tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51151626013515722932024-02-21T16:23:58.498+11:00 A blog about novelty earrings and cool stuff! Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-14151021747317186552014-08-30T21:02:00.001+10:002014-08-30T21:02:43.243+10:00Alien Earrings<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">A couple years back now I hit the random earring jackpot! I discovered an etsy store that put together themed 'mystery boxes' of crazy earrings and jewellery. I got in contact with them to see if they would make an earring specific 'mystery box' for me. After a short survey to find of what things I like and my earring preferences, things were underway and I eagerly awaited the mysterious earrings. I was quite pleased with the new additions to my collection (more on the others later!)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">For this photo I wanted to photograph the aliens 'flying' in space. I couldn't find any space pictures lying around in any books I own so I made good use of my laptop. To make it 'fly' I just used some cotton and tied it my clothes horse! I always go for minimal photoshop with my photos so I left the cotton in the shot. I think it gives it an awesome dodgy Sci-Fi look anyway!</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I acquired these as payment for a freelance job, along with a bunch of other quirky earrings. The Gingerbread Men Earrings look delicious however I don't think they would taste very nice! I mean, not that I've tried them or anything..</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span id="goog_1731773583"></span></span></span></span></span>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-84347892476922813162013-04-28T18:41:00.000+10:002013-04-28T18:50:00.369+10:00Army Men Novelty Earrings<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Another acquisition from </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.ozhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Oz Horror Con</a> 2012 in Melbourne, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">these awesome disfigured Army Men are another of my favorite recent <span id="goog_1731773582"></span>novelty earring purchases! They are so cool! :D<span id="goog_1731773583"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Again this was another case of 'I need to have those earrings' as soon as I saw them! And I had just the thing in mind to photograph them.. Here is a look at the setup from today :) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I knew they would be coming home with me when I first saw them at the Horror Con. Their was a variety to choose from but I managed to narrow it down to these two. They were made by <a href="http://thegridler.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">The Gridler</a> a very talented jewelry maker/costume maker & cosplayer! (Seriously check out her tumblr.. <a href="http://thegridler.tumblr.com/tagged/cosplay">http://thegridler.tumblr.com/tagged/cosplay</a> I know where I'm going if I ever need to get a costume made!)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span></span></span></span>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-48689039723030123142013-03-24T17:02:00.000+11:002013-03-24T17:05:50.414+11:00Wishbone Earrings<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Last weekend I picked up what has easily become one of my new favorite pairs of earrings! What's not to love about them?! I've always been a big fan of wishbones. I'm not sure why but they are one of my favorite bones! Possibly because I am so unlucky with some many things haha. Who knows! :)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I'm happy to say I'm the proud owner of a few things from Nightshade FX now :) Not just the skull & earrings but also an Ulna & of course another favorite of mine - </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">'Hugh Morris'</span></span></span></span> the Humerus bone. ( I have big plans for Hugh just as soon as I can source some more suitably sized hats & clothes!)</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I'll defiantly be acquiring more of their stuff in the future because it's all so awesome!!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><i>Earring trivia: The skull <span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">was molded from a real people skull! They have an array of real people/animal skulls & skeletons! Pretty cool! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nightshade-FX/133597633356041" target="_blank">Check them out</a> :)</span></span></i></b> </span></span></span></span><br />
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October 2012 I attended <a href="http://www.ozhorrorcon.com/" target="_blank">Oz Horror Con</a> in Melbourne where I managed to pick up a few pair
of awesome earrings! Here is the first of the lot - the Shed Tool
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Annnnnd here is the stall by <a href="http://sophiekells.com/" target="_blank">Sophie Kells</a> where they came from! She had a few others interesting earrings to choose from but the tools certainly grabbed my attention! The saws came in a set of two while the hammer and the pliers came as a different set. <br /><br />I couldn't choose between the two sets so I bought them both! :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">If I ever had the chance to travel back in time it would quite possible be to this earring shop in the 1950's!!! Hand?!! Champagne bucket?!! Swiss Clock?!! YES PLEASE!!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I only read a few comics when I was growing up (pretty much what they had in the library at school) & Tin Tin was one of them.
I loved the cartoon as well so when I found these I knew they had to be part of my collection. I've already worn them quite a bit too!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The hardest decision with these was choosing which pair of Tin Tin earrings to get! All 24 comic covers were available in different pairings combinations (as pictured). It was not an easy decision as I kinda wanted them all!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The creator for these glorious book earrings was '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bookbead" target="_blank">Book Beads</a>'! There was such a wide variety to choose from too! Ranging from Tin Tin to Harry Potter, Dr Who to </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Beatrix Potter</span></span> & heaps more. I think you can even request custom covers if you're not seeing what you're looking for, so perhaps look out for some Dean Koontz book earrings down the track.. :) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">(I should point out that 'Book Beads' also does bracelets, bookmarks, cufflinks and heaps more! Well worth <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bookbead" target="_blank">checking out</a>.) </span></span></span></span><br />
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Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-33026361215144141502012-12-28T22:07:00.000+11:002012-12-28T22:07:41.754+11:00Merry Christmas Earrings!<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Twas that time of year again where I dusted off the old Christmas earrings to wear sporadically throughout the Christmas season! Before they hit the earring stand again to gather another years worth of dust I thought it would be an ideal time to photog them :)</span></span><br />
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Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-71843167853075862202012-12-05T21:08:00.001+11:002012-12-05T21:08:54.834+11:00Bruce Lee Earrings<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">More on the obscure side of my collection are my Bruce Lee earrings! I've had them for a little while & proud to say I made them myself! And by 'made them myself' I mean I bought a pair of those dangly charms you get for phones & converted them into earrings :) </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I quite enjoy Bruce Lee films so they were a welcome edition to my collection. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I photographed them against a picture from an old Bruce Lee calendar I had.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">When it came to photogging these earrings for my collection I had to combine the two! I had one perfect idea in mind but had a bit of trouble sourcing a new wooden mousetrap (all the others I found were those plastic ones.) </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">These were a gift from a cool old </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">workmate </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">(old as in 'we worked </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">together</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> a couple years ago' not old as in 'she is old'). This lovely person is none other than <a href="http://alexandrabeth.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Ali</a>! She is even making her own earrings these days (which I hope to own a pair of one day!) They are pretty cool & can find them <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraBethVintageHandmade?fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a> along with a few other bits & pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">This photograph was taken in my backyard & it didn't take too many shots to get what I was after. I made the little cross out of sticks & glued it together with craft glue. I tried a couple different places and this was the last of them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I was pretty much on my hands & knees taking it so I could get the angle & depth of field how I had it in my head. To finish it off I just greyscaled the image & played with the contrast a little to make it look more spooky.</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><i>Earring Trivia: They came attached to a playing card that I still have - The Ace of Diamonds. </i></b>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-10498456632416758072012-10-14T20:06:00.000+11:002012-10-14T21:07:34.182+11:00Decisions! The current collection. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Behold! The most recent photo of my earring collection! Taken by me just now. Like 10 mins ago. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">And this is not all of them! There are a few more that I currently don't have room for!! Hopefully by the end of the year I'll have a new frame for my expanding collection. The ones pictured are altered picture frames that were made by my Dad (he is a cleaver man!) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">If you look closely their is a bit of order to this madness! All the studs are towards the top & everything is arranged in groups. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The plan is to photograph most of these & tell you a bit about each of them on here :) Looks like I'm in it for the long haul! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">This is not the first & won't be the last pair of earrings from Monica! (I have to say this is the most extreme pair that I've seen in her shop, most of the others are food related & look delicious! Check them out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MotherMayI?page=3" target="_blank">here</a>.) They are amazing!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">The photo behind this one pretty much came from spontaneously searching around my room for things that would match the bats! The tree is a toy from an opp shop lucky dip. It's propped up on a giant plastic paperweight peg that my friend Lisa gave me & the background is a CD cover from a German power metal band Grave Digger. That pretty much sums it up!</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><i>Earring trivia: The CD cover used in this is from the band 'Grave Digger'. The CD itself is called 'The Grave Digger' & it has a track on it '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNkyRz_z6kI" target="_blank">The Grave Digger</a>'</i></b>Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-17736912587985891782012-09-24T21:54:00.001+10:002012-09-24T22:02:26.928+10:00Popcorn Earrings<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">This lovely pair of earrings was a gift from a good friend of mine </span></span><a href="http://confessionsofabake-a-holic.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Amy</span></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">! They are one of the earlier pairs I received that led me down the path of crazy earrings collecting. Very much a favorite of mine as well! (Even though I do have lots of favorites..)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I wore them when I saw Piranha 3D as pictured! </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">When I got home from the movie the idea to creatively photograph them like that sorta just happened. So I ran with it & ended up with this picture! It's also one of my favorite pictures from my collection. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">This is possibly one of the coolest things I own! </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Theodore aka "Boney T" is a 4th Quality Anatomical skeleton from Hagerstown MD USA.</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;"> He's pretty heavy but loads of fun to play with, dress up & scare the crap out of people! (One time I accidentally left him sitting in the lounge when someone came around to check the smoke detectors.. oops!)<br /><br />My cat Deano also loves Boney T! I often find him sitting in Boneys lap or chewing on his toes.. (strange cat..) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">I love skeletons (how could you not? Just look at his smile!) so it seemed like a logical & normal thing for me to acquire one of my own (besides the one I already have haha!) </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Also every year Bones helps me wish my friends happy birthday with a personalized message. This normally involves a photo shoot with a wig, fire & candles! It's getting more complex each year but it's heaps of fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Getting Boney T was the one of the best decisions ever! </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Thank you internets for making it possible.</span></div>
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Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14507198118748093099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115162601351572293.post-67490445514388615552012-09-23T21:40:00.002+10:002012-09-23T23:10:17.778+10:00Lets start at the beginning.. <span class="fbPhotoCaptionText" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br /></span>
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText" style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Little did I know back then that this would spark an obsession that has only escalated over the years! I've gone from occasionally finding the odd pair of earrings here & there to actively seeking out the most bizarre & ridiculous I can get my hands on. I have also received many a pair from awesome people along the way - spurring on this obsession even more! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Over the past few years I randomly began photographing my collection for no particular reason other than to share with my friends on facebook. However recently I've started to compile the images of my beloved collection </span><a href="http://metalchristine.tumblr.com/" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">here</a><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"> because I wanted to share my collection with the internets. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Now I feel the need to go beyond just sharing photos and that brings us here (with quite a bit of encouragement from a few friends! Cheers guys!) </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Look at this if you will as a companion piece & backstory behind the earrings. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">I'll also include some of the cool stuff I own :) because it's cool stuff! (That way if something ever happens to any of it I can always look back on here & remember all the fun times we had.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">So welcome to my little obscure corner of the internets! I hope you enjoy my collection as much as I do!</span><br />
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