Monday Moodboard

tango brooch by dinafragola
XL felted scarf by karlita
cable knit gloves by afra
crocheted necklace by tombjorndesign

It's going to be somewhat busy week. My new purses are being finished, photographed and listed in my Etsy this week. Also, I'm making a new batch of pouches and jewelry for KUIdesign in Turku. I need a big burst of energy and that's how I ended up searching lime, red and black finds for this Monday. I hope they bring joy to your week too!

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Weekend Wishlist

This weekend it would be nice to:

- Sew more of these new little purses you see in the picture above (1st one got done yesterday and the result made me really happy!)
- Get them photographed
- Watch a DVD I have had in my mind for long
- Rake dropped leaves in the garden

How about your wishes, do you have any?

ps. Did you see Karuski 'Then & Now' article at ScoutieGirl? Thanks Judit and Tara for having me there!

ps.2 All my clutches currently sale in my Etsy shop get -20% off. Until further notice!

My Creative Space

I found these nice linens from my fabric stash. Some are remnants from fabric store's sale box, few I bought years ago in Tallinn, Estonia. Looks like the brown one has my print experiment on it. For some reason I never used it when it was printed. Somehow I feel I need to put together a bit stronger colors than usual. My items have recently been quite pale in colors so a little change could be welcome. Now that I should have a little more time to get prepared for Christmas season I want to experiment something new. I made few fabric dahlias yesterday (those of you who have been following me know that I've had brooches and necklaces made out of them), they will soon embellish new clucthes I'm about to try now. So linen clutches with cotton flower embellishments is my plan. I hope they will turn out just fine. There's always a risk when trying out something new. We will see!

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Custom Work Finished

I finished my custom wholesale order and had it mailed out yesterday. Here are few pictures of my work I did for Unkai. I spent quite a while editing pictures last night and got a feedback today: they will use my product pictures on their shop site, yippee! It's so nice to have my items represented there the same way I do on my site and in my Etsy shop. I also prepared a bunch of nice packages for those pouches (I used vintage wallpaper and paper tags I got from my fellow Etsian Greet of Fleurfatale). Now, these would make sweet little gifts for the Christmas, for example. They will be soon available here (they do ship internationally but you need to get a shipping quote by emailing them...).

Fluffy Weekend

May I introduce you our new family member: a tiny kitten we got yesterday. He's 12 weeks old and we only know his Mom was found wild in the nature when expected him and his little sister. The kittens were born in the shelter and their Mom is now taken care and getting accustomed to people too.

Last night we didn't sleep so well. Our bigger cat 'Kiti' was sort of anxious about a new comer. Also, a little one 'Ula' was probably scared of the new place and situation. Today we have progressed but it will take some time before these two get smoothly together (I hope it will eventually happen). 

So these are my weekend news. Have a fluffy weekend, you too!

My Creative Space

Today I've got two projects on my table: retro pouches and bear & birdie pinback brooches. I received an order this week. It is a Finnish webshop for conscious shopping, filled with eco-friendly labels and items. The collaboration with this webshop has worked so nicely. I choose fabric samples from my stash, take pictures and send them via e-mail for a review. They pick a few of their favorites and place an order. It is possible to make wholesale with unique items made from recycled materials! Of course, if the orders were really big I might face a real challenge. But with these amounts and a little planning it works just fine.

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Flickr Favorites

1. french press coffee, 2. raspberry white chocolate mousse, 3. Rose Bud Bath Melts, 4. Queen Bee soap (Secret Life of Bees)

Yesterday I bought a magazine. It's sort of news as I don't shop magazines all that often these days. Anyways, it was a new one, Maalaisunelma with lovely country living style. Such a great source of inspiration as I could imagine all smells by just reading the food recipes and seeing beautiful arrangements of ingredients and dishes. Of course the articles about renovated homes and gardening tips were among my favorites too. There was also a side wide ad of a local handmade soap brand I hadn't heard of before. I checked their site and found an awesome on-line shop!

So this week's flickr favorites is all about yummy soaps in beautiful packages. I feel like looking through my own little soap book I got as a birthday present almost a year ago. I really love reading it but haven't had time to give a try yet. Maybe soon!

More inspiration on Mitsy's blog...