In progress

A few more miniature portraits in progress! I'm not completely satisfied with all of them, I need to tweak them a bit before I move on to making the entire matchbox. They are Simone de Beauvoir and Edith Piaf, I;m happy with the first but even though I love how Piaf looks my sister confused her for Lucille Ball... So I'm thinking of maybe doing a portrait where her hair is longer? The other two are Agatha Christie and Louise Brooks, I like Brooks but I need to work on her lips a bit and unfortunately I'm not completely happy with Christie so I'll need to work on it more.

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

Bead necklaces in progress

I do love the way the wooden beads look  before they are painted and after, especially the after looks like brightly colored candy! It's been a while since I added new things in our jewelry shop but there will be some new things in the coming days, new wooden bead necklaces in fun color combinations :-)

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

Rainbows

Working with rainbow felt results in pretty rainbow scraps :-)

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Little clay houses

Hi!
I've been working on a new series of clay houses. They are quite different form my regular ones not only in color choices but in the more detailed painting. I've been using natural and pastel colors for the house and then painted trees, flowers and ivy plants on them. I'm so happy with the way they are coming along, they look very cute but with a more natural look!
Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

New project

It's always great to get custom requests, they challenge me and most of the time lead to even more new ideas and new creations! This time I'm hand embroidering this custom text for a banner, it's the cutest thing I've seen! So far it has turned out just as good as I imagine it would :-)
Hope you have a lovely week,
Aleka

Early Christmas

My work space suddenly got very Christmassy :-)
Working on personalized trees and a garland! It's the perfect time for me as I can take things slow and not stress like I do when the holiday rush begins.

Wishing you a lovely new month,
Aleka

On my working table

Finally the ideas are flowing! I am working on some new matchbox designs and I have some ideas about cute things from felt too.
Hopefully I'll have some new additions for the shop soon :-)
Hope you have a great Friday,
Aleka

Paper and clay

Working on googly eyed owls from clay, I want to figure out some details before I can turn them into a listing. Also working on a new matchbox, soon to be in the shop, I have to admit it's turning out to be one of my favorites :-)
Enjoy your weekend,
Aleka

Work in progress

A small break turned out into a bigger one but that's life I guess :-)
The steps of making my All You Need matchboxes in green, now they are traveling to meet their new owner!

Hope you are having a lovely week,
Aleka

Soft colors palette

Rainy and then sunny, it's a bit like spring in the summer but I like it :-)
Georgia is working on a cross stitch project, I'm loving the muted, soft colors she picked!
Hope you have a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Decisions

After spending the weekend and the beginning of this week ill, I started feeling better and got a bit creative. The love matchboxes are finished, one of them is in the shop the other will follow soon! And I have this unfinished ice cream cone, can't decide between the two backgrounds: big polka dots or small polka dots? Decisions, decisions...

Hope you are having a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Adding color

I'm making small hearts to go with packages, I love colorful, happy mail that cheers you up before you open it! I'm also experimenting with a new matchbox design, it will be up in the shop in the next few days, with more color of course :-)
Also I watched Mildred Pierce, the mini series, I loved the styling and overall feel of it. I know there's a movie version, I'm curious to see that one too :-)

Hope you are having a lovely day,
Aleka

Happy days

Happy packages going out, working and taking time to smell the roses :-)
Wishing you a lovely week,
Aleka

In progress

The uninspired phase has passed, I am actually working on a few projects at the same time! Too bad the weather is so moody I can't take good photos. Anyway here is a sneak peek of the new designs for my tiny matchbox dioramas :-)

Hope you're having a lovely day,
Aleka

On my working table

On my working table this rainy Sunday: two clay doves, a bit different from my previous ones, waiting to be varnished and two bookmarks waiting to be listed in the shop :-)

Wishing you a lovely Sunday!
xoxo
Aleka

Spring cleaning

On my working table, small felt hearts.
And finally sorted my embroidery threads, I'm in spring cleaning mood :-)

Line logos, love the simplicity.
xoxo
Aleka

Days in photos

Hi there, it's been a while! I've been working on a few things, you can see from the photos and somehow managed to completely neglect the blog. Hope to post more often again :-)
Have a lovely day,
Aleka

On my working table

Early Christmas inspiration, I found myself working with clay again :-)
Soon they'll be in the shop!

Have a lovely day,
Aleka

Work in progress

I've been working on new paper matchbox dioramas, very summery aren't they?

A lovely giveaway right here!
Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

Work in progress

This week started funny, no energy to do anything, no motivation. But somewhere around the middle of the week I decided to start finishing off projects. The birds were the first one, I settled on three designs and painted them, now all they need is a varnish :-)
I'm also working on another paper mache brooch, it's turning out to one of my most favorite designs!

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka