Monday 29 August 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. LouisestArt  2. lottalosten  3. anniejewelry  4. MatkirschPhoto

While Irene is storming through at the other side of the ocean it is hard not to think about greys and blues.
Hope that you all are safe over there!

We are also featured in this week's Keep it Weird on Etsy which was also inspired by Irene and storms, with our Missing the Sound of the Ocean Bag.

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

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Thursday 25 August 2011

Our Creative Space...


Mum is in a patchwork frenzy. We have millions of small vintage fabrics, pieces of doilies, trims and other yummy materials which can be perfectly used for these kind of bags. Here is the first but more will be coming. Keep an eye on our bagshop and you'll slowly see appear some one of a kind patchwork delights :)


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Monday 22 August 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. lePetitFoyer  2. lil3birdy  3. vendeghang  4. GufoLab

As I still would prefer to be in the Dreamworld, I've created a dreamy collage at the virtual world to enjoy in the real world :)

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

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Thursday 18 August 2011

Our Creative Space...


Another day in our urchin garden. These flower pendants will all be one of a kind, and you will be able to pick your own from our garden :)


We have made them with vintage enamel flowers, white filigree and a matching sea urchin in the centres.


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Monday 15 August 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. Kirschbits  2. subrosa123  3. Deconfetti  4. martice

A cheerful moodboard to wake you all up in a cheerful way this Monday :)

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

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Thursday 11 August 2011

Our Creative Space...


As always we have many projects at hand, but we will show you the two latest ones.


Mum has been crochetting squares around vintage flowers. They will eventually become a bag, the backside will be with plain squares.


Each square is blocked to get the good shape, and after connecting them they are blocked again, this gives the bag a better shape. The bag will be nicely cream with a bit of pop of color.


In the mean time I wanted to used the small piece of scale fabric that was left of our mermaid bags project.


We first thought about a small cluth. But then I thought it would be fun to make a fish out of it, with the scales ready that should be fun.


After drawing the shape, cutting a tail from a silver piece of fake leather the fish was almost ready to swim.


It has a zipper on the top, and fish shaped chain as strap to wear it across your body, a real show stopper! It has a bubble patterned fabric as lining, definetly a one of a kind, soon in our bagshop!


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Wednesday 10 August 2011

The Button Family




It all begun with this bag, that I have showed you before. It is an adorable pouch portreting a dutch peasant family and all the little heads, including the cat!, are made with buttons.
I had never seen such buttons before, but I started looking for them, and they appear to have been quite popular in the States around 1900.


And like this goes with buttons, it is addictive, and I got myself a small collection :)


This one left is part of a series, I've seen them on Ebay for high prices, but I got mine for much less! I would love to know where this button family thing comes from. Searching on Google only brings up family trees of real Button families!



These are bridge tally cards, probably picturing the actual players.


This one is very different , but I love it too: Missis, will yer please sew me a shirt on this button?
Well of course, the beginning is already there !!


This bunch I bought on Etsy very recently: several cats and dogs, people and blank ones to make my own button family!!
Hop over to Kraplap's blog to enjoy even more button facts!

Monday 8 August 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. lovelytrifles  2. PetitPlat  3. ShebboDesign  4. starrybluesky

Having a VERY hard time with waking up today, hence my late Monday Moodboard and lots and lots of coffee :)

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

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Saturday 6 August 2011

School is Cool


With all the Back to School and Geometry that is going on on Etsy, I finally made some jewelry with an old wooden ruler. I had it planned for atleast a year and am glad I finally did it.


Not all may agree with me when I say that school and above all geometry is cool, but there are plenty of us who do have a weak spot for shapes and numbers. Geometry lovers, geeks, teachers, students, architects, and many more will love these necklaces!


All will be one of a kind or in a very limited edition as they are all made with vintage materials.


You can find them in our shop.

Thursday 4 August 2011

Our Creative Space...


This week we have been having alot of frustration with our sewing machine. It is not even 2 years old and costed a small fortune so that makes it even more frustrating.


I called the dealer and explained the problem, I didn't want it to sent it to him as it was just back from the service, with his help I fixed it (luckely I have years of machine repair experience from our old sewing machine).


Anyway we are still not happy with its performans and are thinking about changing it with another model, as the fun goes away when you are constantly breaking needles and fighting the machine in general. Anyone happy with a Bernina machine and could give us advice about which model would be good?


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Monday 1 August 2011

Monday Moodboard


1. BlueTerracotta  2. moonandlion  3. thespottedsparrow  4. littlellama

Weather is hot, bees are buzzing and it is time to start the new week!

Wishing you a fabulous monday!

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