Inspired, and working inside while Summer is shining outside ...

A little sneak-peak of newsletter in progress.

Nye Lykkeposer, og Tak til Maries Ideer :-)

UPDATE :: POSERNE ER SOLGT :-) Tak for jeres køb!

Idag sender vi nyhedsbrev ud med en Step-by-Step collage ud fra en af vores små lykkeposer. I nyhedsbrevet er der også en lille preview på nye poser, med mulighed for at købe.


Vores lykkeposer er små bundter af særlige skatte - nye og gamle - fra vores egne gemmer. Billedelotteribrikker, spilleelementer, papir, bånd, kort - alle mulige lækre sager vi har samlet gennem årene.

Hver lykkepose er sin egen - ikke to er ens. Posens indhold er nøje valgt ud og sat sammen efter tema og farve, så man let kan lave en collage af sådan en pose. Suppleret af egne stempler, farver og teknikker til bearbejdelse - og evt andre materialer selvfølgelig.

Du kan tilmelde dig vores nyhedsbrev øverst til højre på siden her.

Maries Ideer har i denne uge skrevet om os på deres hjemmeside; HER kan du se hvad de skriver :-)

Analog salon - smykker

Torsdag aften afholdt vi endnu en Kreativ Salon - denne gang med temaet Smykker.

Jeg ved ikke med jer andre, men jeg havde en fabelagtig hyggelig aften :-) i  godt selskab, med inspirationen og udførelse af adskellige stykker tingeltangel :-)

I 'sharing economy' sammenhæng har jeg hørt det før; et fremmed menneske er kun fremmed indtil man har haft en samtale, og det er lige akkurat det jeg holder så meget af ved salonerne - at vi ikke er fremmede mere end et sekund eller to - derefter er vi åndsfæller, ligesindede, del af det samme kogekar som jeg er så lykkelig for at plaske rundt i.

Det er stort, og jeg er rørt til fars.

Og så skete der noget andet i torsdags ...

Misforstå mig ikke; jeg holder af de sociale medier ligeså meget som den næste blogger/ instagrammer/ facebooker/ tweeter/ endomondoer/ ..., -heck! Jeg er her lige nu. Men torsdag aften var jeg, og alle de andre salondamer, Dér! Til salon. Ikke til 'fortællingen om Salon', men rent faktisk til stede. Ikke et billede blev taget, ikke et tweet eller opdatering blev begået. Istedet var vi sammen. Med os. Og med perler, neylonsnor, træbrædder (!), broderegarn og portvin. 

TAK! Endnu engang, for at være til stede, og for gavmildt at dele ud af jer selv :-)

Jeg håber vi ses igen.

Nåja; et andet møde der foregik torsdag var mellem Pernille og mig; vi har nemlig sat datoer for nye saloner i efteråret. Hold øje med bloggen her eller tilmeld dig nyhedsfræseren her til højre, og få besked så snart vi lægger datoerne ud :-)

Suppliii-iiies

It won't be long now; The 1st of the Salons is rapidly approaching, I find it hard to wait :-)
Though the first Salon is Paper-themed,  Pernille & I went on a field trip to Beadhouse Thursday, stocking up for the Jewelry Salon in May. This of course made me macrame all night. And throw in a pair of earrings too.

Beadhouse is the kind of store you wish stay in business forever! Copenhagen (sadly) have only few hobby supply stores, and with limited selections, but Beadhouse is the utmost counterpart to this. They have EVERYTHING in beads. These phone shots are just the glass beads (except the table - I couldn't resist), and just a narrow slice of the store. The place is a little bit messy, but it's candy land to 'beadies' ;-)

While waiting for House of Cards, season II, Suits has been a welcome pastime. Theme song: Ima Robot Greenback Boogie.

Contemplating trinkets, and a small illustration ...

Sunday Pursuits

Two of the necklaces are from HipZen, by Birgitte Nørgaard. The white glass bead is from a friend,  and the necklace with the egyptian eye pendant I made today with smoke quartz beads and a pendant from Sinai.

These green and earthy tones are among my favorite colors

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We also spun a basket of wool for the titmice on the balcony today. I hope it will be as great a success as last year, and make many a nest warm and cozy :)

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Alice Fox Gifts from the pavement

Favorite color

Thank you again for playing advent calendar this month. The last presents are on their way to their new owners, I hope you like them :-) And I hope your Christmas days are mellow and peaceful. 

The holiday created a space for a bit of trinket-making. I love making trinkets! These (top) were a little challenging, just enough to be fun to make. I can't dodge these colors no matter how hard I try to experiment with: "yeah, I'm like into ...yellow!" Nope. I'm into brown. And this watery blue-green. My closet reflects it. My yarn stash. And my trinkets. And hey :-) My Pinterest boards. Which makes me smile. A natural attraction, I guess :-)

Do you have a palette you always return to?

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Pernille made Bell Jars. Want to make these next year :-)

Advent Calendar Giveaway - Gift #22

Happiest December 22nd

Bliing! I made this — just for you :-)

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To win, please leave a comment to this post.

Thanks for playing. Super-bliing!! 

;-)

UPDATE :: contest of today closed. With help from Random.org, the winner is: Helle (entering via email)! Congratulations :-) 

Advent Calendar Giveaway - Gift #16

Happiest December 16th

Every day until Christmas I'll have a draw for a little something that I made — just for you :-)

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Today I made a pair of earrings. I call them DOTS. The dots are leather and the rings sterling silver.

For a chance to win, leave a comment to this post. For two chances of winning, leave a comment and make a link to this post on your blog. Thanks for playing, and meeerrry Chrisssttmaaas!

:-) 

UPDATE :: contest of today closed. With help from Random.org, the winner is: Camilla! Congratulations :-) 

Advent Calendar Giveaway - Gift #11

Happy December 11th!

Every day until Christmas I'll have a draw for a little something that I made — just for you :-)

Today, this Christmas neon wrist bling!

If you'd like your wrist to look bling, please leave a comment to this post :-)

Thanks for playing, and good luck!

UPDATE :: contest of today closed. With help from Random.org, the winner is: Marie-Louise!  Congratulations :-)

Advent Calendar Giveaway - Gift #4

Happiest December 4th

Every day until Christmas I'll have a draw for a little something that I made — just for you :-)

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To win today's bracelet please leave a comment to this post.

Thanks for playing, and good luck :-)

UPDATE :: contest of today closed. With help from Random.org, the winner is: Mette! Contratulations :-)

Rainy Days

Making wristbands

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Kontor Kontur

Photographer Kari Herer

Bug + magnolia

The Hamas and the Papas

Melting Hama beads, playing with color putting minis in the mediums. Eeeendless possibilities. Oh Hama-Joy!

...playing

...making earrings

and of course...

... a little tile. (Can't help myself here—so quiet to make :-) 

Also some here and here.

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This is so funny: Can you guess these: Lego imagine by Jung von Matt. So simple and sooooo cool. More here. Hahaha(ma) :-))) (Sorry...)

;-)

Macrame bracelet

Very hard to stop once you started making these :-)
Here's a How To from the bead shop 1001 Perle

a m·i·n·i·a·t·u·r·e GIVEAWAY

Why is it, that all things tiny just makes me go »aww...« ?! Well, these little guys made my head tilt with the velocity of a summer lightning! 

Naturally, I'd like to share my miniature excitement, and what better way to do that, than with a tiny GIVE-AWAY. So if you'd like a pair of earrings—fruit of your choise—leave a comment to this post before October 1st :-) Please state which pair you'd prefer to win (see the little number under the earringees?) I will draw two winners, and notify directly. I hope you'd like to play along.

(btw—the book on which the earrings are photographed, is the lovely »FLORA« by Nick Knight).

(lastly; a little »after«-image to go with the »before« from ... well ... before. I may not be the most active blogger these days, but I s'rre finish me teacozies ...)

;o)

A few links to travel by: IF-interview with artist and illustrator Chris Buzelli.

Sub-surface images from Nick Goodey's pinbord: Under The Sea.

Little Treasures (part I)

Re-arranging drawers, and finding little treasures.

What this guy can do is amazing; EKLIPS (wauw)
and this is just funny: Kitchen Beatbox :-)

Sunday thoughts, and past week's to-doings

Hello :-)
It's been a while.
What have you been up to?

In this part of town there's been
work, and in between ...


making necklaces...




beading our new door sign ...


... knitting, and relaxing
—and I went to see The King's Speech (at the cinema, which is a big deal for me ;-)

There hasn't been much blogging. Alas. Not time for everything.

Oh yes, another thing I've been doing, is a bit of internet-shopping. For the longest time, I have had Keri Smith's Nonplanner Datebook on my wish list, and last week I found a European website which carried it, and I ordered it right away. Can't wait to flip throught its pages!

What is your best online buy ever?
I'll have to think about mine ...

Still plenty of time to enter giveaway :-)