Clay Pretties - Feature Friday

It's been a while since I've posted a feature Friday...I've decided to change the format of my feature Fridays to a Five fabulous finds Feature Friday....whew....

It was a bit difficult to do a write up on each of the features so, using this format, i get to pick a theme and go out and window shop for the cutest items I can find...

This week I did a search on Clay Pendants...these are five of the cutest ones that I picked out...

FAB FIND #1

Steampunk Black Gold Heart Necklace

by RoyalKitness

What a cute steampunk style necklace! Go check out more in their shop...so many to chose from!

FAB FIND #2 

Blue Skies Lotus Flower Necklace

by Purple Cactus Studios

What a lovely focal for a necklace! This is their signature lotus flower and you can check out their shop for other colors and designs.

FAB FIND #3

Sunny Kaliedescope Pendant

by None of the Above

They have so many pretty designs that i found it quite hard to chose only one to feature here. I love the colors of each one of them...very fabulous!

FAB FIND #4

Retro Southwestern Style Star Pendants

by Divine Consciousness

Adorable pendants that have a star stamped in the front and 'love' in the back. I love the colors! Check them out at their shop.

FAB FIND #5

The princess necklace with oxidized Sterling Silver

by Rafya

Another shop loaded with many beautiful clay creations...these ones made from cold clay! Make sure to visit the shop!

I've only picked out Five Finds from sooo many Fabulous shops! Make sure to check them out! And I hope you enjoyed the Fabulous Finds this Friday!

Enjoy the weekend!!!!

When I Need a Dose of Cute and Crafty...

I have been neglecting my blog lately...only because I've been so busy lately from packing, to moving, to going on a trip then coming home to a house full of unpacked boxes. It's been weeks since I've crafted so the feeling of withdrawl is starting to sink in.

Of course on days that I need that craft jolt, I always turn to the internet and visit one of my favorite blogs....and I decided for this feature Friday, I wanted to share it with you...

Here is:

Paper-and-String

Paper-and-String is an online shop that offers many cute creations made of felt, as well as, wonderful crafty supplies and ready to make kits. It is run by the wonderful, Ms. Sarah who lives in the seaside town, Worthing, United Kingdom.

Ms. Sarah  personally designs everything and creates each of her wonderful products using only wool felt. She uses a lot of ribbon, brads, buttons and beads for embellishments.

You can find a lot of goodies on her website. From home wares & storage

Giant Pin Cushions

Felt Boxes

To crafty embellishments

Mini Felt Cupcake Embellishment

To sweet softie friends

Walter, Little Scarf Monkey

Penguin Decoration

To Christmas decors

Scallop Fir Tree

Reindeer Christmas Decoration

A wonderful range of craftty supplies

Small 4 in Felt Rainbows

Box Full of Ribbons

And ready to make kits

Make Your Own Cupcakes

To so much more!

She has several online shops you can visit:
Paper-and-String Website - http://www.paper-and-string.co.uk
Etsy shop - http://paperandstring.etsy.com/
Folksy shop - http://www.folksy.com/users/paperandstring
Wholesale shop - http://www.paper-and-stringwholesale.co.uk/
Ebay shop - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/paper-and-string/

I encourage you to browse through her products, I'm sure you'll find something you will absolutely love!

And last but not least, I'd like to mention her blog - http://paper-and-string.blogspot.com/. It is a very lovely & inspiring blog that I love to visit. She was the one that inspired me to create my own blog. Don't forget to be a follower too because every first Thursday of the month, she has a freebie! Oh and what generously lovely giveaways she has!!!

So, whenever I need my dose of  cute & crafty, I drop by and see what's new at paper-and-string!

Happy Feature Friday!

What Better Inspiration?

Here's a little fact about me...I am a notebook buyer! I have many many notebooks in my apartment. Some of them empty, some of them half filled and others even, full! I love buying any notebooks and better yet pretty and interesting journals.

Ever since I was young, I loved to keep diaries. I would write in it everyday, every little detail of my life. Sometimes, I write about my secret crush other times, I get inspired to write poetry or do a little drawing or insert a special keepsake. I used lined notebooks and sometimes those diaries with cute little locks. Nowadays, I still do enjoy writing...its so easy to write a thought or two online (in my blog) but other times  I still love the traditional way of pen and paper.

This week's feature Friday is about journals. I found a wonderful Etsy artist that creates the prettiest journals. So, come and take a look at our guest artist this Friday :

Here is

Kreativlink

Fairy Tree - Notebook, Journal, Diary

The wonderful journals of Kreativlink are created by Renate Ikinger. She was born, raised and is  currently living in Austria. She initially started working as a self employed web designer/programmer but dropped most of the virtual work to become a full time crafter! 

Golden Leaves - Leather Journal, Notebook, Diary

Renate talks about her creative process in her etsy profile...

"I often think about times long gone. When life was full of secrets and mysteries and magic. And I imagine the people, what they did and what they thought about life. And then – now I reveal a big secret – I make books for them. Yep. Now it’s said. My ancient books are for the ancient people. But as long as time travels are not possible, I’ll continue to sell them to you, modern people. No problem …"

Oh, what a wonderful statement...and what a wonderful inspiration! 

            

                  

Fairy Tree - Journal, Notebook, Diary

Renate takes special care making each of her journals by hand, ripping the papers herself and sewing them together too. Her journals are made of fabric and leather, carefully sewn together using her sewing machine (called Diva). She has different hand painted designs like the fairy tree above. But her prints have a wide range from cutesy...

                 

Butterflies - Leather Journal, Diary, Book

to steampunk...

   

Time Flies - Leather Journal, Notebook, Diary

and beautiful fabric prints...

Dots - Journal, Diary, Notebook

Etsy Shop (English) - Kreativlink.etsy.com

Dewanda (Deutsch) - http://de.dawanda.com/shop/Kreativling

Blog - http://www.kreativling.at/

Email - ri@kreativlink.at

Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/kreativlink

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kreativlink/95911376648

Gallery - http://www.kreativlink.at/gallery/sitefiles/gallery3.php

So many designs to choose from so, check out her shop and you'll be sure to find one that suits your style. I already have a favorite myself which I will put on my Christmas Wish List! By the end of the year...I plan to get one of those beauties as I'm sure writing in it will bring me a lot of inspiration!!!!

Happy Feature Friday!

Feature Friday: Simply Amazing

Today, I spent my Friday in a coffee shop relaxing and surfing the internet. My latest interest is clay....more specifically cold clay or also called cold porcelain. I saw a few beautiful pieces of jewelry made of this material and it got me searching for DIY recipes online.

However, amongst my search, I found a truly amazing artist, Ms. Marina Bychkova, who creates the most wonderful, amazing dolls! Although, the materials used for her creations are not cold clay but resin, porcelain or polymer clay.

The images of her dolls shown here are from her blog - http://www.enchanteddoll.com/blog/

where you can find more details about the dolls she has created and more.

She also has a website:

http://www.enchanteddoll.com/index.html

where you can see a beautiful gallery of her creations, jewelries, doll accessories, doll info such as her doll process, customizing orders, contact info.

Ms. Marina gave her dolls identity by naming them after Paul Gallico's fictional, short story called "Enchanted Doll" where a woman makes dolls that enchant people at first sight with their life like beauty and details. I must say, Ms. Marina's Enchanted Dolls has more than surpassed that goal!

The features of her dolls are astoundingly realistic and each is very detailed from the features of the face, 

to the anatomically correct body parts,

 

and ornate body art/tatoos!

However, she even goes beyond that by giving her dolls intricate accessories such as ornate jewelry and luxuriously beautiful garments and gowns.

And if you are lucky enough to have one of these dolls, don't forget to get one of these gorgeous tins to keep them in

Each doll is dreamy and you can ask for certain customization such as skin tone, lip color, hair color, freckles, etc. 

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to do an interview with the artist. However, I did find a previous interview in PopCultureOfDestruction's blog - click here to get more info on Ms. Marina and her beautiful creations.

Contact the following email for more information

inquiries@enchanteddoll.com

You can subscribe to their newsletter here - click here.

Visit the forum where you can interact with Enchanted doll fans and owners - click here.

And to see more photos visit the following:

Flickr

Deviant Art

Right now, Ms. Marina is not taking new orders because she is preparing for upcoming shows. Until that time, I hope I can save up to order my very own!

Feature Friday: Christmas is in the air

It's a rainy morning again! Dark and gloomy yet, I am enjoying the fresh cool winds blowing through my windows. Ahhh...it's starting to feel like Christmas. 


The other day, I was in the mall looking at the Christmas trees and decors being set up. I love the holiday season and this year, I am planning to really decorate our new apartment. About three years ago, my mom passed away on December 23rd. Ever since then, me and my family really haven't been decorating much. My mom loved decorating during the Christmas season and so I decided, this year, I will snazz up the house with pretty red decors..in remembrance of my mom!


So on to my first feature Friday....since I am in the mood for Christmas, I wanted to feature an artist that creates handmade Christmas ornaments. I found a great shop that has really wonderful ornaments...

So for Feature Friday, here is 

PETALBELLES!

The wonderful ornaments at Petalbelles are hand created by Ms. Henrietta. Making these little dolls started out as a hobby for her back in 2008. She developed her technique in creating her product, incorporating her love for paper crafts into her work and joined Etsy in April 2009. 

Ms. Henrietta gets a lot of her inspiration from art in vintage children's books, children's catalogs and colors & designs of Japanese papers.

She also has cake toppers, framed princess doll wall art in whimsical shadowboxes, and dolls on small wooden stands. The best part, you can ask for a custom order like if you want your doll to have a specific hair color.

Do visit her etsy shop - click here to see the rest of her beautiful ornaments and dolls. Or visit her here for more information:

Blog - http://petalbelles.blogspot.com/

Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/petalbellefairies

I love all of them! Aren't they just so lovely! 

Happy Feature Friday!!!