{"id":1971,"date":"2009-10-14T01:59:12","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T05:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2009-10-14T01:59:12","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T05:59:12","slug":"beautiful-treasures-from-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=1971","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful treasures from France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1972\" title=\"lilllibulle_3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_3.jpg\" alt=\"lilllibulle_3\" width=\"475\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_3.jpg 475w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_3-295x300.jpg 295w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_3-443x450.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t this necklace just gorgeous??\u00a0 I must confess I did not make it&#8230;some of you may recognize who did though!\u00a0 I have loved <a href=\"http:\/\/lilibulle-illusions.blogspot.com\/\">Esther&#8217;s<\/a> one of a kind jewelry since I first saw them&#8230;and we recently decided to do a trade with our necklaces.\u00a0 This beautiful copper piece came wrapped carefully in it&#8217;s own lacy jewelry pouch.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that box I pictured in my blog post about the Round Robin?\u00a0 Now I&#8217;m going to show you all of the surprises I found inside from Esther of Mes illusions baroque.\u00a0 I cannot tell you how exciting it was to unwrap all of the tissue paper to find one of a kind boxes and containers&#8230;there was no detail spared, and Esther made packaging an art form!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1973\" title=\"lillibulle\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle.jpg\" alt=\"lillibulle\" width=\"510\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle.jpg 510w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle-450x335.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would you believe Esther created this handmade box, filled with vintage buttons and religious medals.\u00a0 I have never seen anything like it &#8211; with beads for knobs and all of the stamped layers (made from wax?)&#8230;.Esther you always amaze us with your talent&#8230;I know we have all said this, &#8220;Is there anything you cannot do!?&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1974\" title=\"lillibulle_2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle_2.jpg\" alt=\"lillibulle_2\" width=\"510\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle_2.jpg 510w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle_2-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lillibulle_2-450x356.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh would you look at these pretty soldered pendants!\u00a0 I ordered one from Esther&#8217;s new Etsy shop, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=7599085\">Les Illusions Baroques<\/a>, and the other along with the fabric pillow bead were sheer surprises!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1975\" title=\"lilllibulle_4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_4.jpg\" alt=\"lilllibulle_4\" width=\"481\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_4.jpg 481w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_4-278x300.jpg 278w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_4-417x450.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was warned that she was snooping around in past blog posts for a picture&#8230;now I see why!\u00a0 This is an altered metal tin &#8211; again, I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1976\" title=\"lilllibulle_5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_5.jpg\" alt=\"lilllibulle_5\" width=\"500\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_5.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_5-300x294.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/lilllibulle_5-450x441.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this journal&#8230;I think I just about gasped when I saw this special gift.\u00a0 A couple of us in the Round Robin group have joked that Esther must have some sort of <em>French Secret<\/em> for all of her endless creativity (not to mention speed at creating!).\u00a0 I am so thankful that yes, Esther has shared many of her little &#8220;secrets&#8221;, as she is a very generous soul.\u00a0 Whenever I visit her blog I am truly filled with admiration &#8230;her jewelry and mixed media art is sheer inspiration (and yet she is truly very humble).\u00a0\u00a0 When you visit Esther&#8217;s blog you&#8217;ll feel it too, as if you&#8217;re visiting an old friend&#8230;and you&#8217;ll want to keep going back for another visit. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 THANK YOU, Esther and Romizouuuuu!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1979\" title=\"siggie6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/siggie6.png\" alt=\"siggie6\" width=\"138\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isn&#8217;t this necklace just gorgeous??\u00a0 I must confess I did not make it&#8230;some of you may recognize who did though!\u00a0 I have loved Esther&#8217;s one of a kind jewelry since I first saw them&#8230;and we recently decided to do a trade with our necklaces.\u00a0 This beautiful copper piece came wrapped carefully in it&#8217;s own lacy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-love","category-etsy-finds","category-indie-artists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}