October 2011 Giveaway

This giveaway is closed.

The winners have been announced here.

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Welcome to my October giveaway. It comes a little late in the month, so I will keep it open for a couple of weeks. I mentioned in one of my blog posts that I would give away one of my scarves. And because I have not had my giveaway for a couple of months I would like to offer two prizes this time. There will be two winners.

The first prize is an extra long and fun silk scarf, valued at 29 dollars.



The second prize is a Gift Certificate valued at 50 dollars, which can be used to purchase items on my Etsy shop.

Please read the following before participating

1. The giveaway is open to everyone from any country. You can choose to make any entry, but maximum four (different) entries per person.
2. Write each entry on a separate comment, because one comment counts as one entry!
3. Leave your name and email address on each comment, so I know where to contact you if you win. The email address should be written in words without symbol @ to avoid spam to your mailbox.
4. If you are already a subscriber, a follower of my blog or have “liked’ my Facebook page, just tell me you already have done it, in separate comments.

Example

- I have been an email subscriber for a few months.
- Linda M.
- Lovelylinda at hotmail dot com

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The giveaway runs for two weeks and ends on 11^th November . The winners will be drawn using a random generator from http://www.random.org/, and will be announced on 12^th November, here on my blog and be notified via email.

Thank you for your participation. And Good Luck!

Inspired by Nanako from Pig and Fish

I have been admiring the work of Pig and Fish, a shop on Etsy for quite some time. It is owned by two artists, Deb and Nanako, who work together to make functional and decorative arts for the home. What I love most about their pieces is the contemporary and modern design with great attention to small details. Take this wall cabinet as an example:



As you can see from my clothes, I love colors, patterns and geometry. I find this cabinet just awesome. I love all the geometric details and how it is made to become a functional piece of art.

I contacted Pig and Fish and asked if they would help out with the mix and match of my clothes with other pieces and accessories. And I am so thrilled what Nanako has chosen for my new grey sweater. I love her urban choices:

1. Hair pins by iluxo

2. Resin ring by Metals Girl

3. Umbellet studs by Lake

4. Leather shoes by Fairy Steps

5. Tights by Gal Stern

6. Leather bag by Jennyn Design

Thank you very much Nanako for the inspiration.

For more inspirations visit:

Pig and Fish on Etsy

Pig and Fish on FaceBook

Pig and Fish on Twitter

New dress and Gift Certificates

New Fabric

It took me a while before I decided what to do with this amazing fabric:



It is knitted acrylic fabric with a print of the Union Jack, and a cute Jack Russell Terrier!

How English!

You don't come across this kind of fun fabric often. I have quite a limited amount of it. So a careful plan of use is important. I thought of fun and trendy dresses with a winter length and lovely collar.

The patterns were drawn and I am mass-producing 4 of them right now:



New dress

And here is the first one made just a few hours ago!





This one is a size Medium. I magine wearing on its own when inside, or layering it with a long-sleeved T-shirt. Outside you can pair it up with a cool pair of boots or pumps, with a coat or jacket in the cold.





The back is a cute surprise!

Now I have to make all the sizes and take good pictures of it with a real person. Give me a few days and they will be available for sale.


Gift Certificates

- Do you like my clothes and think they will be a great gift for someone but don’t know what the right size or color would be?

- Do you need a last-minute gift?

- Are my clothes in your wish list and you would love to have someone else pay for it as a gift?

A Gift Certificate is a perfect answer to this!


My gift certificates are available in defferent values of 50, 75, 100 and 150 dollars. I can also make custom Certificates with exacty amounts you want to buy. Visit my Gift Certificates section for more information about terms and conditions.

The new sweaters are ON SALE

Two weeks ago I finalised the design of my new sweaters with a cowl neck and open-cutting detail. Later I began to sew them to keep in stock, a couple of items per size per color before I listed them on my Etsy shop and received wonderful feedback. Thank you for all the lovely comments, all the hearts and treasury features.

A few days ago I changed my mind and decided to make some adjustments to the sweaters, such as their pockets, length and neck line. And I am sewing the stock again now. For this reason, I decided to put the first items ON SALE, with USD 21 discount on each one! See them on the SALES section on my Etsy shop.

Extra long silk scarf in silver grey and brown print.

The gift-giving season is approaching and I know that silk scarves will make a perfect gift. And I made a few more of the scarves adding to the ones that I already have. I offer a great range from petit and cute to large and luxurious.

Black and white polka dots silk scarves. Left: petit and pretty. Right: large and chic

Silk scarves. Left: long and versatile. Right: petit and a darling

Silk scarf, extra long

Silk scarf: a sweatheart!

Last but not least, two textile collage scarves.

You can see all of them now on my Etsy shop. And I will give away one of my silk scarves. Stay tuned!

Products, old and new

Yesterday my model and I had a great fun with the photo shoot in my living room. We are both amatures but were able to have great pictures. And today I listed four new items on my Etsy shop.

The first three items are fun sweaters made of cotton fleece sweatshirt jersey fabrics. They have a cowl neck and the front is decorated with my original open-cutting design - a great success of one of the recent experiments!

- Sweater in dark brown and red details.

- Sweater in grey with red details.

Sweater in military green with grey details.

Actually my first design for the autumn/winter items was sweatshirt with zippers, which I have blogged about a few weeks back. I made about 8 pieces of the sweatshirts, with three different color combos, but could not complete them right away because I had to wait for an opportunity to go to the shop to buy the zippers. While waiting, I made the above sweaters with cowl neck, which did not require any zippers!

And when I got the zippers, it took me ages to sew them on. I finally finished only 2 zippered sweatshirts!!

This one is finished.

And this one is for me. I have been wearing it for a few times and it has been washed in the washing machine. It is still looking good. I ironed it and took its picture this afternoon:


The rest of the sweatshirts has to wait. I need time and patience to sew the zippers. And I already have a feeling that this is not going to go very fast.

Nevertheless, I could list one more skirt today on my Etsy shop. It is the Star panel skirt, in black, red and white. Great, great fun. I have been wearing one too.


A while ago I made two of these sweet gypsy maxi skirts, one of which has been worn by me. And I will list this one for sale when I could make more pictures of it. Each skirt uses a lot of fabrics. I had enough fabrics only for 4 skirts. Very limited edition indeed.


And I am still working to improve my leather sewing skills. I plan to make leather bags for sale next year. And I am now making this new bag in taupe brown and butter yellow. Delicious cow leather. I think I will sell this bag. It is very lovely but the colors are not really mine, so I won’t keep it.


The summer is gone and the days get colder. Yesterday I also took pictures of my old items to show how you can pair them with other clothes, accessories and shoes, to stay in style even when the seasons change.

Multi-purpose living room;)

Star, panel skirt in black and grey.

Black short-sleeved dress with v-neck.

Bestseller fun A-line cotton jersey skirt in black, red and white.

A-line cotton jersey skirt in black and red.

Star, panel skirt in purple and white.

Last but not least: Star, panel skirt in red and white.

I am still working on the designing and making of new autumn/winter items. I promise to surprise you with new creative and fun products real soon!