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Denise Yezbak Moore is having The Best Bead Give-A-Way Ever! Right NOW! Look what you could win: Get over to her site, Bling it on, here , now. Denise will announce the Winner or Winners on Friday, July 2nd by random drawing. Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Ann of Ann's Snap, Edit & Scrap

Roentgen's photo of Albert von Koelliker's hand from January 23rd, 1896. It is Tuesday, June 29th and both Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday and Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday have the letter 'X' as this week's assignment. My first X -word is X-ray . Since here is a shortage of X-words, I suspect that many participants will choose this word as a solution to this challenge. I choose the word X-ray with mixed feelings, because it is an area of study for which I have absolutely no prerequisites. I was rotten in school when it came to the subject Physics. It will be interesting to see how others present their X-words! But thanks to Wikipedia, maybe I will be able to get through this alright. X-rays If I were writing this post in Swedish, the subjects of rays used to make plates showing the insides of our bodies, would not belong to the X-words, but rather the R-words, as the Swedish language follows the German usage of the term 'Roentgen-...

Take a look at some easy & elegant stretch bracelets and necklaces: A bracelet with white & chrystal leaves for an outdoor-wedding or just because white goes with everything at any time of the year? A turquoise-coloured and clear chrystal bracelet and choker for summer fun? Here is a teal and light turquoise version of the bracelet and choker: Here is a green and pink stretch bracelet: The same green and pink pattern as stretch choker: ------ Thank you for advertising with me on my Entrecard-widget this past week, from June 21st to June 27th. Please visit these fine sites: Monday, June 21st - The Red Cat Society Tuesday, June 22nd - Mariuca's Perfume Gallery Wednesday, June 23rd - My Second Trial Thursday, June 24th - Buy Tees Friday, June 25th - Indie Sista's Saturday June 19th - Antique Button Jewelry and Gifts Sunday, June 27th - Equine Epiphanies Best wishes, Anna First Commenter: Ann of Ann's Snap Edit & Scrap

Photo of Wolf from Wikkipedia The letter 'W' is this week's stop on our journey through the alphabet with two great memes, Mrs. Denise Nesbitt's abc-Wednesday and Mrs. Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday. I feel that I have strayed far afield from the main theme of my blog, jewellery-making, and really must have at least one word that is jewellery-related. That is why I am starting with my jewellery-word, Wire and will end my post with the more controversial word, Wolf . This is a close up of a pair of earrings that I made out of sterling silver wire and different kinds of yellow glass beads. I used a simple wire-wraping-technique to put the beads together and hang them on the earwires. Wire is metal string in different thicknesses/sizes called gauges . The gauge of a wire is numbered so that the thicker the gauge, the lower the number. Wire that is 24 gauge is thinner that wire that is 16 gauge. This may seem confusing, but wire gauge has a long tradition, bas...

Den sjuringade halskragen från Möne i Västergötland. 400-talet e.Kr My son, Erik's drawing of a Viking with a hornless helmet Some last thoughts about my V-post before it's time to go on to the letter W. I really enjoyed doing this post about the Vikings, even if it turned out to be a somewhat different post than I originally intended. Kville-ormfingerringen My first idea was to focus on the gold jewellery that has been found in the ground where it could be documented that it was from the time of the Viking Age. Sounds kind of boring doesn't it? Well, there are some pretty nifty pieces of jewellery on the site of the Museum of Antiquities in Stockholm. Look at these: Krokek-guldgubbe But when it was time to sit down and do this V-post, I had both Elisabet, six, and Erik, eight-years-old, at home from pre-school and school (second grade). There was no way I was going to write anything in a serious (dare I say 'scholarly'?) way! There is just too little time. They ...