Behold my latest Viking Boob Bling creation! This arrangement consists of beads that I have pillaged at various viking markets this summer (I will make sure to post about these viking events soon).…

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This past weekend I sold at the 20th annual "In A Garden" show and sale, organized and hosted by Kathryn McHolm. It's the fifth time I've participated and it was a pleasure to see so many lovely repeat visitors out enjoying the beautiful gardens and the artisan offerings. Here's our host, Kathryn. My little corner was shady and cool. I've never seen a fox before. This adolescent was glowing with health and as alert and interested as could be. One of the adobe ovens, out of which came a…

Glass beads excavated from a Viking community in Denmark

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Viking brooches used as clothes fasteners or worn as display of wealth. Viking brooches take different forms incorporating dragons, wolves & mythical beasts.

We have little evidence for the colors of the Viking Age. Most people would have lived in a world of colors that drew on and deviated from the natural world—split wood, smelted metal, smoked meat, …

Here's a variety of Viking / Norse style beads sure to suit any project or purpose you might have for them. The hole sizes are larger than our other listing of beads, making these great for stylish beard accents, or necklaces that have thicker cords or chains. While they're all Silver in color, some of the beads are made of different types of metal. Please see the information below for the hole sizes, dimensions, and material of each style bead. You really can't go wrong with these. They…