Confidence

These are a little stubborn earrings and it was difficult to make them stand still and pose for the photo. Yet here they are - lime and blue to cheer you up on a gray day. Small domed copper discs with smooth enamel. I like the enamel to be a little bumpy and uneven to have that handmade look, but these are really smooth. The earwires are made from argentium sterling silver which makes them tarnish resistant.

Listing tonight.

Celebrate with me

It's my birthday today! And I'm offering free shipping worldwide on all items from my Etsy shop. Just for today.

Monday moodboard - glamour

Hello Monday!

Necklace oxidized silver. Parallels by andrea0503
Faceted onyx drop gold earrings by steinschmuckdesign
Glitzy gold citrine rose blossom flower hair pins by ayawedding
Autumn days 8x10 fine art photography by sunshineartdesign

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members. To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to fleurfatale.

Wishing you a creative and fun week!

My creative space

It's that time of the year again. I'm knitting tiny mittens and getting ready for the festive season. Although these are really tiny and not meant for human hands I absolutely enjoy the process.

In Latvia mittens play an important part in courtship and marriage rituals. OK, played an important part. A girl needed many pairs for her dowry. And these were various richly patterned colourful mittens with edgings of fringe or scalops. A tradition of dowry is gone, but mittens... they stay. Actually, a pair of mittens like that is a must in Latvian winter, firstly, because of their beautiful patterns and secondly, they are super warm exactly because of those colourful patterns.

This is why I love mittens! Even when I make them for gnomes' hands.

To play along and see who else is playing this week visit kootoyoo. It's fun!

Gentle

Happy window shopping!

Tiny candy pompom snow1 by dadaya:

Dusty rose purse with Australian miner bird by sirtom:

Cinnamon cream felt flower brooch by Brigite:

Smoke - fine art metallic print 12x12 by TCaponePhoto:

Monday moodboard - cuddle

Hello Monday! The days grow colder (we already had the first snow - enough to have a white lacy layer on the ground and roofs) and so grows my affection for all things warm and made of wool.

Collar in fuchsia by homelab
Hand felted dahlia flower by JurgitaMi
Pink felted earrings by StormsHandicrafts
Raw racka fleece 400g by Fibrillaria

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members. To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to fleurfatale. It's fun!

Friday!

I'm glad it's the end of the week. Here's a treasury before I sign off (hmm, now I feel inspired to do some drawing over the weekend):

'Line gone crazy' by happyment

Exploring drawings and lines on Etsy

Whale - Original Dr... TheSecretNest $80.00	Line Gone Crazy Bow... owlcreekcerami... $30.00	Mariannes house - O... carambatack $20.00	EARLY BIKE.... prin... TheBrickLane $9.00
SALE Vintage Light ... utilitarianfra... $40.00	Blue Whale Screenpr... printsbyamanda... $25.00	the way you think- ... vol25 $20.00	ORIGINAL Corydalus ... illumino $39.00
Waiting Room - orig... hhop $60.00	Coexistence - Art p... shirae $20.00	ballet slippers BalletArt $18.00	strictly ooak serie... almapottery $30.00
Draw for Me Silver ... AliBaliJewelle... $95.00	paris PRINT studiokmo $80.00	MARILUZ Porcelain t... NiuTaller $22.00	Neptune's Compa... deermayor $95.00

Generated using Treasury HTML code generator by Whale Shark Websites.

Happy weekend!

Bergen and fjords

Call it coincidence. Yesterday I was sorting some old photos and wondered why after some time you can always find hidden treasures - photos that seemed not good enough or just slipped unnoticed. This is the reason why browsing old photos is so much fun.

As you see I just had to participate. Click the image above for more travelling photos! Thank you RIKRAK for the idea and inspiration!

Bergen and fjords of Norway in 2007:

Sea

The fresh yet stormy wind yesterday turned my thoughts to the sea. Happy window shopping!

Lighthouse. Wooden brooch by ireneagh:

Sea shells... print on an original vintage book page by TheBrickLane:

Linen narwhal by adatine:

Nothing - fine art photography by PocoLocoCreativo:

Monday moodboard - emerald

Hello Monday!

Vintage leaves - handmade antiqued sterling silver large hoops with vintage brass leaves charms by alibli
Zigzag photo album Laporello green Asian dragon by nauli
Chrysanthemum garden - set of two brass hair pins by Sumikoshop
Lure - long green dangle earrings with emerald chips by vaisto

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members. To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to fleurfatale. It's fun!

Wishing you a productive week!

Autumn sun

Happy weekend!

My heart belongs to autumn

Happy window shopping on Etsy!

Saga - 8x10archival fine art print by ForestFloorPrints:

Golden Jackalope on black boatneck tee by NYhop:

Her parents had named her Spring, yet her heart belonged to autumn... by theaterclouds (thank you for the blog post title inspiration!):

Tiny branch studs in 14k gold by thalassajewelry:

Sneak peak

Last week I promised to show you my latest designs, but life got in the way and instead of the usual showing-off-and-listing-in-my-shop post here's just a little sneak peak. In a while you'll find these berry necklaces in my shop, but for now I hope you have more time to enjoy the colours of autumn (or spring) than me.

Orange kiss

The last couple of days have been gorgeously sunny, so I just felt like capturing that light in a treasury.

Featured Etsians: AbbyBlaine, dustylorraine, reginasstudio, vart, ingake, miiip, stellacreations, WoodPigeon, Vings, soulfuse, missquitecontrary, JessieCGlass, imali, michelemaule, elgarboart, beautyspot

To visit it on Etsy click here.

In spite of the great weather I've been very productive and now there's a bunch of new designs waiting to be listed in my shop. More on that next week.

Happy weekend!