Windows

My friend Paul lives in Sydney, and I haven't seen him in years! We used to live a couple of doors away in college, he was like the older brother I never had. He helped me with uni, we sang Ella Fitzgerald and Alicia Keys together, and one night when I cut my hand so bad that blood was dripping all over the floor, he did all the panicking instead of me.

Now we only chat every now and then. He's a busy lawyer, but I know deep down that is not where his heart is. His room in collage was was covered with posters and postcards- at least 2 of them are of Audrey Hepburn, some of them are of famous paintings. He always mention how much he loved yoga, and one night said he would LOVE to be able to design shoes. When we haven't chatted for months he would randomly start a conversation with a link of a painting and started praising it like a passionate critic.

One night we were discussing about the designs of the jewelry in my shop. Before he went away, he mentioned the movie "Amelie" ( A french movie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet starring Audrey Tautou)- The main character, Amelie uses the simple pleasures of life to run away from loneliness in her childhood. In effect those little things look imaginative, colourful and beautiful in her life. "...I hope this idea can help you in your future designs" - and he left.

So I came up with this pendant design, directly inspired by my windowsill at home. I really love the result...!
 http://www.etsy.com/listing/69875492/windows-wire-pendant-necklace

Good ol Paul. When I remember this conversation, the things in my house come up to life a little, and they made me smile....

=)