Fini Friday! Cycles!

Hello Everyone! 

Welcome to Fini Friday! 

The last few days have been filled with sunshine and I'm pleased to note patches of bare ground here and there! 

Yay! 

This post is all about cycles...the cycling of Winter into Spring, bi-cycles, cycles of creation and so forth! 

In keeping with the Fini Friday tradition (and illustrating the completion of the creation cycle!), I've a new creation to show today! 

You might remember this Fini Friday post with the newly-minted Popcap pendants. Another creation has grown up! 

Title: Cycles 

Ingredients: Popcap Pendant(hand-coloured non-toxic resin, stickers, popcap), lead-free pewter(USA), anodized aluminum. 

Isn't that chain gorgeous? It reminds me of a bicycle or mechanical (Steampunk?) chain! 

The bottle cap that was used in this particular pendant is from a bottle of New Belgium Brewing's Fat Tire Ale. The logo on the back is a picture of a vintage bicycle. This played a huge part in the design and title. The colours on the back are gold and an almost cinnabar red, which are echoed in the bi-coloured jumprings. The gears in the Popcap pendant echo the image of bicycle or mechanical gears. 

Of course, the raw materials of ales and beers go through several cycles to become the beverages that many of us enjoy. 

Here is a close-up of that pendant... 

The red and orange rings are woven in a mobius-strip (or infinity) chain maille pattern. Infinity could be considered another cycle! 

So there you have it, a relatively simple design inbued with many, many details! 

I hope you have a lovely weekend! 

I'll see you on Magical Monday! 

Ciao!

Magical Monday! The Magical in the Mundane!

Hello Everyone! 
I hope your weekend was most excellent! 
Mine was, full of errands and meetings, yet also the excellent company of good friends, excellent conversation and nummy food! YAY! 
Today's post has a decidedly mechanical and extraordinary-mundane feel to it! Let's get started! 
I love everything about what this photo captures! It has a working title of "Concert Solidarity" and credits for it are here.
  

 This second bit of Magic can best be summed up by the title, "A General's Birthday Wish" and credits and details about it are here.
So incredibly awesome! 






The last bit of magic I have to share is about a man in Honduras building a helicopter. 
The link to the Youtube video is here and it is entitled,"Everything is Incredible". I love that idea! I don't know if his helicopter can fly or not...but then...perhaps that's not really the point of it. Perhaps the point was to simply build and complete the helicopter...Take a look at the video and see for yourself! 

And that wraps up another Magical Monday! 
Have an excellent next few days and I'll see you on Whimsy Wednesday! 
Ciao!