On the front page of Etsy in Europe!

 

Not much to add :) My square necklace has been making an appearance for a few hours at night on the European Etsy front page :) 

I have found my inspiration... no, not in jewellery...

Today's post is a little bit about what inspires me. I saw these bracelets in somebody's post and googled the author Zaha Hadid. I expected to find a web-site of a jeweller. I was surprised. She was an architect! The link will take you to the google images results. She has a web-site, but I like just the variety of the pictures that google suggests. Whatever she does is absolutely unbelievable! And very inspiring! Her architecture inspires me as a jeweller. I wish I could describe better how awesome her art is, but any words are going to be not enough. Just follow the link and enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Where does a lucky bird live?

 

A real birdhouse? Amazing work! Love it! I doubt I would let ANY bird anywhere even close to something like this! :) I would put it inside the house, away from the birds :))

Christmas tree in patchwork technique

We got this nice handmade gift for Christmas this year! (Just bragging :)

Merry Christmas!

Happy Fairy has received her gift!

Once upon a time there was a Magical Castle in a Magical Forest... Nobody really lived in it... A few fairies used it as their "Meeting Castle". Maybe one day I will start telling you this story... It is a lo-o-ong story... and it is in Russian :)

However, the story of the gift is short :) One of the fairies was called Happy Fairy and one of the others was Reero. Reero made this brooch for Happy Fairy. That is it! She has completed a few gifts for some of her fairy friends. This one is her latest project. If you would like to see other gifts, visit her page. She is a Russian fairy, so her web-site is in Russian too... but that does not matter for the pictures :)

By the way, I have a gift by Reero also ;)

Hand-painted Christmas tree ornaments by Pearle Northshop

I have to save this shop for the next year. Love their ornaments!

Victorian Christmas Ornament

 

Just sharing this wonderful etsy find. I am not that much of a collector to purchase something like this, but I will enjoy having it in my virtual wish list :)

Australian boulder opal

I will start showing my gems once a week, I think. I do not have a lot of gems, as I am picky... always looking for a good stone for a good price :)  This opal is a little bit smaller than 2cm in diameter. The price was reasonable, so I could not pass :) It is nice on both sides, so I will have to really think what to do with it, as it would be a shame to cover one of them...