Studio happenings

It will be a busy day today. My table is filled with lots of things that need to get done. I'm sure I'm not getting this all done today but putting things in little blocks motivates me to get those 'blocks' out of the way...

Make and package Babushka magnets...Make and package flower magnets...

Assemble ceramic birds so they are ready to Decopatch.

Decopatch a flock of birds...

Think about a custom feeling for a friend.
I asked for some adjectives so I can work from there.

Sand & assemble love birds.

Fill this shelf with porcelain bits and pieces
for my collaboration with Anna from LilaRubyKing

And that's only what fits on my table at the moment... the to do-list however is loooooong and wide! :)

Oh, and if you haven't already, please vote for me for the Poppy Award, here! :)

Love transforms...

Last monday, Poppytalks new handmade market started. I filled a table there and until February 12th, you can find my work on Poppytalk's Handmade Wedding & Valentine's Market. Check it out here!
Here are some of my favorite shops that you can find on 'Love transforms' :)1. Cori Kindred, 2. CorrieBerryPie, 3. Erinzam, 4. LaPomme, 5. OliveManna, 6. RaeDunn

And now, let's talk Poppies! :)
Jip, I'm in the voter for The Poppy award so if you would be so kind to go and vote for me, you would make me superhappy! :)
So if you like my work, click THIS link, choose my name & click vote. Nothing is easier really! Thanks for being so great! :)


And I'm also preparing some nice tuto's for Poppytalk's blog so stay tuned for those...
I'll definately drop a link to them here so you won't have to miss out! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. °°°°°HaPPy°°EaSTeR°°°°°, 2. Bird mobile - work in progress, 3. new shoes, 4. flickr-13

I need happy colors today. Just because...
I hope they make you as happy they make me happy! :)

Please look at this superhappy mosaic from last week. It was my favorite! :)

If you like to play this week, make your mosaic and add a link to your blogpost (NOT your blog please) or Flickr in Mister Linky (click on the button below and fill in your name with the link to your blogpost or Flickr picture).

Work in progress

Every now and then I love to share some work in progress.
These birds came out of the kiln earlier this week. They are not ready to assemble yet as they need to be sanded first. A job that I really dread as you all know...
After they are sanded, they have to get some legs. I cut the legs in different sizes so you get small and large birdies.First I glue the legs in the bottom of the birdie.
I let 'em dry before I glue them to the bottom part.
Then I take my time to find a nice bottom for each bird and there we have a large flock.
I'll photograph them tommorrow and will list them in my shop as individuals, pairs or little flocks. A larger flock is excited to fly off to a shop in Melbourne! I would be excited too, I love Melbourne! Lucky birds! :)

Crochet school

For all those who always wanted to but never attempted in fear of failure, there is hope...

Pip from the lovely blog 'meet me at mikes' started 'a granny a day' last year and it inspired me to start my own blanket. Not a granny square one but still...
Since again I have no progress to show on my Babette blanket, I thought I'd share this with you.
It might be just the push you need to start crocheting your own blanket...She set up a crochet shool where she posts step to step video's on how to crochet a granny square. She's aiming to learn to crochet a granny square by graduation!
You can sign up to participate here!
And there is this fabulous Flickr pool called 'a granny a day' which you can browse & get inspired and happy.
Happy, that is what crochet does for me! :)

Frame magazine

Somewhere in September, I got contacted by Frame magazine to ask if they could publish some of my work. I had never heard about Frame magazine before but apparently it's an international trade magazine for interior architecture and design focused on retail, exhibition, leisure and workplace design. It is published in the January/February issue of 2010.
Of course I didn't say no as it is as far as I know my first printed & published feature of the '99-feelings'-project. Yay! Thank you Frame Magazine! :)

Handmade Olympics

Holy moly, I was super surprised when sweet RikRak asked me to be a judge for the Handmade Olympics she's running on her blog.
My first thought was: 'If anyone would come up with an idea like this, it would be Krystal'
She's little miss sunshine or you can call her a nicey. I think we all know who we're talking about then! LOL :)
She not only has a super RikRak shop on Etsy but she also runs a very vibrant and energetic blog. Her blog is a happy place with lots happening all the time so it looks like a non-stop party in there. I would follow her blog if you don't already.
Besides all that she's a mommy and a wife, not neccesarily in that order, too.
So, jip, it's one of those superwomen who can juggle it all!

The Handmade Olympics is the event were the handmade world comes together to celebrate making things. It is easy as pie to participate: just nominate someone you think deserves to be nominated in one of the 8 events that take place. Read all about it here!

I'm a judge for event number 5 and I'm mighty happy for that as I get to choose my favorite nicey/nicies that forwards kindness through handmaking..
So if you can think of individuals or groups that make a difference in our world through handmaking, folks who handmake kindness, nicies whose craftivism create change,... then please do NOT hesitate to nominate that person.

I'm not judging on the number of nominations a person gets.
I find the content, act, kindnessness (new word that I made up) that I can see, hear, feel through the nomination far more important then the number of nominations.
And of course, I'll be checking out the nominated person's whereabouts to see if he/she really deserves the prize! :)
Too bad I can't nominate anyone myself as there are at least a handfull people I would like to nominate...

There's also a superbig prize pack involved, look at that! :)
There is an equal amount of prizes per event - only the people who give these prizes differ in each category. What an awesome lot is that to support the Handmade Olympics! Thank you!
And there is also a draw for the fan prize so if you nominate, you automatically enter the draw.So, after all this, please go and nominate someone, you know you want to! :)