Posts Tagged ‘handmade’

This is great when that happens. Buying handmade from artisans or crafters is brillant because  it’s all made with love and care.

I’ve had a recent custom order from Fiona who owns the etsy boutique patchworkdelights and I was delighted I was able to do a revisited remake of  a pair of lampwork earrings. Here’s a picture of the unfinished earrings with a slight colour variation…

and the finished version…

‘Amethyst Season 2′

Artisan lampwork beads,sterling silver,bali silver,swarovski crystals

Also, I custom ordered a few weeks back now ( I meant to post about it for ages) a gorgeous jewelry roll. I fell in love with a cafetiere that Fiona made, but I wanted a jewelry holder.

So even though I could have made one myself, I loved the extorior design and asked her if she could make me one.

I love the way she beaded the cupcakes and quilted around them! Thanks Fi!! It seems we have the same tastes in a lot of things : love quilting and sewing, same background fabric here, same polka dot fabric, got grey linen at the same time. Overall, love her style, go and check out her shop, tea cosy still available…

Also if you could take the buy handmade pledge here, that’d be great, so we can all support artisans and crafters, especially in this time of recession. Thanks everyone!

The aim was kinda to challenge ourselves, share our love of craft, getting to know ourselves better within the team and to get people to look at our work and blogs. So I wish you happy blogging, Have a great time browsing through all the participant’s pictures and please don’t forget to leave comments and to follow the blogs!

I was personnally swapping with Tanya, Brigitte and Aine (at first, there was an uneven number of participants and then Brigitte wanted to make an extra card) . But I chose not to mention which cards will go to whom, just because even if it is a reveal today, they’ll still have an effect of surprise

This one is called: ‘Think outside the box’ and is made with mixed media collage

Funny, you can see me photographying reflected in the enveloppe! I Had to make the most of the sunny day!

Nex is ‘Alice Revisited’ I drew Alice and made her stand out from the card (even though you can’t really see it here on the pic)

I love the fine silver ‘embroidery’ print on the enveloppe

And last but not least ‘Vintage frame,New baby’ made with a drawing of mine of mama and baby owl and mixed media collage

It’s a shame you can’t really see it but there is a see through plastic ’window’ (which appears blurry due to the sun) and the gold frame is really cool and the enveloppe print reminded me of a forest…

And here are my new little babies, fabric flower brooches that I will be added to my packages…

Not easy to take decent pictures but I do hope you enjoyed the post, my blog and the challenge idea. If this challenge has made you think you wished you had participated, do not despair, ask any of the girls if you could do a swap with you…why not??!  Hope you can go and visit the other blogs…

 Loads of smiles,

♥Virginie♥

Actually in TWO boxes. As promised, I managed to take a couple of pictures of the Petite Bead boxes I received. We all had to handmake the box or get a vintage box. The content would include a selection of beads with a focal, 5 unique beads and 20  matching beads no smaller than 4mm…Basically, unique beads you wouldn’t come accross in your local craft shop. Here they are and don’t forget to look at the PREVIOUS POST to look at the boxes I made …

From Cassandra www.myartfuladventures.blogspot.com :

and from Bryanna www.thecanaryscupcake.blogspot.com :

Thank you to the 2 lovely ladies I swaped with and Thank you for looking ^_^