New in the Shops

Sea Urchin Necklace Vintage Pendant, Sweet water pearls, Sea urchin

 

 

Kuchi and Pearl Earrings Vintage Kuchi handmade hammered finds Rustic Jewelry

 

 

 

Modern Tribe Necklace - Tribal Ethnic Vintage Upcycled Statement Piece

Woodland Dove Bag Vintage Embroidery, Kiss-lock

Sea Treasures Keychain - Driftwood, Metal Seahorse, Glass

Dark Caramel Earrings Lampwork and Copper

My Friday Night Outfit

Pink Floral Cocktail dress by ilovemona
Rustic flower earrings studs by ShoShanaArt
Vintage Embroidery Pouch by StarBags
floral heels by allencompany

A little girly and romantic outfit this week, you can never go wrong with floral :)

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Azulado Candies

The postman brought me some yummy ceramic candies today. I'm saying candy as they not only look delicious but they smell delicious too. These beauties are all made by Sandra from Azulado, whom you might remember from the raffle we organized a few months ago.

 Coincidentally I was wearing a perfectly matching dress when it arrived the colors are deep and beautiful. Sandra herself is working hard to make her shop her income for her son and her, I admire her strength which she has shown many times during these hard times.

 The pieces are beautifully detailed, and are much more finer and lighter then you would expect, making them perfect to wear even during the hot summer days we have here. The beads below will become some pretties, she is planning to make more supplies, so check her shop often as they are really wonderful!

New in the Shops

Sterling Silver Coral Ring Sea Treasure Collection

 Gypsy Kuchi Earrings Coral Pearl handmade hammered finds Rustic Jewelry

 Pink Sterling silver Sea urchin Earrings

Ethnic Tribal Necklace Kuchi Necklace Eye of Shiva Pearls

Brown Sea Urchin Necklace (Ooak)

 Ethnic Tribal Necklace - Secret Hiding Place, Vintage Bottle, Pearls

 Traveling East Weekender Suitcase - Leather, Embroidery and Alcantara

 Twine Knitted Leather Tote Natural Bohemian Bag

 Any Kind of Escape is Welcome Weekender - Leather and Velvet

 Ahoy Sailor Jewelry Organizer Rack, Towel Holder, Coat Rack Boat wood, Driftwood, Textile, Metal Beach Home Decor

 Tutti Frutti Colorful Lampwork and Vintage Fruit Charms Bracelet and Earrings Set

My Friday Night Outfit

Sea Travels Earrings Copper, Enamel, Ceramic Glass Rustic Jewelry by StaroftheEast
crochet dress teal sundress knit bandage wiggle dress by FireGypsyVintage
Capelet with open stitch and ruffles african violet to mint by Polixeni19
Teal Blue Vintage Flats by TheAnnexVintage

A Summer outfit for an evening walk, it is getting warmer by the day here, but evenings are still cool so a capelet is perfect. Hope your weather is getting warmer too, wherever you are :)

The rules are simple; make a fun outfit with items from Etsy (you can include one of your own items) with the mosaic maker or photoshop or Polyvore. Post it on your blog with the links to the featured shops, and add a link linking to this blogpost so that your readers can see the other outfits as well, this way we will all be connected :) You can then add your mosaic here below by clicking on the 'add a link' button so that everyone can see your outfit here as well, you can leave your link till Saturday evening.

Our Creative Space...

Slowly our workspace is getting organized. Every inch of wall is in use now :)
I've made some shelves and with clear boxes things can clearly be seen, for easy searching.

And some pieces in progress, mostly with old kuchi pieces, for some modern ethnic pieces.

See more creative spaces at Our Creative Spaces.

Turkish Traditions

One of the things that makes a different country exotic is often the traditions. In Turkey there are religious holidays but there are also Republic holidays established by the first president of Turkey, Atatürk (litterally translated: Father of all the Turks).
Ome of them is April 23, the day for the children.
This day involves dances prepared for weeks before hand. I think the parents enjoy this more then the children, it is a day that they can proudly show of their child.

I think the children would rather be on their skateboard or playing games on their computer, but they do get alot of extra attention :)

These days are always messy with lots of music and people and food of course.
Funny enough 23rd of April the weather is always sunny and is the start of Summer.

I didn't take much pictures of the dance it self but more of the cute mess beforehand. As it all started much later then anticipated the children started to get tired and overheated with their layers of traditional costumes.

The dances are traditionally a serious act so the children look very serious too, which is quiet funny to look at.

Next holiday will be 19th of May the day of youth and sports, where simular activities will be taken place :)

New in the Shops

Sea Travels Earrings Coral, Copper, Chalcedony Stone Rustic Jewelry

 Seashell Necklace Beach Jewelry shell solder

 Good Old Times Vintage Doily, Knit fabric and crochetted Bag

 Happy Hobo Bag Crochetted Multicolor

 Mixed Media Art Troll Doll Coral Vintage Typewriter letters

 Driftwood Cloud with Vintage Crystal Raindrops - Wall Hanging

 Portrait Necklace medaillon Black floral Vintage enamel flower

 Large Porcelain Flower Ring

My Friday Night Outfit

Neon geometric polymer clay bib necklace by HunkiiDorii
Rainbow Bag Quilting and Orinuno with Leather by StarBags
Ruffled Gathered Sleeve Office Pencil Little Black Dress by BritishSteele
Black Leather Sandals for Women by WalkaholicS

Classic blacks with smashing rainbow for tonight although I might need to change the sandals in to boots as it started raining again :)

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Moo Cards

I think we are one of the last people in the creative world who are giving mini Moo cards a try :)
They took me a good part of an entire day to make as I made 25 different compositions. We didn't want them to be very promotional but still representing our work. So I went for natural compositions, mostly with sea treasures we found on the beach.

The back side has a part of the Sea Fever peom written by John Masefield, with the very appropriate words:

I must go down to the seas again,
to the lonely sea and the sky.
And all I ask is a tall ship
and a star to steer her by...

With sea and star in it I loved it!

The fronts are with seashells, coral, beach pottery, stones, pebbles, starfishes, seahorse, sanddollars and more. They will be added randomly with sea themed purchases. Pictures of pictures are not very pretty they look really nice in real.