Happy Weekend

Yesterday I worked on my price tags. I cut them out of paper stock, stamped and punched, designed and printed the care instructions on stickers and added a piece of fabric ribbon on them. Ribbon is torn out of recycled cotton print fabric. These are quite a lot of work but I'm happy with them now! Also, I tried to stamp the vintage wallpaper. These could become my new visit/business cards. I still need to experiment a bit on different papers and make the decision then. Somehow I'd love to find an alternate for industrially printed ones. The stamped cards could give the feel I'm looking for.

And what else I have here for you? My sales fairy I got from EuropeanStreetTeam's fairy game arrived from Italy yesterday. She is the cutest fairy I've ever seen, thanks Amy! If you haven't seen Amy's jewelry yet, please head over her Etsy shop. She also blogs, have a look here as well.

I'm now going to visit a craft venue at WeeGee in Espoo. From there we continue to Helsinki, Cirque Mechanics play starts at Savoy Theatre at 8 pm. It will be fun! Have a lovely weekend, you too!

Free Shipping

I decided to participate on Etsy's Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotion. I'm offering free worldwide shipping fro Friday 11/27 through Monday 11/30. It's a good chance to make little holiday shopping for yourself or someone special who likes girly earrings or purses. I probably wont make additional promotions before Christmas so benefit of zero shipping at my expense now! I will refund promptly after the purchase through PayPal.

ps. All Karuski items arrive beautifully giftwrapped at no extra expenses!

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Tässä tulee viimeinen Etsy-promoni ennen joulua: Ilmainen toimitus kaikille tilauksille pidennetyn viikonlopun ajan pe-ma 27. -30.11. Tämä on hyvä tilaisuus tehdä pieniä hyvän mielen ostoksia joulua silmällä pitäen. Hyvitän postikulut jälkikäteen maksun tultua PayPalin kautta. Huom. suomalaiset ostajat voivat maksaa halutessaan myös pankkisiirrolla, mutta ota minuun etukäteen yhteyttä.

ps. Kaikki Karuskin tuotteet saapuvat kotiovellesi nätissä lahjapakkauksessa ilman lisäkuluja!

Flickr Favorites

1. Holiday Line 2009, 2. pun2, 3. Sales fairy checking Hungary out, 4. For the love of horses II

Thinking about Christmas, it's only one month away. I bought a Christmas themed magazine yesterday, haven't had time to read it yet, just flipped through it and got inspired already! Are you into Christmas ornaments? I might want to make few, just to try something new out. By the way, fresh flowers in a vase with beautiful candles by the side make a nice arrangement too. It doesn't need to be all that much, if you like it simple.

I received a package of holiday cards (was it last week or so...) from modernmotive. The same as you see in my mosaic. They are lovely. Besides that they are printed on 100% post-consumer fiber. I love them!

More inspiration at Mitsy's...

Monday Moodboard

flower lariat by ayca
rosa necklace by birribe
sleevy mini by baahar
hair clip by krize

A little bit of pink and magenta on a day like this might help to raise the spirits. Nice gift ideas for girly girls for Christmas too! Are you planning to give handmade goodies for your loved ones this year? My family is very small and we don't give many presents. It's the mutual agreement between us and I like it. Of course a small package here and there is allowed but no need to sweat in a mall and try to find for the sake a buying. Make something by your own hands or support an artist or crafter whose work you like. There's lots of recycled material available so giving a gift doesn't need to mean wasting precious resources. Knit or crochet from a left over yarn, make a piece of jewelry from recycled fabrics, draw a card on a upcycled paper or card stock. You can make a difference!

More moodboards linked at Greet's blog...

Little Something New

Phew, what a week! I haven't been able to make a single blog post since Monday. I was (and still am) busy with those wholesale orders I mentioned earlier. Good that people like my stuff, of course but how come so many place their orders at the same time?! Also, I have one custom jewelry request waiting, I hope to find a moment tomorrow to think about that...

Today we had a sunny day up here and I took a chance to take few pictures of these earrings. I also listed few pairs in my Etsy, will continue soon. I have to say white color pair was difficult to photograph, maybe better use darker background next time.

I hope your weekend is not as busy as mine!
ps. I found this new cute online magazine (for children & anyone who wants to read it!)

Monday Moodboard

mini clutch by retrospettive
elf hat by vaisto
baltic sea glass by alatsupplies
sahara earrings by ioulia

Hello friends! How was your weekend? I relaxed at home as usual, enjoyed time by the fireplace, sew a bit (I'm actually quite busy with local wholesale orders at the moment), baked bread rolls, had lovely homemade meals and spent little time in garden too (as the snow melted away I could continue with raking leaves!).

If it's chilly where you live these earth toned picks in my moodboard might warm you up. I wish a creative week to all of you!

More moodboards at Greet's...

My Creative Space

First of all; sorry about somewhat dark & blurry pictures this time. The light hours are so few right now!

I'm about to complete one of my wholesale orders and the earrings will be send away in their peronalized giftboxes. I will give the final touch to the boxes by adding 'Karuski' stamp on them. Yesterday I was looking for a perfect paper punch in craft stores in Helsinki. I desperately long for one so I could make my own tags for Karuski items (until today I have used some die cuts and my business cards but I want to find a new stable solution for this purpose). Unfortunately I didn't find the one I was looking for so I need to keep on searching. Today I came across with some very nice tag ideas which inspired me even more with my own project. Please see them on Fleurfatale's aka Greet's blog!

And more creative spaces at Kootoyoo's place...