"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

On the Fifth Day of Christmas, my True Love Gave to Me…

On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

At last an actual gift, after all these birds (and I suggest you do some math with this guy). For a change, I thought I would too show you some ring-related Christmas stuff.

1. Kenan Türkmen

Kenan Türkmen from Finland specializes in snowflakes. And butterflies. And flowers. His shop is named Hich, and his snowflake ring is my favorite jewel of these festivities.

2. Andy Schumann

Well, it’s not rings and it’s not in gold, it’s pewter, but still… Schumann does scultures and pendants, he has some neat winter stuff (Santa and Grandmother’s House) and he also did a series of pendant decorations for the 12 days of Christmas. Here‘s the five golden rings.

3. M Tuzon

It’s the last he did and it’s a hedgehog. The cutest thing ever.

4. Hester Durkan

She did other 12 days cards, but where there’s rings… well, you just have to. So, here’s her card and wrapping paper for the fifth day.

5. Charlie Best

If you’re feeling low because it’s not birds, Charlie Best fixed it for you and turned the gold rings into goldspinks.

I’ve decided to continue showing you beautiful stuff (or at least stuff I think it’s beautiful) even after Christmas, but instead of having monographic articles featuring single illustrators I’ll be grouping them with themes. As a theme I’m picking the Twelve Days of Christmas, a British carol I adore. If you never heard it (you’re clearly not Britsh) I suggest you take a look at this incredible performance.

Spooktober

Spooktober 23 – The Immortal Hand

“The Immortal Hand” is a supernatural short story written by pulp author Arlton Eadie (the pseudonym of Leopold Leonard Eady). It was originally published on March 1929 in Weird Tales and features interior artwork by the prominent pulp illustrator C.C. Senf. “With a calm and

Read More »
Spooktober

Spooktober 22 – The Lifted Veil (2)

Continues from yesterday… CHAPTER II. Before the autumn was at an end, and while the brown leaves still stood thick on the beeches in our park, my brother and Bertha were engaged to each other, and it was understood that their marriage was to take place

Read More »
architecture, engineering and construction

Be an expert on Doors, please

On outsourcing to AI agents without losing more than you gain Last week, I promised a colleague that, by the end of an article, she’d understand what everyone means when they say they “connected an AI agent to Revit via MCP”. I also promised she’d

Read More »
Share on LinkedIn
Throw on Reddit
Roll on Tumblr
Mail it
No Comments

Post A Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

RELATED POSTS

Spooktober 23 – The Immortal Hand

“The Immortal Hand” is a supernatural short story written by pulp author Arlton Eadie (the pseudonym of Leopold Leonard Eady). It was originally published on March 1929 in Weird Tales and features interior artwork by the prominent pulp illustrator C.C. Senf. “With a calm and

Read More

Spooktober 22 – The Lifted Veil (2)

Continues from yesterday… CHAPTER II. Before the autumn was at an end, and while the brown leaves still stood thick on the beeches in our park, my brother and Bertha were engaged to each other, and it was understood that their marriage was to take place

Read More

Be an expert on Doors, please

On outsourcing to AI agents without losing more than you gain Last week, I promised a colleague that, by the end of an article, she’d understand what everyone means when they say they “connected an AI agent to Revit via MCP”. I also promised she’d

Read More