Soft and Hard [Mellow Yellow Monday]

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

~ Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Mellow Yellow Monday #31: Mother of Pearl Dish

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A polished mother of pearl dish accented with cast brass frog on a leaf.  Designed and crafted by a company in Cebu.

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Mellow Yellow Monday # 30: Yellow Flowers

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Bunches of yellow flowers grace these vases made from carabao (water buffalo) horn.  The mirror frames are also crafted from carabao horn.  The Philippine Carabao Center promotes the carabao as a multi-purpose animal and a source of milk, meat, hide and draft. Taken from TN Philippines' booth at the Manila FAME.

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Ruby Tuesday: Glass-fillers

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An unexpected, eye-catching flower centerpiece---a bouquet of red roses as glass filler.  The pink shell-filled glass vases also add a romantic and artistic touch to this table.

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Mellow Yellow Monday # 29: Decorative plates

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These are decorative plates from a showroom in Cebu.  Not sure if this is a grape leaf but the leaf design was debossed and hand-painted on crushed capiz shell.  The black leaf on the right has cracked egg shells background.  

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Midweek Blues: Glass chandelier

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An elaborately hand-painted glass chandelier I saw in an antique shop.

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Time flies... [Ruby Tuesday]

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...Or "Wings for the Heart".  Whatever you call it, this is a neat idea for a clock, don't you think?  These are hand-painted, made of tin with wooden base, battery at the back of the heart.  Taken at a vendor's booth in the Manila F.A.M.E.

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Ruby Tuesday: Shagreen

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Stylized vases wrapped in dyed shagreen (stingray leather).

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Mellow Yellow Monday #12: Yellow Lady

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A lady in yellow under an umbrella lampshade at the parents' home of a friend.

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