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Only a rose I bring you .... but it's just for YOU, my friends on Flickr. Thank you so very much for all the support and friendship you've given me over the last few years.
Many of you will not be celebrating Christmas at all - many of you who would like to celebrate may be lonely at this time. I hope you find love and joy in the coming season, even if that's the case. Look at this rose ... and know that you are appreciated and loved.
Processed in Topaz Studio with a texture from PicMonkey - I hope you like my gift to you.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 9th of December is "Christmas decoration in black and white". What a perfect theme to have, because I had to look no further than my craft basket for inspiration.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year and give them as gifts. I take several photos of each one on my tree before I wrap them up, so that I have a visual record of what I have given to whom. This one has already winged its way half way across the world and arrived at its destination, where I hope it is now hanging with its counterparts on my friend’s Christmas tree.
I decided to use this shot for today's theme because without the distraction of colour, you will notice that my baubles feature different kinds of sequins: in this case, round one, stars and flowers. I know flowers are not necessarily something one associates with Christmas, however these are not ordinary Christmas baubles, even if I do say so myself. Each one takes between two and three hours to make, depending upon the complexity of the pattern. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
This was a combined gift for my Birthday and Xmas. It is an Epiphone Les Paul (Vintage Edition) Not an expensive guitar by any means, but sounds great and has a nice rock sound. This is the bridge and bridge pickup a P90.
I have 5 Cherry Red guitars.
Happy Macro Mondays
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This tiny car was a Christmas gift from my dear friend, Natalie www.flickr.com/photos/140002260@N04. She just knew I would love photographing it. And as I was a hippie many years ago, it's the perfect model :)
Two years ago, a very dear and kind friend of mine gave me a beautiful Christmas bauble made of hexagons of thin and delicate hand painted and patterned slivers of glass in shades of green, blue and yellow.
Before I hung it on my Christmas tree for this year, I decided to photograph it illuminated by a light directly behind it. It struck me as being a beacon in the dark: a merry and bright harbinger of the festive season.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 7th of April is "pink colour" where the subject of the photo is not important; but the colour pink should be
the only colour, the main colour or the eye-catcher of the image. What a perfect theme to have, because, I have lots of pink things around my house. However, rather than use one of them, I decided to sit down and bead a Christmas bauble. Yes, I know it's only Easter, but I have many to make before Christmas time, and each one takes time to make. If I make them across the course of the year, it makes the job of beading each one easier.
This Christmas bauble, set on a backdrop of pink tissue paper, was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year and give them as gifts. This one has been made for a little girl of four, who like many little girls, loves the colour pink. I hope she will enjoy hanging it on her Christmas tree this year.
Each bauble is completely hand beaded and takes between two and three hours to make, depending upon the complexity of the pattern. This pattern uses some especially small sequins that are only two millimeters in diameter, so they can take up a lot of time to place. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
Hippeastrum: Stamens with filaments (white) ending in anthers carrying pollen.
The androecium consists of six stamens with filiform (thread like) filaments, which are fasciculate (in close bundles) and declinate or ascendent. The anthers are dorsifixed or versatile. In the gynaecium, the ovary is inferior and trilocular with pluriovulate locules. The style is filiform, and the stigma trifid. The fruit forms a trivalve capsule containing seeds which are dry, flattened, obliquely winged or irregularly discoid, hardly ever turgid, and globose (spherical) or subglobose, with a brown or black phytomelanous testa.
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A trick: when amaryllis opens its flowers, you can cut the immature pollen, that is, before it starts to turn yellow. Just go there on the antennae of the flower core and, with scissors, cut them.
There are three good reasons for you to do this:
1 - pollen stains clothing;
2 - it decreases the duration of the flowers;
3 - pollen is toxic, if ingested, mainly, by pets.
I do not follow these suggestions. I like bees, hummingbirds and other insects visiting them.
1 - I don't care about stains on clothes;
2 - Death is natural, it will die anyway;
3 - I don't have pets.
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except for the small stars which are 3mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the hearts and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
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"Value - true value - cannot be measured in the weight of gold or the carats of diamonds. True value is measured in how much an item resonates with us, and how much it makes our hearts sing with joy." - raaen99 (your humble photographer).
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 3rd of January is "precious gift", a theme where it is required to take a photo of something that was gifted to you, that you hold precious. It can be monetarily precious, or intrinsically valuable. I am very fortunate in the fact that I have ever so many people in my life that love me, both family and friends, that I have a multitude of choices for this theme. I could have chosen from this year's Christmas gifts anything from beautiful pieces of antique jewellery to a Little Red Riding Hood themed tassel made just for me, a tutu for my little bear Scout, to a hand made Christmas card designed with me in mind. All are notable and worthy, and the possibilities are infinite. In the end, hoping that I do not cause offense in doing so to the givers of the other gifts, I finally settled on one precious gift. This is a half-doll who is a brush half-doll (or whisk broom half-doll in you are in America). Made in Germany by Dressel and Kister, and hand painted, this was a gift to me from a very dear friend in America this Christmas. Why did I choose it? Well, I chose it for a number of reasons. Firstly, this friend is very precious to me, and enrichens my life with her presence, which alone makes any gift that she gives me intrinsically valuable. This friend now collects half-dolls as voraciously as I do, because I introduced her to the world of half-dolls, so this gift resonates with both of us and helps strengthen what is already a strong bond between us. I chose it because my friend and I both like to fossick in antique and curio shops, charity shops and auctions for forgotten and hidden treasures, and she fossicked around and found me this particular doll because she thought I would like it, which makes it very personalised. I chose it because, unbeknownce to my friend, stuck between the bristles of the broom and well hidden, was a secreted small slip of paper that I only noticed after I was looking over the half-doll closely after unwrapping her. The note, written in tiny spidery copperplate reads, "My parents gave this brush to my Grandmother Hannah in the 1930s". So this discovery resonates with my sense of domestic history, was a lovely bonus neither my friend nor I were expecting, and adds to the half-doll's value for me, as now I know a bit about her life story. I think that makes this half-doll perfect for this week's theme! I do hope you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile!
The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, my beautifully hand painted German half-doll with her whimsical Dutch outfit is a brush half-doll.
Brilliant, deep velvet red, sparkly Christmas Gift African amaryllis of the genus Hippeastrum grown as ornamentals.
Amaryllis has meanings that vary according to color, quantity and even the context in which it is offered.
* It can symbolize both anguish and sadness at the loss of the loved one, as well as haughtiness, elegance and grace.
* Being very glamorous, offering someone an amaryllis flower indicates admiration.
* In Greek mythology, it represents pride, associated with the god Apollo.
* And in the church, when arranged in a vase with three flowers, it represents the Holy Trinity.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 3mm and the butterfly sequins which are 12mm in diameter. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. In usually make these baubles for others as gifts, but on occasion I make one or two baubles for myself. This is one such bauble.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 19th of December is "part of a Christmas ball", so I thought I would show you this special bauble I chose to make for myself. If you would like to see the other baubles I have made as gifts for friends over the years, you can find them in this album: www.flickr.com/photos/40262251@N03/albums/72157649901152375/. It was a lovely and fine day the other day, so rather than photograph the bauble in situ on the tree, I took it outside and photographed it against the clear azure coloured sky. I hope you like my choice of subject for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
As this is the last "Looking Close on Friday" before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 10mm, and the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the butterflies and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except for the small stars which are 3mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the hearts and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
I love Christmas. It's my favourite time of the year: a season of kindness and generosity, friendship, laughter and love. It is also the time of the year when we get to deck the halls with beautiful decorations.
I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. Each of these baubles is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in these baubles are 5mm in diameter, but there are others that are slightly bigger like the butterflies whcih are 8mm and some which are smaller, like the small flowers which are 3mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because they are complex patterns which start from the outside and are worked outwards in ever decreasing circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 5th of December is "behind glass". I usually photograph my hand made Christmas baubles in situ on the tree, which I did do, but this year before I packed them up to give away, I also photographed a selection of them for this week's theme in a small round vase, which I placed against a crushed red velvet background. I hope that you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
Day 8 of 25 Days of Christmas
Baked Almond Crescent Cookies tonight. Testing cookie recipes for the Holidays.
Will post my recipe version to my blog eventually.
Baking is my Zen
Recipe can be found on the blog, A Beautiful Plate.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. ~ Zig Ziglar
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The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on the 16th of December is "stars". What a perfect theme to have, because, like last week’s theme of "Christmas decoration in black and white", I had to look no further than my craft basket for inspiration.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year and give them as gifts. I take several photos of each one on my tree before I wrap them up, so that I have a visual record of what I have given to whom. This one has been made for a friend in his football team colours of black, white and red. Don’t ask me what the football team is: I’m not a sporting person so I don’t know. He doesn’t have a traditional Christmas tree, but rather a beautifully sculptural tree branch pained white, so I think this bauble will very nice hanging from it.
Each bauble is completely hand beaded and takes between two and three hours to make, depending upon the complexity of the pattern. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. This bauble is very special as it contains small round metallic green antique sequins from the 1920s. They are the ones placed against the silver background. The metallic sequins are French. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends.
In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents as well as my own. However another reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper. I think I have even managed to impress my Royal Doulton "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" porcelain decoration as she looks over my handiwork for this year!
Funnily enough, the day before the theme of "wrapped gifts" for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 23rd of December was announced, I had just finished all my Christmas wrapping, making it perfect for me to photograph. I was inspired by my friend Red Stilletto (www.flickr.com/photos/thevixen/) to apply a white border to this photo. It is her signature style which she uses to great effect. Thank you for inspiring me. It therefore seems apt that these are her gifts in the photo, all of which I gave to her when we saw one another on Tuesday! I hope you like my choice for the theme, and that it makes you smile.
As this is the last “Looking Close… on Friday” before Christmas, I should just like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the group a very happy Festive Season. May it be filled with happiness and joy for you all.
Merry Christmas... wrapping and boxing my presents...
Have a lovely Sunday...
Debbie ~ KissThePixel 2021
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who likes yellow and gold as a colour scheme.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the black flowers which are 6mm, the gold stars which are 3mm and the gold flower centres which are 2mm and are very fiddly to work with. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends.
I shop for gifts all year around, and then hide them in places about the house where my partner won't find them (if they are for him) and in places out of the way for other recipients who might be visiting.
In the lead up to Christmas, my dining room becomes a wonderland of Christmas wrapping and trimmings which I joking call the Christmas Wrapping Bureau, as I usually end up wrapping all my partner's presents as well as my own. However another reason I like Christmas is that I love wrapping gifts, playing with ribbons and bright paper.
They are all done and are nestled 'neath my tree, ready for Christmas Day!
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Done to express my love to my camera.This camera in the lap of the girl with cats is made of wood by my daughter as a Christmasgift.
My camera is a prolonging of my self in desires,visions,expressions and emotions a companion in the most darkest periods of my life to the lightest and filled with joy!
Join our new contest in Monochrome award where you express and write what your camera/photography means to you!
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. All the sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, including the flowers. The flowers are vintage French metallic sequins from the 1930s in this bauble, so they are rare. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flower sequins until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
I love Christmas. It's my favourite time of the year: a season of kindness and generosity, friendship, laughter and love. It is also the time of the year when we get to deck the halls with beautiful decorations.
I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. Each of these baubles is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in these baubles are 5mm in diameter, but there are others that are slightly bigger like the butterflies whcih are 8mm and some which are smaller, like the small flowers which are 3mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because they are complex patterns which start from the outside and are worked outwards in ever decreasing circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 15th of December is (a contrast between) "light and darkness". I usually photograph my hand made Christmas baubles in situ on the tree, which I did do, but this year for something different, I also photographed a selection of them on a mirror against a black background, little knowing that this would be perfect for the theme for this week! I hope that you like my choice for this week's theme, and that it makes you smile!
OLEG:
We've finished the Christmas decorations for our special friends.
Peter will tell you who gets which Christmas decoration.
PETER:
The red one with the heart is for my dearest princess in the whole world... it's for my princess Rosie.
The snowman is for my very best friend Scout.
The reindeer is for Paddy... Oleg's best friend.
And... the biggest (blue) one is for... Daddy Jesse!
OLEG:
I hope you like them and that there is room on the tree to hang them next to Daddy Jesse's beautiful baubles.
We are sending you lots of love and hugs.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 10mm, and the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the butterflies and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.