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Feeling Festive today

The whole street is decorated with beautiful Chrismas lights ! Me and my daughter were strolling on the street and taking snaps of the decoration. All night I was dreaming about the beautiful green.. blue red & golden twinkling lights... and the tiny lights get woven on the bobby pins this morning !

Featured on Front Page of Etsy

It is a celebration time for me today !!! I had two scoops of my favorite icecream in this chilly winter morning ! Woke up today & checked the myetsy as usual.. ok let one order inline.. hmm let me check the shop stats for today ... and to my astonishment !! what is this 400 views today morning ??? "I think I should wear my glasses ", mmm this beautiful treasury is on FP ! Omg ! it was as if someone is tingling me with the peacock feather !! truly magical moments today .
You know this is the second time for these pretty mint shoeclips to be on FP ! They r so lucky to me I am going to frame them in my studio !! Yes they need this honor :)

YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Treasury moments

Good morning :) A beautiful day today to start with .. these fabulous treasuries in my inbox !!! All featuring some of my flowers , it is a pat on my back which I need to get motivated .. I think everyone does need !!
Thank you for enjoying these with me :)

Treasury Moments

The festive colors Red and Green!

And here comes the the bright & fresh Orange....

Treasury Moments

Pick of the Day !

A beautiful Red & Pink combination

Gorgeous Dress !!

Treasury Moments

I liked the earthy & Rustic colors !

And here comes my all the time favorite color - Mint ....

One of a kind !

Here I am sharing some of my weekend creations :)


Handmade beaded hair clips - Brooch pins or exclusive Headbands

Featured Artist of the Week

Dear Friends

I am so glad to announce the 'Featured Artist 'of this week CloudNineDesignz.She has a lovely shop on etsy. 
Hope you all will enjoy reading this interview :)

 Featured Shop - CloudNineDesignz   

1. Tell us something about yourself. Where did you learn your skills ?

    I taught myself how to make jewelry. I had ordered a box of destash supplies off ebay for card making. In the box there were different beads as well. I played around and started making jewelry ever since. That was about 2 years ago.
2.What motivates you to create ? 
   Anything motivates me to create, a song, a picture. I love memories. I think it is very important to have an item for someone to remember a certain day/person/feeling.
3. Apart from creating things, what do you do? 

   Apart from creating things I love volunteering. I volunteer with the Ronald McDonald House, Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and To Write Love On Her Arms, is my favorite charity. I love helping people.
   All proceeds from my "Think Pink" section goes to Susan G Komen for breast cancer research:
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudNineDesignz?section_id=10425229

4.Of all the things that you sell, which item or style is your favorite?

    
I love selling my button bracelets, they are great for any age. I love selling my sorority items, because being Greek is important to me. It shaped me into who I am as a person. I love selling anything that means something to the buyer or recipient.
5. Your advice / suggestion to the new sellers ?   
Advice I would give to others is don't give up and make new friends in the art world. They will be your strongest help.
6.Where can we see more of your work ? Share your Links 

 You can see my work at:
http://www.cloudninedesignz.etsy.com
Here are my links if you would like to connect!
Follow me 
on facebook: www.facebook.com/cloudninedesignz
twitter: mandee mundrick
My blog: www.lifechaosandquotes.blogspot.com

Featured Artist of the Week

Dear Friends

I am so glad to announce the 'Featured Artist 'of this week Rikke for FeltedByRikke. Rikke is a teacher and also makes hand felted toys & dolls. She has a lovely shop on etsy. 
Hope you all will enjoy reading this interview with the super talented Rikke :)

 Featured Shop - FeltedByRikke   

1. Tell us something about yourself.

   
I was born in 1970 in a small town in the south of Denmark. 22 years ago I moved to Copenhagen, which is the capital of Denmark and am still living there. I´m a single mom of 4 children aged from 10-15 years. I work part time as a teacher in science, history, art, cooking and geography. I do my creations from home - my couch actually, I like sitting there with the TV on and my wool and needles around me. I don´t have the space for a studio, but I don´t think I would make one if I had, I like listening to music on TV while I´m working and talking to the children.
2. Where did you learn your skills ?  
    Actually nowhere - 3 years ago I saw a needle felting kit in a local supermarket. I didn´t even know that needle felting existed. I bought it and made the 2 small dolls that were in it - and I have been needle felting since :-) Now I design my own items. I´m in contact with a lot of other needle felters all over the world and we share ideas and techniques but apart from that I´m selftaught.
3.What motivates you to create ? 
   Well I don´t think I cannot create :-) - It comes very natural to me - I have been creative since I was about 6 years old, knitting, painting, sewing and now needle felting. I have asked myself if I maybe a day will find another kind of craft but honestly I don´t think so, I love needle felting so much, so I will proberly do it until I´m 95 years old
4. Apart from creating things, what do you do? 
   Well actually nothing else;-) - my work as a teacher, the children and the needle felting take up all my time. I do enjoy Scandinavian and English crime series on TV, but I must admit that I´m needle felting while I watch them - or should I say listen to them, because it can hurt a lot if you don´t pay attention to your barbed needle;-)
5. How would you describe your creative process?

   It depends on what I´m creating. When I needle felt my dolls I pretty much let them be who they want to be - they seem to have a life on their own;-). When I needle felt animals I have to concentrate a lot on getting proportions right in another way than when I´m creating a doll who is "allowed" to be more personalized. 

6. Your advice / suggestion to the new sellers ?
   Be active!!!!!! You need to join teams, make treasure lists etc Its not enough to make a treasurelist a week. You have to remember that there are more than 900.000 shops on Etsy so you really have to work on getting yourself "known". I don´t count the hours I spend on Etsy, but I know it´s more than 5 hours in workdays and maybe 8 Saturday and Sunday.

7.Where can we see more of your work ? Share your Links 

Here are my links if you would like to connect!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/FeltedByRikke?ref=ss_profile

http://www.facebook.com/pages/FeltedByRikke/153610001377208

www.feltedbyrikke.com (please use another browser than Explorer, that there are some technical problems)

http://twitter.com/#!/FeltedByRikke

A Rose a day !

  
  When I was a child, I remember those beautiful days when we used to go hiking in the mountains covered with tiny wild flowers. It was so fun to try on all these colorful flowers ! 
  
  

   

  Those were the days when the cameras were rare & pictures were taken only in studios. But the memories of the flowers have lasted in mind for ever !

  Here are some of the pretty little rose flower earrings, perfect for everyday & a lovely gift for someone you love !