Up for Auction...

Up for auction: one of my all time fav. jewelry creations....a lovely necklace made from bits & baubles...

Created from vintage costume jewelry tidbits & other odds & ends... Including a tiny brass lipstick tube, a glass umbrella, brass tag, an itty bitty key charm & purple vintage rhinestone accents.

The little lipstick tube is the greatest! It even opens to reveal some very old, very dry (like a crayon), very orangy red lipstick :)

A versatile & fun piece; looks great with jeans or wear it with a ball-gown; either way, you will be sure to get some conversations started :)

Place your bids at http://botanicalgardens.afrogs.org/items/view/index.html?item_id=7953

It is part of the Idaho Botanical Garden annual online auction: all proceeds to benefit the garden :)

The auction closes on December 20th; just in time for holiday gift giving... Check out all the items; everything from garden gifts, dinner certificates, travel packages, and much more. And what a great way to shop for the Holidays; find the perfect present for everyone on your list, without fighting the crowds and all know that your dollars will help support the garden's programs.

Happy Bidding!!

Amber

First Thursday, Dec. 2

You're Invited!!

Please join me for First Thursday, December 2nd at Tully's Coffee in Bodo....

Stop in for a hot cuppa coffee & browse the latest jewelry & sculpture designs.

I'll have my collection of up-cycled  tiny hardware & sparkles on cable as well as my new line of romantic industrial/steampunk designs... Think old pocket watches, lenses, gears, fuses, old pearls, antique rhinestones, & memories....

Special holiday pricing for this night only: this will be my only show of the season; don't miss it!!

You will also be able to browse my latest garden sculpture on the patio.  I'll be taking holiday orders for book-ends & wine racks, too!

Hope to see you there :)

Amber

Festival of Trees

The Boise Festival of Trees opens today!  For a complete list of events; visit  http://www.saintalphonsus.org/Foundation-FOT-tree-details.html

This year I decided to donate a wreath; made of squiggly copper--upcycled from the scrap yard.  It was a bit of a chore to polish it up again, but well work the effort in the end.

Light & airy, accents include snowflake shaped crystals, pearls in white, cream, & burgundy, organza ribbons, & a vintage rhinestone bauble...

I'm not sure how it all works, as this is my first year, but I think you can vote for your fav. wreath (hint hint)And they will all be auctioned off, with the proceeds benefiting St Alphonsus.  So, put in a bid & take this crazy copper sparkly-ness home with you for the holidays :)

The Festival opens today at the Boise Center on the Grove & runs through the 28th (Sunday).

Events include live music, a fashion show, magic show, and of course visiting with Santa; you can even bring the kids down for breakfast with Santa :)  Check out the link above for all the details.

Grab a hot cup of coffee at Tully's right across the street--and see some of my other sculptures, btw--and join the festivities: sound like lots more fun the Black Friday shopping to me :)

Amber

Docklands History Group

DOCKLANDS HISTORY GROUP

Members may like to know of the Docklands History Group, which meets once a month at the (cumbrously re-titled) Museum of London Docklands, in the old No. 1 Warehouse of the West India Docks.

The Group has been going since 1979, to encourage greater understanding of all aspects of the Port of London and the maritime, industrial and social history of the River Thames. Its very active President is Chris Ellmers, who did so much over many years to get the Museum in Docklands going, and the Chairman is now Edward Sergeant, who saw to it that many industrial archaeological features were suitably preserved and displayed (such as the bridges in the Surrey Docks) when he was the Conservation Officer of the London Docklands Development Corporation in the 1980s.

In recent years the group has heard talks on aspects of such diverse topics as Thames shipbuilding, labour unrest, ice-age geology, riverside land tenure and movable bridges, and the 2011 programme kicks off in February – see the website at www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk/events.

The DHG welcomes visitors to its meetings at a small charge and is looking for new members.

Malcolm Tucker, Treasurer

Meeting on Grieg's Wharf and bits and bobs

Next meeting of Greenwich Industrial History society

16th November Grieg's wharf by John Grieg.
Old Bakehouse, Bennett Park, SE3 7.30

Grieg's Wharf is not one of the famous Greenwich wharves - perhaps this talk will make it so!! It was on the Peninsula - and John will tell us all about it!!

In the post today:

Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society Newsletter. This includes (among many other things) a review of the Paul Sandby exhibition held in the Royal Academy earlier this year. Paul was the drawing instructor at Woolwich's Royal Military Academy from 1768 and much of his work in that period show local scenes, some of industrial interest.

Crossness Record - this describes a number of recent events - including the conversion of the engine house into a cosmestics factory for filming. It also includes the most amazing photograph of a Flusher from the 1950s. The site is restricted to visitors because of on going building work but the Trust hopes to make announcements on this soon.