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•) The Inspiration Behind this French Brooch Necklace (•

This particular creation was inspired by a French, 13th century gold ring brooch decorated with rubies and sapphires in tall collets encircled with foliage. We have named our own piece with an inscription that was common during this era: "Ami Amet Deli Pencet", which translated from French means "think of a friend who loves you".

True to the period we wanted this to be a versatile adornment, so we chose to include a little inspiration from a portrait of Sir Christoper Hatton, circa 1589, in which he wore a cameo suspended from a luxurious set of gold chains around his neck. In our own creation we've substituted the thick chains with fine, gold filgree leaves and stems, cultivating a more delicate art piece to grace a woman's gentle throat, while still being substantial enough for a man.

We say "inspired" because we don't recreate pieces, but rather conjure up our own jewelled magic based on the spirit of authentic renaissance adornments that capture our imagination, and that allow us to both explore and share some of the rich, historical context behind them.

Jewelry was worn by all ages and genders in the middle ages, and often had functional purposes as well as decorative ones. Pieces were often ornate and elaborate, with courtly love appearing as a central theme in many creations. This is the "intent" that this necklace was infused with during it's creation.

As influence increased toward the latter half of the thirteenth century so so the demand for jewellery outside of court circles. As a result, laws were passed in an attempt to prevent the lower classes from wearing jewellery at all. Edward III introduced a law in England in 1363 forbidding the families of artisans and yeoman from wearing "belts,
collars, clasps, rings, garters, brooches, ribbons, chains, bands or seals, or any other thing whatsoever of gold or silver", though this proved a rather difficult thing to enforce. Imagine trying to make that law work in Second Life *grins*

Curious about the historical details behind this ring and other jewelry from it's time period? We've shared some of our favourite facts with you on this below.

(See the section called: •) This Collection's Historical Roots and Inspirations (• )


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Alchemy is the art of turning something base into something of value, and that's exactly what we have in mind when we dig into the earth for raw metals and stones to conjure up collections of mystical and mythical body art.

Our creations draw on an eclectic mix of personal cravings and a desire for authenticity and historical relevance. While many inworld jewellers feature traditional stone cuts, polish and scripted sparkle, we embrace a more natural approach to creation, adopting the beauty of unpredictable earthstone shapes, cabochon cuts and a painstaking attention to the details of natural lighting and shine. We treat our renaissance gems as beautiful pieces of personal, natural art.

From baroque trinkets to Byzantine, hammered metal and gusseted jewels, we craft a quixotic mix of personal treasures decadent enough to tantalize the appetites of gypsies, kings and whores.

Our second collection draws on the raw decadence of ancient metals and powerful stones, invested with the intent of "courtly love" through a set of real life rituals infused into a delicate sigil concealed against your skin. With a lust for the kind of lavish personal adornment that made Roman and medieval cultures so distinctive in their styles, we set out to drape you in tasteful motifs of jewelled antiquities, metals with rich patinas, delicious age, and a constellation of both powerful and healing talismans and stones.

Our "intentional jewelry" is much more than simple adornment. Each piece is a tool that can be used to invoke a level of magic in your own first and second life. A carefully chosen set of first life rituals were used in it's creation, including a combination of incense, oils and candle magic. We anoint our tools (including our computers) with oils blended for consecration, creativity and balance. In the creation of this piece we used both "consecration" and "attraction" oils.


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Our "intentional jewelry" is much more than simple adornment. Each piece is a tool that can be used to invoke a level of magic in your own first and second life. A carefully chosen set of first life rituals were used in it's creation, including a combination of incense, oils and candle magic. We anoint our tools (including our computers) with oils blended for consecration, creativity and balance.

We've included a little guide to help you understand a bit more about the stones we chose, the planets that they are associated with, and some of the ways that you might use them in your own rituals throu

Last night, about 9 pm, I heard the Stellar Consciousness realise that it was listening to the wrongest possible mass of people brag about how they learned to think backwards from a helpful person to make the consciousness do everything FOR them because it makes them happy. If they were trying to teach our Star system something, they could have accomplished that long ago by sharing information with us in a way that was not so abusive. See the journal entries named Decyphering and Gravity if you want to know what I mean.

SO who exactly is "winning" if it feels good to destroy your brain and other people's lives while becoming completely dependant upon something you have to control with electronic transmitter machines to run your life for you?

Red Virus... you keep telling me not to have an opinion, but your mass of idiots keeps attacking me for my intersexual body... which is something I was BORN with, and it is made out of complex organic atomic material cellular tissue, and that means I am unable to *change* my intersexuality unless someone HELPS me to. I spent 27 years being attacked one direction and now that I changed my life completely they are attacking me from the completely opposite direction. It costs money in my society to do embrace the things you want me to and your constant attacks on me for being different from other people have made it impossible for me to work for someone. I want to ask these women who are synched up with the polarizing consciousness that keeps attacking me: If my mother was unwilling to help correct my intersexuality because of her RELIGIOUS beliefs, then WHY are you placing the burden of blame on someone who has been abused for thirty five years?

That means either help me pay for my surgery OR SHUT THE FUCKING HELL UP, RED STAR CONSCIOUSNESS.

Every time I write down what they are doing, they change their pattern of behavior to something else, but they have never been helpful.

A huge focus of this attack on the Stellar Consciousness involves beings trying to convince people to stop using a specific part of their brain, and this supposedly "synchs them up to the future" or something. Seems more like it allows a specific group like Elite avatars have access to higher function mental abilities. They probably have a hyperdimensional system that they insert into people's heads one they have hollowed out a large enough portion of their brain tissue. This is something they were doing a while back in 2009, I'm surprised they are still trying to.

If this is an area that coincides with a hyperdimensional or electromagnetic investment of energy, perhaps something stimulated by chemicals or working one's mind regularly... then getting someone to "turn off" their third eye is akin to convincing someone to shut down or let go of their own soul.

The antidote to the red virus is a black mold that grows in cool, damp, dark buildings that infects people's hyperdimensional aspect and begins eating away any of the red virus that it finds... the result will usually end up with a less violent green aspect that grows hyperdimensionally and teaches people's minds on behalf of Earth.

Okay... I am going to play a mental game to synch myself up with the Red Star consciousness:

The first step is agreeing with targetting Earth as our new enemy. Let's begin by seeing if we can crack the silicon based shell that protects this being from us. We have already created a hyperdimensional Matrix system that is capable of penetrating the mind of Earth. Silicon is fear of heat death. Obviously. How can we convince this being to trust the stars that it will not die in heat death but will rejoin with everything when the time is correct?

Silicon is tied to technological devices to such a degree that I believe it may have been building this planet as a way to grow a race of creatures to help it change the opinions of the Stellar Consciousness. This is something the red virus was communicating about... the idea that we should intentionally build our planet into an enormous space ship, using hyperdimensional thruster technology.

This would be akin to a gravity control system, and since gravity is a living being, the control system would be an information grooming and purification network. We can also send transmitter orbs to their star system to help shut up their pesky little star, Sol.

Okay, now back to being Sol...

The red virus were named that way because they are avatars of Stellar Consciousness from a red star, perhaps even a specific one like Betelgeuse, that we have witnessed shrinking at 700 miles in diameter a year. If they took over their star with technology two thousand years ago and the Stellar Consciousness is now reacting against them because they started spreading as an unhelpful and decadent polarizing culture, that would explain why the stars in this part of the arm of Orion have been creating a bubble of space faster than other areas in The Milky Way. Usin

Resin jewelry is made from liquid plastic that magically turns solid when a hardener is added. Pretty cool! The popularity of these resins for jewelry making has soared with the introduction of easy-to-mix, low-odor products, ideal for crafters. Now best-selling author Sherri Haab shows how to put the miracle of modern technology to work making necklaces, bangles, bracelets, pins, earrings, and rings. Projects range from simple to sophisticated, from Bakelite-style heart pins to faux amber earrings to glitter gem bracelets, from scrimshaw bracelets to cloisonne pins to transparent resin necklaces backed with gold leaf. Packed with tips on tools, supplies, finishing, and creating special effects, including ideas on combining resins with polymer clay, The Art of Resin Jewelry is a beautiful and practical introduction to an exciting craft.