Saturday, 29 October 2011

Fall and Finds

Fall have certainly arrived over here.
Not Fall as in blue skies and bright sunny
but Fall as in rain, storm and fog.

Last weekend was beautiful though
and we decided to go out for a trip
and enjoy the wonderful weather


This is Fredensborg Castle
One of the Royal familys residenses.
It´s so beautiful with the copper roof.

It´s only about 20 minutes drive from where I live
and we enjoy going there occasionally


there´s free entrance to the park behind the castle.
So beautiful and relaxing.


On the way back we stumbled upon
a little sign for a flea market.
Well hided in an industrial area
so ofcourse we had to peek inside. 


I managed to find a few scores for almost nothing.
A well worn silver tray
an old grater and a torn old german dictionary
and this....


a beautiful green french bottle


at least I think it´s a real french bottle
looking at the cork.
I think it´s beautiful anyway



Today was the lokal football clubs anual garagesale
Or I thought it was, only to find out that the club only served
coffee and cake, and had hired out the hall to different
dealers to set up booths.

Anyway
I found a few goodies today too


two vintage white table clothes
a bag filled with vintage wooden spools



a pair of vintage leather gloves
and a bunch of doilies


and some very cool french chocolate molds
all ready to alter.

It´s very foggy here today
but fortunately not cold.
I´m off for a walk - doctors order :o)

How is the fall weather at your place?

Wishing you all a beautiful day
Tina ♥♥♥

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The Stitching Project

Remember the Stitching project
I made some time ago?



I had a christmas project in mind


and here´s what it turned put to be


my humble stitched words
together with layers of vintage lace


and some vintage white buttons


it all ended up as pretty Christmas Stockings



Wouldn´t they be perfect on a mantle, or a door for christmas
with a few branches inside or maybe a little gift.

Linking up with
White Wednesday over at

I also want to say a big Thank You to all
my new followers - I´m so happy to see you here.
I see I´m heading fast towards a
700 followers giveaway

Wishing you all a wonderful day
Tina ♥♥♥


Tuesday, 18 October 2011

*Hearts*

Hello Sweet Friends

and thank you so much for all
your get well wishes.
I´m sorry I haven´t been able to reply to you all
individually this time - hope that is okay.
I´ve started the threatment at the Physio
and I have to say it´s a tough one - urgghh
Apparently there´s a lot of myalgia
so this is going to take a long time, but I´m confident
it´s be good in the end.

Enough of that

I have been able to slowly start working in the studio again



and since I had to skip some of my plans on my to-do list
I went straight ahead towards Christmas


and have been making sweet little hearts


These are made from one of the vintage table cloths
I have found at the Flea this summer.


with a little piece of tea dyed muslin stamped
 with a whreath stamp and some silver glitter
on the front, I though they would make a sweet
little decoration for Christmas



A few have been listed in the shop

Never too early for Christmas right....
It´ll be here before we know ;o)

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I´m currently working on bears for the


This is going to be a fantastic online show.
I can´t show you any of the bears yet, but I promise
they´ll be something very speciel.
Make sure to pop over and get the details.
I´ll post more about this later.

Thank you so much for visiting today
and wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥


Saturday, 8 October 2011

A Health Warning and Work in Progress

So Fall have arrived over here.
With cooler temperatures and the most
beautiful view to the forrest with all the different colors.

and then I went down with a massive headache.

This one is a tough one
not the old migraene but something different
so I had to make a doctors apointment
and the answer was: stress related and a blood pressure
way out of control - urghh - and so the cure is
more medicine, physiotherapy and exercise.

so
I haven´t been able to keep up with things
and to work much in the studio.
It´s better today though and I wanted to show you
some work in progress



I´m working on a private swap


for a wonderful and talented blogging friend


here´s a few sneak peeks


of what will be send of end of October


Can´t show you more at this time
as that would ruin the surprice
for my sweet friend L.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
and make sure to enjoy life
and take care of yourself.

Tina ♥♥♥

Sunday, 2 October 2011

Todays Finds

Hello my sweet friends

A little update on this beautiful sunday.
We´re having a wonderful indian summer
and yesterday was the varmest day ever on an October 1th
Sunny and about 77 degress

I haven´t been able to spend much time in
the studio since our vacation -even grown up
kids needs a lending hand from time to time.
The 'to-do' list is growing and I´m a wee bit behind.

The Flea market season is almost over
and today was my last change to hit one.
Most of the booths were with clothes and shoes
today, but I did find a few with some cool old stuff
and here´s todays finds



pretty creamy velvet ribbon
one with a wonderful edge


a few vintage handlerchiefs
and some lace and crochet pieces


a wonderful vintage photoalbum.
These are really rare over here, so lucky me.


Filled with wonderful old photos too.
Great score I think


and
a pair of pretty little black girls shoes.
Thought they would be perfect for display
or maybe with a little bear inside.

Thanks for popping in today
and wishing you all a wonderful day.

Tina♥♥♥ 

Sunday, 25 September 2011

Exciting news

Hello all
and happy sunday

I´m finally able to share some exciting new with you all.
During summer I have been working on
a very special limited edition of bears
for the Teddy Bears of Witney shop in the UK


This wonderful shop is specialized in bears
and artist bears in particular


Here´s a little look inside shop
which I was so very lucky to be able to visit
during our vacation in the UK


Ones a year Teddybears of Witney
releases a big katalog with limitied edition
bears made especialy for this shop.

I´m so proud and honoured to have been invited
to join in this exquisite company this year with some of my bears



These 4 little ones is created exclusively for Teddybears of Witney
in a limited edition of 5 each.
This is how they look in the catalog.

They are now available in the shop
which also sell online.
Pop over here
to have a look at this wonderful shop
and all the bears available
and if you´re intered in some of my bears,
or would like to order the amazing catalog
all you have to do, is email the shop with your request.

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

I´m back

Hi All

I´m back from a great show in London
and a wonderful vacation in the UK.

Here´s a look at my table
ready for the show to start.


I had such a great time.
Thank you so much to all of you who came to visit
and also a huge thank you to all who bought home a bear.

Almost all the bears found new homes.
Only a teeny little bunch came home with me.
They are now listed on my website.

After a few days in london
we were heading for Oxford for the rest of the week.
This was our first visit to this beautiful town
and we so enjoyed the stay.

Here´s a few photos from our trip
for you to enjoy


 

 

 



Everything was so beautiful
and so interesting.
Will post more photos in a later post.

and

now it´s finally time to reveal what I have been
working on the last several month.
Stay tuned for the next post :o)

So happy to be back
and will try to catch up on everything.

Wishing you all a wonderful day
and thank you so much for visiting.

Tina ♥♥♥


Friday, 9 September 2011

Bears in a Box ready to travel

Hi All

Sorry for my absence lately.
It´s been some busy days over here.
Just need to do the last packing now.



Tablecloth
and wine boxes to use for the display.
Don´t worry - they will be covered with more tablecloth.
I need to have some levels on the table
for the bears to be seen


Lace and doilies and old cigar boxes
for the display too


All set to go


I will be leaving early in the morning heading for London
and the show on Sunday - can´t wait.
23 little ones hoping to find a new home.

After a few days in London we will be spending
some days in Oxford too, for
a little but much needed vacation.

Relaxing with some great food and wine, and if I´m lucky
an antique and Craft market too.

I´ll be out of the studio until September 18th.
Hoping to catch up with you all when I return.

Wishing you all a beautiful weekend.
Tina ♥♥♥

Thursday, 1 September 2011

Little Lace Books


Little Lace Books

that´s what I have been working on lately.
I really enjoy using little snippets
and pieces and leftovers for these


this is the layers in two books
not two 'pages' are alike


Here´s a little peek at one of the pages.


The covers are made from vintage quilt pieces.
Some very worn ones I came across some time ago.
Love the faded colors and just knew they would
be perfect for this project.



some more details on the pages.
a sweet little pocket with a teeny tiny bird tag


another with a sweet vintage image


cute velvet flowers
and vintage buttons


You can see the quilt cover on this one
tied with a silk ribbon with an old
rusty belt bucket



Just a little more than a week to go
before I leave for London and The Hugglets Fair.
There´s still things to do
but I think I´m on schedule.

Thanks for visiting today
and wishing you all a very beautiful day
this first day of autumn.

Tina ♥♥♥