Art Nouveau and an Autumn Cornucopia of Jewelry

Art Nouveau Cornucopia Fairy Torc Necklace and Earring Set

In previous posts I have mentioned my fascination for Alphonse Mucha and his amazing work...this latest collection of mine was is another that was influenced by the father of Art Nouveau- it was created around gorgeous matte metallic leaf beads in autumn tones that I discovered recently.

The Art Nouveau Cornucopia jewelry collection includes my newest fairy torc style necklace, ear cuff, earrings, arm cuff, bracelet and more and is available at Thyme2dream Artfire and also in my Wedding Shop on Etsy

Dance from The Muses by Alphonse Mucha

Art Nouveau Cornucopia Jewelry Collection from Thyme2dream

Etsy Wedding Team Giveaway: Win a Thyme2dream Tiara

Im excited to be doing my first giveaway over on the #EtsyWeddingTeam blog! Im giving away a piece from my very popular Withywindle Wedding Collection, named in honor of one of my favorite characters in this first Lord of the Rings book.

Thyme2dream Withywindle Wedding Tiara~ the prize in this week's EWT giveaway

To enter the contest, please follow this link and complete the entries on the Rafflecopter widget (its easy, just follow the directions;) For more about this collection, read on.

"Down along under Hill, shining in the sunlight,

Waiting on the doorstep for the cold starlight,

There my pretty lady is, River-woman's daughter,

Slender as the willow-wand, clearer than the water."

~J.R.R Tolkien

Tom Bombadil appears toward the beginning of The Fellowship of the Ring is one of my favorite characters from the Lord of the Rings. Athough I understood they needed to do something to keep the first film from being way too long, I was sad to see him left out of the films. Tom's wife Goldberry was a river daughter who he met one summer's day when he was dangling his beard in the River Withywindle where she lived with her mother. She pulled him in and apparently stole his heart, for he eventually took her home to be his bride.

A few pieces from the  Thyme2dream Withywindle Wedding Collection available in my ArtFire & Etsy Shops

Heart of Inara Serenity Necklace

Firefly wins the Thyme2dream award for most exquisite costumes I have ever seen in a television programme! The series captivated in so many ways, fascinating concept, unique storylines, delightfully quirky characters~I loved it. For me however, Shawna Trpcic's costumes stole the show every time! Inara Serra, the haunting companion who's storyline got SO interesting just before the show ended prematurely, was the inspiration for this necklace.

Faery Weddings & Hair Fancies

Okay, quick post today cos Im off to KC for a gig with the guys...

I have been having wonderful response to my Queen Mab's Faery Wedding set inspired by Arthur Rackham's illustrations and wanted to pass along one more cute bit of trivia from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.

J M Barrie wrote some funny little things in his books...most of us remember the thimble is a kiss confusion that Peter & Wendy had, but until recently I never read about "fairy weddings". According to Mr Barrie, just leaping into someone arms with a big hug counts as a fairy wedding....so there you go, even if you arent going to a traditional wedding, its still easy to get 'married' and wear a hair clip;-)

Arthur Rackham's Faery World

  I used to have a big poster of this painting on my wall when I was 16 and all I knew about it then was the caption said "Queen Mab". Many years later when I found it on the web it was entitled "Feeling Very Undancey Indeed," and when I researched it a bit more I discovered it was actually from Arthur Rackham's illustrations for J M Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.



Ah, so that explains why I loved the painting so much! I love J. M. Barrie~the world has lost way too much of its innocence these days. I work very diligently to hang on to as much of mine as I can~reading Peter Pan every few years is one of my favorite ways to accomplish this.

Queen Mab Tiara by Thyme2dr

  According to our beloved Mr Barrie,
dancey is how the faeries say they are happy...so undancey is faerie-folk language for a wee bit dispirited or some such thing. It is Queen Mab, and the reason she is feeling undancey is too long to go into here, but Dover Publications is issuing a new edition of the with Arthur Rackham's original illustrations next month, so you can go and read the story for yourself if you are curious: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Dover Children's Classics)

One of the things I love most about Arthur Rackham's illustrations of Queen Mab is the beautiful tones of ivory and burgundy that he used...it seemed only natural when I was asked to create a wedding set in these colours that they should be named after the undancey faery Queen.

When I finished the tiara, I went to find the Undancey picture again and was delighted to see how much it the tiara looked like it belonged to her:)! I also made a hair clip, earrings, two necklaces and am currently working on a bracelet as well. They are my new personal favorites. These are for sale in my Thyme2dream ArtFire .

Queen Mab Earrings by Thyme2dream