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Ringing in 2013...

Les Keys 90 silk twill scarf
Rouge H matte nilo HAC 32cm PHW
Black lizard CDC GHW
Glenan bracelet in gold
Black lizard gold cuff
Black lizard Ano cuff
Black stingray wrap bracelet with taupe stingray charm
Red fur balls scarf
Jeweled beaded long black leather gloves

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lala28 said:
Black stingray wrap bracelet with taupe stingray charm
Black lizard CDC GHW
Black lizard Ano cuff
Black lizard gold cuff
Glenan gold bracelet
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Dear Lala,

I just have to say you are a true genius when it comes to color match your H and I cannot find the right word to describe your beautiful collection as each one of them takes the word out of my mouth. Stunning. Utterly, remarkably stunning.

This is by far my favorite thread. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I am looking forward to my daily happiness through your most beautiful H.
 
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lala28 said:
Ever receive a gift that you know the giver really wanted for him or herself? Well, my DD gifted me with a new wallet that I know that she really intends to use for herself!

First off, I'm not a native Texan; and second, she's pretty much told me that she plans to "borrow" it starting now.



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My dd did the same thing to me. She bought "me" a beautiful yellow wallet that quickly "disappeared" from my cabinet...needless to say, it was in her bag...lol!
 
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A friend of mine gave me this colorful "beaded" necklace the other week. The beads turned out to actually be strips of magazine sheets rolled tightly together and glued to create the appearance of beaded jewelry. It turns out that there is a remarkable foundation that frees girls who are sold into the s*x trade industry by "buying" free these girls from their captors. The girls who are freed make jewelry out of whatever they can find on hand to sell, and help raise funds to "buy" the freedom of other girls in similar situations.

Seeing this necklace and what these girls can do with basically scraps of paper and really nothing else at all, put into perspective for my DD all of the times she and her friends would complain about literally "having absolutely nothing to do"....

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Bleu de prusse box B30 GHW
Tendresse Feline GM shawl
Prune suede Kelly Dog GHW
Bleu Roi shiny alligator KDT GHW
Fauve KDT GHW

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P.S. For some reason, I haven't brought myself to peel off the plastic on the prune and blue Roi!

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Thanks for sharing lala. I like the story of the "free the girls" foundation. Do they have a web link?

Also, I have never seen that cw of the Tendresse Feline shawl. Is it the blue cw?
 
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I stumbled across this belt when I was traveling this past summer. I had never seen it before. It's called Ceintures Plumes and has no hardware at all.



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There isn't any one "correct" way to wear this belt so I experiment with mine a lot.



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Here it is worn with my black "batwing" dress worn with Plumes belt in etoupe, plus Kelly en Caleches GM shawl in naturel/black.



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VigeeLeBrun said:
As usual, your pics are breath-taking and beautiful, lala.
Such a pleasure to stop by this thread and see your amazing collection.
Happy New Year and wish you the best for the year to come.
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Jadeite said:
plumtree, amazing pics once again. Yes i remember as a child I would make these "beaded" jewellery too.....you've just reminded me of those days.
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Thank you, VLB and Jadeite! It's ironic that here in the states we take our children to craft stores to buy beads and such for them to make jewelry when the truth is they should be looking around the house for ideas instead!

I remember making necklaces out of dry macaroni in my day.
 
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