Button Love

Happy Midweek!

This week is Etsy Euro Week
and I've been hard at working on
posts over Handmade Europe
Glad to promote the European Street Team!

One of my retailers here in Finland
asked if I would make Karuski rings for them.
I looked through my button and supplies stash
Here is what I came up with

How is your week proceeding?
Wishing you well, make your day lovely & creative!

ps. For more button fun, head over here...

xx
minna

My Creative Space

i finished dahlia brooches for my client yesterday
here are a few photos to share
made of vintage and recycled fabrics + lace
10 in light tones & 10 in darker shades
each piece is one of a kind and has a sewn-in pin back
available next week at recently opened nudge helsinki






more creative spaces on kootoyoo's blog...

tomorrow i try to post more pictures from my trip to berlin... see you soon!

Magazine Feature

Friday is here again, yahoo!
I hope your week was a good one, I feel quite content despite the cold I caught.

I met my wholesale customer and she approved my first prototypes for laptop sleeves. She mentioned about Karuski pouch having published on a Finnish lifestyle magazine 'Maalaisunelma', issue #7 with an ecological approach.



So nice to see them concentrating on eco-friendliness, fairtrade & handmade

This Karuski pouch is available in three different patterns on unkai.fi

Such a lovely magazine with inspiring styling

I decided to subscribe, can't wait to receive the next issue to my mailbox!

I'm going to snuggle on my couch with a blanket + this magazine.
Hopefully the flu will be gone by Monday [if not sooner].

Happy weekend to you!

My Creative Space

I got started with a new wholesale project. It is about making custom laptop sleeves. Here are fabrics I have picked to start with: recycled canvases in lovely teal, mustard and mossy green. Still haven't quite decided about the lining but one choice is white towelling [I know, sounds strange yet exciting!]. I'm going to give a try. I am in the middle of sketching and experimenting so stay tuned for updates.



More creative spaces on Kootoyoo's blog... go check them out.
See you soon again!

Hello Paris!

Hello friends,
I just wanted to show the final pieces of Karuski clutch purses I finished this week. I posted some pictures of work in process on Thursday and got everything ready on Friday. These are now in the mail, arriving to Paris early next week, yay!

I decided to mail these via priority with insurance. It only added a couple of euros to the total cost and I believe it is all worth it as both I and the customer would be terrified if the package got lost in mail (not likely to happen but always possible). I know the insured package is not available to all countries but it is worth asking your PO whenever you are mailing valuable packages abroad.

Some of you have already asked me to show pictures of this Paris boutique. Myself I'm dying to see them too and I will be glad to show you as soon as I have some on hand. They will open after the summer so we need to stay patient!

Now I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

My Creative Space

This week has been dedicated to another wholesale order. I've been very pleased to work on it, the customer gave me free hands. She ordered 15 pieces of this design but I got a permission to choose the fabrics and button embellishments as I wish. All of them will be unique pieces of course. Here is a sneak peek to my choices. They include repurposed linens and recycled cottons.

These will be ready on Thursday and I will mail them out on Friday the latest. They will arrive to Paris early next week. I will tell more about this new shop for sure, hopefully get to show some pictures too!

Another good news: Between sewing these I just finished one new clutch for my Etsy. I will have a chance to make more for my shop next week again.

More creative spaces on Kootoyoo's place...

My Creative Space: Sending Away

On Wednesday I shared a few pictures of my newest clutches. They are part of my wholesale order for a boutique in North Finland. So are these bags you see below. I'm going to pack everything carefully and mail them away on Friday afternoon.

Shoulder bag with a bow embellishment

Another one in floral print

Granny chic frame bag in soft rosa satin

... and one in classic black cotton with a Karuski bloom

Here's a peek into the interior. Label is handprinted and lace is a flea find.

I'm so happy this order is now ready!
I will start with a new wholesale order in a few days time. It will consist of 15 smaller Karuski clutches. I'm pretty excited to tell you those little purses will fly to PARIS. Qui, this is true. A completely new boutique will open in Paris after this summer and we made the first deal some time ago. I am so very happy!

More creative spaces on Kootoyoo's place...

ps. If you're in Helsinki this Saturday, meet me at this recycling event

Getting Ready

This always happens whenever I get busy with wholesale orders, I simply cannot keep up with my blog. Today I took some pictures of my new pieces before sending them off. A few more purses are waiting for finishing touches so I will take and share pictures of them before packing everything up.


I came up with this bigger clutch purse some time ago
So glad this reseller of mine wanted to give it a try!


I especially love this one made with earthy raw silk

Smaller clutches with removable accessories

These two would make a nice company for a happy summer day party

Tomorrow we have a national holiday here. Once I get ready with this order I hope to spend some time in the garden. Today we already had such a lovely and warm day so I'm hoping it would continue like this. How about a picnic if the weather allows?