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ValiantArcher
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Oh, of course, silly me! Cloak pins! I guess I kept thinking they could fasten their cloaks with buttons and loops or chains. ;))
A marshwiggle cloak pin would be great! Hmm, impending disasters...a storm cloud? A lightning blot? A hail storm? A flood? A swarm of marsh flies? ;)) Perhaps some sort of marsh wildlife/plant would be a better bet. Maybe some droopy cattails or a squirmy eel or something? Then again, who knows---I wouldn't be at all surprised if Puddleglum had a worn and beat up lion's head cloak pin. :)
(By the way, surprised at all to see a whole four posts yesterday? ;) )

Thinking of cloak pins, what sort do you all think Jill and Eustace would've had from Cair Paravel? :)

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Posted : September 2, 2012 12:12 pm
Adeona
(@adeona)
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That is gorgeous, Adeona! Who do you think would wear it? :)

If the green stones were aquamarines instead, I'd say Queen Ramda. Otherwise, Queen Susan, circa HHB.

Cloak pins? Valia, I love your Marshwiggle ideas! I think a storm cloud with rain would be most appropriate, because of the double meaning. Marshwiggles being "Wet blankets" and dampening to the most cheerful of persons. :) But the Lion's head would indeed be best for Puddleglum, personally.

Lady Arwen Undómiel, I love that lion pin!

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Posted : September 19, 2012 4:52 pm
Anfinwen
(@anfinwen)
NarniaWeb Nut

Here is a website where I have seen a lot of really neat jewelry. http://www.victoriantradingco.com/
The jewelry supposed to be victorian, but it could be any era. here are some of the most Narnian that I have seen.


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Posted : September 20, 2012 10:24 am
ValiantArcher
(@valiantarcher)
BC Head and G&B Mod Moderator

Em, who's Queen Ramda, Adeona? But, yes, I think Susan would wear a necklace like that. :)
I'm glad you approve of the Marshwiggle pin ideas. ;)) Upon thinking more on it, I really do think a (an old) Lion's head pin would be very fitting for Puddleglum too. :)

Those are all lovely, The Lady Arwen Undómiel! The first looks very dryad-ish, but I suppose that would be rather redundant. ;)) The second one makes me think a bit more of Lucy, and Susan for the third one. Do you suppose Ramandu's Daughter would've worn something like the last one as queen? :)

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Posted : September 24, 2012 12:46 pm
Adeona
(@adeona)
Thursday's Wayfaring Child Hospitality Committee

Oops - sorry for being vague there. Ramda is a nickname for Ramandu's Daughter. A few fans were using it before VoDT came out. :)

Lady Arwen Undómiel, those are all lovely, and the last two are my favorites. I can definitely see Queen Susan wearing the final necklace, and maybe Lucy for the 3rd. I actually see Ramandu's Daughter in the second one, and the first one... Maybe a lady centaur? It's very unique!

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Posted : November 16, 2012 3:46 pm
7chronicles
(@7chronicles)
NarniaWeb Guru

The Sentence in The Magician's Nephew were Jadis says something about pyramids has always gave me the interesting idea that the pyramids were sort of like the Mayan pyramids. Having that in mind when thinking up ideas for Charn, I thought it would be interesting if Charn had a Mayan inspired jewelry sort of look.

(Let me know if the sizes are to big)

Like this:

The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. C.S. Lewis

Posted : July 1, 2013 1:27 pm
Meltintalle
(@mel)
Member Moderator

Do you have a source for the snake armband, 7chronicles? That one really stands out to me as something Jadis or her sister would wear and I'm wondering if that's an extant Mayan piece or if it's just an inspired-by one. ;;)

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But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton

Posted : July 1, 2013 3:34 pm
7chronicles
(@7chronicles)
NarniaWeb Guru

@Meltintalle:

That is my favorite one as well! :)

I did an image search and found it.
I went ahead and found the picture again and found the website it was attached to.
It turns out the bracelet is actually "Greek-Hellenistic period, 3rd-to-2nd century BC" (funny it popped up in the Mayan Jewelry). And it is real!
Here is the link (just a word of warning, there is a sculpted broach with a illustrated bare women in the ocean. Like with most greek statues)

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/article ... ry-museum/

The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. C.S. Lewis

Posted : July 1, 2013 7:33 pm
De_De
(@de_de)
NarniaWeb Guru

Wow the arm braclet it really cool!

I was recently thinking of Ramandu's daughter and they way they portrayed her in the movie. I didn't really like they way they did it, but never mind. I didn't really like that she didn't have much jewlery, I know that it's not really mentioned in the books that she had any, but I thought it would be kind of cool is she had a tiara like this
http://www.medievalbridalfashions.com/c ... rclet1.JPG

or a chain like this
http://img1.etsystatic.com/011/0/651887 ... 7_2gd6.jpg


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Posted : July 2, 2013 12:03 pm
Meltintalle
(@mel)
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That's really interesting that it's actually a Greek piece, 7chronicles. ;))

I like the tiara. It does look like something Ramandu's daughter would wear. If I were going to costume her ill-fated Maying outfit... I might use jewellery like this.

We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton

Posted : July 2, 2013 2:00 pm
7chronicles
(@7chronicles)
NarniaWeb Guru

@De_De: The chain tiara would be interesting, and I don't think I've ever seen anything like it in any other movie.

@Meltintalle: I like that! It reminds me of something she would wear.
I almost forgot about that costume :-o .

All this wonderful jewlery makes me wish we could actually see it on screen in the movies. :)

The Value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. C.S. Lewis

Posted : July 2, 2013 10:59 pm
De_De
(@de_de)
NarniaWeb Guru

7chronicles, I thought about it because they're becoming really popular here in Russia. I mean you see girls walking around the street with those. Very interesting.
You're right Meltintalle, I also forgot adout that costume. I really like tht necklace. It's interesting how her style changes from more stary blueish-white colors to more green forresty colors because of her switch from being the daughter of a star to a Narnian queen. She could have a crown like this
http://img2.etsystatic.com/000/0/517647 ... 184390.jpg
because it has leaves and branches, but it's all in bluish tones. I like it :D


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Posted : July 3, 2013 10:29 am
Meltintalle
(@mel)
Member Moderator

I was in Claire's the other day and saw two different lion head design necklaces. I'm debating going back and getting a few and trying to turn them into broaches. ;))

Of course, I couldn't find them on their website, but I did find the matching earrings that I didn't see in the store. :p

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We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost - how long ago! -- G. K. Chesterton

Posted : November 9, 2013 3:54 am
Lady Galadriel
(@lady-galadriel)
NarniaWeb Junkie

In regards to general Narnian jewelry, I am actually currently wearing my Lucy's-vial pendant which I got for my birthday a few years ago. It was designed by Walden Media. I also have a shield pendant with the red lion on it.

Do you all think any of the Narnian characters would wear broaches? I'm sure there could be some very Narnian ones, but I'm having a hard time picturing anyone actually wearing them. That's probably because I can never figure out how to wear broaches/pins, though. ;))

I actually really like this idea. I just wouldn't want the original idea of the broaches to be associated with the Elvish one that the Fellowship all wear in Middle-Earth. (Let's keep Narnia original. B-) ) Basically, as long as the broaches don't resemble Elvish leaves, I'm good. ;)) I would dearly love to see Drinian, Trumpkin, Caspian, Rilian, etc, wearing lion head broaches as a Narnian tradition. Ramandu's Daughter / Lilliandil could wear one that resembles a star. The Emerald Witch could wear one that resembles a snake. :P (Well, maybe I wouldn't go that far...but I do think something like that would be a neat clue to the audience as to who she is, if they haven't read the book.)

Posted : April 2, 2014 4:05 pm
You Will Find Me Bigger
(@you-will-find-me-bigger)
NarniaWeb Regular

You've got a point... Tolkien made far more use of jewelry than Lewis did. (One RING to rule them all! etc.) :D

But Lewis did particularly mention that the crowns for the Kings and Queens of Narnia were beautiful and light enough for everyday wear. He thought big, heavy crowns were "ugly."

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Posted : April 2, 2014 5:18 pm
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