Monday 31 December 2012

Monday Moodboards


1. OipsStore  2. perimelodi  3. OverTheRainbowPrints  4. PaperPapelPapier

It is time for a new page, new agenda, new calendar and a new year.

Happy New Year everyone, thank you for all your support for the past year(s)!

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Sunday 23 December 2012

Merry Christmas



We are wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas, may it be Merry and bright, full of love, health and good food :)

There won't be any monday moodboards this week, but next week they'll be up again!

Friday 21 December 2012

Datça


Today we went to Datça, a little town only 65 km away from us, but because of the mountain roads it takes a little over an hour to get there. There is a Greek Island very nearby, I even got a text to my phone saying 'Welcome to Greece'. The reason for our trip was to meet a fellow Etsy seller CandanImrak.


Candan makes lampwork beads and sells both beads and jewelry. The world of glass is truely colorful, and we enjoyed it alot with home made apply pie and chats about Etsy, and the world of handmade.



She has a very airy living space and in one light corner is her work bench, where she plays with glass and fire to make little treasures.




I love it when people are passionate about what they do and Candan explained her work and the world of glass full with passion.




After showing a bit what to do and explaining I had a try and made some pins with glass ball heads, they are far from perfect but it was super fun to learn something new.



We have met Etsy sellers in the past, and it was always great to meet like minded people with a passion for handmade, an outsider just doesn't understand why we are so passionate about the work we do :)

Monday 17 December 2012

Monday moodboard


1. Sielukka  2. MistPaintings  3. Dreamzzzzz  4. azulado

It has been a sad week, with children dying in such a terrible and violent way, a friend loosing her husband and all the other terrible things happening in the world. Not a nice way to say goodbye to 2012, and unfortunatly each year has many tragedies, wars, hunger, violence and more.

I'm sorry for starting this week with such a sad and dark post, but this is my mood for today, I hope the rest of the week will turn out brighter.

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Thursday 13 December 2012

Our Creative Space...


I've mentioned before that each beach we go has its own kind of treasures. Last week we went to a beach we only go to in winter time. In the summer there are lots of boats for daily tours but also the beach is full of people so even if a treasure would end up there it would either be smashed or found by someone else.


But at the end of the summer when the storms begin, all the boats are pulled up ashore both to keep them safe for rough waves as to clean them up, repairing them and giving them a new coat of paint.


When we went last week we didn't find any shells or sea urchins, we were starting to loose all hope when we found a pile of beautiful boat wood. These were all pulled off from boats to be replaced with new wood, for us it was like we found a treasure. We picked out all the nice ones and filled the car with them.


They are all in hues of blue and teal, the best ones are those you see the many layers of paint of, such beautiful colors and textures, I might keep a nice piece as a picture background.


These pieces are so inspiring I started right away with making items of them, I'm in the making of a coat / jewelry rack, and already a towel rack is ready and available in our giftshop.


This clock was finished just this morning and will be available later today in the giftshop, I'm sure the beautiful pieces will be finished fast as they are so inspiring. I wish we would find these more often, but it was the first time we did but we'll keep an eye on that beach for sure :)


Oh and I almost forgot to show you the couch covers we showed in the previous creative space, they were ready in a day or two, we actually even made a spare set for washing, the picture is not great though, it has been rainy and dark lately.


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Monday 10 December 2012

Monday Moodboard


1. ForeGoneFinds  2. ArtStock  3. craftsbynesli  4. SilentRoses  5. MADEbyMADA  6. leasstudio

This week I discovered the super fun site Polyvore. I knew it but had never tried it, great fun it is. So my moodboard has been made there instead of the regular mosaics, just for some change from time to time.

Have a great week everyone!
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