Thursday, 30 June 2011

Our Creative Space...


Mum has been busy with another way of manupulating fabric.


Cut, fold and iron, cut fold and iron, and that dozens of time, would be better in winter time to warm up :)


When one row is finished everything gets stiched up to secure it, before starting on a new row.


But the result is wonderful!


The Mermaids Tail Bag is slowly getting in to shape, just a few finishing touches left before it will be up and running in our bagshop.


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Monday, 27 June 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. vadjutka  2. PeshtemalShop  3. MyMonography  4. milkysupplies

Sunny blue sky, for many months to come, if anyone is having too much rain, you are welcome to sent it our way :)

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

Feature your fellow EuropeanStreetTeam mates by making a mosaic. You can add your link here so that others can see it!

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Saturday, 25 June 2011

Update on Ufo


For those who were wondering how Ufo is doing, here is an update. He still gets canned food, as he still can't chew normally. And he gets a huge amount of love, hugs and kisses. He has also become a lap dog on the age of 7, and with the size for two laps he is extremly hot and heavy, but I can't say no to his sad eyes.


And isn't love the best medicine?

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Our Creative Space...


A very colorful creative space this week, while we are creating rainbows for this week's challenge of the EuropeanStreetTeam with the theme Rainbow! It will become a very happy tote once it is finished.


And more color and sunshine, while we are busy with our new jewelry line Green at Heart, you can see the first in our shop. They all will be a combination of vintage embroidery, felt and metal, with a floral theme.


And our biggest hobby, creating a huge mess :)...


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Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Finished!


A while back I showed you how mum started to knit a bolero for me. It has been finished for a while, just time has been flying this month so only now found the opportunity to show it off!



It has been knitted and then finished off with a crochet border. It also has a large amount of mother of pearl buttons so that you can button it in different ways to wear it differently.


Unfortunatly I haven't been able to wear it yet, as Summer has arrived, will have to be patient till Autumn before I can show it off in town :)

Monday, 20 June 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. EarthLab  2. lilarubyking  3. magalerie  4. hamamhouse

Summer is really here now, it is hot hot hot and time to go to the beach!

Wishing you all a wonderful monday!

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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Our Creative Space...


This is our latest obsession: turning embroidered vintage linens that have hibernated for decades in someones drawers into hip bags.



The lovely embroidery gets framed in patchwork in coordinated colors.

I'm on a roll!



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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Saving Private Ufo


As you all might know by now, we take care of 13 dogs. All have their past and had their battles on the street or previous bad owners. They bring alot of love and joy in our life, although it is often hard as they depend on you like little children, little children who never grow up.


About one and a half month ago we noticed that Ufo lost weight and appetite, we bought nice food for him and gave it seperatly to him in case he didn't like the food or if he didn't want competition with the others. But under his thick long fur he kept feeling boney.


When a month ago he still was looking bad we let him be trimmed to see what would come out below the fur. An extremly anorexia type ghostly dog came out of it. He has never been fat, but was always perfectly fine. We then also noticed a large bump under his right eye and we feared that he had a tumor.


So our Vet took some bloodsamples and sent it to a lab, but everything was looking fine in his bloodwork. After some further research we discovered that it was the root of his tooth that got infected. The problem is that no vet here in our little town has much experience with such a case. So while mum investigated the true source on the internet we also searched for a dentist willing to help us out. We finally found a lovely dentist who wanted to help, on a sunday morning when no human customers were around. And this Sunday together with our Vet and another dentist they took Xrays and had to remove two teeth, and stich it all up to prevent bleeding. Ufo is now recovering with a sad face but hopefully in about a week or two he'll be good again, except for the swelling under his eye which will take a long time to go.


We are now relieved that the poor boy is not suffering anymore. Of course all this tender loving care comes with a price. The vet bill is every month our highest expence, but this month it's staggering...


All the things we do for our furry kids, is hard to imagine that some people can't love them is pretty unbelievable....

Monday, 13 June 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. lovelytrifles  2. StemellinaSupplies  3. fleurfatale  4. PetitPlat

Summer... sun and lots of fruit :)

You can make the mosaic with the fun gadgets of bighugelabs.

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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Haute Handbags


We are thrilled to show you our first magazine feature for our bagshop!


We were contacted by the editor of Haute Handbags last year and she asked us to sent some bags for a photoshot.



We also made a tutorial to make your own Cutest Bag, or be inspired by it.


Yaaaaay :)

Thursday, 9 June 2011

Our Creative Space...


As always, there are new projects all over the place.

This is a multicolored version of the Crazy Daisy bag. After I crochet every flower I pin it in place on a towel to prevent it from turning. It saves a lot of time and frustration.



And here we are cutting patchwork pieces with our newest gadget, the accuquilt. The name is all wrong, no accu at all but only a manual crank. Very green and I cannot praise it enough! Super thing :)



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Tuesday, 7 June 2011

EuropeanStreetTeam Challenge



We won the last challenge with the theme A day on the Beach!
So now it is time for a new theme!
Summer means more time outside, one nice thing of this time is Picnics!

So the new theme is PICNIC

Think about grass, food, Gingham, berries, parks, the great outdoors, barbeques, and many more!

You can add the link of your listing below.

Monday, 6 June 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. HoneyCase2  2. AleciaV  3. azulado  4. karoart

I'm in a garden mood these day, might be because summer has really arrived and everything needs to be watered every day to keep it green.

You can make the mosaic with the fun gadgets of bighugelabs.

Feature your fellow EuropeanStreetTeam mates by making a mosaic. You can add your link here so that others can see it!

Thursday, 2 June 2011

Our Creative Space...


I'm always searching on Etsy and Ebay for gorgeous hand embroidered vintage linens that can be made the focal of a bag.

This one has it all: beautiful and skilled embroidery, lovely colors and a message to boost:
No roses whithout thorns - no love without sorrows

It will make a great bag.


And do you know what my sorrow is at the moment?

I spent days smocking that piece of fabric that you saw last week, and guess what? After finishing it and pulling the threads, I discovered that I had done the smocking on the wrong side, that is, the good side but it should have been the wrong side.
It was very clearly written in the book, why didn't I see it?


Now you can not get rid of those floating threads that you see here between the folds.

There are several choices now.

a) pull out all the threads and start anew
B) pull out all my hair and learn to follow instructions when I'm following instructions, if you get my drift
c) try and transform it into something different

Still thinking...



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