I just have to show off the first two hats I’ve ever made – from scratch, I might add (with many thanks to Sofia for the tips on how to shape them). These are not hats I’ve bought and decorated, they are handmade from my own design and patterns, as is most of the decor.

The bigger one was made as a birthday present to SilverSerpent’s own Maria, who did a great job of incorporating it into her steampunk outfit. Anyone who attended Kontrast – Swecon 2012 in Uppsala surely remembers it.

The other one I made smaller, and with a more modest decor, but then again, it was intended for a more modest outfit, namely the sort of victorian one I wore on the first day of Kontrast.

More about Maria’s hat here: Dark Victorian

The idea for this bracelet/necklace formed when I first saw dragon veins agate, and fell in love with it. In the pictures, you’ll recognize it as the slightly misty beads with darker veins. Dragon veins agate comes in many colors, but I chose purple, silver and black for this piece.

Apart from the dragon veins agate, this has glass beads and crystals in purple, clear, black and silver, along with three dragon shaped pendants. The beads range in size from 2.7 to 8 mm.

…it felt fitting to make a new Halloween bracelet.

This is actually a bracelet and necklace combined – designed to go once around the neck, or twice around the wrist. It features a Jack-O’Lantern, a spider, a skeletal hand, a bat and vampire teeth, with a combination of glass beads and crystals in orange, white, black and green. Among them are some of my personal favorites, the Cat’s Eye pearls, which have a beautiful shine. The pearls range in size from 2.7 to 8 mm in diameter.