Monday Mood Board: Edwardian

Today I am in the "Edwardian" style - mood. So, here some stunning Edwardian items from some of our European Street Team sellers on Etsy.

For more monday mood boards see Estella and Esther's blog.

1. CartesPostales
2. MarshiaCy
3. glamasaurus
4. LucieTalesVintage

Last week I was in an almost opposite style, very geometric, and I made my challenge piece for the European Street Team challenge:

It is called "the DOUBLE SQUARE button art ring", and the challenge is called "Geometric Beauty". You can see the entries so far on the Fishes Makes Wishes blog.

Challenge: Mathematics

Yippie !!!!! I won the European Street Team Challenge this week, organized by SoleDeVita with the theme "Out of The Space" !!!! This was my entry:

Out of Space Blue Star Brooch with Tail and Silver Comet

Now, I am the queen for this week and the theme will be ................

"Mathematics"

Let yourself be inspired by mathematics, algebra, geometry etc.; I know this is tough for most human beings :) But therefore it's a challenge !!! Hence, my dear ETSians I want to see rectangles, circles, forms etc.....
Here some inspiration in the form of a treasury made by nauliknits !

And here are the ENTRIES:

1. Rhombus CD case from nauli; the photos combine different geometrical forms, rhombs, triangles, and the pattern consists of circles.

2. Linear Tote from iragranteco; ever known the beauty of linearity ?

3. Regular Dodecahedron from alatsupplies; a mathematical beaded glass bead.

4. Supa Kitsch Necklace from dinafragola; Asymmetric Zero (a new form of mathematics).

5. Geometric turquoise necklace from creationsbyeve; twelve crochet squares.

6. Abacus Earrings from staroftheeast; little hints of science and mathematics.

7. Pythagoras Leather Journal from kreativlink; for the betas among us.

8. Thespia circle pendant from Arctida; Geometrical wire wrapped 14K Gold filled pendant/necklace with multi gemstones.

9. Decorative hanging panel from Pieceunique; a few geometric shapes: rectangle, triangle, circle, but non too straight...

10. Felted Top from viltalakim; lots of squares !

And the WINNER is ............................. chosen by hubby .............

nauli with the Rhombus CD Case

Congratulations !!!!

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard

This Monday's moodboard is a tribute to all my "Almost Algebraic" Treasuries I made on Etsy; maybe you have followed them, otherwise I advise you to do so :)
For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. BernioliesDesigns
2. LeelaBijou
3. happyment
4. ThingyWorks

Buttons : permutation of wasps or coral snakes or corncobs

I have a lot of these small thick buttons in orange and brown, and I did not know what to do with it. Mixed, they remind me a bit of wasps or coral snakes or corncobs. I had to do something funny with it, and started to lay them down in patterns. These buttons feel great in your hands because they are pretty thick; so I kept on laying out patterns. That's how the idea came upon me to make a permutation set of all possible pair-combinations of the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3, and to make necklaces in that way. (I am sorry for those who never liked mathematics in school, but I am a very mathematical person; can't help that)

These are the series (orange, brown): 0 0, 1 0, 0 1, 1 1, 1 2, 2 1, 2 2 , 1 3, 3 1, 2 3, 3 2, 3 3. This means 11 necklaces in total.

Crazy isn't ????