Petite Box Swap

Not so long ago

I participated in the

Petite Inspiration Box Flea Market edition

swap over at

Speckled Egg

Here´s a sneak peek of those I made

for my swap partners.

That´s all I got before they were shipped.

This is the wonderful box from my swap

partner Linda over at

Fancy Linda 

on top decorated with sweet flowers

and here´s what were inside

We signed up for neutral colors

awesome goodies to play with

look at this beautiful piece of lace

with a vintage hat needle

beautiful buttons

I love those with rhinestones

and this wonderful rhinestone piece too.

Thank you so much Linda

I love all the goodies you send me

and can´t wait to use them in my creations.

Wishing you all a beautiful day

dear friends and followers

Tina ♥♥♥

Inspirations

Hello my sweet friends and followers

We´re finally having some beautiful weather over here.

Still colds but beautifully sunny.

Now spring is definately on it´s way... finally

I wanted to pop in and show you

a few photo shoots from my studio

This is some of the stuff that inspires me

dayli while working in my studio

My awesome artist bear from Lora Soling

an old tin box filled with dolls parts

a sweet little pincushion from my sweet friend Doreen

old books and a wooden spool.

on the shelf

a vintage photoalbum filled with cabinet cards

from at a flea market

old wooden bobbins

filled with yummi crochet trims

My beautiful pocket from my sweet friend Ann

My wonderful pocket I won from sweet Rebecca

Rebeccas pocket

My georgeous cone from sweet Ann

a beautiful litte tin creation from my sweet friend Cheryl

some old books with a little bit of christmas

a tattered silver plate filled with

lace and trims to create with

a vintage suitcase also filled with lace

and on top: more lace and more lace and....

Hope you enjoyed the tour

I´m linking up with Rebeccas

Studio Sunday

Wishing you all a beautiful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

A Sweet Little Fabric Collage

I have had some new lace and beautiful

silk ribbon arriving in the studio lately and decided to take

some time in between the bear making for

some fabric collage making.

here´s a close up of one of the corner

and another corner

I love the texture of those old remnents of the past

I created this on an old book cover

Think the color of this one

matches perfect with the cream and white tones

some of the silk ribbon

turned into a tiny rose

and a pair of wonderful vintage buttons

Here´s how it looks in full.

Notice she´s wearing a piece

of rhinestone on her skirt.

listed here

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

A Spring Sale

I´m having a little Spring Sale

in my ArtFire Shop this weekend

Need to make room for new stuff.

Everything is marked down 20%

and there´s something for everyone

so pop over and have a look

to see if something could be of interest.

here´s a few photos of what you

can find in the shop 

a few sets of the new notecards

some sweet bird tags

art kits

some jewelry

and nice mix of beautiful scarfs.

Sale

20% off everything during

Saturday March 19th and

Sunday March 20th

Click logo to visit the shop

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Tina ♥♥♥

While we wait for Spring

We definately need us some spring over here

while waiting

I have been working on some cute little

spring like tags and cards

beautiful tags

digital designed - pink peonies on old music sheets

vintage inspired postcards

handsewn on cardboard with old book pages

and tea dyed cheesecloth

love the vintage roses on these postcards

some tiny greeting cards

with flowers

handsewn on tea dyed cheesecloth

and sweet little notecards

ready for Easter.

made these in set of 5

including envelopes and wrapped in cellofan

decorated with a little velvet flower.

Come Spring....

Thank you so much for peeking in today

sweet friends

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Blooming Bear Show Preview

The Blooming Bear Online Show

is approaching

Here´s a preview

of one of my bears for the show

75 artists
from 12 countries

The show starts on Saturday, March 12th at 8:00am New York time

and ends Sunday March 13th at 9:00pm New York time.

Click here to see what time it starts in your corner of the world!

I´ll have 3 bears available at the show.

Hope to 'see' you there.

Have a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Pay it Forward 2011

You may have seen it already

Pay it Forward is back

and I got the chance to play along

when my sweet friend Michelle posted about this over at

Petite Michelle Louise

Here's how it works....

The first five people who comment on this blog post will receive a handmade gift from me.

In return, you must FIRST write a blog post explaining Pay It Forward 2011.
Then.... send out a handmade gift to the first 5 visitors who leave a comment.
Take your time...you don't need to send them all today or tomorrow.
Gifts from the heart are worth the wait!

This is such a sweet way to make new friends and
share the love of things we create with our hearts and hands.

"It's not the size of the gift that matters,
but the spirit of paying it forward."

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Sweet Little Books of Lace

I came across some cute little books a few weeks ago

Ordered them not knowing what exactly to use them for

When I got them I knew..

so I removed the original pages from the inside

replaced them with handsewn pages of lace

lots of lace

with lots of details

here´s a few of the pages

decorated the book covers

and the inside of the covers too

using fabric images, cheesecloth and

old paper

These are just perfect for little bits and pieces

and left overs from other projects.

And perfect for a sweet little decoration too.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

sweet friends

Tina ♥♥♥

Back Home

I´m back home again

after a wonderful fair in London

Lots of the bears found new homes

and I had such a great time catching up with collectors

and fellows artists too.

Here´s photo of my table.

(some bears already left before I took this)

It´s unfortenately the only one from the fair

and I was on my own and had to stay behind the table.

I would have loved to wander around to see

all the beautiful bears made for this event

and there were so many fellow artists I would

have loved to chat with too.

If I´m lucky I´ll have a helper with me in september

so I will be able to get around.

I´ll be very busy with new bears

these next weeks.

The Blooming Bear Online Show

is coming up and I´m working on bears for that.

The preview page is open

so pop over and have a look at what´s waiting you

Hopefully I´ll have some

exiting news to share with you soon too.

Now back to the bears.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥