Challenge : Traditional Costume

And the winner of the "Traditional Costume" challenge of this week from the European Street Team on Etsy is: StormsHandicrafts !!! Congratulations !!!

Lithuania:


Hence, the coming week StormsHandicrafts is the absolute challenge queen !!

Challenge : Traditional Costume

I won the challenge of the past week from the European Street Team on Etsy: Hurrah ! Thanks Amanda for hosting this "Pastel Color" challenge.

The coming week I am the challenge queen; and I choose for: "TRADITIONAL COSTUME". Let your entry be inspired by the traditional costumes of the country where you were born, or where you live, or of a country that you indentify with. It does not need to be the whole costume, a bit of ornamentation or jewelry will be fine as inspiration source too !

The challenge ends on Monday 29 of June around 22:00. Can't wait to see your entries !

The 1st entry is a doll wearing tsolias from psarokokalo in Greece:


The 2nd entry is a Sliced Dirndl Journal from Kreativlink in Austria:


The 3rd entry is a Traditional Turkmen Ambiance Necklace from staroftheeast in Turkey:


The 4th entry is a summer scarflette from ingermaaike based on the blouses of the bunads (i.e. traditional costumes) in Norway:


The 5th entry is a rustic bracelet from alatvian based on the metal spiral bracelets from ancient Latvia:


The 6th entry is an abstract fabric & brass necklace from vadjutka incorporating a Kalocsa rose embroidery from Hungary:


The 7th entry are traditional fallera earrings from LeelaBijou inspired by the typical Valencian dress worn at "Las Fallas" Festival in Spain:


The 8th entry is a felted brooch from StormsHandicrafts with a small pattern fragment from the national costume of Lithuania:


The 9th entry is a jade-green bodice from kraplap based on the traditional bodice (i.e. kraplap in dutch) of Staphorst in The Netherlands:


The 10th entry are passion earrings from bijouxdellostregatto based on the Venetian tradition of glass beads in Italy:


The 11th entry is a dutch brooch from ballee made from fabrics used in many traditional customes in The Netherlands:


The 12th entry is a red & golden necklace from ExoticFlavour based on the traditional wedding dress in China:


The 13th entry is a flower necklace from fleurfatale made from flax, a typically cultivated material for traditional costumes in Belgium:


The 14th entry is a kawai Carnival brooch from dinafragola based on the bell and bow the "Gilles" wear during Carnival in Belgium:


The 15th entry is a summer blouse from zerva made from the traditional tulbent (thin headscarf) in Turkey:


The 16th and 17th entries are flower Hmong earrings from fleurfatale inspired by the beautiful clothing style of the Flower Hmong in Hoa Bihn, Vietnam:



The 18th entry is a gothic Laura Lolita bonnet from MissMinoes inspired by the Little House and made from traditional fabrics of The Netherlands:


The 19th entry is a batik bag from iragrant made from traditional Javanese batik fabric of Indonesia:


The 20th entry is a denim apron dress from KajaDesign inspired by traditional costumes of Sweden:

Tidbits : My Elk

A few weeks ago I won a fairy tale game on Heli's blog; it was quite a surprise because I never win anything (lol). And the biggest surprise was that I could choose an animal from her shop HeliS on Etsy. That was a difficult task, because all Heli's animals are gorgeous; finally I chose the elk as being a real trophy to have that hanging on your wall. Today it got its proud space on my wall above my PC next to the cute dog print of Myrte from Mirthquake on Etsy and the waterlily painting of my friend Betty. He looks pretty proud up there ! And maybe he will get company from some fellow animals very soon .....

Buttons: Weekend Deal Flower Brooches

This weekend June 13, 14
FREE SHIPPING
for the flower brooches on Etsy !!!!!

Tidbits : Friday is My Day

The lovely Heli (from Finland living in Istanbul) makes every friday a blogpost with the day of one of her internet friends, and this friday she asked for my day. I was excited ! It is so much fun to make all these pictures and to realize what I am doing during a day ... If you want to see it too, go to Heli's blog !

Thanks Heli, it was fun !

Buttons : My Flowers Made in Singapore !

About 2 weeks ago I got an email from Betsy who told me she liked my button flower brooches which she had seen on Flickr and asked me if she was allowed to use them as inspiration for her crafting club KBCC in Singapore. KBCC stands for Knotty Bicsie Crafting Club and was formed in March 2008 ("It has been a fun-filled journey"); they meet on the last Saturday of every month to craft. I went to the KBCC blog and was so pleasantly surprised to see this group of very enthousiastic crafters at the other end of the world, it really warmed my heart ! I feeled pretty much flattered that they would use my button flower brooches for their next meeting.

After the event, she promised to contact me again. She wrote "Thank u for sharing your brilliant ideas! Everyone at KBCC last Saturday was so inspired by your creativity & skills! check out our amateur work on our blog". When I looked in the blog, I felt so happy ! There were the most lovely button flowers you have ever seen, lovely colours, some with long tails and a few sewn onto paper, everything so happy and bright. I don't know how to say this, but I think the happyness and creativity are shining from the page. More of their beautiful creations in the KBCC blog. Thanks Betsy for this wonderful experience ! I wish I could have been there....

Fabrics : hunting on Etsy

Are you also fabric hunting ? I always am.... See what I found under handmade fabrics on Etsy. I would love to touch those fabrics, feel them in my hands; so yummy !

1. summersville
2. greenolivetextiles
3. stitchindye
4. dyecandy
5. lcscottage
6. jacquedesigns
7. paintergenie
8. 1girl1boy
9. moonteaartwork