Monday moodboard - arctic air

Hello new week! Feels like winter now.

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members - JKphotography, PAPAstore, afra and rodica.

To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to Star of the East.

Wishing you a warm and nice week!

My creative space

This is a sneak peek. I've been trying out new enameling technique this week. It's called champlevé.

At first the metal gets etched. This was a great opportunity to get down to electrolytic etching at last. I wanted to try it out for a while now and I can assure you it can be addictive. Looking forward to more etching soon!

Then after the metal has been prepared the enamel gets inlayed into recessed areas. This is when you can begin to see how the finished piece will look like. One of the last steps involved leveling the enamel with alundum stone and this was when I managed to level my fingerprints too. Ouch!

Instead of making just a sample I decided to turn it into something wearable. I'm going to keep this one for myself, but while working on it I literally saw how the necklace I'm going to make for my shop should look like. You know one of those moments when creative process sparks an idea. Can't wait to start working on it!

For more creative spaces hop over to Our Creative Spaces blog.

Monday moodboard - hearts, hearts, hearts

Hello Monday!

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members - cherrytime, magalerie, Vangloria and WoolenClogs.

To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to Star of the East.

Wishing you a lovely week!

Tiny white heart

Tiny pierced copper heart and white enamel are the best friends. They both are friends with black enamel which is a little shy and is hiding on the back side of the heart.

Simple, delicate and lightweight. Already listed in my shop.

Monday moodboard - peaceful

Hello new week! It's time to get back to regular blogging.

Monday moodboard is a collection of beauties made by European Street Team members - EvgeniyaMaslakova, QueenAndEye, janeyclothing and cartonBois.

To see more moodboards and to play along hop over to Star of the East.

Have a great week!

Happy 2012!

The last day of the old year looked hopeless - the grass seemed getting greener and greener and the first spring flowers were impudently peaking from the ground. And then (it was already getting dark) it happened! The air was full with huge and lacy snowflakes. By midnight the ground was covered with fluffy white layer.

The first day of 2012 was perfect.