Colaborare Hippie Hippie Shake

Hello everyone!

Dupa cum spuneam mai demult, am inceput o colaborare cu Hippie Hippie Shake in Bucuresti.

Asa ca incepand de saptamana viitoare veti gasi funky handmade stuff cu aroma de scorti-soara si in magaiznul Hippie din Hanul cu Tei. Sunt foarte happy de aceasta colaborare asa ca sper sa iasa totul bine :)

Adresa  exacta este Str. Blanari 5, Bucuresti, chiar in incinta Hanului cu Tei. In stanga aveti o harta, in caz ca nu stiti exact cum se ajunge acolo. Ce veti gasi la Hippie Hippie Shake? Multe din produsele “clasice” pe care le stiti deja de pe Breslo, dar si cateva chestiute brand new, ca sa nu va plictisiti:

O sa gasiti deci bratari din fetru (of course!), brose rozeta, fluturasi, fundite din fetru in mai multe culori decat pe Breslo si multe alte lucruri noi, inclusiv muuulte piese din colectia Retro, din elemente antichizate si cabochoane de sticla, de care vorbeam aici. Asa ca faceti o vizita si spuneti-mi si mie cum vi s-a parut si ce altceva ati mai vrea sa vedeti in magazin!

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Updates & fair review

Sooo, I’ve been extremely busy the last week. Flew home for a couple of weeks, so I had to pack, and now I am in dusty, sticky & extremely hot Bucharest. I already start missing cool and humid Muenster :) )

dress to impress 3 targ vintage As you might know if you follow me on Facebook, I went to a Vintage & Handmade fair last weekend: Dress to Impress 3. Actually, I had no idea about this fair, but Alina Panait, who makes gorgeous print pendants and next to whom I sat at a couple of other fairs asked me if I don’t want to share a table with her. And advised me to bring my vintage jewelry along. This turned out to be really really good advice, since I sold only two handmade items. :( Yes, the fair was almost entirely populated by sellers with vintage and second hand clothes, some vintage jewelry sellers and one or two tables with handmade goodies which weren’t very successful. Anyway, the sales from my vintage stuff were quite ok (given the fact that it was very hot outside and I think many interested buyers chose to stay indoors, especially on Saturday), but I can’t help feeling more attached to my handmade stuff. I am always waaay happier if someone buys handmade rather than vintage from me. However, I did buy something too: a very ethnic dress with nice floral print all over (needs a bit of adjusting so I’ll post it in the next days), a scarf for wrapping around my head when the sun is too strong  – I don’t own any hats – and a nice latte macchiato brooch from my colleague Alina.

Now I am photographing and editing the remaining vintage and handmade items for my Breslo shop. And I have to craft some big custom orders (mainly rasta bracelets) and have also some consignment work to do (yay! but it’s not 100% sure so I will tell you more when everything is ready).

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New supplies and supply boxes

Hello everyone! Haven’t been blogging for a while because I am immersed in a LOT of new projects. Some of them are finished by now and they will gradually appear here too. But today I am excited not because of my finished handmade goodies, but because my supplies order has finally arrived. Don’t you love when your long wished for supply package arrives at last?

I wanted for almost a year and a half to start making cabochon jewelry. Not giving up the felting stuff of course, just as a side collection. My felted goodies are (to me) very colorful and bold and funky, and I wanted a jewelry collection to suit more classic and romantic styles. So I got myself some cabochon settings, but I never used them (except for these polymer clay projects). I think that just putting a picture in them and sealing with varnish still makes them look unfinished.

However, now I have bought off the Internet some nice glass cabochons to put over the picture. They seal it off very nicely and professional and also have a magnifying function. They’re exactly what I was looking for…unfortunately I couldn’t get them in one of the sizes my settings were, but I spotted a seller who sometimes has resin cabochons in this size, so maybe I will buy them instead.

Here are some pics of my settings, the cabochons and some other supplies I have bought (copper chain and little adorable earring settings for tiny tiny cabochons, lovely). The cabochons in the pics were not glued on, just trying to see how the finished pieces would look like. Today I have managed to glue a piece and I will show it t you soon. So, what do you thing about them? They sure look nice and vintage to me :)

And speaking of supplies, I never got to show off my new amazing storage boxes! My boyfriend bought them for me while I was still in Berlin and they are wonderful (actually, I think he bought them also for a bit of self interest – he must have been annoyed with my crafting supplies being absolutely everywhere….)

Anyway, here they are: one big box for ‘This’n That’ which holds most supplies I use everyday, the Jewelry box where I put small finished pieces and odds & ends and the Sewing box, containing my sewing supplies. Oh, and the big basked for keeping all my wool roving. Lovely, aren’t they?

sewing supplies box wool ronviong felting basket handmade
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Revista Atelierul – Nr. 3

Echipa Revistei Atelierul anunță cu bucurie lansarea celui de-al treilea număr dedicat, de aceasta dată, Zburătoarelor.

Luna aceasta evenimentul de lansare va avea loc la Timișoara, sâmbătă 31 iulie, la Terasa D’arc de pe malul Begăi, Podul Mihai Viteazu. Vă așteptăm de la ora 14:00 la, deja, “tradiționala” expoziției de obiecte handmade ale artizanilor echipei Atelierul și ale creatorilor locali invitați. Vor fi prezente zburătoare special create pentru acest eveniment (pe care le puteți câștiga la tombola), accesorii handmade colorate și deserturi fructate și înghețate, pregătite chiar de echipa Revistei :)

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Swapping

Anca from Skinosphere /HandmadeTherapy has had a great idea! She is going to do every week a swapping session. This means she chooses stuff she is willing to give away (either because she’s not using it, or she’s bored with it or something) and trades it for the best offer she will get. This means you can look in your supply box, maybe you have cool supplies or fabrics you don’t have a use for, or you can give away clothes that don’t fit you anymore… You can basically give away anything you don’t use anymore but someone else might like.

So get over to Anca’s blog and see what she has put up for swap. Since I’ve always wanted a medium felting needle, and also because the wool and felt sheets always come in handy for me, I will also participate in the swap, see if I get picked :)

So I am willing to swap:

Three wire necklace bases with screw closure + seven silver round lobster closures/ Trei coliere din sarma de otel plastifiate cu inchizatoare tip filet + sapte inchizatori argintii rotunde tip lobster

and…

5 meters of waxed string in a colour of your choice from what is pictured above / 5 m de ata cerata in culorile de mai sus (culorile pot fi si combinate, de ex. 2 m roz si 3 m verde)

So this is my offer. Hope I’ll get picked :)

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Felted Bunnies and felted Squirrels

Thanks to the very interesting series of Breslo contests (see the Forums for the actual contest theme) I created some more felted animals! Those of you who looked in my Breslo shop of who follow me on Facebook might already know what I am talking about.

Nelson the felted Bunny has been created for a pink-white-green themed contest. Seeing how successful Rosa previously was, I decided to enter the contest with a felted bunny instead of a felted bear, for more variation. And it was a wise choice because Nelson won the 2nd prize, after a very close tie (actually, I missed the first prize just by one vote). *proud* If you wonder why Nelson got this name, it’s because my Dad had a rabbit when he was young, and that rabbit was called Nelson. So my felted bunny is a tribute to the original rabbit Dad owned.

I have received a lot of inquiries about selling Nelson (no, I am not selling him) but if you wish I can needle felt a bunny custom made just for you. You can write to me through the Breslo Messages if you have an account there or just email me at i n f o {a t } c i n n a m o n c l o v e s { d o t } c o m (yes, finally got my domain-based email accounts)

So, after winning the contest the rule is to offer a prize in the next contest. This is how Brick the felted Squirrel was created. Brick got his name because of my boyfriend: when I first started the felting process, I asked my boyfriend to guess what animal it would be based on the wool colour I was using (reddish-brown). He instantly replied “It’s a brick!” :)

That’s the story of the felted bunny and squirrel, and the feedback was very positive: I have received so far requests for another bunny and squirrel and also a sheep and an owl. I can’t wait to get started and show you the final results!

Oh, and before I forget, important shop announcement:

All orders placed before the 3th of august are shipped after  4.08 with significantly reduced shipping rates, since I am coming to Romania to visit and I am shipping orders from there!

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