Challenge : Traditional Costume

I won the challenge of the past week from the European Street Team on Etsy: Hurrah ! Thanks Amanda for hosting this "Pastel Color" challenge.

The coming week I am the challenge queen; and I choose for: "TRADITIONAL COSTUME". Let your entry be inspired by the traditional costumes of the country where you were born, or where you live, or of a country that you indentify with. It does not need to be the whole costume, a bit of ornamentation or jewelry will be fine as inspiration source too !

The challenge ends on Monday 29 of June around 22:00. Can't wait to see your entries !

The 1st entry is a doll wearing tsolias from psarokokalo in Greece:


The 2nd entry is a Sliced Dirndl Journal from Kreativlink in Austria:


The 3rd entry is a Traditional Turkmen Ambiance Necklace from staroftheeast in Turkey:


The 4th entry is a summer scarflette from ingermaaike based on the blouses of the bunads (i.e. traditional costumes) in Norway:


The 5th entry is a rustic bracelet from alatvian based on the metal spiral bracelets from ancient Latvia:


The 6th entry is an abstract fabric & brass necklace from vadjutka incorporating a Kalocsa rose embroidery from Hungary:


The 7th entry are traditional fallera earrings from LeelaBijou inspired by the typical Valencian dress worn at "Las Fallas" Festival in Spain:


The 8th entry is a felted brooch from StormsHandicrafts with a small pattern fragment from the national costume of Lithuania:


The 9th entry is a jade-green bodice from kraplap based on the traditional bodice (i.e. kraplap in dutch) of Staphorst in The Netherlands:


The 10th entry are passion earrings from bijouxdellostregatto based on the Venetian tradition of glass beads in Italy:


The 11th entry is a dutch brooch from ballee made from fabrics used in many traditional customes in The Netherlands:


The 12th entry is a red & golden necklace from ExoticFlavour based on the traditional wedding dress in China:


The 13th entry is a flower necklace from fleurfatale made from flax, a typically cultivated material for traditional costumes in Belgium:


The 14th entry is a kawai Carnival brooch from dinafragola based on the bell and bow the "Gilles" wear during Carnival in Belgium:


The 15th entry is a summer blouse from zerva made from the traditional tulbent (thin headscarf) in Turkey:


The 16th and 17th entries are flower Hmong earrings from fleurfatale inspired by the beautiful clothing style of the Flower Hmong in Hoa Bihn, Vietnam:



The 18th entry is a gothic Laura Lolita bonnet from MissMinoes inspired by the Little House and made from traditional fabrics of The Netherlands:


The 19th entry is a batik bag from iragrant made from traditional Javanese batik fabric of Indonesia:


The 20th entry is a denim apron dress from KajaDesign inspired by traditional costumes of Sweden:

Challenge : Native Tribes

This European Street Team's weekly challenge was called "Native Tribes" and was organized by psarokokalo.

I have this fabulous book about ethnic jewellery (Ethnic Jewellery by John Mack, The Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications, 1988), which is full of treasures from all over the world. One of the pictures shows shell jewellery from south eastern New Guinea, which were the principal items in the Kula ceremonial gift exchange.

The soulava necklace is made of many disks bored from the shell of the Spondylus Oyster, and I could easily see very similar structure being made out of modern plastic buttons. The Spondylus disks vary from pale brown to deep red, and I have used saturated brown buttons. For the ornamentation (which is done with shells of several species in the picture above) I have used one oyster shell and eight cockle shells, that I have collected here on the beach.