Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Rock On

A darker, more devious winter collection is on it's way from my brand, Devious Darlins'!! I've wanted to add some Scary Mary darkness to my items for a while now, without going totally queen of darkness. I love blending styles and making something that gives the little extra to an outfit.

The new collection has a dash of glam and roughness, blended in with nature and rock'n'roll. But still romantic and with a bit of Devious Darlin' cuteness to it! It shows my love for the darker influences and rock'n'roll style. It's for the rocker chic, either you're living the life or rockin' it at the office.

Scroll down for a sneak peak, maybe you'll find a favourite among these first goodies;) And don't be shy, I'd love to hear what you think!!

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My tray of goodies

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Wish you all a Rock'n'roll Christmas!! Beautiful pinecones, made of pure copper! Hanging from jet black swarovski crystals and small copper bow ties..

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Arm yourself with these rather big copper guns, amazing details! Decorated with a cute copper bow ties and a lovely, real vintage jewelry stone!!

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Bring out the animal;) Big, stunning, real coyote toothies!! Hanging from jet black swarovski crystals, tied together with a cute brass bow tie! (Notice: The animals has not been hunted for their teeth. They are collected from road kills and animals that died a natural death).

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Skulls and roses! Big, gorgeous brass skulls.. With a brass bow ties, accompanied by jet black roses and swarovski crystals! Almost a bit Mexican day of the dead over them.

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Rock'n'roll!! Ever wanted to wear the lovely little pepples you find on the beach? Perfected by the ocean and the sand for thousands and thousands of years.. All natural earwear! Small stones, collected from the cradle of sivilisation. From a beautiful warm beach on Crete, in Greece.. Made into lovely earrings for you and me;) Studs is made of pure brass!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

The God of Death..

The Aztecs and Mayans considered the owl a symbol of death and destruction, and the Aztec god of death was often pictured as an owl.. I can understand why the superstitious indians believed that the owl had these powers, as it's a creature thats mainly hunting at night. With it's yellow, piercing eyes and the spooky hoot, it must have sent a chill down their spine out there in the rain forest. Though there's other creatures in the rain forest I would have found more frightening myself.. In Mexico they have an old saying that they still use "When the owl cries, the Indian dies"...

It's interesting how the same beliefs is found among the Ho-Chunk, a Native American tribe from Wisconsin, USA. It seems that indian cultures all over the world has much of the same beliefs and traditions, so maybe not so veird after all.. They have always had a very different outlook and closer connection to mother nature than what the westernes had..

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While the indians considered the owl as something that brings or stand for evil, in the western culture people has for a long time associated owls with wisdom. This goes as far back as to the ancient greeks, where the godess of wisdom, Athena had the owl as a symbol.

I have to say that for me the owl is a magnificant creature and one of my favourite animals, or birds I guess I should say.. If they beholds great wisdom or not, I don't know. But they sure look smarter than an average sparrow and way cooler the way they can turn their heads around;) I lean towards favouring the ancient greek belief, though I find the whole god of death thing very fascinating.. But me picturing the owl as a wise old man, is probably just a sign of Disneys brainwash since my early years lol..

This is one of my favourite videos on youtube.. I never get tiered of looking at the beautiful motions of the feathers, as it's coming in for landing and the powerful look of the eyes. Such an amazing creature!!

How do you picture the owl? As a god of death, or a wise old man like I do?;) What is your favourite creature?


(History source: Wikipedia)