113184927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6034441950113184927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/kevat.html' title='Kevät!'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S82D4rxkDyI/AAAAAAAAAVE/8u3R7Cp1pCw/s72-c/DSCN2264.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1421587486883322020</id><published>2010-04-05T13:38:00.000+03:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T13:38:28.023+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Indian elephant</title><content type='html'>I finally had time to complete a India inspired necklace made of silver foil beads I purchased from Sinelli. I knew straight away when I saw these what I was going to make them. I love the vibrant golden red-orange colour of these beads and thought they would great together with copper. Add couple of elephant charms and the inspiration was complete - Indian inspired bohemian necklace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Muutama ylimääräinen vapaapäivä ja surkea harmaa taivas tuhkusateineen antaa mukavasti aikaa valmistella keskenjääneet projektit. Sain vihdoin valmiiksi kaulakorun Sinnellistä ostamista hopeafolio helmistä. Tiesin heti helmet nähtyäni mitä niistä aikoisin tehdä. Rakastan helmien kullanhotoisen puna-oranssia väriä, joka sopii kivasti yhteen kuparin kanssa. Lisää muutama elefantti riipus ja idea on valmis - Intialaisia vaikutteita kantava boheemi kaulakoru.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7m8JDoULMI/AAAAAAAAAU0/Tc4Wm3qeRog/s1600/DSCN2245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7m8JDoULMI/AAAAAAAAAU0/Tc4Wm3qeRog/s640/DSCN2245.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7m9gkCkCMI/AAAAAAAAAU8/hzrFGwv7fAs/s1600/DSCN2242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7m9gkCkCMI/AAAAAAAAAU8/hzrFGwv7fAs/s640/DSCN2242.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1421587486883322020?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1421587486883322020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/indian-elephant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1421587486883322020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1421587486883322020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/04/indian-elephant.html' title='Indian elephant'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7m8JDoULMI/AAAAAAAAAU0/Tc4Wm3qeRog/s72-c/DSCN2245.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-8813183104343632959</id><published>2010-03-30T22:12:00.001+03:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T22:18:53.400+03:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><title type='text'>L-shapes and MDF</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm planning a compact, functional and stylish work space solution for my one bedroom apartment. I have decided to dedicate the bedroom for rest and set the work space in my open plan living/dining room. I wish to blend the work aspect into rest of interior design, so traditional computer desk is out of question. Rest of the furniture in my living room is white, besides the black sofa, which is why I have settled on black or white work surface. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yritän ideoida kaksiooni pientä,  toimivaa ja tyylikästä työpiste ratkaisua. Olen päättänyt pyhittää  makuuhuoneen levolle ja sijoittaa työpisteen avoimeen olo-ja  ruokailuhuone tilaan. En etsi perinteistä tietokonepöytä ratkaisua vaan  haluan soluttaa työpisteen muuhun sisustukseen. Olohuoneen muut  kalusteet ovat lähinnä valkoista, mustaa sohvaa lukuunottamatta, joten  olen päätynyt joko kokonaan valkoiseen tai mustaan työtasoon. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7I_J0NRqMI/AAAAAAAAAUc/A2FKLpyMXso/s1600/Valanti+ja+Muurame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="256" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7I_J0NRqMI/AAAAAAAAAUc/A2FKLpyMXso/s640/Valanti+ja+Muurame.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Left Muurame white L-shaped worksurface.  Right Valanti' gloss black 'Lähellä' desk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vasemmalla Muuramen  valkoinen L-työtaso. Oikealla Valantin musta korkeakiiltoinen työpöytä. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7JBOffj5uI/AAAAAAAAAUs/u62SXfQ6DCE/s1600/Muurame+ja+ligne-roset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="296" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7JBOffj5uI/AAAAAAAAAUs/u62SXfQ6DCE/s640/Muurame+ja+ligne-roset.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Left Muurame white L-shaped work surface.  Right white high gloss Ligne-Roset desk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vasemmalla Muuramen  valkoinen L-työtaso. Oikealla valkoinen&amp;nbsp; korkeakiiltoinen Ligne-Roset  työpöytä.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7JAsYTAeoI/AAAAAAAAAUk/zDRY_iX1FQM/s1600/Jonas+ja+Best%C3%A5+burs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="296" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7JAsYTAeoI/AAAAAAAAAUk/zDRY_iX1FQM/s640/Jonas+ja+Best%C3%A5+burs.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Left black Ikea Best Burs desk for two. Right  white Ikea Jonas desk with L-shaped side table.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Vasemmalla musta Ikean  Bestå Burs työpöytä kahdelle. Oikealla Ikean Jonas työpöytä erillisellä  L-sivutasolla.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ligne-Roset's white desk and Ikea's black desk for two are ideal in terms of design, but are just too large for this space. Valanti's 'Lähellä'-line's desk is delightfully simple and available in different sizes, making it ideal purchase. Valanti's desk also has two drawers which provide additional storage. Muurame's glossy white L-shaped surface is a classic piece which is also available in different sizes. On the other hand, I could have mydesk made to order guaranteeing a perfect&amp;nbsp; fit.&amp;nbsp; Since I'm not much of a carpenter I have no idea if it is even possible to purchase gloss painted slabs of wood and construct one - but one can always plan. Design program T.i.l.a. on the Finnish MTV3 channel (not the music television!) had a great idea of using only the L-shaped side table of the Ikea's 'Jonas'-desk, thus achieving perfectly proportional work area solution for a smaller space.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ligne-Rosetin valkoinen työpöytä  kaapistolla sekä Ikean korkeakiiltoinen työpöytä kahdelle ovat  tyyllilisesti kohdallaan, mutta liian isoja kyseiseen tilaan. Valantin  'Lähellä'-sarjan työpöytä on ihastuttavan yksinkertainen ja saatavilla  eri kokoisina. Työpöydän vetolaatikoille löytyisi myös varmasti  käyttöä. Muuramen korkeakiiltoinen valkoinen L-taso klassikko on myös  saatavana eri kokoisina, joista tuo kapeampi malli sopisi mukavasti  olohuoneeseeni. Jäin tässä pohtimaan, että työtason voisi myös teettää  omien mittojen mukaan ja saada täten varmasti oman asuntoon sopivan ratkaisu. Kirvesmiehen tietotaitoni ovat olemattomat enkä pikaisella surffauksella kyennyt selvittämään voiko korkeakiiltomaalilla maalattua täyspuu tai MDF-levyä ostaa jostain metri tavarana. Ainahan voi kuitenkin suunnitella. MTV3:n T.i.l.a. ohjelmassa käytettiin Ikean Jonas työpöydästä ainoastaan L-muotoinen sivutaso, jolla ratkaistiin fiksusti pienemmän tilan työtilavaatimukset. Ei hassumpi ratkaisu.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-8813183104343632959?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/8813183104343632959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/l-shapes-and-mdf.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8813183104343632959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/8813183104343632959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/l-shapes-and-mdf.html' title='L-shapes and MDF'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S7I_J0NRqMI/AAAAAAAAAUc/A2FKLpyMXso/s72-c/Valanti+ja+Muurame.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5656465051220509062</id><published>2010-03-21T12:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-21T12:25:40.996+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Woodie</title><content type='html'>New job is keeping my really busy and I haven't got as much time to spend on jewelry. I took some photos of my latest pieces, but they are so bad that even vigorous editing won't help. Therefore it will be photos from the archive. This time a collection of jewelry with wooden beads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Olen hiljattain aloittanut uudessa työpaikassa ja sen on pitänyt minut melko kiireisenä, eikä aikaa ole jäänyt helmeilyyn. Otin valokuvia uusimmista tuotoksistani, mutta nyt selatessani ne läpi totesin niiden olevan täysin esittelykelvottomia. Siksipä laitankin tänne arkiston helmiä....koruja joissa olen käyttänyt puuhelmiä.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6XyQ8NqiKI/AAAAAAAAAUU/XPfBnngo4-U/s1600-h/Attempting+Faith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6XyQ8NqiKI/AAAAAAAAAUU/XPfBnngo4-U/s640/Attempting+Faith.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xw9fI6VyI/AAAAAAAAAT0/FZ1oAmaxwLI/s1600-h/Viola.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xw9fI6VyI/AAAAAAAAAT0/FZ1oAmaxwLI/s640/Viola.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xxqs_FUqI/AAAAAAAAAT8/AbadUDn7BAc/s1600-h/Bohemian+brown+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xxqs_FUqI/AAAAAAAAAT8/AbadUDn7BAc/s640/Bohemian+brown+necklace.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xx4WSGAKI/AAAAAAAAAUE/vrVeyn8EuDM/s1600-h/Beads+053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xx4WSGAKI/AAAAAAAAAUE/vrVeyn8EuDM/s640/Beads+053.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xx6Vd4LQI/AAAAAAAAAUM/y-pWrtA0NZs/s1600-h/Beads+044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6Xx6Vd4LQI/AAAAAAAAAUM/y-pWrtA0NZs/s640/Beads+044.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of these are quite old (old being time measured from the start of my hobby) and the pictures are not necessary the best either. Still I enjoy looking back in time and discovering what inspired me then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jotkut näistä kuvista on vuodelta miekka ja kirves (siis helmeily harrastukseni suhteen), eikä kuvan laatukaan ole aina paras mahdollinen. On kuitenkin kiva katsella ajassa takaisinpäin ja miettiä mikä kaikki silloin loikaan kyseisen inspiraation. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5656465051220509062?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5656465051220509062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/woodie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5656465051220509062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5656465051220509062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/woodie.html' title='Woodie'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S6XyQ8NqiKI/AAAAAAAAAUU/XPfBnngo4-U/s72-c/Attempting+Faith.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2634637385845661525</id><published>2010-03-15T19:39:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-15T19:40:03.205+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><title type='text'>True blue</title><content type='html'>Shops are full of navy blues, light denims and summery colours. I don't normally do pastel, but I couldn't resist having something matching for the season. Large glass pearls, metal spacers and cotton cord. So simple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kaupat on täynnä keväisiä kuoseja, merimiestyyliä ja vaaleita farkkuja. En yleensä pidä pastelleista väreistä, mutta en voinut vastustaa näitä helmiä sopivat tämän kevään väreihin. Isoja lasihelmiä, metalli välihelmiä ja puuvillanyöriä. Hyvin yksinkertaista. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S55waKCp2JI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQxNHBR208k/s1600-h/009_edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S55waKCp2JI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQxNHBR208k/s400/009_edit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2634637385845661525?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2634637385845661525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/shops-are-full-of-navy-blues-light.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2634637385845661525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2634637385845661525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/shops-are-full-of-navy-blues-light.html' title='True blue'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S55waKCp2JI/AAAAAAAAATs/BQxNHBR208k/s72-c/009_edit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-5146272361669920353</id><published>2010-03-14T15:00:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T15:00:07.373+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Style'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><title type='text'>Ei panta kiristä päätä...</title><content type='html'>I love hair bands (Alice bands), but I get horrible headache from wearing a normal ridgid (metallic, plastic, padded or not - doesn't matter) head band. Somehow the part of my skull behind my ears is really sensitive to tension and can kick start a mother of headaches in a mere couple of hours of wearing a head band. I'm superpleased of the current trend of soft fabric headbands. I picked up couple of really cute ones few days ago - aren't they cute?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pidän hiuspannoista tosi paljon, mutta saan kamalan pääsäryn tavallisista 'kovista' (muoviset, metalliset, pehmustetut ja pehmustamattomat) hiuspannoista. Jostain syystä panta todellakin kiristää päätä ja vain parin tunnin hiuspannan pito saa aikaan järkyttävän jyskytyksen ohimossa. Olen siis suunnattoman onnellinen jo jonkin aikaa vallitsevasta pehmeiden kangaisten kuminauhahiuspantojen trendistä. Viime ostosretkejä tarttui muutama söpöläinen mukaan. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5uxe67jvUI/AAAAAAAAATM/7-iVd5Y-lmU/s1600-h/001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5uxe67jvUI/AAAAAAAAATM/7-iVd5Y-lmU/s400/001.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lindex - €6.95&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5ux6F8LkDI/AAAAAAAAATU/n8g8DwCc1x0/s1600-h/002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5ux6F8LkDI/AAAAAAAAATU/n8g8DwCc1x0/s400/002.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Seppälä - €2.95&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-5146272361669920353?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/5146272361669920353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/ei-panta-kirista-paata.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5146272361669920353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/5146272361669920353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/ei-panta-kirista-paata.html' title='Ei panta kiristä päätä...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5uxe67jvUI/AAAAAAAAATM/7-iVd5Y-lmU/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4823721967048352823</id><published>2010-03-13T17:23:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-13T18:01:29.433+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>Sinelli @ Helsinki</title><content type='html'>Yesterday I dropped in at &lt;a href="http://www.sinelli.fi/stores.php"&gt;Sinelli&lt;/a&gt; store in Helsinki (at Yrjönkatu 34). I have not been able to place an internet order since, well forever, and thought I might do better in an actual shop. I left with some glass beads and bulk chain. From some comments in Helmetti forum I knew not to expect a great deal of fine gemstones and precious metal findings. Sinelli had a great selection of glass, acrylic, wood, fabric and bone beads and base metal findings. Quality of the few gemstones and freshwater pearls weren't really my style or standard I'm used to, but there is some available. Often Finnish craft shops sell only ready packaged beads and assortments, so I was really pleased that Sinelli had a large selection of loose beads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eilen piipahdin &lt;a href="http://www.sinelli.fi/stores.php"&gt;Sinelli&lt;/a&gt; kaupassa Helsingissä (Yrjönkatu 34 - aivan Kampin ja Forumin vieressä). En ole saanut tehtyä tilausta nettikaupasta ikuisuuksiin, jonka vuoksi päätin kokeilla onneani ihan peruskunnon kivajalkaliikkeessä. Ostosretkestä jäi käteeni muutamia lasihelmiä ja hieman metri ketjua. Helmetissä lukemieni kommenttien perusteella tiesin olla odottamatta mitään lajaa ja/tai erikoista kivihelmi ja jalometalliosa kokoelmaa. Sinellissä on hieno kokoelma lasi, -akrylli, -puu, -kangas ja luuhelmiä sekä metallisia osia. Tarjolla olleiden kivi-ja makeanvedenhelmien laatu eikä tyyli juuri miellyttänyt minua. Usein suomalaiset käsityöpuodit myyvät ainoastaan valmiiksi pussitettuja helmipakkauksia ja helmisekoituksia, joten olin todella tyytyväinen Sinellin laajaan irtohelmivalikoimaan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5u1iFWZfCI/AAAAAAAAATc/PNKVFc1aBYA/s1600-h/007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5u1iFWZfCI/AAAAAAAAATc/PNKVFc1aBYA/s320/007.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm really looking forward to seeing Alice in Wonderland tonight and meeting some friends afterwards. I hope it lives up to my expectations of childhood memories. Enjoy your weekend!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Odotan innolla elokuva iltaa Liisa Ihmemaassa parissa, jonka jälkeen suuntaan jatkamaan iltaa kavereiden kesken. Toivottavasti elokuva vastaa odotuksiani. Muistan hatarasti lapsuudesta elokuvan olleen tosi kiehtova. Nauttikaan viikonlopustanne!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4823721967048352823?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4823721967048352823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/sinelli-helsinki.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4823721967048352823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4823721967048352823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/03/sinelli-helsinki.html' title='Sinelli @ Helsinki'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S5u1iFWZfCI/AAAAAAAAATc/PNKVFc1aBYA/s72-c/007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-7347889771336746114</id><published>2010-02-13T17:19:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-13T17:21:38.795+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Fabrico</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I've had an inspiration of combining fabric into my jewelry since I came across &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/09/double-take.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; black lace bow necklace in Ireland. In the absence of suitable lace I picked up some see through ribbon yesterday in&amp;nbsp; an attempt to combine it with glass pearls. The idea behind the necklace is to double up the ribbon and sew it into a tube. Pearls are inserted into the tube and are held in place by knotting the ribbon tube after each pearl. Relatively simple technique except I still need to figure out what type end findings to use. My fingers are itching to get going already. However, I do not own a sewing machine. I guess I could sew this by hand, but it will be extremely time consuming not to talk perhaps little unreliable.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Olen halunnut toteuttaa kaulakorun, jossa yhdistelen kangasta ja helmiä. Inspiraation koruun sain aikoinaan Irlannista hankkimastani &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/09/double-take.html"&gt;pitsi rusetti kaulakorusta&lt;/a&gt;. Koska en ole vieläkään löytänyt sopivaa pitsiä, nappasin eilen Askarellista läpikuultavaa lahjanauhaa. Ideana olisi puolittaa nauha ja ommella siitä pitkulainen tuubi. Helmet pujotellaan yksitellen tuubin sisään, joka solmutetaan kunkin helmen jälkeen. Tämä erottelee helmet toisistaan ja pitää ne omalla paikallaan.&amp;nbsp; Vielä pitäisi keksiä minkälainen korunosa toimisi parhaiten luultavasti melko paksuhkon nauhatuubin päässä. En millään malttaisi enää hillota helmiä kaapissa, mutta en omista ompelukonetta ja ajatus käsinompelusta ei juuri innosta. Luulen, että tarpeeksi tiivin tikkauksen aikaansaamiseksi menisi ikuisuus. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S3a113hWUKI/AAAAAAAAAS0/mUdCbJ0Vc6I/s1600-h/016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S3a113hWUKI/AAAAAAAAAS0/mUdCbJ0Vc6I/s640/016.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S3a2CKlazJI/AAAAAAAAAS8/ccrDtEjpxAs/s1600-h/018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S3a2CKlazJI/AAAAAAAAAS8/ccrDtEjpxAs/s640/018.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2 class='title'&gt;Should the text also appear in Finnish / Tulisiko tekstin olla myös suomeksi?&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;iframe allowtransparency='true' frameborder='0' height='240' name='poll-widget4385025419659289628' src='http://www.google.com/reviews/polls/display/4385025419659289628/blogger_template/run_app?txtclr=%23666666&amp;lnkclr=%23c6b97c&amp;chrtclr=%23c6b97c&amp;font=normal+normal+100%25+Georgia%2C+Serif&amp;hideq=true&amp;purl=http%3A%2F%2Fcastaliaz.blogspot.com%2F' style='border:none; width:100%;'&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-7347889771336746114?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/7347889771336746114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/fabrico.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7347889771336746114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/7347889771336746114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/fabrico.html' title='Fabrico'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S3a113hWUKI/AAAAAAAAAS0/mUdCbJ0Vc6I/s72-c/016.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-960695653907777318</id><published>2010-02-03T18:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T18:05:06.922+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><title type='text'>Tiger</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These lampwork glass beads have been haunting my bead supply boxes forever. I ordered them ages ago expecting them to be much smaller and different colour. Since they didn't quite fit the bill of what I was planning they have laid abandoned at the back of the cupboard. I also used swarovski crystals and old orange wooden beads inherited from my mum. I first struggled to attach the beads in place on the 2 mm thick cotton cord until I remembered some black coloured metal wire leftovers I had.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hLyXzjl9I/AAAAAAAAASk/CJ-pNYynxps/s1600-h/2010_+162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hLyXzjl9I/AAAAAAAAASk/CJ-pNYynxps/s640/2010_+162.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hME1czhII/AAAAAAAAASs/Fo0n16m46Ao/s1600-h/2010_+164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hME1czhII/AAAAAAAAASs/Fo0n16m46Ao/s640/2010_+164.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bold colour combination reminds me of a tiger ....rraarrr!!! - hence the name&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-960695653907777318?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/960695653907777318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/960695653907777318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/960695653907777318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/tiger.html' title='Tiger'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hLyXzjl9I/AAAAAAAAASk/CJ-pNYynxps/s72-c/2010_+162.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2860779388134604130</id><published>2010-02-02T17:46:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T17:48:12.937+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travel'/><title type='text'>Birthday bliss in Tallinn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Last week I travelled to Tallinn, Estonia for two days of great company, relaxation, pampering and bubbly. This trip was birthday gift including travel, luxurious accommodation and a choice of spa treatment. Since the freezing temperatures and frosty wind didn't encourage for timely outdoor activities we decided to take the full benefit of the luxurious courtyard suite at Merchant House Hotel situated in the heart of Tallinn's old town.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hDvY8OGnI/AAAAAAAAAR0/9lUEABl4vo8/s1600-h/2010_+137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hDvY8OGnI/AAAAAAAAAR0/9lUEABl4vo8/s640/2010_+137.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEBhoKIYI/AAAAAAAAAR8/IdWtro5Lwm0/s1600-h/2010_+144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEBhoKIYI/AAAAAAAAAR8/IdWtro5Lwm0/s640/2010_+144.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEgm8ktLI/AAAAAAAAASE/yEbIYcRF40U/s1600-h/2010_+145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEgm8ktLI/AAAAAAAAASE/yEbIYcRF40U/s640/2010_+145.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEvUXVb-I/AAAAAAAAASM/vK5RNRELXH4/s1600-h/2010_+146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hEvUXVb-I/AAAAAAAAASM/vK5RNRELXH4/s640/2010_+146.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hFBnW1GqI/AAAAAAAAASU/IwXUwPgHnTo/s1600-h/2010_+147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hFBnW1GqI/AAAAAAAAASU/IwXUwPgHnTo/s640/2010_+147.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hFOqd67YI/AAAAAAAAASc/r8xRNK5aicE/s1600-h/2010_+152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hFOqd67YI/AAAAAAAAASc/r8xRNK5aicE/s640/2010_+152.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had heard lot of good things about this small boutique hotel and had wanted to stay here for the longesttime. It was well worth it - the hotel has a rustic old time charm (as you can see), service is great and the suite is well worth the money. 57m&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt; of beautifully designed space with a sitting room area, sauna and a log fire., all for €155 for a night.&amp;nbsp; I cannot describe how amazing it was to warm frostbitten fingers and toes in front of the fire whilst sipping some champagne.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Next morning I enjoyed a sea salt full body scrub and massage to smooth that dried up winter skin. After 90 minutes of relaxing bliss my skin felt like baby's bottom and mine and body rejuvenated. Besides some nice red wine I did no shopping at all. I did found though a lovely black leather handbag in -30% sale which I eventually received as a birthday gift. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2860779388134604130?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2860779388134604130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/last-week-i-travelled-to-tallinn.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2860779388134604130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2860779388134604130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/02/last-week-i-travelled-to-tallinn.html' title='Birthday bliss in Tallinn'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S2hDvY8OGnI/AAAAAAAAAR0/9lUEABl4vo8/s72-c/2010_+137.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3906076804325792593</id><published>2010-01-26T13:10:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T13:10:00.224+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interior'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><title type='text'>Zara Home</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;What was I thinking browsing the &lt;a href="http://www.zarahome.com/"&gt;Zara Home &lt;/a&gt;store with an intention of just buying a jewelry box? Fat chance. I found so many cute things I &lt;i&gt;need&lt;/i&gt;...uhm &lt;b&gt;want&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For bedroom and living room couple of cushions another table lamp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yAatYnbI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/bYGVMp25004/s1600-h/Ranjit+Cushion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yAatYnbI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/bYGVMp25004/s400/Ranjit+Cushion.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yEKa9PfI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/G7R6ZEfEnZU/s1600-h/Tampa+cushion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yEKa9PfI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/G7R6ZEfEnZU/s320/Tampa+cushion.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yHuHH9KI/AAAAAAAAARE/s7LRSE1Ines/s1600-h/monica+box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yHuHH9KI/AAAAAAAAARE/s7LRSE1Ines/s400/monica+box.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yzZzEUXI/AAAAAAAAARM/aZ2AfdUG-oQ/s1600-h/Lammore+lamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yzZzEUXI/AAAAAAAAARM/aZ2AfdUG-oQ/s400/Lammore+lamp.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For kitchen and dining room....Glass candlesticks and sugarbowl have been on my shopping list since the move.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13y8mSB8II/AAAAAAAAARc/0yUY0B7NT9w/s1600-h/Charles+candelabra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13y8mSB8II/AAAAAAAAARc/0yUY0B7NT9w/s400/Charles+candelabra.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13zbQKnpiI/AAAAAAAAARk/Cv_PIe1ztiQ/s1600-h/Cube+bottle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13zbQKnpiI/AAAAAAAAARk/Cv_PIe1ztiQ/s400/Cube+bottle.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13zfRgusJI/AAAAAAAAARs/ahrfosJdaHo/s1600-h/Frederike+Sugar+Bowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13zfRgusJI/AAAAAAAAARs/ahrfosJdaHo/s400/Frederike+Sugar+Bowl.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I wonder if Ellos is going to expand on their Zara Home selection in near future or should I just try to the Swedish online store..? Btw...why do all the cool things always go to Sweden first?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3906076804325792593?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3906076804325792593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/zara-home.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3906076804325792593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3906076804325792593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/zara-home.html' title='Zara Home'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13yAatYnbI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/bYGVMp25004/s72-c/Ranjit+Cushion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1202681995963709713</id><published>2010-01-25T18:28:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-25T21:03:02.124+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shopping'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General'/><title type='text'>Neatly boxed</title><content type='html'>One of benefits of this hobby is that I have jewelry for all occasions and some extra. Downside of it is that I am struggling to find neat, functionable and pretty ways to store my jewerly. I have two stands on my dressing table, one for earrings, another for necklaces. However, most of my jewerly is stored in boxes and drawers where they get tangled up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13LV8blPpI/AAAAAAAAAPs/zLyG8JoEy3g/s1600-h/DSCN1156.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430720303538192018" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13LV8blPpI/AAAAAAAAAPs/zLyG8JoEy3g/s400/DSCN1156.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 496px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 372px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My bedroom is decorated in classic white with a hint of colour.  I would like to maintain light and airy feel of the bedroom and thus have been looking for ways to store my jewelry that fits this criteria. Mostly I've come across rather ornate and colourful jewelry boxes, but luckily Zara Home had some amazing boxes which could work as jewelry storage and they are so cute!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13pwe9pdVI/AAAAAAAAAQM/81uTXzjyxVs/s1600-h/Zara_Basil+Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13pwe9pdVI/AAAAAAAAAQM/81uTXzjyxVs/s400/Zara_Basil+Box.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13p1lLL1eI/AAAAAAAAAQU/cU7J2ESV9GQ/s1600-h/Zara+Home_Katia+home.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13p1lLL1eI/AAAAAAAAAQU/cU7J2ESV9GQ/s400/Zara+Home_Katia+home.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13qPQ6IRvI/AAAAAAAAAQk/jV7pQnvLt_E/s1600-h/Zara+Home_Inca+Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13qPQ6IRvI/AAAAAAAAAQk/jV7pQnvLt_E/s400/Zara+Home_Inca+Box.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13qSkqzQ8I/AAAAAAAAAQs/_IecRlOCk2I/s1600-h/Zara+Home_Ablba+Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13qSkqzQ8I/AAAAAAAAAQs/_IecRlOCk2I/s400/Zara+Home_Ablba+Box.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was hoping my internet searched would have turned up modern white or black leather boxes with neat compartments. No such luck. If you know where I can find some please let me know. Also....I wish I could present much prettier layouts, but my laptop is still out of picture and with it all possibilities of image manipultion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1202681995963709713?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1202681995963709713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/neatly-boxed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1202681995963709713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1202681995963709713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/neatly-boxed.html' title='Neatly boxed'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S13LV8blPpI/AAAAAAAAAPs/zLyG8JoEy3g/s72-c/DSCN1156.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-4625283390454693273</id><published>2010-01-18T11:58:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T11:03:18.871+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General'/><title type='text'>Down time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On return from New Year's celebrations I arrived home to find my laptop in a sorry state. Somehow its screen had been damaged and was newly decorated with horizontal and vertical stripes! Luckily I have a comprehensive home insurance to carry on the financial burden of such mysterious failures in technology, but the outlook of not having a computer for couple of weeks was pretty upsetting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine my horror now 18 days later of the incident, 15 days in the computer repair shop, zillion query phone calls and emails later and they haven't even ordered the parts. They were supposed to get an repair estimate for the insurance company in 3 days, it has now been two weeks. How bloody difficult it is to send the stupid estimate? Needles to say that I'm frustrated. Once I get the estimate it still needs to go through my insurance company and once the repair shop has received the money they can only start ordering spare parts. Any guesses how long this is gonna take? Judging by their performance so far - f****g forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I miss you Vaio.... come home soon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S1Q1X8h4OWI/AAAAAAAAAPk/nfE2UjPI_zI/s1600-h/sony_vaio_cr_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S1Q1X8h4OWI/AAAAAAAAAPk/nfE2UjPI_zI/s400/sony_vaio_cr_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428022136389777762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-4625283390454693273?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/4625283390454693273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/down-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4625283390454693273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/4625283390454693273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2010/01/down-time.html' title='Down time'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/S1Q1X8h4OWI/AAAAAAAAAPk/nfE2UjPI_zI/s72-c/sony_vaio_cr_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3286869519163136114</id><published>2009-12-31T15:21:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T15:31:24.537+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Last of Christmas presents</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now that all the wrapping papers have been removed and I can reveal the last of the Christmas presents. A necklace with a recycled pendant (from dismantled earrings bought from Barcelona) teamed up with brass chain and findings, glass pearls, svarowski crystals and Vintaj Natural Brass charm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzynDQEpdNI/AAAAAAAAAPU/gsfkCuLYxSk/s1600-h/DSCN1824.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 461px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzynDQEpdNI/AAAAAAAAAPU/gsfkCuLYxSk/s400/DSCN1824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421391725743142098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzynQ08HhvI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ZwAr9XvSwhw/s1600-h/DSCN1825.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 454px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzynQ08HhvI/AAAAAAAAAPc/ZwAr9XvSwhw/s400/DSCN1825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421391958977775346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3286869519163136114?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3286869519163136114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/last-of-christmas-presents.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3286869519163136114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3286869519163136114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/last-of-christmas-presents.html' title='Last of Christmas presents'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzynDQEpdNI/AAAAAAAAAPU/gsfkCuLYxSk/s72-c/DSCN1824.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3054828689173503506</id><published>2009-12-31T15:16:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T15:19:59.863+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General'/><title type='text'>Welcome 2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzykupGnf4I/AAAAAAAAAPM/ZkO3FQbNajg/s1600-h/DSCN1977.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 438px; height: 328px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzykupGnf4I/AAAAAAAAAPM/ZkO3FQbNajg/s400/DSCN1977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421389172661780354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3054828689173503506?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3054828689173503506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3054828689173503506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3054828689173503506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/welcome-2010.html' title='Welcome 2010'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SzykupGnf4I/AAAAAAAAAPM/ZkO3FQbNajg/s72-c/DSCN1977.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2072354810218865914</id><published>2009-12-23T15:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T15:21:54.237+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Season's greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n130/castaliaz/Images/Blog/730434wzsw15lx0r.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 386px;" src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n130/castaliaz/Images/Blog/730434wzsw15lx0r.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;Merry Christmas Everyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" &gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2072354810218865914?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2072354810218865914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/seasons-greetings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2072354810218865914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2072354810218865914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/seasons-greetings.html' title='Season&apos;s greetings'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-6880233155519864657</id><published>2009-12-21T16:35:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T17:19:31.796+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Once more with the feeling</title><content type='html'>Has it ever happened to you...? Realising that even best laid plans don't always execute quite like you wished for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I had it all laid out. All my tools and (finally) well stocked beading pantry neatly arranged in front of me - but no inspiration. Somewhere between the US postal sorting office and my mail box I had lost my design. Hours of nervous twiddling later I gave up and and rummaged through the little less used section of my supplies. I was frustrated and itching to get on beading so I picked up something forgetten which I didn't mind messing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't be sure if it was my favourite book (&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shantaram-Gregory-David-Roberts/dp/0349117543/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1261407879&amp;amp;sr=8-1"&gt;Shantaram&lt;/a&gt;) or the incense sticks I was burning (or both) what inspired me to create something quite unsual for me- &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;India&lt;/span&gt;. Necklace made of Christmas tree green freshwater pearls and antique gold plated metals beads and findings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-QZ2NyFNI/AAAAAAAAAO0/7mTMIPD_i00/s1600-h/India+necklace.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-QZ2NyFNI/AAAAAAAAAO0/7mTMIPD_i00/s400/India+necklace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417707650474448082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-Q6X-KZqI/AAAAAAAAAO8/WmADpgo5_MY/s1600-h/India+necklace+detail.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-Q6X-KZqI/AAAAAAAAAO8/WmADpgo5_MY/s400/India+necklace+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417708209291552418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-RIx_kvVI/AAAAAAAAAPE/I7V_lUGuUD4/s1600-h/India+necklace+closeup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-RIx_kvVI/AAAAAAAAAPE/I7V_lUGuUD4/s400/India+necklace+closeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417708456794963282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First I was quite unsure of this colour combination, but more I see it, more I am convinced that I managed to take this away from frumpy old lady towards ethnic and hip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-6880233155519864657?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/6880233155519864657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/once-more-with-feeling.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6880233155519864657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/6880233155519864657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/once-more-with-feeling.html' title='Once more with the feeling'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Sy-QZ2NyFNI/AAAAAAAAAO0/7mTMIPD_i00/s72-c/India+necklace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2421920297099932571</id><published>2009-12-17T16:42:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T17:20:27.947+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Earrings'/><title type='text'>Wintery nights</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Silver grey and royal blue dominate the colours of my wardrobe and beading at the moment. Like sparkling silver stars in the blue night sky. Svarowski rondelles which came through the &lt;a href="http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/order-in.html"&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; few weeks ago were gorgeous -I wish I had ordered more on them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SypFd1EYgDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/aP9spDlUi4o/s1600-h/DSCN1811.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SypFd1EYgDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/aP9spDlUi4o/s400/DSCN1811.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416217880630427698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SypFxJhUp5I/AAAAAAAAAOs/jLpezR65jo0/s1600-h/DSCN1812.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SypFxJhUp5I/AAAAAAAAAOs/jLpezR65jo0/s400/DSCN1812.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416218212538034066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I had visioned making lot of earrings so here's a good start with swarovski rondelles and Bali sterling silver.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2421920297099932571?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2421920297099932571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/silver-grey-and-royal-blue-dominate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2421920297099932571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2421920297099932571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/silver-grey-and-royal-blue-dominate.html' title='Wintery nights'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SypFd1EYgDI/AAAAAAAAAOk/aP9spDlUi4o/s72-c/DSCN1811.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1043888678623431485</id><published>2009-12-16T00:16:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T00:23:35.373+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogging'/><title type='text'>Blogger improvements</title><content type='html'>I love this new feature on Blogger where the 'Next Blog' button on the top menu will take you to a blog with similar topics. How amazing is that? I read about it little while ago and just remembered to try it out. Instead of classic cars fan club or tortoise and frog poetry (yeah, I know!) I can find interesting pages by jewelry artists.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1043888678623431485?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1043888678623431485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/blogger-improvements.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1043888678623431485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1043888678623431485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/blogger-improvements.html' title='Blogger improvements'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-795119999947744411</id><published>2009-12-15T13:45:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T00:02:28.471+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry fashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Style'/><title type='text'>Beaded accessories</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Blockquote" title="Blockquote" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 17);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;Coming season's trends are something to for the bead enthusiasts to get excited about. Spring 2010 RTW (ready to wear) runway show featured beads not only in their traditional form as jewelry but also as wearable accessories. Here are some of the coolest snaps from the show for all to admire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyZok_pE7hI/AAAAAAAAAOc/c4U65ddUuOc/s1600-h/Beaded+sandals.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyZok_pE7hI/AAAAAAAAAOc/c4U65ddUuOc/s400/Beaded+sandals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415130586727902738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Balmain's seed beaded and patterned sandals on left and right and bead and pearl embellished sandal by Vionnet. I'd quite like Balmain's colouful flat sandals for my spring / summer wardrobe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyZm-zN84yI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Ta7yljpWeiI/s1600-h/Trussardi+beaded+accessories.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyZm-zN84yI/AAAAAAAAAOU/Ta7yljpWeiI/s400/Trussardi+beaded+accessories.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415128831046247202" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;All images  in these  photo creations  have been borrowed from www.style.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Trussardi's seed beaded accessories are remarkable creations of handicraft. I wonder if this trend is going to catch on retail fashion. If so, all of you talented beadeders get your bead purse projects underway now and cash in name and fame when spring comes!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More of jewelry trends from Spring 2010 RTW coming up later on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Blockquote" title="Blockquote" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 17);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Blockquote" title="Blockquote" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 17);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-795119999947744411?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/795119999947744411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/coming-seasons-trends-are-something-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/795119999947744411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/795119999947744411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/coming-seasons-trends-are-something-to.html' title='Beaded accessories'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyZok_pE7hI/AAAAAAAAAOc/c4U65ddUuOc/s72-c/Beaded+sandals.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-2855193199527491636</id><published>2009-12-14T13:00:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T17:10:35.387+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Dear Santa,</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyU1D_TP-eI/AAAAAAAAAOE/ND82UiCIFTc/s1600-h/Christmas+wishlist.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 484px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyU1D_TP-eI/AAAAAAAAAOE/ND82UiCIFTc/s400/Christmas+wishlist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414792469630941666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to think I have been a very good girl this year (like every other) so here's a little letter for you Santa to help you through the hurdles of Christmas shopping. See, I really AM a good girl ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would love a decent pair of hair straigtheners like GHD IV Styler and 'Smoky Eyes' eye make-up set like Dior's or Lancome's. Body Shop's 'Black Velvet Apricot' series  has a heavenly scent and moistures the dried up winter skin.  A gift card for Fusion Beads or H&amp;amp;M for little shopping or perhaps a relaxing facial at the Helsinki Day Spa. Blissful! Pentik's Verdi glass candlesticks are gorgeous way to light up the dinner table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But most of all I wish relaxing time with the family, good Christmas food and plenty of snow!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-2855193199527491636?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/2855193199527491636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-santa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2855193199527491636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/2855193199527491636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-santa.html' title='Dear Santa,'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyU1D_TP-eI/AAAAAAAAAOE/ND82UiCIFTc/s72-c/Christmas+wishlist.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1821095580843973865</id><published>2009-12-13T19:06:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T17:07:47.706+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bracelet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasonal'/><title type='text'>Bleeding fingers...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;and broken nails. I am so out of practice as it took me good 4 to 5 hours to complete this bracelet, but it was so worth it.  This voluminous bracelet is made of sterling silver and freshwater pearls and has already been boxed and wrapped in Christmas paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyUhDrdaSDI/AAAAAAAAAN8/HT_8uf0i1y4/s1600-h/Vanamo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 360px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyUhDrdaSDI/AAAAAAAAAN8/HT_8uf0i1y4/s400/Vanamo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414770474072295474" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1821095580843973865?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1821095580843973865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/bleeding-fingers.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1821095580843973865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1821095580843973865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/bleeding-fingers.html' title='Bleeding fingers...'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyUhDrdaSDI/AAAAAAAAAN8/HT_8uf0i1y4/s72-c/Vanamo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-76212006337579536</id><published>2009-12-12T12:11:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T16:59:45.416+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>Order In</title><content type='html'>I received my first order from &lt;a href="http://www.jewelrysupply.com/"&gt;Jewelry Supply&lt;/a&gt; :-)) With excitement I examined my package and was SO pleased with the quality of the findings. Since the bulk of my order consisted of ball end headpins I was dreading that they would turn out to be 'golf clubs' (flattened irregular lumps, resembling more a golf club than a golf ball).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyNvNpMZ4UI/AAAAAAAAANk/tPWqLuwKfN4/s1600-h/DSCN1810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyNvNpMZ4UI/AAAAAAAAANk/tPWqLuwKfN4/s400/DSCN1810.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414293457216332098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My main reason for trying a new online shop was that I finally found a place that stocked larger collection of gun metal findings. Jewelry Supply has a great collection of gun metal chains and those much needed ball end headpins, which I could not find elsewhere. On top of that they appear to be of very good quality!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyNwQ3fGgJI/AAAAAAAAANs/Llm96NQhXms/s1600-h/DSCN1808.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyNwQ3fGgJI/AAAAAAAAANs/Llm96NQhXms/s400/DSCN1808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414294612104085650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I my opinion Jewelry Supply scored high on;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;+ Great metal selection on finding and chains available (14k Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold filled, Copper, Brass, Pewter and Base metals including Gun Metal etc.)&lt;br /&gt;+ Good quality&lt;br /&gt;+ Prices similar or slightly lower to other major US bead shops&lt;br /&gt;+ Shipping costs to Finland only $5.27 !!!!&lt;br /&gt;+ Appealing selection of copper beads and interesting looking Tibetan beads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would give a small minus for&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Somewhat long delivery time (+ 2 weeks) which was due to long handling time (6 days)&lt;br /&gt;- Gemstone selection. Althought many different types of gemstone were available, there are mostly just smooth rounds beads, which can be little boring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over all Jewelry Supply delivered to my expectations and I will most definately be ordering from here again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyN2caY1A4I/AAAAAAAAAN0/3z0EYr3cQwk/s1600-h/DSCN1809.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyN2caY1A4I/AAAAAAAAAN0/3z0EYr3cQwk/s400/DSCN1809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414301407521342338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-weight: bold;"&gt;Happy beading weekend to All!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-76212006337579536?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/76212006337579536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/order-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/76212006337579536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/76212006337579536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/order-in.html' title='Order In'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyNvNpMZ4UI/AAAAAAAAANk/tPWqLuwKfN4/s72-c/DSCN1810.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1371420470273482351</id><published>2009-12-11T00:33:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T00:58:03.378+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bead shopping'/><title type='text'>Cleaning my closet</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Out with the old, in with the new. It is time for the annual Christmas cleaning. In my case this does not mean scrubbing the kitchen cupboards and hard to reach places, but to organise my beading supplies. I have once again entered that desperate 'ME WANTS' stage and spent hours drooling at online shops. I managed to depart from a fair amount of beads and I am hoping to fill that space with some beauties. I still cannot decide whether I should be brave and buy from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt; for the first time ever?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tempting me for my first Etsy order are these beautiful gemstones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF5HK780fI/AAAAAAAAANE/oM8SCkydduY/s1600-h/tourmilated+quartz.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF5HK780fI/AAAAAAAAANE/oM8SCkydduY/s400/tourmilated+quartz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413741391177896434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amazing faceted black tourmalated quartz rondelles, and...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF5XGa0VmI/AAAAAAAAANM/9DK7SiB2jWA/s1600-h/Blue+mystic+quartz+cubes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF5XGa0VmI/AAAAAAAAANM/9DK7SiB2jWA/s400/Blue+mystic+quartz+cubes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413741664843093602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(Images borrowed from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Blue faceted mystic quartz 3D cubes. Gorgeous, right? Just the right of bling for festive season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also would like some relatively inexpensive glass pearls for making personalised multilayered long beads in different shades.  I found a nice selection of colours and sizes from &lt;a href="http://www.vitabeads.com/"&gt;Vitabeads&lt;/a&gt;, prices weren't bad either.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF6EIJKW9I/AAAAAAAAANU/-ieFB4Ik1c4/s1600-h/Blue+glass+pearls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF6EIJKW9I/AAAAAAAAANU/-ieFB4Ik1c4/s400/Blue+glass+pearls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413742438400023506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF6KOCm2-I/AAAAAAAAANc/mM1QC4FlCQI/s1600-h/Light+blue+glass+pearls.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF6KOCm2-I/AAAAAAAAANc/mM1QC4FlCQI/s400/Light+blue+glass+pearls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413742543062359010" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;(Images borrowed from &lt;a href="http://www.vitabeads.com"&gt;Vitabeads)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that lot of beaders from &lt;a href="http://foorumi.helmetti.fi/"&gt;Helmetti&lt;/a&gt; have ordered from Etsy. Perhaps someone could tell me about their experiences? &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(Finnish: Oletteko tilanneet Etsystä? Minkälaisia kokemuksia teillä on ko. paikasta?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1371420470273482351?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1371420470273482351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/cleaning-my-closet.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1371420470273482351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1371420470273482351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/12/cleaning-my-closet.html' title='Cleaning my closet'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SyF5HK780fI/AAAAAAAAANE/oM8SCkydduY/s72-c/tourmilated+quartz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-3405296564810396819</id><published>2009-11-22T17:24:00.011+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T18:28:13.320+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Style'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fashion'/><title type='text'>Project Runway showdown</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swleht_Y8MI/AAAAAAAAAL8/iGsQU8L4WJA/s1600/CHW_purple+top.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlZBOuUB4I/AAAAAAAAAL0/8DmYjbA_vIo/s1600/Project+Runway_Heidi+Klum.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 489px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlZBOuUB4I/AAAAAAAAAL0/8DmYjbA_vIo/s400/Project+Runway_Heidi+Klum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406950705302079362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Last night aired the final runway showdown of the Season 6's Project Runway. Althea's, Carol Hannah's and Irina's fashion forward visions were showcased in Bryant Park for the world to see. I enjoyed all of the collections and could easily pick something from each collection to wear. Announcing Irina as the winner of Season 6 was no surprise to me. Her work during the show has been consistent, meticulous and well preceived by the judges as was her collection at Bryant Park. Although I can totally see why she was chosen as the winner of the competition I lost my heart for Carol Hannah's collection. Sure it lacked some cohesion typical for these types of shows, but her garments were to die for. My absolute favourite was her starter piece, which also vowed the judges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=project%20runway&amp;amp;iid=4053259" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/a/1/7/b/Project_Runway_8618.jpg?adImageId=7728147&amp;amp;imageId=4053259" alt="Project Runway - Runway - Fall 09 MBFW" width="380" border="0" height="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Such a beautifully made piece with fantasic colours. I especially loved the way that black bordering brings out the other colours and the cut of this dress. There were so many pieces in her collection which I could see wearing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=project%20runway&amp;amp;iid=4053356" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/7/8/2/4/Project_Runway_8add.jpg?adImageId=7728263&amp;amp;imageId=4053356" alt="Project Runway - Runway - Fall 09 MBFW" width="380" border="0" height="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swleht_Y8MI/AAAAAAAAAL8/iGsQU8L4WJA/s1600/CHW_purple+top.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 522px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swleht_Y8MI/AAAAAAAAAL8/iGsQU8L4WJA/s400/CHW_purple+top.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406956761009156290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgCoC2YwI/AAAAAAAAAMM/A13pHPuyP40/s1600/CH_skirt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 473px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgCoC2YwI/AAAAAAAAAMM/A13pHPuyP40/s400/CH_skirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406958425860367106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I think these are very flattering designs which work well in normal life not just on a runway show or red carpet. I guess that's why I love them so much. Lot of the clothes on runway shows looks great but I personally find them unwearable in real life. Carol Hannah also offers great gowns for formal evening do's - I mean that is what she does well! Check these out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgQlN_peI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OzHTtuax5JU/s1600/CH_purple+gown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 488px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgQlN_peI/AAAAAAAAAMU/OzHTtuax5JU/s400/CH_purple+gown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406958665619973602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgdjmAIVI/AAAAAAAAAMc/0GmOu2Xt4Ec/s1600/CH_grey+gown.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 352px; height: 479px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlgdjmAIVI/AAAAAAAAAMc/0GmOu2Xt4Ec/s400/CH_grey+gown.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406958888522096978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Irina's collections had all the cohesion Carol Hannah's was missing. It was edgy and stylish and it even showcased headwear which reminded me of helmets that horse riders wear. Unfortunately, all the magnificent tailoring got lost in the black. It was little depressing almost. But she has some winner pieces I loved. Her jackets were amazing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=Project%20Runway%20Fall%202009&amp;amp;iid=4052761" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/1/6/d/d/Project_Runway_fa93.jpg?adImageId=7728504&amp;amp;imageId=4052761" alt="Project Runway - Runway - Fall 09 MBFW" width="380" border="0" height="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=Project%20Runway%20Fall%202009&amp;amp;iid=4052776" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/7/c/0/3/Project_Runway_e45c.jpg?adImageId=7728514&amp;amp;imageId=4052776" alt="Project Runway - Runway - Fall 09 MBFW" width="380" border="0" height="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Althea's collection was very true to her style seen earlier on the season. Great tailoring of suits and super comfy looking knitwear. As with Irina's collection I felt that Althea's collection lacked some colour. My favourite pieces were her cropped pants suit and oversized cardigan. Lush!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.picapp.com/default.aspx?term=Project%20Runway%20Fall%202009&amp;amp;iid=4053257" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://cdn.picapp.com/ftp/Images/8/0/e/1/PicImg_Project_Runway_9649.jpg?adImageId=7728613&amp;amp;imageId=4053257" alt="Project Runway - Runway - Fall 09 MBFW" width="380" border="0" height="570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlkGL_QEkI/AAAAAAAAAMs/WrWp6AKM8gY/s1600/A_suit.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 519px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlkGL_QEkI/AAAAAAAAAMs/WrWp6AKM8gY/s400/A_suit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406962885095068226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I look forward to catching up with the Project Runway's Finnish version which is aired on Thursdays. Having been abroad for quite few weeks I missed a great deal of the earlier shows, but am hoping that the real talent is really shown at the end. Exciting viewing ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swlk731srtI/AAAAAAAAAM0/0ZDsIpBoPwc/s1600/PR_S6+contestants.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swlk731srtI/AAAAAAAAAM0/0ZDsIpBoPwc/s400/PR_S6+contestants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406963807399227090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyCenter" title="Align Center" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 11);ButtonMouseDown(this);"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Align Center" class="gl_align_center" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;All of the images are borrowed from www.myitthings.com or http://allprojectrunway.blogspot.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-3405296564810396819?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/3405296564810396819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-runway-showdown.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3405296564810396819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/3405296564810396819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/11/project-runway-showdown.html' title='Project Runway showdown'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SwlZBOuUB4I/AAAAAAAAAL0/8DmYjbA_vIo/s72-c/Project+Runway_Heidi+Klum.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7287995709335297745.post-1376434661750887903</id><published>2009-11-20T17:44:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T17:07:24.809+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='necklace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='techniques'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><title type='text'>Memories from Africa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm working through my existing bead collection before I allow myself to do more shopping. I haven't touched glass beads in quite a while, but got inspired by this handmade pendant I bought years ago from Cape Town, South Africa. Emerald green Svarowski crystals, light green glass drop beads and the plaited silky cord mimic the colours of the pendant. Drop beads have been stitched together to form a beaded beads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7UTALjUI/AAAAAAAAALc/TP4q93My32I/s1600/DSCN1744.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7UTALjUI/AAAAAAAAALc/TP4q93My32I/s400/DSCN1744.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406214360077667650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7jO_eF3I/AAAAAAAAALk/qoeH5nS8MHQ/s1600/DSCN1742.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7jO_eF3I/AAAAAAAAALk/qoeH5nS8MHQ/s400/DSCN1742.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406214616698984306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7wN_s_uI/AAAAAAAAALs/bb1aRL9wKhs/s1600/DSCN1740.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7wN_s_uI/AAAAAAAAALs/bb1aRL9wKhs/s400/DSCN1740.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406214839769824994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7287995709335297745-1376434661750887903?l=castaliaz.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/feeds/1376434661750887903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/11/im-working-through-my-existing-bead.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1376434661750887903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7287995709335297745/posts/default/1376434661750887903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://castaliaz.blogspot.com/2009/11/im-working-through-my-existing-bead.html' title='Memories from Africa'/><author><name>Castalia</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04100051117196508014</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/SpFGi_kNyBI/AAAAAAAAAEA/UmLwHbKyyfo/S220/Graphitide+drawn+image.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_03g2wBmKeiY/Swa7UTALjUI/AAAAAAAAALc/TP4q93My32I/s72-c/DSCN1744.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
