Sunny and working

The sunny days are here, it's like spring in the middle of winter :-)
And I have a stack of hearts to make for the weekend, hopefully I'll stay concentrated long enough to finish them!
I've been working and finishing a couple of new things too, I've been busy with the gloomy weather.
Now all this sunshine makes me want to go out :-)

Wishing you a great weekend,
Aleka

Lavender sachet

After seeing Gia's beautiful sachets I figured it was about time I made one, I have wanted to for quite a long time but other things just got in the way. I had the idea of using linen and making french knots in different shades of blue, then I added the yellow knots to make it more cheerful! To stuff it I used lavender and rosemary leaves from my garden and some leaves from our louisa plant. It smells absolutely fantastic, now I want to make more and experiment with more plants and spices like Gia suggested.
More creative spaces here!
xoxo
Alex

Taking more photos

The sun has been shining all week, it's the reason why I decided to re shoot some stuff from the shop. I really wasn't all that excited about the original photos but I think I have (finally) improved my product photography skills. I like these so much better! These are my green bunny brooch and the blue heart brooch.
Friday will be here soon and I've got a little road trip for the weekend, really looking forward to getting away from the computer for a couple of days :-)

Spring things

Some new things in the shop: a cold clay necklace in pink, yellow and turquoise and new bright colors for my felt heart brooch. I'm currently loving yellow, pink and orange it must be a spring thing! Also finally the weather is warming up and I'll be able to work in the studio again, I've really missed that. A very sunny day today and I have a few things in my to do list.
Have a great day!

Love notes

A pretty easy tutorial on making little love notes perfect for Valentine's day. I used small scraps of heavy paper about 7x3.5 cm, a heart stencil, colorful markers and pencils. Making the heart stencil is quite simple: you just draw a heart shape on a piece of paper and then cut it carefully using a cutting tool, make sure that the paper you use is thick so it won't get torn while you draw. Place your stencil on top of the paper scrap and using a pencil or a fine tip marker start drawing from one side of the heart to the other. Do the same from the other side so that the lines crisscross. You can just draw vertical lines, or even try horizontal and vertical together. Fold in half, write a little love message inside, punch a hole, tie a pretty string and you're done!