Dreamy Brown-Blue necklace

I adore brown and blue color combination! I was thinking about making this necklace for a while, wanted to combine hand-felted and hand-painted beads.
And than couple of weeks ago I've dreamed exactly how it looks like!



When Aldona from aldonasuneviciene.etsy.com posted a new theme "Dream" I was cheered up and I knew it was time to finally make my Dreamy Necklace.
All entries can be seen in her blog
http://aldona-aldona.blogspot.com/2009/12/est-weekly-challenge-dreamsdreamsdreams.html

Dreamy Brown-Blue necklace is available in my Etsy shop

Children fascinate me...

Have I told you that I give art clases to children on weekends? Together with my husbandt who is an artist too, I run a little art organization. We have several groups with different art programmes - program for children, preparatio for art academies, program for hobbysts...
I love that clases with children. They fascinate me...their freedom to experiment with different materials and techniques, their creativity and unrestrained imagination.
On Sunday we made some nice paper decorations for Christmas and New Year. You can see a tutorial on this link
It is very easy to make and looks beautiful! Try it and play with you imagination!

Work in Progress...

Would you like a cup of felted beads?

While my kids are playing, I can enjoy both a cup of coffee and a cup of my new felted and crocheted beads.

And look at this beautiful cup! A few years ago I got it from my dear friend Mila. She's in hospital today and will have a little operation. This is my way to send her some good energy :)

A new necklace in shades of grey and lilac will be in my etsy shop in couple of days.

European Streetteam Challenge-Babushka Happy Family

When Mitsy from Artmind Etsy shop won a EST Challenge and posted a new theme - BABUSHKA, i thought that I won't participate. I mean.... I liked a theme, but I just didn't have an idea how to interpret it... Then I thought - shame on you, Marica, you have Russian origins, it is a kind of obligation to take part in this "Russian" theme :) But it didn't help...

And somehow, yesterday I thought a lot about family and how it is important for all of us to have strong and harmonic relations in family... And with those thoughts in my mind, I've made my challenge entry. Here it is - Happy Babushka Family.





And it is available in my Etsy shop

My Creative space today

I'm lucky to live near the beach and it's been a while since I collect little pieces of wood from beaches. That is my favorite activity - collecting beach treasury.... I'm impressed how sea can make pieces of art from stones, wood, shells... everything that comes to his huge "hands" :)

Well, I've decided to make brooch from that one piece of wood. The sea already made a sculpture of it an I painted with acrylic colors, varnished it and I'll crochet layer to go over the wood. Hm... it's easier to create it, than to explain the process...
You'll see it in my Etsy shop in couple of days!





If you'd like to see other spaces or/and join, go over to kootoyoo and read all about it.

Regards from me and a sea :)

Love, eat and create :)

Didn't blog for few days... but I've spent beautiful time with my family and friends, making some delicious food




Cookies that I've made with my daughter were so yummy


... and were eaten too fast to make pics :)

And I've made new necklaces






They are available in my Etsy shop. And I offer a free worldwide shipping on some of them. Check it out here.

Lovely day Necklace nO.2

I have finally finished my new Lovely Day Necklace!
It is a little bit different than I've planned - I've made a couple of polymer clay beads and also included some small wood beads.
Whenever I start to make something it goes different way than I've planned but I like it, it gives some touch of spontaneity to my creation :)

Lovely Day Necklace nO.2 is already available in my Etsy shop.

Medusa Necklace

Have you ever planned to do something and then ended up with doing something else? I do it all the time.... :) So the "Lovely day" necklace is still waiting for me, but I've finished with my entry for this week European Street Team Challenge hosted by ingermaaike this week under the topic 'Mythology'.

I've named my necklace "Medusa" because it is inspired by a myth about Medusa:
Medusa, originally a beautiful young woman whose crowning glory was her magnificent long hair, was desired and courted by many suitors. Yet before she could be betrothed to a husband, Poseidon (Neptune) found her worshipping in the temple of Athena (Minerva) and ravished her. Athena was outraged at her sacred temple being violated, and punished Medusa by turning her beautiful tresses into snakes and giving her the destructive power to turn anyone who looked directly at her into stone. (source http://www.webwinds.com/thalassa/medusa.htm)

Work in progress - Lovely day necklace

Mmmm... I like this moment when I finish all elements for new piece :)
I think new "Lovely Day" necklace is on her way!

And it's lovely day outside too - warm and sunny! So I'll take my little son for a walk, with a new "Lovely day necklace" in my mind :)

EST Challenge: UNDER THE SEA

I won the European Street Team Challenge this week, organized by kraplap with the theme "Kitchen". It was so surprisefull for me :)
Here are some more pictures of my entry:











So, I'm the queen for this week and the theme will be:
"UNDER THE SEA"
I'm waiting for your entries, my talented friends!

And here is The 1st entry from matchstickgirl: waterbabe 5 (edition 1/25)



The 2nd entry from staroftheeast: Sea Treasure Collection- Fossilized Coral Necklace


The 3rd entry from carmenesque: Under the sea - fused glass necklace



The 4th entry from vadjutka: Under the Sea - Fabric coated ring


The 5th entry from binkaminka: Coral Chaos Brooch



The 6th entry from LaTouchables: Under the Sea, an OOAK bag by LaTouchables



The 7th entry from amoronia: The Little Mermaid Necklace, Brass and Turquoise December Birthstone



The 8th entry from alatvian: Net - Beadwoven Adornment - Limited Edition



The 9th entry from maroulina: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea earrings



The 10th entry from neraidodhmiourgies :The blue sea chained pomegrade necklace



The 11th entry from Kreativlink: Under the Sea, Leather Journal, Suede



The 12th entry from DeerLola: Fuchsia Fish Earrings

The 13th entry from Filzlaus: UNDER THE SEA






The 14th entry from ingermaaike: Deapsea mermaid wrap


The 15th entry from martice: Knitted laptop sleeve and Macbook sleeve 13 inch (also Pro) Under the Sea blue

The 16th entry from swiedebie: Giant Button Splash
Ring



The 17th entry from heritagedecouleurs: mermaid from the see of dreams...

The 18th entry from antigoni: Under the sea. Aqua quartz on oxidized sterling silver loop earwires







The 19th entry from P8Accessories: Under The Sea Hat





The 20th and 21th entries from dinafragola: Seashell Hoops



and Seashell pendant Reversible Necklace





The 22th entry from enchantedhue:
Amazonite and Aquamarine Necklace with Sterling Silver Focal and Karen Hill Tribe Silver S-clasp



The 23th entry from Kadinela: Under the sea crochet neckwarmer Kadinela No.177



DEAR FRIENDS, IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO HOST THIS CHALLENGE! THERE WERE MANY BEAUTIFULL ENTRIES, BUT I HAVE TO CHOOSE JUST ONE AND THAT WOULD BE
INGERMAAIKE AND HER Deapsea mermaid wrap!!! CONGRATS!!!

My EST challenge entry - HAPPY RED SPOON

This choker has been made for the EuropeanStreetTeam challenge with the theme "THE KITCHEN", hosted by http://www.etsy.com/shop/kraplap in her blog http://kraplap.blogspot.com/

And find more of my jewelry on:
artistudios.etsy.com

This is the very first blog in my life! I gues I'll be better in next days :)