Renaissance Bride in our Arwen Celtic Wedding Circlet

We were delighted to receive these gorgeous Renaissance wedding photos from a happy customer this week... Amy is wearing a amethyst version of the Arwen Celtic Wedding Circlet headdress from Ian's shop PernCirclets on Etsy - Dont you just love her dress?!!

We are always happy to customize our magical jewelry &accessories to go with your attire- Renaissance garb, fairytale wedding dress or even if you just want a pretty tiara to wear around the house when you do the vaccuuming!  Contact us any time:) You can find us on Artfire too:

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Midsummer Nocturne Fairy Tiara

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,

Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,

With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine:

There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,

Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;

And there the snake throws her enamell'd skin,

Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in"

~William Shakespeare

My new Midsummer Nocturne Tiara was originally a custom piece for this beautiful Nocturne Fairy from a ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream. I havent had much time for new pieces this spring and summer, so its always nice to get a custom request- gives me an excuse to be creative;)  As always, this piece is available at Thyme2dream ArtFire

Celtic Princess at The Iowa Renaissance Festival

More Renaissance Festival photos from our first season of travel!

Here is an ethereal young druid we met at the Iowa Renaissance Festival last Memorial Day Weekend. Ian's Celtic Weave Sun Circlet was the perfect addition to her simple, elegant look:)

This is a delightful festival is held in Middle Amana, Iowa- we plan to take our shop there again this year~ May 29-30-31, 2010 (Memorial Day Weekend) come and join us for some fun!!

The Fae Come to call

Oh I am SO chuffed...my new friend Gini, aka www.Jess8Cass2.etsy.com sent photos of her adorable girls in their Halloween costumes- complete with Jewelry by yours truly. I knew these costumes were going to be delightful just from her description and I was not disappointed. Cassandra & Jessica look absolutely adorable..and look like they were born fae as well (the ears look so REAL)!




Their mum is a talented Chain Maille designer who I met at the Etsy Chainmaillers & Wire Artisans virtual trunk show a while back....this is my favorite piece from her shop (and since my family reads my blog, YES, it is on my Christmas wishlist;) Click the photo to be taken to the Etsy listing for this piece, or CLICK HERE for her Etsy storefront.

Elven (Elvish, Elf?) Ear Couture

So just what IS the proper term for something belonging to an Elf? Elven, Elvish, just Elf? I have always thought that Elvish more referred to the language and Elven would be correct in the above title...if anyone has an opinion, please feel free to weigh in:-)

ANYWAY...I recently discovered that my earcuffs are a wonderful accessory for Elven costumes as a way to conceal the "seams" on ear additions. My new friend Ammie from The Gilded Quill on Etsy was kind enough to send me some photos of her new cuffs in action, and I wanted to share them with you here!


Ammie is a bookbinder extraordinaire and her Etsy shop is full of wonderful journals, wands, faerie lights and other magickal accouterments. For even more of her delightful magick-ing, you can also visit her website: www.gildedquill.net

Both pieces are available in my Etsy shop Thyme2dream.

She is wearing my Lothlorien Spring Forest Ear Cuff on the bottom


and the Lothlorien Crystal Forest Ear Cuff on the top of her ear.

Titania's Dream: Work In Progress

I am honored to announce that one of my favortite Etsy artists, Ida M W Larsen, aka Mizzdraconia is working on a new painting of Titania, featuring jewelry from my Crystal Forest Collection

She recently sent photos from her model shoot to update me on the progress, and kindly gave me permission to post them here in my blog:


In the photos, Ida is wearing my Lothlorien Crystal Forest Tiara, Bracelet, Necklace and also my Midsummer Night Fairy Arm Cuff

I am so excited about this project...it is fun to have my work included in another fantasy artist's piece, and fascinating to follow Ida as she goes through the creative process!

Ida's work has been featured in such publications as Heavy Metal Magazine, Art Scene International,Imagine FX Magazine, Photoshop Creative Magazine and Forbidden Whispers Magazine. In her shop on Etsy, she features prints of many of her pieces as well as fun and functional jewelry and other sudries with her artwork.

You can also see her work on her own website: Ida-Larsen-art.com

UPDATE: Here is a link to the completed print in her Etsy Shop: The Frog Princess
It ended up not being Titania, but a gorgeous piece nonetheless:)

Jadis & the Unicorn: Another fun project for Thyme2dream

Meet our latest Jewelry customer:-)
Elle (aka Legally Blonde) is a beautiful minature horse from New Brighton Stables in Raleigh, NC. Thanks to a bit of Ian's woodworking magic along with a snippet of my czech glass and crystal bling, she will be magically transformed into a unicorn for an AMHA Regional Show the end of this month.



Because it had to be very lightweight, Ian hand-carved the horn out of a block of balsa wood, painted it and made the wire loops to secure the horn to Elle's harness. He then turned it over to me for decoration. This was another project where our customer (it was actually Cyndy at NBS who emailed, not Elle;-) was a bit tentative when approaching us with what she thought was a "strange" request. I was delighted with the idea and Ian was his usual genius self in coming up with the design for the horn.

Elle's handler will be wearing this ice crown...similar to the one Jadis the White Witch wears in The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe. The crown also required a bit of innovation as well as an internet search for just the right quality of acrylic icicles. Ian constructed the main structure and I addded the combs and bits to secure it as well as decorating the base.

The crown is now for sale in my ArtFire Shop. Im not sure about the unicorn horn~I dont know how many miniature horses there are out there looking for a horn...but if you know of one, or would just like the unicorn horn as fanciful home or garden decor, please let us know! As always if you have a strange jewelry or costume accessory request, never be afraid to ask...we love a challenge;-)

UPDATE: We were delighted to learn that our costume accouterments helped Elle and her crew take FIRST PLACE in the national competition:)

Danu, Queen of the Sidhe: A Fae Celtic Crown

I have so much fun naming our new creations!! This crown was designed by Ian so my only contribution to the fun was telling the story:). I decided this one looked quite ancient with a truely earthy elegance, so I named it the Danu crown. In Irish legend, the goddess Danu was queen of all Sidhe (faerie folk).. her legend spread throughout Celtic Europe, the Danube river was even named after her. The Tuatha Dé Danann or "people of the goddess Danu" are a race of people in Irish Mythology, and the legends of Danu are most prevelent in that tradition.

This has been a very popular design~our first customer was a very talented British artist who found us on Etsy. Emily Carding designed the lovely Tarot of the Sidhe, and we were extremely honoured when she chose the Danu crown to wear in her handfasting! I was also delighted when she sent along these wonderful photos of her special day...just look at that gorgeous dress!!:





Emily's work can be found on Etsy at www.SidheTarot.etsy.com and also on her own website www.childofavalon.com. Thanks Em for sending the photos:-)!






We recently were asked to do a silver version of the Danu crown, and include Carribean opal Swarovski crystals to coordinate with a bride's necklace and earrings...here are photos of my lovely niece modeling the result:


















The Danu crown in silver or gold can be customised with any Swarovski crystal colour...at last count they have over 250 colours available, so this gives you a wide range of choices!

We have this and other crowns, circlets and tiaras now for sale in both Thyme2dream.etsy.com and my new DaWanda Thyme2dream shop. Ian also has some exclusive circlet designs in his newly renamed Dragon Rider Circlets shop on Etsy.

The Gatherin'...Snow, Wind, Tiaras & fun!!!

Ian and I went to WaKeeney, Kansas this past weekend to take part in Th' Gatherin', an ancient Scottish style festival in the middle of the Great Plains. When we got there the night before it was snowing and blowing and they had blizzard whiteout conditions two counties away...it was weird weather for May 2nd- even for Kansas! When we walked into the local pub for dinner, we were greeted by a 20ft tall Christmas tree fully decorated- turns out Wakeeney is the "Christmas City of the High Plains" so there was a plausible explanation...but it did make us feel like we had stepped into a wintery time warp!

Luckily after a cold windy start to the morning, Saturday warmed up nicely and the famous Kansas prairie wind finally died down enough that my earcuffs quit blowing away! We had a busy day of it~ our band Glenfinnan was playing in addition to the jewelry booth being set up. Luckily we found some nice folks to mind the shop for us while we were onstage so Thyme2dream was up and running the entire day. Lots of fun folks in costume, ancient scottish garb, KILTS, faery wings, whatever you could think of...our weird and wonderful jewelry and circlets fit right in:-) Here are some photos of our lovely and talented customers:


Liz looks right at home in the lovely Onyx and Amethyst Dragonrider Circlet designed by Ian and available in his shop: Pern Circlets on Etsy


A bit askew, but these little princesses looked lovely in their fairytale tiaras! The Aurora and Ariel tiaras are available in my shop: Thyme2dream on Etsy


Cricket is the leader of a talented Celtic band called The Lucky Charms...looks a bit Irish doesnt she;-)? She will soon be featuring some of our wares in her shop in Leavenworth, Kansas. This Tree Sprite Mistletoe tiara is also available at: Thyme2dream on Etsy