Sea Treasury Hunt

Some sea treasury from a sea hunt this last week-end by Amalfi. It was a particular lucky day and I was very lucky to find so many beautiful "Mermaid's Tears".
Soon some of tehm will be on sale in my Etsy Shop... and some will become the centerpiece of one of my sea and handmade jewels.

my SUNNY pendant made to ETSY front page!

my SUNNY pendant made to ETSY front page!

A special thanks to ScaccoAlleRegine who curated this lovely treasury!

The slideshow below shows the great items in this treasury.

SUNNY -NATURAL BEACH MARBLE PEBBLE PENDANT WITH GENUINE TIRRENEAN STONE FROM AMALFI

I love to walk on the beach in winter, and I have a passion (or mania ?!?) to collect sea glass, ceramic, stones and pebbles. My companion is very patient, however I know that deep inside he thinks I am a little bit crazy ... but last sunday he came to my "beading corner" and without being asked he complimented on this sea marble pendant and said he looked like jewelry from the '800.
I was amazed as this is was exactly how I intended it to look and feel

Find out more on my ETSY shop.

The first steps of a Mermaid's Tear Necklace

Those are pitcures of  a necklace in the making. The design in my mind is of an opulent and complex necklace with several elements like the sea star with a Swarowksi sparkling heart, several sea glass component in different green tones, and small stars with small round murano emeral beads... however with all of my creation more ideas will arise in the making and I am curious to see how it will look like when finished.

Roman Beach of Pirgy

The colour of the sea in April are  simply fantastic, the air so clear and very few people are strolling on the beach on a still cold saturday. What you see here is the coast where once stood an etruscan site, then an ancient roman port andnow a meadioeval castle.

SEA STONE PENDANT "LUNA"

This natural sea stone has been levigated by years and years of rolling in the tirrenean sea by the beach of Pyrgi who was once inhabited by etruscan and then an ancient roman port.

Its rough surface makes remids me of the lunar surface, I have used purple violet tones  high precision beads and each face has a different finish (see more at my ETSY shop):

Blue Ski and Lilac and Mauve Shades in Spring

Spring is slowly arriving. Lilac seems to be all around.

View an Etsy Front Page Treasury List - The Vault on Craft Cult

View an Etsy Front Page Treasury List - The Vault on Craft Cult

GOT FRONT PAGE AT ETSY

I am so EXITEDDDDD and THRILLED !!!!
My NATURAL ROME BEACH STONE PENDANT made it to front page curated by ETSY Team:

Carbonara Evening

Tonight I had nothing in my fridge  but eggs and bacon... perfect for a Carbonana... my version is with whole wheat pasta (penne to to be precise!) and a somehow ligher version as I do not use cream ... a little concession to the diet I should be doing (!)

But I had a lot of fun taking pitcures of the making of .. and the "after"

The bacon is frying in the pan, actually this is what here in Rome is called "guanciale" . Of course as any italian kitchen and as a coffe ddicted  my Bialetti coffe maker is always on the stove ready to be used.

The eggs needs a good portion of of freshly grounded pepper...

and hier is the result.. again some fresh grounded pepper (I love the smell of it .. simply love it!!) and garlic bruschetta bread....

... AND NOTHING LEFT!!!

by do you like my ceramic dishware I purchased in Amalfi?

My first front page at ETSY!!!!

I am soooooo EXITED... this is my first ETSY front Page!!!

Spring Vegetable in Trastevere (Rome)

It is spring time in Rome and I love to walk around in Trastevere. This area is famous for its small restaurants, the small artisant shops, the pubs and in th evening it is a lovely place to hang around and et in one of its numerous cosy small restaurants.

Now that the not yet  full of tourist and the romans are not yet taking day trip "fuori porta" (literally outside the city)  I love to take a stroll and dine out in this area that is not too far from where I live. Last week  I discovered a vonderful biological shop and  I could not resist and had to take a pitcure of one of roman's favourite vegetable: the roman artishoke. 

Romas loves it because it does not have the "barb" inside wich is fastidious to clean out, but with variety you can easily clean this vegetable and tehn deep fry, or simply coook in water and tehn eat each leaf dipped in a vinagrette ( it is the most fun and messy way to eat it and I loved it as a child), or just cooked with water garlic, olive oil and mint.

By the way: a true roman restaurant will offer this only in spring season... in August you will get only frozen or imported ones!

Looking for Sea Glass

Finally the fist sunny week-end after a harsh winter and I am out looking for sea glass and seapottery on the Amalfi Coast. This pitcure was taken last sunday in a small beach by Vietri.

Crochet Earrings

I had this earrings  in my minds for a while. I had the rose blossom ready for a while and today today I finally finished them up and combined them with jewelry tecnique for those earrings. I think they came out pretty well, a mix of romantic with a somehow retro feeling. My favourite are the pink one, but I think I that I will keep a pair of white one for me.

Ravello Auditorium

sterday  finally the first sunny week-end after a long and harsh winter. We took a ride to Ravello on the Amalfi Coast to see the new music auditorium...

well.. the first pitcure if of this cat taking a nap on this wooden roof perked on a steep terrace garden.

 

  and this is the Ravello auditorium. What a setting for a concert... I cant't wait for my first one there. What a sensation to listen to some good music overlooking a Unesco site!

 

 

 

 

Frida Kahlo's inspired Bracelet

Matching my Frida Kahlo's Inspired earring I finished the matching bracelet.

I love how they turned out, Frida Kahlo is one of my favourite artists... vibrant, romantic, sexy, pasionate...

 

  

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Frida Earrings

The colourful paintings of Frida Kahlo have inspired those earrings.

Dolci di carnevale at Giolitti's in Rome

Those are some of the typical sweet that gets prepared in Italy for fashing. This pitcure has been taken at Giolitti's .. don't they look yummy?

By the was Michele Obama and daughters stopped at this place in Rome last summer.

Snow in Rome

 The last time there was snow in Rome it was in 1986...so can you imagine what a surprise it was this morning when we got SNOW!!

So funny to see the orange trees covered with the first snow falling down.

 

 

By the way the pitcure I took this morning while waiting for the shuttle bus has been published in the "Corriere della sera" 

Some maritime pines covered witht the first flakes of snow this morning.

Ostia Beach in a cold February Winter

Ostia