A truely beautiful arrangement of two wonderful old hymns.
This just gives me goose bumps.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Be Still My Soul ~ Selah
Autumn toned Jangle watch ~ Crystal Velvet
Another watch. This time created with beautiful autumn toned glass beads.
Available through www.crystalvelvet.co.uk or email me at mail(at)crystalvelvet.co.uk
Can be created in any colour.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Emmanuel ~ Amy Grant
I love this song (from the 80's) Such a simple song that lists the names by which we know Jesus.
More Memories
This ecclectic mix of pendants, broken jewellery and odd earrings have been mixed with buttons and other sentimental items to form a memory necklace. I put this one together for a magazine article and have since been asked to produce them for many people.
It's a great way to collect memories. On this one there are buttons form my cildrens clothes, items that belonged to my grandparents, odd earrings etc that I could not bear to part with.
It never fails to draw comment and I'm still adding to it.
If you would like one putting together using your own "memoiries" then you can contact me by email mail(at)crystalvelvet.co.uk
Monday, April 27, 2009
He Reigns - Newsboys
Glory Glory Hallelujah he reigns
All over the world ~ lets worship him together!
Something old Something New
I love taking something of importance to someone and incorporating it into a creation. In the above case, a brooch belonging to the Brides Grandmother was assembled into a tiara. the aquamarine faceted stones went very well with some Swarovski aqua marine crystals and some AB crystals.
This service is available through www.crystalvelvet.co.uk
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Great is the Lord ~ Michael W Smith
Great is the Lord and worthy of praise ~ now lift up your voice and worship him!!
Bling Ring ~ Crystal Velvet
This ring is one of my magazine article examples. Created using glass pearls, Bali silver beads and hematite beads, it looks great gracing the finger and never fails to draw comments.
There are 60 beads crammed onto the ring.
Available as a kit from my bead store www.beadsbydesign.co.uk or ready made from me email: mail(at)crystalvelvet.co.ukThursday, April 23, 2009
Still ~ Reuban Morgan
Psalm 91
I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress,
my God, in whom I trust."
Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare
and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
Thank you Lord that you are Faithful to us. You shelter us under your wings. You know when we are passing through tough times and you are there with us.
Thank you Lord for you love, your friendship and care.
Amen
Some recent creations ~ Crystal Velvet
This is one of my favourite items. I make it as a bracelet or choker in any Swarovski colour.
This side detail tiara has been created with fresh water pearls in a golden bronze colour. The band is encrusted in gold delica beads and more of the pearls.
Unfortunatly the detailing on the feature beads in this set really doesn't show. The beads are clear with metalic toned patterns.Saturday, April 18, 2009
God's world in our care
Outside my house stand 3 blue, one green and one brown dustbins. It's so different from when I was growing up. In those "olden days" everything was just piled in together and the pile of black rubbish sacks spewed over the path at the side of the house. I don't think that we had recycling other than bottles that you took back to the supermarket for 5p each.
Now the recycling potential is amazing.
Just this week I've been able to recycle the following:
1. Paper
2. cardboard
3. lawn cuttings (compost)
4. cut flowers (compost)
5. clothes, shoes
6. books and toys
7. plastic carriers
8. mushroom containers and fruit containers from the grocers (became seed trays)
9. fruit peelings, egg shells, rabbit droppings and sawdust (compost)
10. glass
11. tins
I've also been on freecycle ~ I'd urge everyone to join it. If you have stuff you no longer require you can just give it away. Submit an advert and wait for the replies to flood in and then you elect who you want to get it and they come and pick it up form your home.
There is also the option to ask for things you need. no money changes hands and you are not adding unwanted goods to the landfill site.
I actually find it a challange to have my standard rubbish bin as empty as possible and in the end, the majority of it is crinkly plastic wrappings from food. Now if I could only find a craft to do with that!!!
We are custodians of the perfect world that God made for us. Wouldn't it be great to be able to look after it as he'd like us to.
Now the recycling potential is amazing.
Just this week I've been able to recycle the following:
1. Paper
2. cardboard
3. lawn cuttings (compost)
4. cut flowers (compost)
5. clothes, shoes
6. books and toys
7. plastic carriers
8. mushroom containers and fruit containers from the grocers (became seed trays)
9. fruit peelings, egg shells, rabbit droppings and sawdust (compost)
10. glass
11. tins
I've also been on freecycle ~ I'd urge everyone to join it. If you have stuff you no longer require you can just give it away. Submit an advert and wait for the replies to flood in and then you elect who you want to get it and they come and pick it up form your home.
There is also the option to ask for things you need. no money changes hands and you are not adding unwanted goods to the landfill site.
I actually find it a challange to have my standard rubbish bin as empty as possible and in the end, the majority of it is crinkly plastic wrappings from food. Now if I could only find a craft to do with that!!!
We are custodians of the perfect world that God made for us. Wouldn't it be great to be able to look after it as he'd like us to.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Sculpture ~ Jesus washing feet.
This stunning sculpture depicting John 13 where Jesus washes his disciples feet stands outsideDallas Theological Seminary. The image was captured by: Resclassic.
The story was a feature on this blog durin Holy Week. You can read it Here.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Man looks on the outside!
Saturday evenings in our home follow a familiar routine. My husband comes in from work, we eat our evening meal, clear up and then sit down together to watch the television.
This saturday we all learnt a very valuable lesson as did many people accross the UK.
We were watching Britain's got tallent. It's a tv show where various people have a slot to show off their many wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful diverse tallents. We witnessed singers, dance troups, commedians, artistic acts and then onto the stage walked a 47 year old lady.
Looking at many of the acts, it's easy to guess what they are going to do. This time it was different. The lady had an awkwardness about her. Her hair was greying and quite unstyled, her dress was dated and to be brutaly honest, looking at her we were expecting her to be poor at whatever it was she wanted to do. She just didn't look the part, didn't look the image of a performer.
A short interview followed and her lovely scottish voice and smile still did nothing to warn you of what was to come.
Sing .... she was going to sing. The audience looked shocked and disbelieveing at the prospect. There were chuckles in the audience as she said she'd like to be like Elaine Paige.
Silence, she montioned for the track to be turned on and then she opened her mouth and the most beautiful aria emerged. her voice had a lovely tonal quality and power to it. You could hear the audience gasp, then break forth in rapturous applause.
The song she chose to sing was an amazing piece of music called "I dreamed a dream" from the musical Les Mieserables.
Dispite having stood on that stage with the audience and viewers so disbeliveing, laughing and waiting for her to fail, she'd risen above it all and given a stunningly beutiful performance. And the audience were on their feet clapping and clapping.
If you'd like to see what I am talking about then click here
1 Samuel 16 v 6-7
tells us that "man looks at the outside, but God looks at the heart"
In that particular chapter the story is the sellection of David as king. The smallest and unlikely of Kings. A shepherd boy, youngest of seven sons. Not the one expected for the job.
Time and again we see Gods choice of worker as not who you would expect.
Wanted "A brave man to go to a warring neighbours island to tell them that they are doing wrong and that God doesn't like it"
Wanted "A young woman to enter a beauty pagent with a chance to become the queen, married to a Jew hating king"
Wanted "A man to lead Gods people to their rightful home. He must be prepared to stand up to the pharoho"
Wanted "A woman to bear the son of God"
Wanted "A man to become a planning officer for food supplies over a whole country for 14 years"
Who would have thought that Jonah, a lazy coward would be sent to Nineva, or that an orphaned Jewish girl would become queen and save her people. Was Moses, a murderer your first choice be a leader of people, or that Mary a young and unmarried girl would be the one God chose to bear his son.
Did Joseph, a bragger and the most annoying irksome sibling look as though he had potential to provide food aid planning for a whole nation?
God has plans for each and everyone of us and maybe to the outside world we are not the obvious choice, but he invests in us tallents that can be used for him.
This saturday we all learnt a very valuable lesson as did many people accross the UK.
We were watching Britain's got tallent. It's a tv show where various people have a slot to show off their many wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful diverse tallents. We witnessed singers, dance troups, commedians, artistic acts and then onto the stage walked a 47 year old lady.
Looking at many of the acts, it's easy to guess what they are going to do. This time it was different. The lady had an awkwardness about her. Her hair was greying and quite unstyled, her dress was dated and to be brutaly honest, looking at her we were expecting her to be poor at whatever it was she wanted to do. She just didn't look the part, didn't look the image of a performer.
A short interview followed and her lovely scottish voice and smile still did nothing to warn you of what was to come.
Sing .... she was going to sing. The audience looked shocked and disbelieveing at the prospect. There were chuckles in the audience as she said she'd like to be like Elaine Paige.
Silence, she montioned for the track to be turned on and then she opened her mouth and the most beautiful aria emerged. her voice had a lovely tonal quality and power to it. You could hear the audience gasp, then break forth in rapturous applause.
The song she chose to sing was an amazing piece of music called "I dreamed a dream" from the musical Les Mieserables.
Dispite having stood on that stage with the audience and viewers so disbeliveing, laughing and waiting for her to fail, she'd risen above it all and given a stunningly beutiful performance. And the audience were on their feet clapping and clapping.
If you'd like to see what I am talking about then click here
1 Samuel 16 v 6-7
tells us that "man looks at the outside, but God looks at the heart"
In that particular chapter the story is the sellection of David as king. The smallest and unlikely of Kings. A shepherd boy, youngest of seven sons. Not the one expected for the job.
Time and again we see Gods choice of worker as not who you would expect.
Wanted "A brave man to go to a warring neighbours island to tell them that they are doing wrong and that God doesn't like it"
Wanted "A young woman to enter a beauty pagent with a chance to become the queen, married to a Jew hating king"
Wanted "A man to lead Gods people to their rightful home. He must be prepared to stand up to the pharoho"
Wanted "A woman to bear the son of God"
Wanted "A man to become a planning officer for food supplies over a whole country for 14 years"
Who would have thought that Jonah, a lazy coward would be sent to Nineva, or that an orphaned Jewish girl would become queen and save her people. Was Moses, a murderer your first choice be a leader of people, or that Mary a young and unmarried girl would be the one God chose to bear his son.
Did Joseph, a bragger and the most annoying irksome sibling look as though he had potential to provide food aid planning for a whole nation?
God has plans for each and everyone of us and maybe to the outside world we are not the obvious choice, but he invests in us tallents that can be used for him.
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